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Ex-President Harrison, in his speech in Ne.w York on the issutes ot the day, said, among other things,, the follow­ ing: • - /• _ .. > - "They denounce in their platform in • terference by federaliiuthorities in the local affairs as a violation of the. con­ stitution of the. United States arid , a Crime against free • iiistitutions. • iir. Tiilraan in his Speech approved this declaration. It was intended to be in words a direct condemnation of Mr. Cleveland, as president of the United States, for using the power pf the ex­ ecutive to brush out of the way every obstacle to the free passage of the mail trains and interstate commerce. "My friends, whenever our people ap­ prove the choice of a president who be­ lieves he must ask Gov. Altgeld or any ather governor of any other state per­ mission . to enforce the laws of th:; United States we have surrendered the victory the boys won in 18C5. "Once we are told a grave question was raised whether the United States could pass its troops through Kentucky to meet a rebel army in Tennessee. My friends, this constitutional question, this division between the general and local authorities, is a plain and easy one. A disturbance which is purely local in a state is a state affair. The president cannot send troops or lend any aid unless the legislature calls upon him for help, or the governor, if the legislature is not in session. "But when a law of tie United States is invaded and broken it is the sworn duty of the president to execute it, and this convention arraigns the president for doing what his oath compelled him to do. "C'-omrades of the great war for the union, sons of those who went out to battle that the fla^- might not lose its luster, will we consent after these years (cries of "No, no") that the doctrine that was shot to death in the great war shall be revived and made victorious in a civil campaign? (Cries of "No.") "But this assault does not end there. The supreme court of the United States and the federal lower courts are ar­ raigned because they used the familiar writ of injunction to suppress violence, to restrain men from breaking the law, and that the platform plainly means "I will show you that it was under­ stood in the convention, and in the com­ mittee on resolutions, that the demo­ cratic policy was that when the.supreme court, exercising its constitutional pow er and duty, gave an interpretation to a. law of the United States that was not pleasing to congress, they would in­ crease the number of judges and pack the court to get a decision to please them. "My friends, our fathers who framed this government divided its great pow­ ers between three great departments-- the legislative, the executive and the judicial. It ought to make these inde­ pendent, the one of the other, so that neither might overshadow or destroy the other. "The supreme court, the most digni­ fied judicial body in the world (ap­ plause) was appointed to interpret the laws and the constitution, and when the court pronounces a decree as to the powers of congress or as to any other constitutional question, there is but one right method if we disagree, and that is the method pointed out by the con­ stitution, to amend it to conform to our views. That is the position to-day. "Mr. Hill said in his speech of this assault upon the court: 'That provision, if it means anything, means that it is the duty of congress to reconstruct the supremecourtof the country. It means,' and now note his words, 'and it is open­ ly avowed that it means, the adding of additional members to it, or the turning out of office and reconstructing the whole court. I will not follow any such revolutionary step as that.' "You are to answer them, my fellow- citizens, in all the gravity of the great crisis, whether you will sustain a party that proposes to destroy the balance wheel which our fathers instituted in our form of government; and whenever a tumultous congress disagrees with the supreme court, and a subservient presi­ dent* is in the white house, that the judgment of the court shaSl be recon­ sidered and reversed by increasing the number of judges and packing the court with men who will decide as con­ gress wants them to. "I cannot exaggerate the gravity and the importance and the danger of this assault upon our constitutional form of government. One of the kindest and most discriminating critics who ever wrote with a foreign pen about Anieri; can affairs, Mr. Bryce, in his 'Ameri­ can Commonwealth,' pointed out this danger, that the constitution did not fix the number of supreme epurt judges, and it was possible by the reckless ex­ ecutive to subordinate arid practically destroy the supreme court by the proc­ ess I have just described, and the Eng­ lishman, after speaking of this, says: " 'What prevents such assaults on the .^fundairiental law? Nothing, but the fear of the people, whose broad, good sense and attachment to the prin­ ciples of the constitution may be gen­ erally relied on to condemn such a per­ version of its powers.' "Our English frientfldid not misjudge, I think, the sound, good sense of the American people when an issue like this is presented. Whatever the question is, whether Mr. Bryan's view of the con­ stitutional question shall prevail, or that of the august tribunal appointed by the constitution to settle it, the courts are in the defense of the weak. The rich and powerful have other re­ sources,. but the poor have not. Th© high-minded, independent judiciary' that will hold to the line in Question between wealth ^nd labor, between the rich and the poor, is the defense and security of the defenseless. "I do not intend to spend any time in the discussion of the tariff question. That debate has been won, and need not be protracted. It might run on eternally upon theoretical lines. We had had some experiences, but they were historical; remote, and not very instructive to this generation; We needed an experience of our own, and we have had it. (Laughter). It has been, a hard lesson, but*. Y**ry convinc­ ing one, and everybody was in the schoblhouse when it was given." ' ' , " CAMPAIGN NOTES. Republicans are to have a big rally at Greenville, Borid county; the home of the candidate fox' lieutenant governor, September 26. Senator. Cuflotii, Gapt. John It. .Tanner and all of the candi­ dates on the state ticket are announced to be there. ^ \ /. / * * * The campaign has produced; several novelties for the accommodation and comfort of people attending political meetings. Sangamon county republic-1 ans have a tent which they carry from town to town, and Quincy is making portable benches to be transported from one meeting place to another. * * * Republicans at Bushnell had a nota­ ble club meeting September 7. There were nearly 5,000 persons present, the demonstration including 600 men and three bands in line. Louis Kaiser, chairman of the club, presided, and speeches were made by B. N. Chipper- field, of Canton, and Judge L. Y. Sher­ man, of Macomb. * * * . . . Warren county republicans promise 1,000 majority for McKinley and Tan­ ner. Those who were at first dis­ gruntled on the silver question are gen­ erally in line again, and many pro­ hibitionists and democrats have fol­ lowed them into the "sound money" camp. There are 445 democrats ir War­ ren county who have declared for Gen. Black ami the Indianapolis nominee. * # * At a free silver meeting at Wood­ stock, McHenry county, after three speakers had extolled the benefits that would accrue to farmers, mechanics and laborers, the Chairman proposed three cheers for Brvan, which was responded to with a groan. Some one in^the au­ dience proposed three cheers for Mc­ Kinley, which were given with a hearty good will and tiger. It was a farmer audience attending the county fair. # * * It is a noticeable thing along the river front at Chicago that McKinley flags are being flown by every vessel and steamer that displays any political emblem. The Bryan and free silver pennants are never found at the mast­ heads of incoming boats. Not only does this apply to the Chicago fleet, but a careful watch has been kept on the entire fleet of the lakes as it passes Detroit, and there the results have been the same. # # # Chicago Eagle: "There is one thing that must be said of Capt. John K. Tan­ ner's campaign. There is no mud- slinging about it. Capt. Tanner is a plain, unvarnished, honoi-able citizen, who has never in his life endeavored to benefit himself at tlie expense of his neighbor. He has gone through life on his own merits. He has made his cam­ paigns on his own merits, and not upon the demerits of his opponents. For those reasons he has been always a win­ ner. His neighbors love as well as esteem him, and his character as a pub­ lic official is such as .to win him the good will as well as the votes of all citizens who have a preference for good government and unimpeachable public officials."' » # # John P. St. John, the ex-prohibition apostle who has strayed into the silver camp, is making desperate attempts to wreck the prohibition party and turn the voters over to the democrats. He is posing as a nationalist, but is mak­ ing democratic speeches. A few days ago at Lithia Springs encampment, in Shelby county, several thousand peo­ ple heard a debate between William E. Mason and Mr. St. John. Mr. Mason exposed him, and demanded to know for whom he was speaking. St. John replied that he was not. talking for any party, but was supporting silver. In an interview he admitted that nothing could be done for Bentley, the national nominee, and thought his vote would be very small. St. John is using his influ­ ence with prohibitionists in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to unite with the sil­ ver men to defeat McKinley. Some of the prohibitionists who have been mis­ led are returning to the prohibition party declaring that democracy is too bitter a pill for temperance men to swallow. ' * . ^ ' Gen. J. C. Black declined the demo­ cratic nomination for governor and W. S. Porman was substituted by the state central committee for the posi­ tion. Democrats are disappointed at Gen. Black's decision, but the sound money men say they will make a vig­ orous campaign against Altgeld with Forman at the head of the ticket. In his letter of declination Gen. Black says: "I am convinced by .my Investigation that in this state the election of governor lies between Messrs. Tanner and Altg-eM. "I am further convinced beyond a reason­ able doubt that the only effect In the elec­ tion,of my candidacy would be to dimin­ ish the chances of one or the other of these gentlemen for election. Men difffcr In their opinions-as to whose chances tvonld be most seriously impaired; but, fn any event, the wheile effect of my candidacy, so far as the election is concerned, would bo what T have stated above--namely, to diminish the chances of orie or the other ofthecandidat.es. "I recognize the disinterested character and lofty aims of your organization; that It seeks to establish the democracy upon. Its ancient foundations and aipid its an-* clent principles, a efuge for Its erring brethren in the future and a safeguard of free government.,, I .recognize the unsel­ fish devotion of the men present In your convention to principle and democracy." THROUGH THE. STATE. More Open Letters and Troubld for Gov. Altgeld. Capt. Tanner's Return to Active Work in the Campaign -- Good Re­ publican New» Every-' ' > where. . Open letter^ to Gov. Altgeld are the order oi the day, and. they are coining so thick and fast as to occupy a large amount of space in the ordinary news- -paper if published entire. F, D.Eadeke, one of the trustees of the Eastern Hos­ pital for the Insane at Kankakee, ap­ pointed by Gov. Altgeld, tendered his" resignation of that office in a letter saying the funds of the institution were used too freely arid to its detriment, and that the trustees held star cham­ ber meetings and had, other unbusiness^ like-methods. E. S. Browne, of La Salle, formerly "a meriiber of the general as­ sembly and doorkeeper of the house, a stanch democrat, asks Gov. Altgeld a series of pointed questions as to his of­ ficial course and his professions of friendship for the Workingmen. Col. Harry Donovan, of Chicago, a member of the governor's staff and an active worker in politics in Cook county, has severed his connection with the Altgeld wing of democracy. Other lieutenants of the free silver nominee are malting trouble for their chief. Five officers of the Cook county democracy were ousted from office, on Sunday because of their sympathy with the "sound money" movement. The democratic tent is dis­ turbed from headquarters to cook tent. * * * Capt. John Ii. Tanner, republican candidate for governor, returned to Chi­ cago frorii West Baden, Ind., on Friday. He has entirely recovered from his in­ juries received in the accident at Quincy, and reenters the campaign with in­ creased vigor and energy. * "Say for the state central commit­ tee," said Chairman Hitch, who spent several days with the candidate at the. springs, "that Capt. Tanner sends greeting and. good cheer to all repub­ licans of Illinois. He lias been indirect communication with prominent mem­ bers of the party in Various sections of the state, and both lie and the com­ mittee are thoroughly satisfied with the work done and \vi for the complete success of the state ticket. The reports are not only en­ couraging--they are gratifying. The latter because of the evidence of greater personal interest in the canvass by county and township committees than has ever been noted. We are now pie- paring for the closest possible touch with till workers, by means of which we hope to be informed regularly of the attitude of affairs in every county --whether there have been changes of conditions and what they are, the pros­ pective numerical strength of the dif­ ferent parties, what literature is de­ manded as the campaign progresses, and other information g'iving a bird's- eye view of the situation in the whole state. Just now it is all right, and the effort to keep it there will give Capt. Tanner and the other state officers a handsome majority." * # * Secretary Van Cleave, of the state central committee, gives some of the rea­ sons for republican confidence, as they appear in the daily routine of business in his office: "The campaign of education has been effective," he says. "About the 12th of August, the tenor of expression in cor- respqndence began to be made favora­ ble, and now it is highly satisfactory, from all parts of the state. It is not con­ fined to congressional districts or coun ties, but extends to blocks and pre­ cincts. Every county in the state is heard from daily, and scores of letters contain the expression: 'The silver craze is on the wane.' Now the voters are asking for new campaign docu­ ments, but there will be time enough for tariff literature when the free-silver idea is practically eliminated. . "It may be encouraging to commit­ teemen everywhere to say that the party never before had so perfect an organization as it has to-day. The poll of the state as it comes in shows unpre­ cedented gains, and consequently mag­ nificent work all along the line. One day's mail brings,reports from 300 pre­ cincts outside of Cook county, and these show an average gain of 32 to the precinct over the vote of 1892--merely a sample of what we get. Up to this time it has been a national campaign in tills as in other states, and now the com­ mittee is prepared to push things for the state ticket. There will be over 1,- 000 orators in the field, speaking in every township and meeting the voters face to face. They turn out in vast numbers.- Great good has been done for the success of rallies by the organ- ization of McKinley-Tanner marching clubs. Sangamon, Morgan arid other central Illinois counties could alone muster a respectable army. Repub­ licans everywhere are active, deter­ mined, united and harinonious." * * * W. H. Hainline, of Macomb, member of the state central committee from the Fifteenth congressional district, has just returned from a partial tour of the counties of that district, and says: 'I found things in admirable shape where I visited. Adams county repub­ licans have their business thoroughly systematized, so that the officers of the county organization are in daily com­ munication with town and school dis­ trict captains. Capt. William Somer- ville, chairman of the county central committee, is constantly at the head- quarters in Quincy; employs a sten­ ographer and is assisted by Capt. J. Y. Henry in mailing documents to com­ mittees, clubs and delegations. They send out from 500 to 2,000 packages daily. Other active republicans there are'J. J. Walsh, C. A. Wilcox, Dr. Jo­ seph Bobbins, Col. C. H. .Castle, I. H. Lesem, S. H. Emery, Maj. James E. Adams, F. W. Menke, W. H. Collins, C.. 0. Cottrill, and Messrs. Morgan, Held* breder, Keith and Newstadt. Adams county will give us a good report in November. I can say as much for Mc- Donough, Warren, Hancock, Schuyler and Brovs n, where all of the committees are working with enthusiasm that au­ gurs success. Col. B. F. Marsh, the nominee for congress, is devoting his whole time to canvassing the district, arid is gaining votes wherever he goes. The democrats are making great exer­ tions in the district, and have already billed Gov. Altgeld for three speeches. There is every reason to believe Capt. Tanner and Col. Marsh will have good majorities in the district." . • * * Dr. L. S. Wilcox, of Champaign, mem­ ber of the state committee from the Thirteenth district,.gives a cheerful re­ port of the outlook there. W. E. Mason, of Chicago, and Capt-. Koweli made speeches at Champaign, addressing large audiences. The railroad men of Urbana, who had organized a club, marched from Urbana to Champaign and demonstrated the interest railway employes are showing. At Paxtori an­ other big meeting was addressed by W. E. Mason, W. ,T. Calhojin, Congressman Warner, George E. Adiams, of Chieago, and Prof. Chindblom. Mr. Mason also spoke at the Saybrooke fair. Maj. War­ ner's political friends are confident of his return to congress. THAT "GRIP OF GOLD." I It Is a Forgery Pure and Simple--The Evidence Complete. , No single publication of the silver syndicate has attracted so much atten­ tion as a leaflet entitled "The Grip of Gold," which purports to. give a quota­ tion from the London Financial News of March 10, 1896, expressing the opin­ ion that the adoption of free coinage of silver in the United States would be disadvantageous to England and help­ ful to the trade and business of this country. Millions of copies of this doc­ ument have been spread broadcast by the organization which is now profess­ ing to be penniless and unable to put legitimate arguments before the people. The article, which is entitled "The Grip of Gold," begins as follows: "London, March 10, 189C. The London Financial News says: "The financial situation In the United, States is very serious." It then proceeds i to say that while the trade of the world la now in t|)e hands of England, It would not long remain so if thft TTnltPri actopt the free and unlimited coinage of! silver, that rates of interest would fall In} this country, business revive, and tho United States would capture the trade of the world. It closes by saying: "When that issue comes before the people, Eng­ land will regret her apathy and adherence to the single gold standard." The absolute falsity of the entire statement is. shown by .the following editorial taken from the London Finan­ cial News of August 13,1896: "Wo have received numerous letters from American correspondents, containing what purports to be editorials from the Finan­ cial News, and which have been reprinted in various western papers as 'campaign! literature.' One Omaha paper prints an article stating that it is from the London Financial News, of March 10. No such article was ever printed by us, and Its whole tenor is directly opposed to the view we have taken of the effect of free silver in the United States. So far from advo­ cating free silver coinage We have per­ sistently pointed out that It spells repudi­ ation and the withdrawal of all English capital." The same paper in its issue of the fol­ lowing day, August 14, says: "It 16 not surprising that the America* market improved yesterday, for a mora wretched manifesto than that of the 'Boy, Orator' could scarcely be conceived. Mr.; Bryan, by his speech at the Madison. Square garden, convicts himself either of astound­ ing ignorance or of a willful perversion of the truth. To tell an intelligent audience that the free and unlimited coinage of sil­ ver by the United States alone would raise the bullion value of silver to Its coinage value, and make silver bullion worth $1.29 per ounce in gold throughout the world is an amazing statement for a man to make who is a candidate for the presidency of a great country. As Mr. Bryan is, presum­ ably, not wholly uneducated, he must know that his statement, which even the,most rahid bimetallist cannot swallow, is ab­ solutely opposed to the truth, but whether he is only crassly ignorant or an unscru­ pulous rascal molding out impossible hopes, he has shown by. this one speech how com­ pletely unfitted he is to become the head of the. government of the republic." A Revolution in Egypt. A close observer of political affairs writes from Cairo, 111., to Dr. W. F. Cal­ houn, editor of the Decatur Republic­ an: "When I came here a month ago it was hardly safe for a man to declare himself in favor of the republican party. There has been a great change. I have met in the last twb weeks and talked with over 100 railroad and steamboat employes. Fully two-thirds of that number now openly say they will vote for McKinley. With very few excep­ tions these men have been and are dem­ ocrats. They are doing a vast amount" of studying and talking among them­ selves. I was out the other evening} when a McKinley club of over 1,000 members was organized. A list of nearly 100 old-time democrats, includ­ ing officeholders, men of property and influence who will not support the Chi- cago convention was published in a lo­ cal paper the other day. Among the number were several ex-confederates, who are numerous here. The same re­ ports came to xrie from all over this sec­ tion with the exception of Union coun- . ty, which is nearly solid for silver, but not quite. This is a measure due to the asylum at Anna, which now has nearly as many attendants as inmates. The former class know what their jobs are built on, and work like beavers for Altgeld & Co." The preliminary work of organizing a club to champion the cause of "honest money" has been quietly going on in the C., B. & Q. shops at Aurora, develop­ ing the fact that shop men as a ride hold pretty sound ideas concerning the com­ parative purchasing power of a dollar under the present standard and under free silverism. Over 600 men-have signed the roll of membership. | , The employes o|j the Mount Vernon car works have Organized a McKinley "sound money" club. Th£ president is Superintendent Snyder, who has always been a democrat A number of thfli members are ex-democr®ts.