Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-30
Republican Speakers at Illinois
Theater Give Characterised
ton of McCaskrin.
POINT TO ClTY'S NEEL S
Hon. William jackson Presdes and
Searle. Weld, Scott and
Schaffer Talk.
PERTINENT REMINDERS OF RE-
PUBLICAN SPEAKERS.

I'VE do not want clown to sit III
the MAYORS chair" = If a mal
wants to make an ass of himself. ne
has a right to do so when he Injuries
no one but himself. But every maa.
woman and child in Rock Island has
had ridicuIe brought on him by the
tomfoolery of the city's executive. !
have been Inundated by what | have
seen" i : | promise you that Hen
~ C. Schaffer will not turn hand
springs on the stage nor undress him
self in public" :: : I'VE want
mayor who will not pull our legs-but
that is too personal and I'll not speak
of il further We need a mayor VINO
will appoint policemen, who will not 81
low burglars TO drive through the al
leys with wagons and carry off on"
property."-Hon. William Jackson,
president of the park board.
"McCaskrin does not know his own
mind. He agitates big questions with
out any aim and without bringing them
to a definite conclusion. That brings
no results and no improvement, but
serves TO encourage the most disturb
ing elements in the city.'-H. A. Weld.
There are 1900 democrats in the
city who owe no allegiance to any par-
ty candidate for mayor. They will be
the balance of power in the election.
We appeal to them and invite them .
support Mr.. Schaffer" Vote so thai
in the next two years you will not h.
ashamed to admit Rock Island as your
home States Attorney }. X. Scott.
1T is humiliating to admit. but Rock
Island is not keeping pace with the
advance of the common country. 1t
shows conditions here are wrong. Men
with money to invest would be bigger
idiots than your mayor if they came
here with conditions as they are. anl
the city controlled by a man subject 20
The most low down and miserable bevy
of blackmailers. the lowest specimens
of humanity. that ever infested a com
munity in the Mississippi valley : = ="
We want man with a balance wheel
i'm his head I'VE want man as
mayor who will pay his debts" eve
DO not want a mayor who says the
public de damned when the public dis
agrees with him" I'VE do not want 4
mayor who is liable to get mad. grab
his hat and handkerchief. and with all
his worldly possessions get out of town
over night."-Charles J. Searle.
eff elected mayor | will make good
Henry C. Schaffer
Mayor McCaskrin was correctly
characterized and caTicatured last eve
ming by republican speakers at the Hi
nois theater. He was one of thOS
present, and it is said that as he heard
the applause brought forth by condem
nation of him as an official. he drew
further back in the incOnspicuous par
of the house in which he had seated
himself. A more perfect characterize
tion of the mayors platform antics
which have brought humiliation an,
ridcule to every citizen. than that Civ
en- by Hon. William Jackson, president
of the park board, who presided at TIL
meeting, could not be presented NJ
Jackson began by referring to The
birth of the republican party. in whic'
he had a part in Moline, and then lee
up to local conditions. 1--WE bee.
ashamed of what | have seen in tn
council chamber of the city of ROcl
Island in the last two years. he said
and added. eve want a mayor who vii
work honestly and dignifiedly for tn
city. We do not want a clown to 81
in the mayors chair" He said that
man once truthfully stated that
search of the Illinois laws revealed e.
law Ito prevent mans making
fool of himself but that tina
man has no right to bring ridicule o,
those he represents. as is the case o
the mayor. Hundreds of citizens hav
been abased by the conduct of tn
chief executive of that city" III
told of Witnessing one of the mayor
characteristic disrobing acts on tn
square, and to emphasize the DISCUS
of such a spectacle. he gave an init
ton of it, quoting a few of the mayor
braZen remarks on such occasions H
imitation was effective.
Mr.. Jackson said he had seen tn
mayor go through such antics but once
but the remembrance and humiliatic
of it would last life time.
No Leg PULLING.
I'VE want mayor who will not pu
our legs" he said. and then briefly II
ferred TO that insulting statement {
the mayors in regard to the par
board. Mr.. Jackson did not enter int
a discussion of this phase of the PAT
board matter, however. holding it a
too personal for his discussion. II
did, however, explain something of IN
interference of the mayor with tn
board in its plans for Long View parI
He told of the pleading of McCaskr;
to secure himself and F. c. Denkman
to take charge of the park system
and said that not one of the membei
of that board would allow himse
to be made a tool of by McCasllrin, bl
had consented to act on the boa.
from a sincere interest i'm the Dal