Three Men From Illinois

Abraham Lincoln was f rom Illinois. Gov. Altgeld is of Illinois. Thamc heaven, there the similarity ends. Altgold, at the recent so-called aatlonal democratie convention, inveighed a bitter terms against the U. S. supreme court. and had a plank inserted in the platform of his party pledging it to pack the supreme court of our natioa in the interest of anarehy if that party should get in power. Lincoln, in 1857, when the .supreme court had made that infamous Drcd Scott decisión, said : "We think the Dred Scott decisión is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we sh.aU do what we can to have t overrule this. We offer no resistance to it." Stephen A Douglas was one of the most eloquent democrats Illinois ever produced. He said : "The upreme court is a sacred trust, to resist it is anavchy." But then those two great men of 11linois were not Altgelds ! They, were patriota! They were statesmen. They were men who loved their party, but they loved their country Jiore than all things else. A. million miles of íuacadamized road would cost $4,000,000,000, but would dispense with about half Dhe draft animáis in the country, and Ihus save $737,000,000 in the annual ieed bill. This is three per cent. interest on $36, 000,000, 000. Consequently, if re ad bonds were issued bearing three per cent. interest, the New Kngland Homestead estimates that .nore than C, 000,000 miles of macadamized road could be built without mcreasing tho annual expenses one dollar. The people are paying three per 3ent. on $30,000,000 in order to keep up the present bad roads. So the apostles of good roads figure. Edwin F. Uhl, whom every resident of this county probably knows, has written a letter to Daniel J. Campau, In reply to an appeal for campaign funds. that is not only plain and sensible, but very patriotic. He tells Mr. Campau in plain words that ie does not consider the present crew that have hold of the democratie party, demorrats ; frankly states that he would not vote for Mr. Bryan iï lie were at home, and consequently can not give money for a campaign that he believes to be wrong. He pro nounces the Chicago platform unpatriotic, un-American and in direct oppositioi. to democracy.