Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1906 — The Governor Speaks For Better Things [ARTICLE]

The Governor Speaks For Better Things

Governor J. Frank Hanly was one of the principal speakers at the State Baptist Chautauqua at Spring field, Illinois, Sunday and in hie address he condemned the commercial spirit of the day for the disre gard of the law. ‘ ‘This nation can not long keep to the lines of the last years and continue,” he declared. “A change in the attitude of these people towards corruption and disregard for law must be brought about. If gradual evolution will not do this a revolution will come to break down the barriers, and the sound of the bugle may again be heard calling the people to the rescue and preservation of the free institutions end liberty of the natien. “lam’nota pessimist: I am an optimist. Yesterday this nation was corrupt and satisfied. It is still corrupt, but the people are profoundly dissatisfied. A great revolution has already taken place. Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia won in his battle for the people against corruption. The late Governor Pattison of Ohio stood for the people of that common wealth to a proper attitude for law. New Jersey is awakening. “Governor Johnson is keeping close to the people of the state of Minnesota. Governor Cummins is fighting the battle of the people in the state of lowa, and he has my sincerest wishes for success. Senator LaFollette has awakened the people of the state of Wisconsin as the people of no commonwealth in this land has been stirred against the corrupting influences of the larger interests, We are doing something in the business ourelves.”