Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1888 — Judge Hilton on the Mills Bill. [ARTICLE]

Judge Hilton on the Mills Bill.

In 1882 the six large woolen mills owned and operated by the A. T. Stewart estate were shut down because they could not be run at a profit on account of \he tariff on raw wool, which made the material entering into the manufacture so much more expensive here than English manufacturers had to pay far it. Thousands of men and women were employed in those mills prior to that date. In conversation with a prominent gentleman of this city a few days ago Judge Henry Hilton, at Woodlawn Park, Saratoga, said: “I hope the Mills bill will pass, for I want to start up that machinery again. 1 will begin to operate those mills as soon as I can buy wool as cheap as the Engl sh manufacturers can."— Albany (N. Y.) dispatch. People who pretend to know something about Illinois politics are now making the assertion that John M. Palmer is going to be elected Governor. They say that the veteran is arousing great enthusiasm at his meetings; that all over the State the farmers are muttering at the present condition of things, and that up to date the record of party deserters shows three Republicans to one Democrat. —Chicago Herald. Ebee whisky in politics is not found to be the “liquid joy" whose praises have been so raptuously sung by Bob Ingersoll. It has not driven the skeleton from the Republican feast nor painted pleasing landscapes on the Republican brain.—Chicago Herald,