The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-26

To the Voters of Illinois:
We are at the beginning OF new
times. Congress, in response to public
demand, opened the door for amend
ment of the Constitution of the United
States and gave the people of the diff
ferent states the right to choose by
direct vote their representatives in
the national senate. SO, for the hrst
time in Illinois history candidates for
United States senator in this cam
paign submit themselves directly to
the people.
| am the candidate of my party for
United States senator. The nolnina-
ton having come to me by a direct
vote of the people, cannot regard 1t
as a personal triumph. look upon it
as a call to public service.
In seeking the nomination l made
no appeal to prejudice, to class or to
locality. Neither shah do so in my
campaign for election. When l go to
| Washington as United States senator
and | believe shall got win be to
represent Illinois and all her varied
interests and all her cosmopolitan peo'
pie.
viii Go to Washington to Work.
When go to Washington it will not
be to crafty social aspirations nor to
serve personal ambitions; 1t will be TO
work in the interest of the whole PEG
pie. | have been a worker all my life,
| began working when a boy; kept ii
up when I could have ceased work.
have loved labor, and still love it.
was born in Illinois-in Belvidere
Boone county. began working there
When / was eighteen | came to Chi
cago, like thousands of other country
boys. | had ten dollars In my pocket;
! had no friends in the great city, nc
influence, not even a letter of intro
duction. went to work in the street
car shops at SIPS day, and from that
time on have associated with the av
erage man, worked with him, and know
| his needs l have been a laborer;
have been a farmer; | am n manu-
facturer; / believe | can be fair ant
| just to the laborer, the farmer and th,
| manufacturer. Is
Stands for Entire State.
l live in Chicago, but | do not be
lieve l would be better qualified than
| am to serve the people of my statl
If | had remained in Boone county.
do not believe ones residence upon {
particular quarter section of land de
termines his fitness for office.
Friends and opponents alike have
said that l have constructive ability
/ am thankful for it, for these are con
structive days Such ability as have
and the experience that has come t.
me through years Of work, | dedicatt
to the people OF my native state.
Campaign for Good Government
The campaign for the Novembe
election is TO be- upon my part, can
paign for right and justice and GOO
government for all the people; a cam
paign to preserve the work accom-
plished By the present national admin
istration, and to buttress that work b.
completing the program now in HAND
1t is to be q campaign in behalf G
peace, prosperity and progress every
where 1t is to be a campaign in SUI
port Of a new STANDARD of public ser,
ice; a public service founded upo
honesty of purpose and fair dealin
toward the people.
The great problem today is how T
secure the greatest measure OF con
fort and happiness for our neighbor a
we'll as for ourselves. Sincere publ.
service must concern itself with thi
in general and in detail; must focu
attention upon the problems Of tn
farm, the factory and the mine, %
how to have better homes, better WORT
| ing conditions, better business cond
tons; in other words, better cond
lions for everybody, based upon rea,
cation that the welfare of the ind
yidual everywhere is inseparably l.
terwoven with that of the con
munity.