Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-02
SOME ALTGELD VIEWS.
GREAT DANGER ERoM THE JU-
dietary.
Altgeld, Though n Democrat, has Views
More Radical Than tho Average Pop
uliSt and 10 Fearless in Expressing
Them on all Occasions.

There was q great time In Omaha
when the democrats celebrated jack
son day. There were many prominent
speakers, some with national reputn-
ton, but most prominent Of them all
was Ex-Governor Altgeld Of Illinois.
II there 10 any difference between the
principles he advocates and those Of
populists II Is In the direction of being
more radical than the wild-eycd pop
The following is an extract from his
speech:
The American Anglo-saxon race has
shed It's blood to maintain these bull
warks Of liberty, and our constitution
guarantees them to every citizen.
But they have already been stabbed
In the vitals. For several years we
have beheld the spectacle Of some SUI
preme court and other federal judges
dragging their ermine around over the
land to act the part of advocates for
those interests which are destroying
republicanism In this country. What
are the liberties OF America worth
when committed to the guardianship
OF such men? During the recent cam
paign Mr. Depew came to Chicago un-
der the auspices of the Hamilton club
20 deliver partisan address at the
Auditorium. Federal Judge Peter S.
Groscup mounted the platform for the
purpose Of introducing the orator and
told the audience among other things,
that the light Of Jefferson was waning
that on the dial plate of our national
history this hour was IIamilton's, that
Hamilton's great name exactly fitted
these times, etc
My friends, must we admit that
Judge Groscup was rightP Let us look
around again. The senate of the great
state of Ohio has just indicted Ham
iltonian senator for bribery and de-
hatchery in securing high Office, A
grand jury in Pennsylvania has just
indicted another Hamiltonian senator
'.-9r robbing the treasury Of the state.
Almost every great trust appears to
have one or more Hamiltonian senator
for standing conveniences. In the
house OF representatives where the
voice of the people was supposed to be
heard, We find pensioned ring master
of monopoly sitting the voice of the
peoples representatives and reducing
republican congressman to q condition
Of pity and contempt Two years ago
a horde OF Hamiltonihn statesmen went
to the capital of Illinois and not only
sold out the people, but robbed the
state of everything in sight. Wherever
YOU find dirty finger marks on the tenn
Pile OF justice or foul odor in the halls
Of legislation, there you will find Ham
iltouianism. Verify the spirit Of Ham
iIton FITS these times, but what shall
VIC say Of judiciary that openly re-
joices over the fact that an era OF cor
ruption has cnveloped the land that
the betrayal OF the people has become
a science, and that the robbing of the
people has become fine art? And
now we are to widen the sphere Of this
class Of statesmen by giving them a
chance to rob the Filipinosl Heaven
pity those.poor people. The Spaniards
took what was in sight, but the Lam
iltonite, with his bond jobbcry, enters
the womb of the future aud plasters
his mortgage on remote generations.
During tho political nnd partisan
peace jubilee, recently held 10 Chicago