Bush, Cheney hit the rails again

NORMAL, Illinois (CNN) -- Traveling through rural towns in the Illinois countryside, Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush and his running mate, Dick Cheney, took their message to the heartland of America Sunday.

The two candidates and their spouses began the day with a church service in Chicago before boarding a train to Joliet, Illinois, for a political rally.

"(President) Clinton has said that he will hold on to power until the last hour of the last day," Cheney told voters at the rally.

Texas Gov. George W. Bush, right, Laura Bush, and Dick Cheney, left, smile at a train stop rally in Normal, Illinois

"The good news is, that hour is coming! It won't be long, help is on the way," he said to rousing cheers from the audience.

Bush tailored his message and the speech he's been using for the past several days to the farmers in the crowds.

At a rally in Normal, he promised to get rid of the death tax and vowed he would support ethanol, a fuel alternative made from corn, barley or wheat.

"Our farm economy is so important, not only to the domestic economy, but also for national security purposes," Bush said.

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He also promised that if elected in November, he would work to rebuild what he called the "low morale" of the U.S. military, and would give control of schools back to local communities.

"I don't want to be the national superintendent of schools," he said.