Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-28
URGES PATRIOTISM
Hope Thompson in Campaign
Talk Advocates Effort for
Greater Rock Island.
SPEAKS ON MARKET SQUARE
Following Music by the Band, Citizens
Association Representatives Ad-
dress Three Meetings.

greater Rock Island. Do not vote for II
he party, vote for the men. If the
citizens Non-Partisan association tick
It does not offer you men Of good bua l
ness ability and known integrity, vote
against them
This was the position taken by Hope
Thompson in speaking at the citizens |
meeting last evening at Market square. |
lie directed all his remarks toward |
lrousing a greater patriotism in the !
now at its height. and urged !
that in the bitterness OF the strife the |
real aim, a greater Rock Island, be not /
lost sight of by the citizens PatriOt !
ism, he held is the thing to make Rock
Island great. He said he was con |
WINGED that every influence is oXerted
for Rock Islands best, and he urged
that the voters forget the differences
and SQUabbles. and give their attention
to the common foe of bad government.
IF we get together we can have some
thing worth while here" he said. He
urged that the mayor and aldermen
should be the servants of the voters,
and not the rulers. He urged that 10
man be placed in Office unless he be
man Of known integrity. and an abb
man for the place This class of men.
he maintained. the Citizens associa-
ton has on its ticket and he urged
that they be given the support OF the
voters
Policemen are Powerless.
John w Welch was the first speaker
at the Market square meeting. His It.
marks were devoted TO brief discus
sion of the conditions in the city thg-
indicate the necessity OF a change in
the administration. He spoke of the
lack of a head of the police depart-
mont as being in 4 large measure re
sponsiblc for the conditions "Thero
are good men and capable policemen
in the department. but they are hanIi-
capped by having no head, and are
powerless because of the supervision
which is given them"
Candidate ON Platform.
James Mcnamara. the candidate of
the Citizens association for mayor
made his second speech OF the evening
at Market square a meeting havinE
been held earlier at Twenty-sccond
street and Fourth avenue. Mr.. McNl-
mara confined his remarks to 4 discus
sion Of the association platform. de
claring himself for municipal civil sery-
ice and the merit rule, referendum on
franchise ordinances, and in favor of
the union labor clause and for union
labor otherwise He spoke Of the neel
of business administration Of tho
city's affairs as emphasized by the con
ditions of the present administration
and pledged himself for a clean. bus
iness-like administration if elected.
! squire Proposition.
In concluding his address Mr.. Nc
| Namara put the proposition to his hea'-
CrS thus:
IF you think we are the right mon
for the offices to be filled at the coming
election. vote for us: but if there IS
any man on the Citizens Non-Partisap
association ticket whom YOU believe is
not the proper man to be entrusted
with your city's affairs. we urge yoJ
to vote against that man"
| Speeches Elsewhere.
The citizens campaign was carried
into three parts of the downtown di7
trict last night. one being the Cente'
of the city on Market square. The first
| speeches were at Twenty-Second street
and Fourth avenue. where the band AZ
tracted a gathering of citizens. Johr
w. Parker spoke briefly in support OF
| Tho
party idea of nominations in municipa
affairs. He spoke of the candidates o
the association in the ward G..
Marshall and II. Z. Casteel. and urge.
their support. He was followed b,
James Mcnamara. the candidate 70
mayor. whose address was PRACTICAL
the same as that which he delivere
later on Market square From TIL
square the band went to Fourteenil
street and Seventh avenue. the speaE
ers soon following. In his remarks q
the Seventh avenue meeting. ALDER
Huber said that when the Citizens ls
ISOLATION began its campaign. it wa
thought by those interested ths
enough facts had been gathered 10 d,
, ttl NINE the NOieI ~ no away WIFI IN
present administration of city affair.
Now that the campaign is in fu
swing" he said, 'it has been see
within the last few days that thes
facts so clearly shown against the e,
isting force had been augmented h
the convincing developments again,
ring politics.
h Mr.. Huber referred to the fact thu
Z the citizens generally have long bee
1 crying for clean men as candidates fC
4 Office. Now. he said. the clean. +
: spectacle men are presented by Il
S Citizens association and if these me
!. are not supported the citizen and vot;
] will be to blame that there are II,
1 good men in Office
q James Mcnamara again made an a
dress along the same lines as at Il
earlier meetings of the evening. The
was n good sized crowd and the n