Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-29

Every week brings more accessions
to the democratic standard. One OF
the most important. significant and
Influential of the late converts to
Bryan is Mayor Samuel NJ. Jones, OF
Toledo, whose outspoken determine
ton to support the democratic ticket
may change the vote of the presi-
d ent's own state.
Marshall NJ. Kirkman. of Chicago,
vice president of the Chicago & North
western railroad. is one of the latest
important acquisitions to the cause of
democracy. William Mckinley had
no more Jealous supporter in 1896
than Mr.. Kirkman, but it would seem
that four years of the Ohio crowd
was enough for Mr.. Kirkman.
Along with Mr.. Kirkman are many
other leading residents of Evanston,
including James H. Raymond. the
well-known patent lawyer; M M.
Gridley. candidate for probate judge.
and James A. Poage. one of Chicago's
leading attorneys.
Louis P. Hennighausen, the we'll
known lawyer, and one of the most
prominent German-Americans in Bal
timore. is strongly opposed to the
policy of imperialism, to which the
repu blican administration is commit
ted. Mr.. Hennighausen has always
been a republican. He said recently:
The war in the Philippines now be-
ing waged by this country is a war of
conquest and subJugation, Just as
mach as was the war in which Russia
conquered Poland and Finland.
Neither this administration nor any
of the statesmen who are in favor of
it can mean to treat the Filipinos as
colonists in the true sense of the
word. If they believed that any ap-
preciabie part of the population OF
our own country would colonize in
The Philippines the war would not be
carried on. We could not spare any
of our people. We Lave far too much
of our land in this country which.
needs cultivation to allow any of our
to emigrate to another land.
I'm migrants for this country are in
now in our own state of
OQOSO a. a. L uIudh1s VI
one of the most prominent republi-
cans in Worcester county, Massa-
chusetts. who has always been a
repu blican and one of the most effec-
tive speakers for the party on the
stump. is opposed to the reelection of !
Mckinley. Judge Putnam is one of
the foremost anti-imperialists in the
state, as is also his brother, Rev. DIR.
Putnam, of North AadoVer. The
Putnam brothers were strong aboli |
tionists. Rev. DR.. Putnam. of North |
Andover. Mass. speaking of present
political conditions, says: There is |
= terrible lack of christian prip ciple |
n the attitude of the christian people. |
How faithless they have been? 1t is |
terrible to see their attitude through
nut the cou utry on this great ques-
ion. No man in American history |
has done so much to undermine and |
bring to naught the moral character |
If the people as William Mckinley in
the church and everything
,lse."
Ex-Judge William II. Downs. of the
Orphans court, of Anne Arundel
Maryland, whose home is in
ilenburnie, who opposed the election
# Mr.. Bryan in 1895, says positively
hat be will not vote for Mckinley
his fall. He contends that imperial
SIM is the main question before the
oters. Heris opposed to the admin
STATIONS policy in the Philippines
nd viii work and vote for Bryan.
Judge Downs has six sons, five of
Thom are gold democrats. and did
OF vote for Bryan-in 1886. bat viii
o so now. Judge Downs himself has