Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-08-25

lican all my life and joined the army
at the presidents first call in S9S. /
was q member of the Kansas regi-
ment of volunteers that went to the
Philippines. / was in all the engage
ments of that regiment. The great
ests wrong ever committed BY this
nation is the forcible annexation of
the Philippines. Those people ought
to be free. They are entitled to free
dom. They are capable of it."
EX-Congressman Johnson, for many
years republican leader in Indians,
and until now a strong party man.
says: LAS far seeing men several
years ago predicted would be the case,
powerful faction in our country is
now endeavoring to commit the re-
Publioato the colonial system of an
empire. Our sacred pledge to the
world concerning Cuba has so far
been disregarded. She has been
wronged and plundered. The covet
Gus eyes of the syndicate are fastened
upon her. Taxation without repre-
sentation has been imposed apon Por-
to Rico. Over these subjects, and
not over the tariff and finance, must
the great political conflict of 1900 be
waged."
Nor will it suffice to make personal
attacks upon William j. Bryan"
turning to that phase of the campaign.
1.-The people will treat him fairly.
They will judge him by what he really
is. not by what those against whose
vicious schemes he stands may say of
him. Within the last four years his
countrymen have come to know him
better and to appreciate his sterling
character. Candid men. even though
they do not coincide with his opinions,
now admit his courage, his integrity
and his ability. 1t can certainly be
truthfully affirmed of him that he is
q consistent man, and that his soul is
not under mortgage to others. No
one ever saw him set forth with high
sounding professions of virtue to free
one race and wind up by attempting
! to enslave another. He never started
out to secure mere coaling station
and ended by purchasing a whole ar
chipelago at an expense of $50, 600, 600.
and an ignoble war which has sacrl-
| ticed thousands of precious American
lives. And what measures of plain
duty has he ever recommended at one
moment that he might eat his own
words the next?"
James n. Simms, leader among
the colored people. writes as follows
to the New York journal: Il believe,
Judging from the dissatisfaction that
exists among our people in regard to
the policies of the republican party
on trusts and imperialism. that the
| Of 60 ho a
ocratic nominees
There has never been a time when
the colored people were so opposed to
the republican party as they are to-
day. At the many conventions, both
national and local, that have been
held among the colored race during
the last year or two, at nearly all of
them resolutions have been offered,
and in most cases passed, which con-
denim the present administration.
The convention recently held in
Philadelphia by many of the leading
men of the race. at which it was de-
cided to put ticket in the field for
president and congressman, is a sign
of revolution of the colored vote at
the coming election.
An ex-McKinley club has been or
ganized at Plattsburg, n. Y. The
prime movers ars:
President-Dr. j. II. Larocque.
Vice Presidents-M E. Barnard and
Nj. V. B. Turner.
Secretary-Halsey II Rogers.
William L. Pattison.
More than 80 per cent of the men,
IF 10 n OF inln
in 1896.