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FI^RA. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1919
NUMBER 6
IffiSE two MEN
BARD TO BEAT
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-for tbo support of tbs voten on Tusn- .dsy, Bovember Mb wbo certelnly oome befon tbe voten ss riean ss « Tllibon. Tboy bsve no ulterior mo^ «lve hB ssklng to be sent ssdslegstss to the constitutional oonvontlon, to ^It in that Important session' whsra s new ooosMtnttan Is to bs msde for Illinois. Tbsra ta no motlvs to p\tg -sny port behind the screen when olsDlied to that body. Thess two men i^re^Msek Tsnner of Flors snd John A. "riiomss of Shsttoc. Mr. Tsnner Is known to most of the fsrmers of tbta county, tisvlng been hero st ag¬ ricultural meetings, and having been one of the foramoet farmen of our neighboring connty of Clay for a nnm¬ ber of yean. He Is parttcularly well- known aa' an orchardlet by horti¬ cultural men all over the stoto. Mr. Tannor taa highly educated gentle¬ man is every ptaat, s fine buslnem msn Mioss election would brluK hon¬ or to the dtatriet John A. Thomss of Shattuc, In our neighboring coun- .ty of Clinton, for yssn hss lived oO ' lilB flvo-bundred sore farm ]ust over -the line weet of Ssndovsl and ta known to many of the* citizens of thta oeunty, especially to thoee of the weet stde of the county. To know Jobn A. Thomas Is to come In contact with a man who poetoses a big mind, well-balanced, a man mature In Judir- ment, fearleaa to stond In the right position sgalnst all comen, and U^ he Is eleoted as one of the deleirates to the convention, there will be few men more sbfe to stand for the rights of the people of his district snd the Isboring olass and especially the farm¬ en. J. Mack Tanner and John A. Thomas are we belleve two of. the most deserving and trustworthy can-' dldates we hsve seen In the Beld In mSny a year. If the people of this district want tft_JBake their repre¬ sentation safe In the convention they oan do so by electing; to represent us J. Mack Tanner and John A. Thomas. . —Salem, Marlon Oounty Bepublican.
Beplylng to arequest to be present !PX the election nezt Tuesday, and de¬ clining to abandon his seat In congress for that purpose owing to the very grave Industrial altuatlon pravall- Ing In thts .country, Hon. T. S. Williams, congreasman from thts dis¬ ¬triet, writing to s friend under dste .iof Oct. 24, ssys of the eleotion snd Col. Tanner, one of our candidates:
The election nezt Tuesday ta as Im¬ portant as any election held In our State In the laat half century. The delemtee ehoeen by the people at that time win writo a new Constitution for the Stoto of Illinota. Every cttl¬ sen has a vital Intoreet In the kind of Oonrtltutlon framed, as It will be the organic law of our Stato for decades to eome.
As every one knowe, s wsvs of rsm- pant radicalism Is sweeping the world and orderly government Is everywhere :«erlou8ly threatoned. Powerful In¬ fluences will no doubt attompt to hara many of theaoclaltatio noetcums wrttton Into our new Constitution, ¦«nd It tatramendously important thst men of courage and ability be chosen from tlie various Distrieta.
(M. J. Mack Tanner, of our County, wbobae ooneeoted to be a candidate loreae o^ these plaeea, ta splendidly -nqnlpped by training, by twnpera- ¦IMBt, and by an unususl gitt of or- dbMcy common senss to sit In this
CNmvWVtlon. Hs wso private Seore- ktrf i«btoffttberrO^*rMnor John R. ttaMT, dttriiigM*$trm aa Govemor, nnd bsb an Intimate practical know- Mgd at the frams work of our Stete Otovwntmsnt. M e Mrvsd four yssn ss SioMtery oC ths Stete.Bosrd of CbftHtl**, aud probftUy hss g^ know- Udlg* of the grest ebsritsbls snd psnsi Institutions of the State equsi «trsny msn In tlie Stste. Hs will iro ttne ^ oonventlon with s fund of tefortnfttlon and oxpsrienoe gslned by y**n of prsotlcsl work In thsse posl¬ ttons. fie irin know from experienoe that parte of our preesnt Constitution ShouM bo ratalned snd hs will know whsn chsngss snd Improvsment should be msde. His wlds soqusint- snos snd persons] popularity with the leading men ofthe State will give him high fsnk In theOonvjmtlon snd from the first dsy he wjjl^'be oneof Ita moet prom Inent ^^i(d Influential mem¬ ben. He will reflect great oredit on our Diatriet.
Ool. Tanner has never sought oflice. With sbtlltles an4 personal qualities thst would have carried him to high poeltion had he sought politics! bonpn hs has wisely prafsrred s os- reer ss a business msn, fsrmer snd btohardlst In which he hss been high¬ ly sueceesful. The position he now seeks ta In no sense political, and I slneeraly trust he may receive the aopport his character, his ability and hta splendid qusllflcatlonsentltle^lm to reeeive. .,.., ...- ^j; .
Sincerely youn,
' fT. S. WlUJAMfl.
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