Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-26
The Ten Living Questions.


burning questions Of the campaign
are:
!. Rough Rider Judge ?-Shall the
lpeOple of the United States have for
the next four years a personal or a
constitutional government-the sover-
eighty of a party dictator or the
sovereignty of the peOple-a rough
rider or a judge for chief magistrate?
=. Reform the Tariff-Shall the tar
| if never be revised with the consent
and under the direction of its benefi-
ciaries-by the friends of its abuses.
its extortiOns and its determinations"
or shall it be revised i'll a judicial
spirit by the friends of the masses
and for the common weal?"
,. Curb the Trusts-Shall the mo-
nopolies like the beef trust controlling
universal necessaries of life. continue
TO receive the protection of a shelter
ing tariff. and enjoy still longer indul-
gence in the non-enforcement of anti
trust laws by reason of their poten-
ltial influence with party leaders?
I. The Abuse of Power.-ShalI the
action of the president in Kidding him
self of the one successful trust prose
cutor in order to placate the corpora
Itions-in making his former private
sectary and head of the department of
commerce a campaign-fund solicitor
from the very corporations he was
appointed TO diligently investigate"
in appointing a railroad corporation
official secretary of the navy. and a
political agent of the Southern Pacific
railway TO the head of the department
TO supervise and curb corporations Gall
TO aid his own campaign)-shall this
surrender of the rough rider" be APP
proved by the people?
>. No Corporation Rule.-Shan the
rule of corrupt corporations in poll
tics and their controlling influence in
government be further enlarged and
confirmed by continuing in power a
party closely allied with them by the
granting OF special privileges in the
tariff. b. the election of corporation
agents to congress and TO state offices.
and through the reconstruction of
the cabinet to meet their views?
6. Stop the Extravagance.-S Shall
we continue a policy of reckless ex-
|travagance. as evidenced by the eX-
penditure Of more than $500, 900 dur
ing the last four years. or shall We
return 10 reasonable economy?
:. Check the Corruption. Shall
corruption bred of too long a lease of
power. as instanced in the half-dis-
closed postal frauds. in the land of
flee scandals. in the pension abuses.
in the sale of offices and negotiation
Of ptrh1ia nv
tors Dietrich and Burton. in the pur-
chase of a seat in the senate by the
democrat. w. A. Clark. ratified by
the republican senators. and in the as
.cendancy and executive recognition of
notorious corruptionists and profes-
sional spoilsmen. be condemned and
continued?
:. No Big Stick" Buster.-ShaIl
the attitude of the United States to-
ward foreign nations be that of a
bully with big stick" and a chip
on his shoulder. or shall we return to
the policy of Washington and JEFF
Ifersou-"Peace and friendship with
Iall nations. entangIing alliances with
none minding our own business and
expecting other nations TO do the
same?
9 What Shall the FilipinOs Do 10
Us?-Shall we continue the maleyolent
effect upon ourselves of so-Called be
InevoIent assimilation" in the Philip
pines until it is too late to withdraw
from that deplorable and un-American
adventure in Asiatic colonialism -
which becomes all the more dangerous
the more we impose upon them the
veneer of our Civilization-and until
the hybrid and forever alien races of
those islands shall be incorporated into
our body polite. to cast the die in our
national conventions, as the delegate
from Hawaii did at Kansas City in
1900: 10 participate in our elections.
TO sit in our congress. and eventually
10 help 10 govern those who now by
force impose upon them government
without consent and taxation without
representation?
10. Let Is Have Peace. Shall
We. 40 years after the end of the war
and after a complete reconciliation
of the once hostile states, tear asun-
der by Il revival of the sectional issues
the bonds OF fraternity and concord
and this when the people of the south !
have just secured the nomination of a |
conservative and soUnd-money demo |
crat for president, and have given re-
peated instances of the strongest ma
tional and patriotic feeling?