Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-28
REAL LABOR LEADERS,
POSITION UNMISTAKABLE
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of their public lands. After he and
his coconspirators are advised by Sen
ator Spooner that their scheme of Sc
curing dummies TO enter up these |
lands is dangerous and that the gov
eminent officials might institute pros
ecution whereby they would be con-
victed of fraudulent conspiracy and
imprisoned, they changed their tao
tics, went to Washington, prepared a
| bill-under the supervision of Mr..
| Sherman authorizing the sale
to themselves at So per acre, of an
enormous amount of the public lands
which were at that time worth at
least SIS per acre, secured the services
OF member of congress named Gas
sell of Pennsylvania (who was after
wards indicted for plundering the peo-
| pie in the state house job in Penn
sylvania) passed bill through the
house under special order of the
committee on rules (of which MI
Sherman is a member) and it was
only defeated in the senate by the
active and persistent opposition OF
: a
i facts are all a matter of record. fully
substantiated and about which there
can be no question.
IF this bill had become law the
school fund of the territory of New
Mexico would have been robbed of
!, hundred of thousands of dollars-the
exact amount being difficult to calcu-
|. late because of the immense increase
| in the value of those lands in the last
few years. The secrecy in which the
organization of this company was con
Quoted is further evidenced by the
fact that the articles of incorporation
: were not filed in the territory of New
| Mexico. where the lands to be alb
sorbed were located. but were filed
5 at the capital of the territory of Ari-
| IONA, many hundreds of miles away
rs man who, as one OF the three
, men who are now debating. and con
trolling the legislation of The house
of representatives and willing to pros
titute his public office for private gain
a fit man to preside as president OF
4 The United States senate? And would
[ not he use that position if given the
e opportunity to do what he has already
t done as the ranking member of the
e committee on rules in the house OF
l. Representatives?
t THE prosecution and determination
e of the men who have been engaged
e in the larcenies of the public lands il
e the west has been one of the hobbie:
b of the Roosevelt administration, which
/, the people have endorsed, and they al
8 irrespective of party-have theiI
l. eyes turned toward Washington TO see
|. whether the big stick will be drawn
Il today to drive from the republican
Y national ticket the man who is con
G victed by public record as having en-
a gagged in conspiracy 10 plumber
h President Roosevelt has now assumed
IS entire command of the republican
e forces in this political campaign, ant
e the public is anxious to know whethe
ii he is willing that Mr.. Sherman, wit
this record behind him, shall be elect
ed vice president of the United State
with but one man between him ant
the highest Office in the gift of TIL
: people,
Trend Growing Toward Bryan.
DR.. P. l.. Hall, vice chairman of tn
democratic national committee, who i
a prominent banker and business MAJ
in Nebraska. reached Chicago yestel
. day He says the trend of sentimen
toward Bryan in the west is stronge
than ever Continuing. he said:
IL have been keeping in close touc
: with the political conditions in tn
: west. particularly in Kansas. Nebrask
and the Dakotas, and | find the drii
:. Enthusiastically toward Bryan. In tha
l region we recovered more quicill
from the acute effects of the PAM
than other portions of the countr.
a and business tends to assume no
NAL condition. Business men genera
ly are resenting the attitude of NJ
Taft in taking the position that h
election alone stands between ii
% country and further financial troubl
There is a feeling among busine
:: men generally that Mr. Taft shou