Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-23

the speaker, impressed the audience
and undoubtedly set many voters TO
| thinking. 1t was not an imprisoned
| was a simple definition of imperialis III
and trusts and an explanation of the
events leading mp to their introduce
| tion into the nation.
The audience filled the theatre, aud,
although Mr.. Williams talked from
$50 till II o'clock, he was urged to
continue. He had been telling some
truths that appealed to his hearers.
They were interested. The marching
corps Of the Bryan and Stevenson
club acted as escort to the speaker.
The club made fine turnout-One
that made the republican bunch look
decidedly nconsiderabIe--and on its
march down Second avenue was
warmly cheered, many of the business
people burning red fire. Mr.. Will
liams, who was a guest at the Rock
Island house, was driven in a carriage
to the corner of Second avenue and
Nineteenth street, where he joined
the BRYAN club, which, headed by
Bleuer's band, escorted him to the
theatre. The stage was decorated
with the pictures of the democratic
national and state candidates and
seats were provided for the BRYAN
club and other prominent democrats.
After a selection by the band and
song by the glee club I. j. Medill,
chairman of the democratic county
executive committee, introduced Z.
b Marshall as chairman of the meet
n L. T.
terest shown in the issues of the cam
paign as manifested by the large
audience and presented Mr.. Williams,
who was accorded q fine ovation.
Mr.. Williams said he was fully con-
scious of the respOnsibility that de-
volved upon him as one Of the speakers
in the present campaign. Never be-
fore in the history OF the nation has a
party been forced by the policies of
an opposing party to submit to the
people for settlement the questions
that have been forced TO the surface
by the latter party in the short term
of three years. Although the. nation
is engaged in warfare, no poems are
written about it, no Longfe!low has
been born to sing the praises of
that war.
War Not Justified.
On the contrary, amid scenes that
ought to inspire patriotism, we are
brought down to the level of material
and sensual argument-the party
creating the war going before the
people with plea of prosperity and
the full dinner pail as 4 justification
for the continuance of the war. At
best it is a brutal and degrading argu-
ment. We have not yet conducted 2
war that has not inspired the pas
sions, nor has any party before pre-
sentcd war as campaign issue with
out Justification for its acts. The
people are asked to approve the war
because they are well fed-therc is
nothing TO consider as American citi-
zcns. save that they have a meal At
MONDAY. There is no patriotic senti- |
ment about it-future generations are
not 10 be considered, nothing but the
conditions that are applied TO brutes
As well as men-a full trough and 8
full dinner pail. 1t i the same policy
advocated 100 years ago by Alexander
Hamilton as the leader of the party of
property, against whose vicious prin-
ciPles Thomas Jefferson fought and
against which the democratic party
has ever been arrayed. The only differ !
ence between 100 years ago and today
Is that Hamilton made TO CONSIGNMENT
OF the facts, but William Mckinley
attempts to do so. He favored mon
archv. so does the administration in
control of the government today. /
MIR. Williams then directed little /.