Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-25
GERMANS ARE UNANIMOUS FOR
ELECTION OF DEMOCRATIC TICKET
No Movement in National Politics Like it in Recent Years.
Largely Due to Dstrust of Roosevelt and Opposition
to mperaIstiC Notions.

New York, Oct 25-One entire
floor of the Century building in this
city is given over to Herman Ridder
and a large staff of assistant managers
and clerks who have general oversight
of the campaign of the "German-Ameri-
can Parker Union.'' This organization
came into eXistance shortly after
Judge Parker made his speech accept
ing the democratic nomination tor the
presidency, and has grown steadily
and rapidly until now it embraces
many vigorous Parker unions
in New York, Connecticut. Indiana,
New Jersey, Wisconsin. Illinois. Colo
RADIO and other states. Herman RidGer
is the editor and proprietor of the New
York Stats Zietung. the foremost Gcr-
man-American newspaper in America,
which was owned and man
aged for many years by the
late Oswald Ottendorfer. Mr.. Rid
der is a man of great executive ability
and unceasing energy. The Stats
Zeitung. under his management, has
maintained the reputation establish
ed for it by Mr. Ottendorfer as a pub
lie journal of courage, independence,
head of the staff of editorial writer's
stands George Won Skal, journalist
of more than national reputation, for
his name is well known and his learn
ing and ability are as much appreci-
ated in Germany as they are in this
country.
The Stats Zeitung supported Samu-
eel J. Tilden for the presidency in 1876
and its work in that campaign had
much to do with Mr.. Tilden's great
triumph in New York, New Jersey,
Indiana and Connecticut, states which
have large German populations and
in which the Stats Zeitung is widely
read. Ii was a factor in the election
of Grover Cleveland in 1884 and again
in 1892. This year it is doing yeOman's
service for Parker and Davis and the
New York democratic state and con-
gressional tickets.
Why They Are For Parker.
Americans of German birth and de-
scent compose one of the most stable
and desirable clements of our popula-
ton. This is true O. the great number
age German-American is an independ-
west and of the millions of German
American business men and working
men in the commercial and industrial
centers the country over. The aver
age GermanAmerican is an independ-
ent voter in national and state affairs.
He casts his ballot for the party which
in his judgment, is the more likely TO
preserve our democratic institutions
and TO continue democratic practices,
the benefits of which he sought when
he emigrated from the fatherland.
To his everlasting credit il may be
said that he loves the land of his
birth and rejoices in the growing pros.
perity and ever increasing power,
much of which he attributes to the
progress which has been made there
toward enlightened constitutional gov
eminent. But your average German
American is true democrat in the
broadcast sense of the word. He seeks
above all things freedom from the bur
dens of militarism, and oppression
fully understood by him. since it was
to escape il that, IN many cases at
least he left the old country. He seeks
the liberty TO attend his legitimate
business-and he is rarely found en-
gagged in any other-without unneces-