Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-26
COL. LEWIS IN
A fine ADDRESS
Eloquent Chicago Man Gives Lecture
Rather Than Political Speech
at the Rink.
TALKS TO A BIG AUDIENCE
Scholarly Discussion of Issues Makes
Deep lmpression-Reynolds and
McEniry Heard.

The most largely attended in door
political meeting of the campaign in
Rock Island was held Satur-
day evening at the skating rink wheA
1900 people gathered to hear Colonel
j. Hamilton Lewis of Chicago discuss
the issues of the election. 1t was
an audience of voters and that they
We're there to hear the speaking was
shown by the fact that it was the
moss orderly crowd turned out at a
meeting this year. The speaker held
the closest attention of his hearers
AZ nearly all stages of his talk but
there were times when they could not
be restrained from breaking out into
loud and continued applause. w. C.
Maucker acted as chairman CT the
evening and he first introduced NJ. j.
McEniry, candidate for congress on the
democratic ticket. Mr.. McEniry spoke
briefly on his candidacy. Believing
that the people are not in sympathy
with the present rule of the gavel in
the house of representatives, he
pledged himself if elected to do all
in his power to depose Speaker .Jo-
seph Cannon in case the voters OF the
speakers district fail to do that for
the house by rejecting him to con-
gress. He also defined his position on
the improvement necessary TO make
the great northwest what nature in
tended it TO be. the manufacturing
center of the world. This will be &C
complished when deep waterways con.
meet. this section of the country with
Chicago and the gulf. Mr. McEniry
has been one OF the pioneer support
ers Of the deep waterways project and
he Will continee to be its warm advo
cate either in case of election or de
feat
n. Il. Reynolds Talks Facts.
Robert r. Reynolds. the democratic
nominee for the states atto;neyship
was the next speaker His talk was
one Of the most STRAIGHTFORWARD bust
ness-like talks ever heard here. He
called the election of states attorney
merely hiring Of an attorney by the
county for the next four years and he
asked the voters to consider their
choice the same as they would if they
were hiring an attorney TO defend
them in a case in court He made {
comparison of his record as an attor
ney with the law record of his oppo
nent and the comparison was decided
ly unfavorable to Mr.. Magill
Salary is Sufficient.
The salary question was taken III
and Mr.. Reynolds expressed hinsel
as satisfied with the salary which hi
opponent has said is not enough. MI
Reynolds thinks that in a time Xix,
the present when the county is badl.
embarrassed for funds that no kicl
should be raised on the salary ques
ton by a man who is not yet hired
The plain business-iike proposition
laid down by Mr. Reynolds won tn
approval of listeners and round o
applause followed his closing remarks
Lecture Rather Than Speech.
Colonel James Hamilton Lewis of CHI
cago delivered the principal talk of tn
evening, and it was one of the masterl
scholarly speeches for which he
known. He held the attention of hi
messed here before and his talk wa
so plain and clear that no one had an
difficulty in getting his main points
Despite the fact that the rink wa
cold and that there was big fire rag
ing IN the upper end of the city, yer
few left their seats until the speake
had finished. In fact Mr.. Lewis d.
iivered an intensely interesting scho
airy lecture rather than partisan Pr
.-tical speech.
The Roosevelt Dynasty.
Colonel Lewis opened his address b
taking up the lamentable fact that til
liberties of the American people al
being infringed upon in Roosevelt
CHOOSING of his own successor. Tn
" thing has come up in histoi
many times before and when carrie
out successfully has never failed
result in loss of the liberties of Il
people whose right it is to name the
own ruler not man chosen for the
10 rame. George Washington t,
father of his country and Thomas Je
ferson both saw the danger in such
move and warned the people again
it in no uncertain way. III inc wore
of Patrick Henry eternal vigilance
the price of liberty and little 81
I'D means loss of freedom.
Roosevelt's policies in regard to Il
trusts were taken up by the speak
who showed that in order to save h
party he had adopted the principl
of tn, democratic party. The preside
used the policies of his opponen
enough to make it seem that he mea
business, but ALI the time the mono
olies were gaining in strength un
the present time they hold each sta
powerless in their grasp.
Orders From Hartman.
Taft has expressed his opinion
monopolies saying that he sees
harm in the centeTing OF the intere:
of the railroad and other corporatio
in the interest of economy. Mr.. Lev
sroke of the civic federation bill viii