Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-02
ALsCHULER ON THE ISSUES.


ALsCHULER ON THE ISSUES.
Samuel Alschuler is winning votes
every speech he makes, and he is
making good many. The people
have confidence in him as an able and
honest man-one whose record is q
guarantee that he will be faithful to
the public interests. In his speeche s
MIR. Alschuler devotes himself to the
issues of the campaign, and treats
them with such fairness that his argu-
ments have convincing effect upon
minds open to conviction. He refuses
to be diverted from the discussion of
imperialism, militarism and trusts to
attack the dummy issues which the
repu blicans are setting up to attract
the fire from vital points in their
lines. Monday of this week Mr..
Alschuler spoke at the immense ma
chine shops of the Illinois Central
railroad at Burnside, Chicago. Four
years ago no democrat would have
been permitted to speak there or at
any other railroad shops. This year
all the railroads aud railroad men of
Chicago are leaning the other way.
The trust price for steel rails may
have caused the change; but be this
as it may, the democratic candidate
for governor received a hearty well
come, and was introduced to the men
by Fred z. Place, general foreman of
the machinery department. In his
speech, Mr.. Alschuier, among other
things, said:
Il presume it is the highest ambi-
tion of every one of you to so vote as
to carry out your individual views of
what is the best for the greatest num-
Der of our citizens. We believe in
this election that the principles as adj
vocated by the democracy, associated
with the liberty-loving citizens of all
parties will more nearly conserve the
ideals of freedom and true principles
of Americanism than by voting any
other ticket. If you have kept pace
with events during the last few years,
and / am sure that you have, for you
look like a newspaper reading class of
men, you will know that the admins
tration at Washington has not con-
served the best interests OF the people,
NV idea is that if America expects to
continue to be the land OF freedom and
liberty, it's rulers must observe the
golden rule of doing unto other ma
tions, especially the weak ones, as we
would have they should do unto us.
1t won't do to shout republicanism at
home and at some other place imper-
ialism and monarchy.
Il don't mean by that that there is
any danger of kings and queens rul-
ing over us, but it is not necessary
to have those attributes OF a mon
archy. We can still have all the evils
of an imperialistic government and
forego the titles.
Now, don't believe in your hearts
that any one of you approves the idea
of the government sending 10000 of
our soldier boys to any place in the
world to reduce to our dominion any
alien race of people. l don't believe
that you approve the Porto Rican
tariff bill, whereby an integral part of
this nation is compelled to pay tribute
to another part. The Chicago repub-
lican newspapers have condemned it
in unmeasured terms aud don't think
it necessary to 60 into particulars
with you. 1t shows the drift of senti-
ment in the present republican party
and furnishes proof that the trusts
have absolute control of the present
republican party, for at their behest
Mckinley abandoned his plain duty,
as he himself expressed it, toward
Porto Rico, and demanded the Is per
cent tariff.
You are told that the country is
prosperous and that you owe it to the
republican party. don't believe you
believe any such hypocritical non
sense. Why, there is prosperity in
Europe-prosperity everywhere, and
presume that Mark Hanna Will claim
that his brand of American prosperity
is shedding its radiance across the
water. Why, look at Pennsylvania.
Why don't Mr.. Hanna furnish a buck
ct or two of prosperity to the miners.
who have been striking for living
wages? Under all rules and consis-
tency, Pennsylvania ought to have
two full dinner pals where Illinois
has one, for did not Pennsylvania give
Mckinley twice the majority of nli-
nois?
My friends, repu blicans and demo-
Gratis, if there is any betterment in
your wages or conditions of work, |
you brought it about yourselves |
through your labor unions and organ
izations. and you are under obligations |
to no political party in the world for