The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-11-02
Former Governor Altgeld Says the
Tide Is Against Imperialism.
Crime Mt the Ballot Box Is the Only
Way Mckinley Can he Reflect
ed-Tactics of 1896 Are Be-
ing ResOrted To.

In a recent letter to w. r. Hearst,
editor of the Chicago American, John
P. Altgeld, former governor of Illinois,
says:
wv. r. Hearst Editor Chicago American:
have been in a number of western states.
/ have been in the middle states and have
been somewhat over the east, and l find
everywhere the tide is running with ire
sistible force against the present admins
tration.
Thousands of republicans everywhere
feel that the only way to save our institu-
tons and to again make the republican
party a great moral force in this country
is to overthrow this Hanna administra-
ton.
THE republican managers see this and
are devoting their principle efforts to I'M
foreground work They see that II the
sentiment of the American people is crys-
tallized into the ballot box and honestly
counted more than rs per cent. of 1t will be
against Mckinley.
Crime at the Ballot BOX.
'They see that the only way in which they
can hope to accomplish anything is to re-
sort to crime. Crime at the ballot box is to-
day the only hope of the party that was
once headed by Lincoln.
I'm New York Mr.. Odell is running for
governor, but he is making no speeches
and is not discussing the issues of the
d
Avenue hotel giving out checks.
Is Campaign of Bribery.
Their plan of campaign all along the
line is to make good fellows out of the
democratic judges and clerks of election
and the democratic challengers and watch
ers, wherever this is possible. Wherever
they can make good fellow out of
democratic judge, there they will carry the
election.
The counting of 20, so, co or so demo-
cratic tickets and marking them in the re-
publican column is an easy thing, and in
the slum precincts, or wherever the voters
are not well known, the arbitrary adding
of hundred or a hundred and fifty votes
that were never cast to the republican coll
umn and then certifying to ii in the re-
turns is a simple and an easy matter
Tactics of 1890 Repeated.
These were the methods resorted to in
SO and are the methods they are again
resorting to. The last registration here in
chicago demonstrates conciusively what
had already been proved; that is, that
in 80 there were upwards OF 1000
fraudulent votes returned in this city
alone. The figures also show that In this
last registration there are in the neigh
borhood of GOO names on the list in ex-
cess OF the legal voters that are in the
city
These fraudulent schemes can only be
successfully worked by the liberal use of
money. Men Will not take the chance of
going to the penitentiary unless they are
paid for It.
Democrats Work in the Daylight.
THE democrats have no money, and are
obliged to make an open campaign in the
sunlight and appeal TO the patriotism and
the conscience of the American people. II
our people will be on the alert and let II
be understood that any man who attempts
TO commit a crime at the polls will be sent
to the penitentiary, we will carry Cook
county by 10000 majority and will sweep
this country from end to end.
Americans. Guard Your Birthright.
Every man in this land. whether repub-
lican or democrat, should give election
DAY from daylight In the morning until
after midnight. when the votes have been
returned to his country. See TO 1t that the
freemen of America are not swndled out
OF their birthright.
JOHN p. ALTGELD."