Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-30

when thousands were required, and |
when the board had made plans TO Sc !
cure those necessary thousands. Nj. !
Jackson declared this but an instance
of the mayors trifiing with the affairs
of the city, and as indicating the dwarf
character of the man who would bring
|ridicule on the city for his own person
al ACKNOWLEDGMENT. He concluded his
remarks by the reference to the Ben
nett robbery, and introduced H. A..
Weld, as the first speaker of the pro
gram
Mr. Weld opened his remarks by 4
logical discussion of political organ
ization. He said that he asked nothing
for the republican ticket for the reason
| that il is nominated by the republicans.
| and insisted Jhat nothing should be
| laid against the ticket for that reason
alone.
He devoted some time to q discus
sion of the Characterization of McCasf-
rim by a circular letter issued yester-
day by the Citizens Non-Partisan asso-
citation and enlarged on the charge ui
| the letter that McCaskrin is an agita-
tor He declared the mayor an agitator
| because he carried the questions 10
agitates to no end. HE (the mayor
tore up the railway tracks Why dii
moved. Why did he not follow it up?
| He closed the saloons on Sundays for
| a time. We do not condemn him for
that, but if it was right TO close them
why was it not right to keep them
closed and TO follow up his move?"
"If you know McCaskrin, as YOU
must, and are not convinced that he is
far from the ideal mayor, there is no
use in arguing the matter with You.
The only thing TO do is to outvOte you
and we propose to do that" he sail
Referring to the Citizens Non-Partisan
association, he expressed himself as
having nothing against it's principles
but feared that that association might
bring about the very thing it was or
of McCaskrinism "The city has moth
| ing to fear from the election of Jama
Mcnamara" he said
He concluded his address with an
appeal for the support of Mr.. Schaffer.
and a brief reference TO other candi-
dates of the republican ticket He d
MED the report that Martin RudgrHn
is making an alliance with McCaskria
in the west end of the city. He said
that if James Witter is elected there
will be no necessity to appropriate ST.
coo for special attorneys fees.
Mr.. Weld was followed by r. W.
Olmsted who spoke briefly only in tn )
interests of his own candidacy.
States Attorney Scott. who was the
next speaker, made an appeal for the
support of Mr.. Schaffer. He urged
that the city clerk has been faithful to
the citys interests. and quoted NJ.
Schaffer's frequent remark when the
council proposed an irregular or unpro
vided for expenditure, Il won't sign
a voucher unless it is regular and the
city has the money"
c. j. SearIe's Remarks.
c. J. Searle opened his remarks with
an appeal for local patriotism. lie
lpOinted out that Rock Island is seco1d
to no city in the Mississippi valley for
its beautiful surroundings and natural
advantages. But he said that he wa.
compelled to admit in humiliation tha
the city is not keeping pace with the
advance of the common country anC
with nearby cities He said that a mgr
with 100000 or more to invest woul.
be a bigger IDIOT than the present may
or if he put it here with the city undo