Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-23

At royal gates that barred thy peaceful
And red the Neva to the Baltic runs.
! To mark the slaughter of a holy davt
| How vain thy trust in those of woltiSh
| breed
And vain the sacred Image lifted high.
Save that "A world. abhorrent of the
Hath seen a peoples readiness to die,
] But from the ashes of their blood and
1 tears.
Fen of old the bards and prophets
| sung,
There springs hope to light the dark
| ened years.
And Freedoms song is on the ma
For an encore Mr.. Rexdale read
| THE Homage of the Drum"
MT. Ross On Our Government.
Our Government" was the topic as
signed George w. Ross. vice president
of the Moline club Mr. Ross saw
great future for Rock Island county.
He congratulated the city on its stroke
| in hemming in Moline by the launch
ing of a new town at it's east which
had been called East Rock Island. He
suggested that there remained untak-
en- a trip between East Rock Island
and the city of Moline, lying along the
river shore, that Rock Island might
go up some night and bag But he
said such a spirit of agEressiveness
was what made cities. He plumed
the Club on its success in bringing
new factories to the locality and he
believed that its work had barely been
| begun in that direction. Rock Island
was a center of distribution. it had
the rail and water and fuel advantag-
es. and if it did not become event
Ina II,- 40 60
ter of the middle west he would be
content TO be discredited as prophet
Mr. Ross saw breaking through the
clouds of our country's patriotism
those same Weaknesses that under
mined the governments of the old
world. 1t was the fault of the people
The remedy lay in their hands. What
1 was needed was less partisanship,
more craftsmanship and more consid
GRAFTON for the principles of the bill of
| human rights.
j. lRe SenrIe On "Our InherItnnce.'
Judge c. J. Searle, in responding to
the toast, Our Inheritance" took &C
casion to disagree with Mr. VOllmeT
as to the need of the Monroe doc
trine. Judge Searle said he did not
diligence of this reference He said
! If there was one feature of the Cleve-
| land administration that he gioried in
admiring it was the clarion note that
/ the presidents secretary of state.
| Richard Olney. sounded when he told
! the English government that the fiat
of the United States was law and that
pursuit of the aggressive move con
ttemplated on the western hemisphere
would be taken as an unfriendly act
and would be resented. He did not
| coincide with the view of Mr.. Vollmcr
that the South American republics had
advantages equal with those in the
J United States It should be remem-
bercd that IT was a tropical country.
and in such cllmes the people were
not as progressive In a country fav-
orcd by more congeniai weather con
dltions. The little fellows probably
had not been acting correctly in every
| instance, but he believed they should
be given a chance Nevertheless
South America was brother of I'm
Gle Sam and should be given a broth
cr's protection. He might have been
indiscreet enough to have gotten In
ueDis DuL OlItHb nave OutHufu Di1Aiidi
/ 1y. and some big power from the other
side should not be permitted to come
over and corral one Of the republics
rich in minerals. etc. on the ruse of
satisfying an unpaid financial obliga-
ton. Judge Searle. like the speakers
who preceded. did not fail to see the
loncoming Of the wave Of popular con
L demnation of the combination infiu-
ence. The trust had been growing in
strength because the people had not
been able 10 fathom IT, They were
seeking for the remedy. and an soon az
one was found this octopus would be
crushed. The fight of the people tn
protect themselves against themselves
was on. What the country needed
were a few more La Follettes. and
/ Deneers. sRd ROOsevelts, and Van
SAINTS. He said Minnesota had made
a mistake in not sending Mr.. Van SAINT
| to the United States senate on the e.
piratiOn of his last term as governor.
| Men Of his type were needed in that
body.
At the conclusion OF the festivities
the guests standing sang America
to orchestral accompaniment.
Makes bone and muscle faster than
any other remedy. Brings strength
health and happiness 10 the whole fam
lily That's what HOLSTERS Rocky
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