Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-08-28

publican, says: II hope to live long
enough to see an American president
elected and the last vestige of imper-
ialism forever crushed out of this
country; for this reason l shall vote
for Bryan for president this fall"
Gen. John Beatty, of Columbus,
Ohio; Capt. Patrick O'Farrell. of
Washington; Rev. H. S. Bigelow, of
Cincinnati; William Woke. George
w. Prussing, Prof. A. H Tolman and
Prof. Fred Starr. of Chicago. all well
known republicans, advise the anti
|imperialists to vote for Bryan.
Capt. Thomas McNulta. a lifelong
republican and brother of Gen. John
McNulta, formerly congressman from
Illinois, has repudiated Mckinley and
his policy and will labor and vote for
Bryan. Capt. McNulta has been
leading repu blican for years. He said
lately: Il am a Lincoln republican.
1 have supported every republican
candidate from Grant down to Nc
Kinley. / was disappointed at first.
then discouraged and finally Disguised
at the wide departure of my party
from American principles. the viola
ton of constitutional guarantee in
the case of the Porto Ricans, the aban-
donment of the Monroe doctrine, ex-
pressly in the matter of the canal, and
it's implied abrogation in the Philip.
pines. which are to stand to US as the
East Indies stand to England"
f j. Heiutzelman, prominent re-
pu blioan, of Columbus, Ohio, declares
himself for Bryan.
The following prominent demo-
Gratis who voted for Mckinley in 1896
have now declared their intention to
support Bryan. Robert B. Roose-
welt, an uncle of Theodore. the repub-
lican candidate for vice president.
says:
-Four years ago 1 supported Palmer
and Buckaer. l don't believe in a
third party this gear. 1t would be
waste of time and energy. l cannot
vote for Mckinley. l must either
vote for Bryan or take to the
woods. Bryan is strong, Sin
.cere and independent, with strong
convictions. Mckinley IS without.
mind of his own. He is nothing more
than the mouthpiece of the men to
WuOLu uB OfftS HIS
Alexander Elias, of New York, who
has been out on the road" for 10
wears, and voted for Mckinley in
1896, says: Il have just completed
q business trip through Michigan, In
diana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, and from what | have heard
from my customers and others l be-
lieve that Bryan will carry every one
of those states. / voted for McKin-
ley in 1896, but l am going TO vote
for Bryan this time because / have
got through being bunkoed by q
party which is sold out to the
trusts"
Samuel J. Randall, only son of the
former speaker of the house Of repre-
sentatives of the same name, has re-
turned to the party of his father after
six years of service with the republi-
cans. Young Randall, feeling that
his father had not received due con-
sideration during the Cleveland lead
ership, Joined the repu blicans and has
been popular campaign speaker
since 1894. Mr.. Randall has notified
the democratic managers that he can
no longer stomach Hannaism, and
puts himself at the service of the
committee to advocate Bryan and
Stevenson from the stump.
Perry Belmont, of New York, form
erly mem Der of congress and minister
to Spain, who bolted the democratic
ticket and platform in 1896. and an
tagonized Bryan with good deal of
energy up to the meeting of the Kan
sas City convention, has come in out
of the wet. He has written to the
national committee offering his SER
vices on the stump for Bryan and
Stevenson.