Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-17
WON'T DRY COWS
Iowa Cream Separator Factory Will
Increase Output if Bryan
Wins.
HIRE OTHER MEN OUT OF WORK
Time Honored Labor Scarecrow of Re.
publicans Is Hit Amidshjps-
Nebraskan at Denver.

Denver, Colo, Oct. 17.-William j.
Bryan was welcomed here last night.
In spite of threatening storm, great
crowds lined the streets through which
the candidate rode to the Auditorium,
where he spoke. En- route Mr.. Bryan
halted twice to address the crowds
stationed at points along the line of
march. Mr.. Bryan left for Omaha last
night.
In his Auditorium address, Mr..
Bryan took for, his text, Let There
Be Light" He said: THE republican
policies are without form and void.
Darkness conceals their plans. The
awakened conscience OF an aroused
people calls out, Let there be light
Evils Behind Ticket.
What evils are marShaled behind
the republican ticket? What debts
are being contracted? What mort
cages are being given? Let there be
light
THE democratic committee has set
Our national history, national COM
mittee has taken the nation into its
confidence and given forth list of its
contributors. This is in the interest
OF honest politics and honest govern
Elent. 1t opens new era. Will the
republicans dare to defy universal
sentiment and maintain the secrecy
that has given predatory wealth its
hold upon the government?
Attacks Stand of Rival
"The republican national convention
deliberately voted down plank pledg-
ing publicity, and the republican can
didate insists that the contributions
should not be made known until afte:
the election, when the information
can be of but little service.
I'VE demand the election of sena-
tors by the people and this is in the
interest of honest government. Let
senatorial elections be held in the day.
secret caucuses, where corrupt influ
ences can cheat the people out o.
representation. The republican con-
vention, by an overwhelming vote, re
! jected this idea and the republican
candidate has merely expressed a per.
scnal inclination toward this reform
Intensifies Gloom.
'The public demands ligh. on the
tariff question. The republican plat
form deals in generalities, and the
speeches of their candidate intensifieS
the gloom that the convention threw
ever the state. Let there he light
| that the people may know whether
the tariff schedules are to continue to
be made by a few beneficiaries in
their own interests or by the people,
representatives for the peoples good.
Comments on Publicity.
McCook, Neb., Oct. 17.-Bryan on
the way to Denver yesterday address
ed crowds at Holdredge, Oxford and
McCook. Publication of contributions
by the national committee was com
mented upon by Bryan quite freely al
Holdredge. This will inaugurate {
new era in American politics" he said
ut shows nearly $4,000 people contrib
uted less than quarter of million
dollars to the democratic campaign
fund. This is less than Hartman rails
ed at the instance of Roosevelt to ht
used in single state. / would rather
be obligated to $4,000 American citi
zens than to any one man or set o
men"
Answers Factory Argument.
At Oxford Bryan said: you know
a Pennsylvania firm manufacturing
cream separators told its employees il
case of my election it would clos.
down. The only conclusion was, tn,
cows would go dry if / am elected an,
there would be no use for separators.
Employment for the Men.
Now, my friends. can relieve you
minds, for l have a telegram from
Waterloo, Iowa, firm, one of the larg
est manufacturers of cream separator
in this country. as follows:
"T have seen the threat of the Penn
lsylvania separator company to clos
down their shop in event of your cleo
ltion We, as the largest manufactur
|ers of cream separators in the Unitet
States, will agree, in event of you
detection and the threat of that com
pany being put into effect, to take thei
men into our employ
$50, my friends, the cows will no
lgo dry"
stipulated price, but agreeing that il
case of Bryan's election reduction