Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-27
THOMPSON'S CROWD
SURPRISES FOES Of
CHICAGO BIG BILL
CAMPAIGNING MAYOR GETS BIG
GER TURN OUT THAN ANY OF
LOCAL ENEMIES DREAMED Of
AUDIENCE NONE TOO sNTAUS-
iASTiC.

Inc comparatively large TURN Out
extresm heat Of the night considered
OF Ottawan's last night at Vim. Hale
Thompson's self ACKNOWLEDGMENT meet
ing at the Armory. proved one OF the
political surprises of the infant cam
paign, according TO local G.. o. =. lead
srs Thompson, accompanied by some
Big Bill-ike style. Tie was met by
Hentrichs band and escorted to the
meeting place where he was intro
duced by Attorney Robert Carr whose
services for that function, We're i'm
pressed By Thompson managers,
The Armory was not over-croWded
but there were Two or three hundred
who sat thru the speach i'll spite OF n
sweltering humidity that permeated
the large hall. While there was no
intense enthusiasm manifested the
Chicago mayor. and senatorial Candi
date, occasionally exacted applause.
He was preceded in his address by
Frank Ayers. a former Ottawa attor-
ney who as an associate in the cor
poratiOn counsel's Office, told Of Thorn.
pson's work as chief executive Of the
second city Mr. Ayers during his
residence here was with Dan Trainor.
he 10, a., A.
Ayers.
In exploding his campaign bombs
Thompson said.
The war in which our nation is en-
gagged has divided the American PEG.
pie into two classes those who give
and those who get Those who Civ"
compose approximately ninety niehi
per cent of the tgal population. while
the insignificant decimal Of two per
per cent made M of the powerful
rich, forms NE favored class who get
The American people exhibit great
fortitude and a splendid spirit Of UNI
questioning LOYALTY as they take NJ
without complaint the heavy burdens
which this period Of national stress
lays upon them
There Is hardly a home in the land
that has not been called upon To fur
nish its quota of young manhood
There are many, OH so many moth
ers like the Spartan mothers of old
with the smile on their lips giving the
lie to the haunting fear in theil
hearts, who send up TO the throne o.
grace every night an earnest prayer
for The comfort and safety OF the boy
over there There is not AN able
bodied man in the country between
the ages of u and 3 but who Is won
Sering if he can keep his present pO
sti0n or employment or whether thu
exigencies OF the times will compe
him TO pluck up the roots of his pres
ent situation. and be trsnsplanted TEN
porarily
These and numerous other trouble
and worries the IS per cent are calle'
upon to endure. and ii Is a tributp t
their patriotism and their devotion t
this land, whether it be the land o
their nativity or their adoption tina
they submit 10 the yoke that is lai
upon them, in the spirit OF that nobl
sentiment, My country, It's of Thee
Sweet land of iberty.'
While the % per cent are maxim
these willing sacrifices, how fares
with tho per cent. the oigarch
which controls the wealth Of the cour
try? What are their priyatons
What are their doubts and uncertain
ties? How have trer affairs bee
dlsarranged by the war and the run
or3 of war; No. these things a.
not for them The only uncertaint
with them is the size of their div
dends; the extent of their worr
whether they shall make -, 80. 100 G
several hundred per cent profit o
their cash investment while tn
humble widow looks longingly forwar
to the time when she can cash til
coupon on her little Liberty Bond o
which she receives a rate of Az pc
cent.
The Is per cent will continue to b'
the Liberty Bonds. because they kno
heir country must have the funds
carry on the war, and because the
realize that a government bond is q
sound an investment az can be mad
.ttai bond is as good as the natio
which IS behind it, and IT. in the mr.
cess OF time. the bonds of the Unite
States should become worthless. the
there will be no property rights
this ccu"try that will have any valli
We know that when we buy the bone
OF our Overnment that we are M
only helping maintain the nation
credit but that We are to that extel
forifvlng cur own most precio,
rshts and privileges as citizens of n
greatest government that God s
mighty ever vouchsafed to man.
So il Is that the patriotic impul'
OF the tipEseS unloCks the little trea
uries in tie homes Of the humble. b
Il Is burning shame that while thel
tiny financial rivulets are finding the
was to the sea of our national cred
the steel bgrons, the powder king
tha munit inns. nrinppa and Tho fof