Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05

'-Thp bringing iu Of these mcn. this
armed mob. u formidable army OF atty
or sixty men On that train with Win.
c'hrStNrs, and iifty or sixty armed men
in thu siockade. ana | say that this
s'oCkaic business Is Il menace. to
American institutions yiulcut cheer.
ing. prcripitatcd riot. and dozen
uf our citizens uf Illinois were ~hn;
down.
Now. my rplluw-cltizynS. have
been miSluotrd by the "squawmun' of
thu Chicago Times Herald. charging
thIt | had fixed an embargo against
color. against the 'niggcrs.' as he saw
NJ 10 call them. lie knows very well
that il was lie before 1t left his throa;
when he said 50. have gone a~ far to
give the negro his full right as an
American citizen as any man that lives
In this country. My embargo is not
against color: II is against this pcrnic-
ious system. that. If allowed to be in.
tulgpd in. will make Illinois the dump.
ing ground of the criminal and idle
classes of all other countries. PRO.
longcd chceringb
'.My position Is further misundcr-
stood in that | was opposed to foreign
labor. the labor of other States. That
is no, true. Lahorers from other states.
white or black: from other countries.
white or black. who come in IN the ordi-
nary way as peaccablc citizens seeking
honest employment | will give the same
pIDtcction as | will give the citizens of
the State of Illinois. tChcers)
'Bnt. my fellow-citizens. l say this
tthey say ! am little too strong on this
question:. that | am unable to control
corporate greed. but corporate murder
has got 10 stop in this country. Great
chccring)
From the opera house meeting Gov.
Tanner went to the court house. where
he found another large gathering. As
soon as IL became known on the streets
that there was another chance to hear
the Governor. those who had failed to
get into the opera house began to flock
IN the court room. They soon filed
thar, until even standing place was TAX
,cn.
The Governor spoke In somewhat
sdiTcrent strain from his former effort
lie dwelt upon the duty OF all the good
citizens to sustain the national admin
istrafiop by sending to Congress men In
harmony with the President. He also
said that IL the people approve the
State administration. they could show
Ut In no better way than by electing leg
islatOrs In harmony with It.
Tho lsnvaru,w tI,.,,, s,nl, $50 tl,, .vra.
question OF the relations between cap.
ital and labor. He elaborated tile idea
'sh3f II was not the function of the State
to attempt to dictate in wage questions.
excepting so far as provided by law by
ssi,itraiion. Further than that the
State cannot go. but. as he conceived
u, II Is the duty of the State to use the
restraining power Of the law when the
corporate powers become too bearing
down upon labor. and the duty of the
State to say "StOp; you shall go no far.
thcr." On the other hand. when dema.
g0gues come among the labOrlng men In
times Of disagreement. teaching their
.slsgmas and false theories and for the
time exciting the laboring classes to go
beyond the law. II II the duty of the
State to say. Hold on. SO far you can
go. but no further" Thus using the re-
straining power Of the law to maintain
peace and good order ana allowing the
citizens, representing capital and labor,
70 adjust their own differences by law
fsA and jseAcefdl methods. Among 9th
er things Gov. Tanner said:
-'They say have gone beyond the
pale Of fhe constitution. Lincoln went
q Little beyond the pale of the constitu-
ton when he issued his proclamntiO
in 1903. Conditions arise sometimes
when IL becomes necessary for the cx-
ecuiSvc, where the courts have not al-
'rsady done so. to put an Interpretation
upon the law, and have so interpreted
the law Of Illinois to mean that no army
.0f paid assassins can be brought In here
by corporations. and lntend to stop it,
In irntroducing the issuc of State politics
he reviewed the issues of national poll
tics. Speaking of the Spanish war he
sail. If monarchy and uristocracy can
Jnrtiiion Africa and China. why may not
fssples republic. with its free institu.
sians, so forth and In the spirit of uni.
@crssl humanity place its shield over the
10nss and lives of the millions who have
hsrp downtroddcn! Why should not new
lands be open to American trade rs well
ns 10 fhc trade Of the nations of EuropeT'
s3r declared the people have paid dear
penalty for their experience with free
trade. but that business prosperity Is now
here and has come to stay. 1t has been
comm. every hour since the Democrats
were turned ont aud the Republicans
come in. The old Democratic hoot owl
has departed from the once silent ana
deserted factory; the Popul'stic bat Is
bunting n more cOngcnal darkness. and
the combined wheels and spindlcs Of a
nation are agan singing anthems To re-
established prosperity ana Il revived and
ENLARGED commerce. Nobody is frettlng
nbont The treasury reserve now. because
the trca Hry j. full TO bursting with good,
shining gold. The mortgages have beer
lifted from the farms even IN Popul,st'
ridden Kansas and Nebraska, and 50
mBch good. sound Republican money has
cOnm forth from the hdiu: places into
which bupll,st, socialist and anarchist
hah Onc' scared il that to-day every bank
- full 10 bursting with sound dollars. ey'
cry one worth loo cents. The bank pres
S'h-nis will chase customers up ana down