Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

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have had to go around the bush a lit
tie. But that is l-actically what IL In.
yet. my friends, the $260, 900 from the
treasury has been drawn and nearly
S5OO,00o has been spent around that in
stitution, and there is nothing left to
show for It,
The Same ROttenness Fyerywhere.
You can look wherever you want to
at present and you will find the same
condition of affairs. Now, / said the
law requires the publication Of re-
port from these great institutions
every three months. They have not
made a report and published II for
nearly a'year, and rumors are afioat
In the localities where these institu-
tions are located that ne death rate
has been SO high that they are afraid
to publish their reports.
brutality Is Rampant.
The brutality on the part OF politi-
clans acting in these institutions as
attendants is something that ia stag
gering. They say that the death rate
has been so great as to alarm officials.
and they further say that the business
anairs are in such a shape that they
feel that they do not dare to publish q
report. These reports are, however.
held back; they say they will get them
out in the winter. That L. what they
say now. WHY ARE THEY HELD
BACK? THERE IS SOME REASON
FOR 1T. ARE THOSE RUMORS COR
RECT WHICH SAY THAT THEY
MANY DEAD BODIES? Are those ru-
mors correct which say that they have
exhausted their appropriations
spent SO much money recklessiy In
raising salaries, in paying favorites
three prices for supplies, that they
dare not let the public know It? This
gives you general idea OF the way
things are running at present Every
attempt at reform has been over
thrown. Every attempt to buy sup
plies on a business basis has been
overthrown, and a system of favorit-
ism has been everywhere introduced.
1t is stated that during the last admin
istration several custodians of public
funds failed and that there Is a short
age of several hundred thousand dol
the banks were breaking up, three diff
ferent banks broke DIP that were Gus
todians of some of the funds of the
state. How much is going to be lost.
i don't know. The indications are that
nothing will be lost. The bondsmen.
they say, will pay it. But suppose II
all is lost, the extravaganza and Grim
inal expenditure of money in any one
OF the great institutions of this state
under the present regime will by far
exceed the total loss of those who
failed. (Applause)
stencil of Tanners Personality.
I do not care, my friends, to charac-
terize the present governor OF the
state / have already stated have not
the language to do it, but there are Re
publicans in this state who have the
language to do It. They say that for
the first time in it's history the great
state of Illinois has in its executive
chair an ignorant boodIer-this Is the
language / hear from Republicans on
all sides Men say-Republicans say
l DO not care TO make that charge, but
they say for the first time in the his
tory OF the state, for the first time ia
the history Of the great Republican
party of this state, Republicans have
been forced To step to the rear and TO
hold their noses because the present
of state affairs is so rot
ten and so corrupt that the odor IL too
rying to the stomach. (Appiause.)
They say it is the first time in the his
.ory of this state when 1t was ever re-
corded that the governor had lost $780,
100 specializing on the Board OF Trade,
when nobody supposed he was worth
,ver 5000. (Applause.) They say It
s the first time in the history OF this
tate when it was rumored that the
governor had lost $4,000 in one night
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