People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1895 — ILLINOIS GOVERNOR REFUSED [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR REFUSED

Gov. Altgeld again reminded the American people that he resented the unlawful sending of federal troops into Illinois last year, by refusing to ride in the parade at Atlanta on “Chicago Day.” if the regulars were to participate. The regulars were dropped out and John P. Altgeld rode in the great demonstration. The telegraphic report says: “The governor of Illinois is a good rider and sits his horse well, but there are many blooded citizens ot Chicago in Atlanta to-night who would have been better pleased had the legiment led the parade and the governor of Illinois had not the chance to display his horsemanship.” It was those “blooded citizens,’’those aristocrats ofjwealth, those enemies of American liberty, that applauded Cleveland when he perpetrated the offense against the constitution above referred to, and it is those “blooded citizens” who aim to establish a monarchy on the ruins of this republic.