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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21
Bryan's Election Forecasted by Shrewd Observers

with the United States government
than any other manufacturing organ
ization IN the country. 1t builds our
battleships and sheathes them with
armor plate. 1t furnishes the structural
that we are now erecting in Washing
ton and in other cities of the Union.
Next to the banking interest it prob
ably Is closer to the national govern
ment than any other corporation or
interest In the country. And it is
curious fact that while other trusts
have been attacked by the Roosevelt
administration, while Standard Oil has
been assaulted. while railroads have
been denounced, while the tobacco
trust has suffered, the steel trust has
never received Il word of criticism
from the Theodore Roosevelt admins
tration. 1t alone has gone free And
SO when we hear of a $4,000 contribu-
ton from Carnegie to the Republican
campaign fund, reported not in Il Dem
Ocratic newspaper, but liz Republican
paper. we wonder about 1t. And when
we read further that the steel trust
100000 to be used In the last weeks
of the campaign by the Republican ma
tional committee we quit wondering.
We recognize the fact that the Unit
ed States government is the greatest
asset that this enormous trust pos
sesses. We remember that the CAPT.
taliZation of this trust runs far up in
the millions of dollars and that its
! chief customer is the navy department,
| and we see very clearly that the ex-
| penditure of million dollars to keep
| that customer In line amounts to this
trust no more than the investment of
few hundred dollars In advertising
| would courst to an ordinary business
| institution on State street in Chicago
or on Broadway In New York. That
( is why the steel trust Is willing to con-
/ tribute lavishly to the Taft campaign
fund. If it can own the administra-
ton in future as it has owned 1t in
the past it will get back multiplied by
many factors the 100000 which It Is
alleged to have contributed this year.
| MIR. Bryan and Labor.
! The Hearst papers with characters
tic malignancy have been printing an
affidavit of q man unknown to fame.
and who today may not exist, to the
effect that Mr.. Bryan at one time de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21

scribed delegation of workingmen
who came to see him on a matter in
voIving the tariff as ''public beggars'
The time was at the moment of the
discussion of the Wilson tariff bill,
bill which was intended to reduce the
price of everything that the average
workingman had to buy, whether it
was the clothes he wore on his back
or the lumber he might need for the
construction of his cottage Mr. Hearst
has always been exceedingly skillful
In getting affidavits. Sometimes it has
been very difficult to discover the men
who made the affidavits Most OF them
by curious coincidence seemed to
have died before the affidavits were
made public. But in this particular
instance It does not seem worth while
to question the affidavit. but rather to
put forth what Mr.. Bryan said on the
floor of the house of representatives
on this subject What he said there
Is n matter of public record and ap-
pears In the Congressional Record.
quote part Of It:
"Mr. Chairman, the laboring men of
this country. the producers of our ma
tons wealth. do not ask for beEevo-
lence. They have been paraded before
you as people who live by the consent
Of somebody else; they have been set
before you as class demanding con-
slant help and assistance. I protest
against this SANDER upon the Drawn
and muscle, upon the brain and sinew
Of this country; PROTEST AGAINST
THEIR BEING PLACED BEFORE
THE COUNTRY IN THE ATTITUDE
OF BEGGARS. The laboring men do
not plead for mercy: they do not ask
for pity: they do not beg for charity.
They simply demand justice; that is all.
! They ask for the right to labor where
they will and to enjoy the fruits of
their own toll. With their skill ard In
telligence and surrounded by the boun-
ties and natural resources of country
but partially developed, they do not
doubt that they can hold their own.
Let them rise and stand upon their
, feet; leave them free to achieve their
own greatness and to retain a fair
share of the wealth which they create;
give them equality before the law, and
they will ask for nothing more"
This seems very complete answer
to the charge which is made day after
day In the Hearst newspapers to the
| effect that Mr.. Bryan charged work,
| ingmen with being public beggars.'
Really 1t did not seem necessary thai
any answer should be made to so fool
| ish charge.
The State Of New York.
What about New York? We have al
! absolutely united party there. We
have no issues which divide the lead
ers. We have a candidate for gov
ernor, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, WHIT
Is known throughout the state as {
/ great vote getter and who is as loya
| to the national ticket as any man By
/ any possibility could be. We have {
| chairman Of the Democratic nationa
committee taken from New York Nh<
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21
By WILLIS j. ABBOT.

The national campaign is drawing to
close. Only few days remain dur
ing which the discussion of the merits
Of the two candidates can be presented
to the people. OF course l am a parti-
san, and l believe that Mr.. Bryan is
the man who should be applauded and
approved by the voters of the coun.
try. Furthermore, / believe that he
will be elected
To begin with, four of the best in
vestigators and the most nonpartisan
ones with the Democratic national
committee and with the newspapers
of the United States have studied the
labor situation of the country today
They did it Independently of each 9TH
er. There was no conference, no pre-
concerted action. And yet all four
came within a very few figures of es-
timating the labor vote in exactly the
same way. John E. Lathrop, the
Washington correspondent of several
papers on the PaciE> cast, put 1t at
20 per cent for Bryan. Colonel O. O.
Stealey of the Louisville (Ky.) Courier
Journal made it 20 per cent for Bryan.
A. A. Allen, the manager of the labor
bureau of the Democratic national
committee, put 1t at 20 per cent for
Bryan. Ernest Walker of the Boston
Herald estimated it at about 65 per
cent. 1t is apparent, therefore, that,
whether partisan or nonpartisan, the
observers of politics figure the labor
vote for Bryan at from 65 to Is per
cent If this estimate is correct Mr..
Bryan will be elected easily.
In past years Mr.. Bryan has had the
labor crowds and the shouting, but he
has not had the vote 1t seems to be
curious that labor people have always
been willing to turn out with enthu-
siasm to his meetings, but did not turn
out enthusiastically to his support on
election day. This year there have
been no great meetings. So far as
know, there have been no torchlighi
professions, bands or red fire. Per
haps the change from the wild enthu
siasm of 1896 to the more cautious
methods Of 1908 may mean success.
Tho Trusts In the Campaign.
1t was with interest that people OBJ
served that Andrew Carnegie of the
steel trust had contributed $4,000 to
the Republican campaign fund. The
story was not altogether official, be
cause the Republican national com
lnittee, unlike the Democratic nationa
committee, did not promise to make
public the contributions to its fun5
prior to election. don't know wheth
er the statement was accurate or not
Yet nobody can doubt that it had 1
certain amount of plausibility.
4 Mr.. Carnegie has never failed to b,
a generous contributor to Republican
campaign funds. He issin fact. II no
in name. the head Of the steel TRUST
and the steel trust does more business
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21

TT takes good management to re-
i duce expenses without lowering
efficiency, but 1t takes the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21
A Startling Statement
New York Medical Authorities Claim
Dyspepsia Causes CONSUMPTION.

The post norton statistics of the big
New York hospitals show that some
cases of consumption are due to un-
checked dyspepsia, especially when the
victim was predisposed to tuberculosis.
Dyspepsia wears out the body and
brain, the weakened, irritable stomach
is unable to digest food, the body does
not receive the required nourishment,
constipation ensues and the victim be-
comes thin, weak and haggard. AS a
result the body becomes a fertile field
for the germs of disease to lodge and
flourish.
Therefore, the person who permits
dyspepsia to progress unhindered is
guilty of contributing toward the de-
velopment of one of the most insidi-
Gus and fatal diseases known to man
kind.
Dyspepsia is durable if properly treat
ed The B. M. Hyde Drug company
sells remedy which they positively
guarantee will cure indigestion or dys-
pepsia or they will pay for all the
medicine used during the trial. This
remedy is an absolutely new medical
discovery and has been named Rexall
Dyspepsia Tablets. Certainly no offer
could be more fair, and the offer oil
the B. NJ. Hyde Drug company is proof
positive that Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets
are dependable and infallible rem
edy. Inasmuch as the medicine will
cost Won nothing if il does not benefit
you, we urge you who are SUFFERING
with indigestion or dyspepsia to try
this remedy. A 25-cent box of RexaI
Dyspepsia Tablets contains enough
medicine for Is days treatment. Re
member, Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are
only sold in Rock Island by T. H
Thomas, druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21
DAVENPORT

Robs His Observation-Disclosures Ian
ming of Cordova, ILL.,, while asleep in
the Rock Island station, on Fifth
street, early yesterday morning wait
ing for train for home, was robbed
of $24 by Clyde King, aged 20, whom
he had befriended after the latter had
told him that he was penniless and
hungry. King plead guilty to charge
of grand larceny and Magistrate Louis
E. Roddewig held him to the grand
jury under $500 bond. In default of
security the young man was sent to
Jail. Lanning and King met Monday.
King had come from Ottumwa to visit
with an aunt in this city, according
to his story. tanning was here from
Cordova on business. King told Lam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21
MISSION SOCIETY MEETING
Thousand Delegates at Galesburg,
Representing Consregationalists.

Representing Congregationalists.
Galesburg, ILL.,, Oct 21-The 62nd
annual meeting of the American Mis-
sionarys association was called to or
der in the Central Congregational
church yesterday afternoon by Presi-
dent w. H. Bradford of New Jersey,
using gavel sent by an Eskimo mis-
sion in Alaska. A thousand delegates
were present, representing, all the ter
ritory and insular possessions of the
United States Thomas C. Mcmillan
of Chicago, moderator of the national
Congregational council, welcomed the
association to Illinois.
President Thomas McClelland of
Knox college gave the welcome for
the city. and Dr. J. Percival Huget
seconded the welcome. DR.. Bradford
responded.
The report of Treasurer w. II. Brad
ford showed that total current receipts
of the year aggregated over 1887 900
not including $4,000 coming from
other sources, while expenditures were
1897 ,695.
The afternoon session closed with q
memorial to DR.. Joseph Roy of Chica
go, long an official of the society.
Last evening DIR. Henry G. King
president of Oberlin. made an address
treating largely of the negro problem
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21

ming that all his funds were gone and
that he would be grateful to him If he
would buy him meal. Lanning was
interested in the young fellow and
took him with him on his rounds in
the city during the day supplying him
food and drink.
Believes Wife Is Bigamist.-Pearl
P. Martin of 1908 West Second street
believes his wife, whom he has not
seen since last January, has married
another without first having obtained
la divorce from him. He had just
learned that woman who gave the
maiden name of his wife has been
welded in Marshalltown, and he has
begun an investigation. The Martins
were married in Rock Island two
years ago. The parents of the girl
did not take kindly to Martin as a
son-in-law and he says he was at
tackled by the father when the news
of the marriage was broken to him.
Martin still carries a scar above the
| left eye which he claims was inflicted
| by knife in the hands of his father
| in-law.
| Declared Insane.-Mary Ann Laker,
alias Maud Smith, born in London az
years ago, the woman who, among
other things, sent threatening letters
| to Kate Timothy, wanted to hug De
tective George Stanley and raised the
point as to whether her attorney, c.
H. Murphy, was German or Irish, was
yesterday given a hearing before the
commissioners of insanity and was
committed to the Mt. Pleasant insane
asylum as public patient. A feature
of the hearing was the unlimited vo
cabulary of the woman. She talked
| faster than the four winds and not
even her attorney could catch up tc
her and get a word in edgewise tC
the commissioners.
Obituary Record. David Anken
one of the widely known pioneers o.
scott county dled at his nome, ol2E
West Second street, Monday evening
Few men were better known in Dav
export than Mr.. Anken. He had beer
in business here for nearly quarter
of a century, and had accumulated +;
competence when he retired in 1895
He was aged So years. having beer
born in Dermstetten. Switzerland. HI
came to America in 1852, settling il
Utica, N. Y, where he was united il
marriage with Miss Lena Hacnmuth
In 1868 they came west to Scot
county. The survivors are his wifi,
and one daughter, Mrs. S. A. Finger
besides two sisters, Mrs Peter Jut2
eler of Washington, Iowa, and Mrs
Rauskalb, Remsen, n. Y. and
! brother, Samuel Anken of Remsen
n. Y.
Word reached here Monday nigh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21

for adoption will be given to foster
parents as soon as may be and tempo
rary homes found for others. There
has long been talk of modelling the
building already on the place and not
in use. into suitable place to relieve
the congestion. but the expense stands
in the way. 1t was originally built
for a barn and could be remodeled
admirably. a hospital room being part
of the plan.
Lady Maccabees Form Hive. A
local branch of the Ladies of Modern
Maccabees was organized Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. Hannah
McElroy at 61S Fourth avenue. The
charter already includes a membership
of 25 with prospect of substantial ad
ditions in the next few months. The
institution of the hive was by Della
l.. Palmer, deputy great commander
and she was assisted by the ladies OF
Island City hive of Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21

1871 @iHDE Ii2T--HA -
our natural resour> es quite as heartily
as did Mr.. Taft. the presidents heir
apparent when the Roosevelt admin
istration passes into history itG great
est claim TO honor and to the gratitude
Of the American people viii come from
this effort on the part Of Theodore
Roosevelt 10 save the natural re-
sources of the country from extinction.
But there Is just one question that Is
worth asking. He is trying to save the
forests, the waterways. the water pow
er, Of the land, but for whom is he
trying to save them? The people or
the few?
Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21
MOLINE

RidgeIy to Speak Here. w. b.
Ridgely, president of the National
Bank of Commerce in Kansas City,
will be the speaker of the evening at
the first fail meeting of the After Din
ner club. This meeting will be held
during the third week in November
The October meeting was postponed
on account of politics. Mr.. Ridgely
has promised to address the club at
the opening meeting, but will be busy
until after election. He is known
locally, for at one time he was con-
nected with the Republican Iron and
Steel company and used to visit this
place regularly. He is a gifted talker
Brings Belgian Books.-Word was
received yesterday by friends of Ed
ward Coryn that he arrived at New
York yesterday aboard the steamer
Kroonland from his two months tour
of Belgium. Members of the Belgium
club of Moline are looking forward to
his arrival here with much interest
as he has purchased many books
while in BELGIUM for the library which
the club proposes to establish and
which in fact contains many valuable
pieces of literature already all of which
/ is the national language. 1t is pro.
posed to have a library of 1000 books.
Fewer Hunters Licensed.-Present
indications are there will be a marked
falling off in the number of hunters
licenses issued by City Clerk Carlson
Already about 200 have been issued
the majority during the last few
weeks, but in past years the total
licenses from Moline have been be
tween 500 and 600. The proportion 81
far issued suggests quite a decrease
at the end of the year over the figure
for previous years.
Want More Room for Home
Bethany Home Protective association
held special meeting Monday nigh
at the Manufacturers hotel to tall
) over the matter of superintendent
, for the home and a possible solution
of the problem of more room. seri
; GUS matter with the management a
present. One of the immediate plan
is to begin wedding out by CAREFUL.
going over the list and making othe
provisions for children who should n,
longer be in the home. Bethany is no
Z, intended as a permanent home for an
!. children, and the children put Their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21
How to Wash Cut Glass.

1t is best to use wooden tub for wash
ing cut glass, but if one is not at hand,
pad the metal dish sink with soiled glass
linen towels or any soft pieces of cotton.
Wash the glass in warm suds, made by
disso1ving teaspoonful of Gold Dust
washing powder in pan of warm water;
use soft brush to clean the surface,
rinse in water of the same temperature.
After the glass has been carefully dried
on glass linen, use q camel's hair brush
to polish the cut snrface. TO clean the
inside of water bottles, insert . very thin
glass linen towel ai4 force to all parts of
the bottle with w1te holder that can be
purchased at any fit cent counter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21
Commissions and Abrasions

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at once. Ali druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-21

All the news ell the time-The Argus.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-05-21
& Good Trick.

The parrots determination to speak
his set phrases under all sorts of cir
cumstances often produces strange sit
uations. The story is told of a sleight
Of hand performer who kept Il parrot
that he had trained to say whenevc-
one of his masters tricks had been
finished. THAT'S a good trick. What's
the next oue?"
One day the juggier being in sea-
port town. gave his performance in a
loft on one of the wharfs. which hap
pened to get just over the place whore
a large quantity of powder was stored
in kegs. The iuggler was about to
perform some feat which required the
lighting Of n candle. He lighted it
and threw the match away without
making sure that the blaze had gon2
out. The match. still burning. fell
through q crack in the floor and drop
ped into one of the kegs Of powder.
which exploded with great force.
throwing the building into the air. The
parrot, who was blown up with the
rest, did not stop until 1t reached the
pinnacle Of the topmast Of great
ship which lay off the wharf Their
ne chung desperately. and looking
down to the world below, he called
ont in n shrill voice:
That's a good trick! What's the
next One?f
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-05-21

and goes from here to Valparaiso, Ind
with the aim of further perfecting
himself in his calling.
The banner high school ball game
played in the state this year, or any
other year so far as we know, was
that played at Darlington last Saturday
between the Linden and Darlington
clubs. At the end of the seventeenth
inning the score stood one to one. In
the eighteenth inning the Darlington
pitcher lost his cunning long enough to
allow the Linden boys to indulge in a
batting rally which produced three runs
and clinched the victory.
Capt. S. E. Shepard, wife and son
Gordon left here Tuesday for Vicksburg,
Miss. The Captain goes for the special
purpose of attending the reunion of the
Brigade consisting of three regiments
from Iowa and the nth Wisconsin, to
be held on the ground where the Brig
ade made successful charges on the 22d
of May, 1868. Capt. Shepard was a
member of the 18th W0consin and in
tends to review other scenes of battles
in which he actively took part.
The C. M. & st. P. people are
making arrangements to put some
larger engines in the freight service on
the Mineral Point division the tea
kettles" now in use proving inadequate
for the work. One "hog" has already
been placed in service on the division.
Now watch 'em rip up that section Of
track between Monroe and Mineral
Point. Monroe Sentinel
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-05-21
| Killed A Robin

Killed robin. The little thing.
With scarlet breast and glossy wing
That comes in the apple-tree to sing.
hung stone as he twittered there.
only meant to give him a scare.
But Oft 1t went and hit him square.
A little fiutter-a little cry
Then on the ground saw him lie:
didn't think he was going to die.
But as | watched him could see
He never would sing for you or me
ANY more on the apple-tree.
Never more in the morning light.
Never more in the sunshine bright,
Thrilling his song in gay delight.
And I'm thinking every summer day,
How never, never | can repay
The little life that ! took away.
By sidney Ddyrc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-05-21

\ busy merchant who had not taken
a holiday for years in which time ev-
cry other member Of his family had
enjoyed many outings. concluded to
give himself a rest of a week or two
and started for Scotland When he
had been gone a day he received = tel
egram from his wife to this effect
Sur house was entirely destroyed by
nrs last night The children and I e,
esosd unframed. Come home al once.
MARIA.
To this, after rejecting a moment.
be replied as follows:
What IS the use Of coming home when
there Is ne home 70 come to? Take the
children TO mothers. Stay there with
them tn I Join you and don't worry.
FRANK.
--loudon Scraps.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-05-21

Every town has a liar or two; a
smart Aleck; some pretty girls; more
loafers than it needs; woman or two
that tattles; an old fogey that the town
would be better off without; men who
stand on the street corners and make
remarks about the women; man who
laughs an idiotic laugh every time he
says anything; men With the caboose Of
their trousers worn smooth as glass;
men who can tell you about the weather
and how to run other peoples business,
but who made a dismal failure of their
own.