The Columbus journal., 1900-10-10

o. P. Arthur, Aledo. Ill, lifelong
Democrat, former publisher of the
Democratic organ of Mercer County.
/ am for the Republican ticket. l have
just returned from Colorado, where l
edited a Democratic paper for three
years. Mckinley will carry Colorado,
the slump from Democracy being very
heavy.
W. S. Campbell. Springfield. ILL,
former Assistant Adjutant-General un-
der Altgeld. We have organized q Re-
publican club with 100 charter mem
bers, all former Democrats, of which
l am secretary. There are LOCO Brit
ish-Americans in Sangamon County,
and 80 per cent of them will vote the
Republican ticket this fall.
Jesse H. Donnell, MoweaQua, III. I
have always been a Democrat, but !
am for Mckinley and Yates, and l
know of twenty Democratic friends
and neighbors who have also changed.
Logan Combs, Marion County, ILL
nois, sheep raiser. lifelong Democrat
In 1896 I received IL cents pei pound
for my wool, while in 1900 l received
% cents for it, 30 why should l not
support Mckinley when 1t is of such
great advantage to the farmers to do
so?
Chris Schaener. Salem, Ill, old SOL
der, lifelong Democrat. The McKin-
ley policy is the only true American
policy.
James Foster, elected Constable on
the Democratic ticket at Salem, Ill.
two years ago. I have always been q
nn~ooNot h,pS Mill <hfc r0op cpnnnWf
Mckinley.
Glen Greene. Samuel Smith. promi-
nent farmers, Onarga, Marion County,
Ill. We were supporters Of Bryan in
1896, but are for Mckinley and the en-
tire Republican ticket this year be-
cause Of the good Mckinley times.
Charles Missellbrook, farmer. Saline
County, Illinois. I am q Democrat,
but the times are good enough for me
and I do not desire q change.
Ex-Judge John l. Hunt, leader of
the Democratic silver forces of
Georgia and the originator of the
state silver conventions in 1896. which
anticipated and controlled the action
Of the Democratic State Convention.
has ONE out In violent opposition to
the present campaign of William Jen-
nings Bryan for the presidency. Ex-
pansion and national honor N the
reasons
DR.. C. ". Matthews. physician, Cass
County, III.
E. Ellery Anderson. New York.
Sound money.
William J. Jordon, banker central
Illinois. and a leading Democrat
John A. Gillespie, farmer. Keyes-
port, III. Prosperity.
W. S. Wilson, former Superintend-
emit Of the Illinois Central at Pinck-
NEVILLE. ILL
]. l. James, Superintendent Of the
County Home, Salem, Ill
o. A. James, Salem, Ill.
George Tubbs, Salem. III.
J. T. Davis, Salem. Ill.
Henry Vursells. Salem, III.
John ]. Hopkins, former Democratic
Supervisor. Salem, Ill.
r. S. Hopkins, Salem, I'LL
c. E. Minor, Omega, Ill.
Thomas NJ. Smith. Salem, Ill.
e. H. Boyd and sons, Kinmundy. III.
A. F. Tibbetts Of Newgayo, Mich.
who ran for Congress in 1886, declares
that he is an expansionist and that he
leaves the Democratic party because Of
its unpatriotic attitude and its incon-
sistency upon trusts and other issues.
Richard Wedekind, twice Mayor Of
Raymond, Ill. Prosperity.
A. B. provinces, Populist, Heads
burg. Cal. Favors expansion and up
holding authority in the Philippines.
Captain A. l. Delcambre, of Mount
Kisco, N. T., a well-known Democrat
Of Westchester County, has announced
that he cannot support Bryan and the
Kansas City platform. Captain Del
cambre has a son who served in Cuba
with the list Regiment. He believes
in expansion and in letting the nag
ny in the Philippines.