Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-03
IMPERIALISM THE ISSUE.

Henry voIImer Accepts Democratic Con-
EressionaI Nomination.
In his letter accepting the demo-
cratic nomination for congress ex-
Mayor Henry Vollmer, of Davenport,
who opposed Bryan four years ago,
comes out strong in his support of
the democratic presidential candidate
this year.
Il do not regard the silver question
as an issue in this campaign at all, :"
says Mr.. Vollmer. tissues properly
are those only which the votes of the
people can affect. Not everything in
platform is necessarily an issue.
With the gold standard intrenched in
legislation and an insured majority in
the senate for the next six years and
robably longer, with the fact that
there are in the present senate large
number of gold democrats and that
there will in all probability be a large
numb Der of these in the next house,
the silver question, if not a dead is
sue, is at least a suspended one.
II am free to say that the question
of imperialism seems to me TO be of
such transcendent importance that
should support Mr.. Bryan on that
issue. even if the silver question we're
still in politics, which, in my opinion,
it is not at present.
Il believe also that the country is
today drifting toward a plutocracy,
and that the trusts must be regulated
and controlled or destroyed. With
no prejudice toward England or Eng
lishmen. it seems to me that the for
eign policy of the Mckinley admins
tration has been one of trucking sub
serviency TO the ends of British diplo-
macy. In it's treatment of the Beers,
in the Hay-Pauncefote negotiations, in
it's recent giving away of the Porcu-
pine district in Alaska, it has alienated
the support that it might have COM
manded from the sound money demo-
Gratis of 1896. They have been forced
back into the ranks of the regular
democracy. If they are not sorry they
ever left, they are loyal in their sup
port of Mr.. Bryan's stand on all the
living issues of the day"
Democrats Raise a Flag.
The democrats of the Fifth ward,
Moline, held their first rally and flag
raising Saturday evening. The flag
was raised at Seventh street and
Eighteenth avenue. j. j. Rogers was
the chairman of the evening. S. X
Kenworthy, of Rock Island, was the
principal speaker. He said that the
position taken by the republican par
been for the good of the people, as
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the trusts and monopolies aud the
rich people. Continuing. he declared
that Mark Hanna is the real president
of the day and Mckinley is doing just
as he dictates. Hanna, who spent
thousands of dollars to get a seat in
the United States senate. he declared
the most corrupt politician of the day
and that he did net hesitate in using
Mckinley as tool.
Look what the republican party
has DONE" said he. 1t has said that
the declaration of independence is a
back mum Der; it has departed from a
law biding citizen and become a
greedy grabber of lands aud liberty
from helpless countries; it has devel
oped into an ally of Great Britain; it
sent an army over to whip the Span
iards in Manila and then bought the
islands from Spain and turned the
guns on the men it encouraged to fight
for their liberty.
The republican party is the party |
Of the dollar. They say they are not |
IN favor of trusts, but they fail to give |
an explanation. Six years ago, when |
England was having trouble in South |
America about boundary lines, the |
United States settled it and England |
lid not dare say word, but today
We have not enough power to build
he canal through the Isthmus of
Panama without promising England
We will not fortify it,"
Others who spoke were l.. A. Jahns,
Dr.. j. W. Morgan and Andrew Dow.