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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30

him Il champion of the peoples cause
We hold that as he has preached the
moral and ethical end of politics he
has grown and developed as Il leader
Of the American people. Sometimes
think that Mr. Bryan is less of Il poll
ucian than he is q moral teacher.
When he devoteS months of his time
to lectures before Chautauqua aSSo-
Citations, when he speaks Sunday after
Sunday before Il Presbyterian or q
Methodist church, he is doing the Kind
of work that the ordinary politician
never undertakes The politician. goes
out to make his speeches on free trade
or the relations of the different de-
partmentS of the federal government
to each other. Mr. Bryan talks about
the Prince of Peace, lie talks about
the ethical and the moral phases OF
politics, and he talks TO Methodist
assemblagc with exactly the same ear
nestness that he shows when he speaks
to an ordinary political gathering. Is
it not probable that with all this work
he has been doing Mr.. Bryan will have
built up new political following? Is
it not likely that, whatever may be the
activities of tie Republican national
committee, the men and the women
who have listened to Mr.. Bryan speak
ing on matters of this character will
earnestly and enthusiastically support
his candidacy? l get much of this
! talk concerning what he has been do,
ing, not in politics, but in the higher
type of religious and ethical work in
this country, and | ain very much in
! clined to believe that what he has
done is likely TO carry him through to
| complete success and to make him the
| next president of the United States.
| Watch and Prey.
! Over here in the United States we
| have Il watch trust that preys upon
/ the people. Congressman Henry T.
Rainey of Illinois carries a watch
which very curiously illustrates the
predatory methods of the watch trust
1t was offered by Charles A. Keene, q
New York watch dealer, Independent
Of the trust, to President Roosevelt
: refused by the president and accepted
! by Mr.. Rainey.
! Engraved on the front case is the
story of its offering..to the president
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30

ton in the state will believe. as it does |
believe today, that these charges were
made by Il mercenary of politics ut the
incentive of Taft's own brother. Per /
sonally l 90 not believe that Senator
Foraker represents all that is sweet
ness and light in politics, but he has
got back Of him Il tremendous and Il
devoted following i'll the state of Ohio. ]
This following will refuse to believe
that he is in this particular incident
guilty of any unlawful act. They will
believe that certain letters have been
purloined by an agent of the Taft
family from the files of the Standa~tl
Oil company and have been used for
Foraker's undOing
The publication of these letters may
undo Foraker Probably it will But
1t is mighty likely to undo Taft as
well, for there Is no man I'm public life
who has more devoted personal fol-
lowing in his own state than Joseph
B. Foraker. If it be made clear, as it
certainly will be, that these letters
were turned over to Hearst by some
one closely associated with the Taft
campaign, you will find that the men
VINO have marched with Foraker for
years back will march into their tents
and permit Mr.. Taft to fight his battle
himself. This is only one of the many
bitter quarrels among Republicans.
There are others in Indiana, in Kansas,
In Wisconsin and in Minnesota
But, after adj, the real issue is likely
| to settle down upon this: If Mr.. Roose-
welt IS to select his successor as pres
| 1dent and if Mr.. Taft is to select his
| brother as senator from Ohio and If
hr. Charles p Taft is to be the dom
| inant factor in selecting the congress
sional delegation from Ohio. how far
| are we from Imperialism and hered-
itary monarchy?
What Happened In Indiana.
Everybody believes that Indiana is
! going to be this year straight Dem
ocratic state. OF course belief does
not mean proof. But we have some
proof that may possibly justify our be-
lief. For example. only the other day
it became necessary for the voters Of
Indiana to elect number of members
OF the state legislature to fill vacancies
which had been caused by death or by
inability of the regularly elected mem
| bers to serve. There were FIVE of these
districts that were in the past solidly
! Republican. Four of them this year
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

and gaiety. The pathetic side of the
carnival, however, is developing thick
and fast at the present time. After
the close of the shows Saturday night
several of the managers skipped out
without paying the performers cent
for their weeks work. Among these
Were the ladies'. in the show styled
THE Old Maids Convention" Four
Of them were left stranded in the city.
They were penniless, without food and
shelter or any wraps to protect them
from the cold winter blasts now sweep
ing over the city. Yesterday they ap-
pea.ed to the Commercial club for as
sistance but were told that organiZa-
ton could do nothing for them. They
ferred them to l.. c. Stanley, overseer
of the poor Not being legal residents
of the county the overSeer could not
assist them out of the public funds
They next were referred to the board
of supervisors and turned over to
julius Sander, chairman of the com
mittee on poor and destitute. Mr.
Sander at once saw that the county
could not help them but did not STOP
here. He canvassed all the offices in
the court house and raised subscrip
/ ton from the county officers sufficient
to give the four maids their dinner
and provide them with transportation
to Chicago. They left on the moor
train and expect ultimately to reacf
their homes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30
Pacific Coast States Are Almost Solid for Bryan
Especial Washington Correspondence of
The Argus.)

Especial Washington Correspondence of
The Argus.)
So far as the Democratic campaign
is concerned, no one about national
headquarters is worried. 1t is really
amazing how strong is the feeling
among Republicans that Mr. Bryan is
sure to he elected. One of the princi-
pal managers of the Mckinley cam
paign in 1909 called on HE the other
day and told me that there was no
enthusiasm ut all for Taft. l cannot
mention his name, because he said
that he personally would not this time
vote for Taft for the reason that he
did not believe that Mr.. Taft was fair
~ nominated by the Republican party.
i remember very we'll when this in
formant of mine was work ing like a
slave in the speakers bureau of the
Republican national committee This
year he is staying away from that rom
mittee and is quietly saying that in
the parts of the United States with
which he IS acquainted the Republic
ans are going to vote for Bryan and
Kern.
1t so happens that | know much
about this mans interest in Republic
an politics. Today he says that the
states in which lie is interested-Mon-
tana, Idaho Washington and those
along the Pacific coast-are likely to
be absolutely Democratic when the
campaign closes. l only quote him
because it has not been my good for
tune to be in that part Of the country
Of late months. But he as Re
publican ought to know something
about it and as a Republican says
that the Pacific coast is almost solid
for Mr.. Bryan.
And as to the East.
At the moment / am writing Mr.
Bryan is speaking in New York and
in adjacent states. What the effect of his
speeches there may be can only be de
termined after the election is held.
believe anG those who are associated
with me believe that he is going to
swing New York, New Jersey, Con,
necticut and Rhode Island. We have
come to the conclusion that there is nC
longer a bitter antagonism against
Bryan. We believe that the people OF
the east have come to recognize in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30
EAST MOLINE.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy MINER of Tren-
ton, Mo, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. E. Williams.
Mrs. w. c.. Sensibaugh who has
been i'll for several days is out again
The lecture given by Rev. Paul
Brown at the Plymouth church Friday
evening was well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Moran of Chi
cago called on Mrs. J. r. Wiley Sat
urday.
Mrs. S. F. Riddell spent last week
with friends in Rock Island.
Mrs. Z. j. Wilson and children re-
turned from a weeks visit at Mar
shalltown.
Mrs. J. R. Wiley and her mother
have gone to Aledo to attend the flu
neral of Mrs. R. A. Sheats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30

seven figures is the word that comes
to those who are interested in the big
factory in the Davenport suburb. W.
p. Bettendorf is in Chicago and there
is little doubt that the Bettendorf
shops will soon be decidedly busy
again after the present period of COM
parative quiet. The big factory is
practically shut down at present, and
will be cleaned and calcimined before
work is pushed on the new order. 1t
is stated that the work in sight under
the new order would run TO s2,500,00G
in total. 1t gives promise of several
hundred hands soon being busy again
at the steel car shops.
To Dedicate Church.-All the Cath
Ollie societies in Davenport and many
from across the river will attend the
dedication exercises next Sunday af-
ternoon at the Holy Family church in
Northwest Davenport The societies
will meet at o'clock at the Daven-
port hotel. They will march east on
Fourth to Perry, thence south to Sec
Ouu lHSHCS WtoL " oCOIt, luSlCt uOIlll
to Fourth, then west to Marquette and
then north to the Holy Family church.
John w. Crowley will be marshal of
the parade.
BARRIERS Divide on Question.-The
question of closing the Davenport
shops on Sunday came before the
monthly meeting of Journeymen Bar
bers' union, No. 116. Monday evening,
but final action was deferred until the
October meeting. Sentiment is so di-
vided on the matter that it is difficult
to prophesy the outcome. Some of the
bosses announce that in the event that
the journeymen vote for a closed Sun.
day they will keep open until mid
night Saturday instead of closing al
$50, as now, and furthermore. they
will not allow the workmen the week
ly half holiday which they now enjoy
Show People in Want.-During the
progress of last weeks carnival on
West Fourth street the scene appeared
TO be one continuous round of hilarity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30
The Ohio Outlook.

The effect of this attack will be to
absolutely destroy the Republican par
~ in Ohio this year. 1t will destroy it
not because the people of that state
believe that the charges made against
Senator Foraker are thoroughly well
founded. but because the Foraker.fac.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30
How to Get Strong.

P. ]. Daily of 1247 West Congress
street, Chicago, tells of a way to be-
come strong. He says: my mother,
who is old and was very feeble, is de-
irving so much benefit from Electric
Bitters that l feel it's my duty to tell
those who need a tonic and strengthen
ing medicine about it. In my mothers
case a marked gain in flesh has re-
suited, insomnia has been overcome,
and she is steadily growing stronger
Electric Bitters quickly remedy ctom'
ach, liver and kidney complaints. Sold
under guarantee at all drug stores. so
cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30
DAVENPORT

Thinks Girls Admire Him.-Accofd-
ing TO the testimony Of John Schultz,
given yesterday afternoon before the
commissioners of insanity, all the
pretty girls of Davenport are smitten
on him and are DESTROYS of marrying
him, but so far he has refused them
all because he did not have enough
money saved up to marry and support
them in the style in which they would
want to live. But" concluded Mr..
Schultz, who is 50 years old, Il am
some day going to marry one of them
my pick of any girl in Davenport"
The commissioners sympathized with
the patient in his serious predicament
and ordered him sent to Mercy hos
pital for treatment.
Burglar Falls and Is caueht.-If a
burglar who gave the name of Fred
H. Smith had not slipped and fallen
when he was leaving the Krell con-
fectionery on Brady street at an early
hour yesterday morning he would have
had a fine fruit cake feast. In emerg-
ing from the store he took a drop of
about five feet and struck the pave
ment, upsetting some boards that he
had placed against the wall, and caus-
ing a racket that attracted the atten-
ton of officer Randolph, who was
walking down Brady street. The
time was lao. Smith, with his swag,
was taken to police headquarters. He
had stolen from the Krell store a
large quantity of nuts and two large
fruit cakes that were especially mad
for delivery yesterday at social affairs
in the city. He also had shaving
outfit, but declined to state where he
got this. The cake was pied
Gets Big order-That the Milwaukee
road has given the Bettendorf Steel
Car company an order for steel under
frames and trucks running up into
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30
MOLINE

Approve of SeWer.-After many
months of waiting the proposed sewer
and water main system for the Sixth
warl has been approved by the board
of local improvements at a meeting
held yesterday. The improvement will
cost $43,9S110. and over 1900 lineal
feet of pipe will be laid. 1t is not
likely that the work will be started
this year but all court procedure and
awarding of contracts will be made
this fall so that the Improvement
can be started early next spring.
New Place at Shops.-A new posi-
ton has been created at the Rock Is
land railroad shops in Silvis recently.
1t is that of superintendent of con
struction work at the shops and ]. NJ.
Whalen has been appointed to fill the
same Mr.. Whalen has been superin-
tendent of the round house for some
time and his new position is in the
way of a promotion. Up to this time
there has been no head of the erecting
department further than Superinten-
dent Seidel but now Mr.. Whalen takes
the direct charge as subordinate to
Hr. Seidel.
WheeIers on Strike-AlI the con-
crete wheelers, except three Greeks,
employed ON the automobile factory
which is in course of construction at
the Velie Carriage company plant
either quit work or were discharged
yesterday. They notified the Leonard
Construction company of Chicago,
which has the contract for the build
ing, that they wanted 81 for 10-hour
day. The scale paid was but 17h
cents Some of the men were dis
charged at once and the others quit
| before the foreman could act in their
| cases.
Cut in a Fight.-Joe Young. who re-
sides at 422 Forty-third street. Rock
Island was bound over yesterday I'M
| ly weapon. The complainant in the
case is John OstIyn and he is carrying
deep cash in his face as the result
of the fracas Monday. Both of the
men are employed at the new automo-
! bile building which is being built by
the Vele company in the rear of the
| buggy factory The stories of the
two men vary great deal but any
way a hatchets was used and Ostlyn
! sustained a severe cut under the right
/ eve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30

This seems fairly Indicative of what
the watch trust IS doing in the United
Sta@es and abroad. But 1t might be
worth while to quote something that
Mr.. Rainey urged in n futile endeavor
to get an investigation or prosecution
of this trust. He presented all the IN
formation which | am now making
public to the department Of justice at
Washington, pleading that the trust be
prosecuted under the antitrust law The
department of justice ignored his APP
peal OF course watches are more or
less the luxurious property of the more
comfortable classes. But at the same
time the situation exists with sewing
machines. with agricultural machinery,
with many kinds OF tools which the
ordinary America. ..el.lcr mechanic
or farmer, IS compelled 10 use in this
country. They are sold abroad for
less than they can be bought for with
in this country, and for that very rea-
son there should be determined ef-
fort on the part of the people to compel
reduction of the tariff on articles thus
purveyed to foreign customers at less
than the domestic price.
1 have reason to believe that even
the Standard Oil company is selling its
product in Great Britain at less than
1t will sell it here in our own country,
| where it pumps the crude petroleum
out of the bowels of the earth Every
body knows that the United States
Steel company sells steel in foreign
lands for less than it will sell it to our
American shipyards. And the one thing
that enables these corporations to in
wade foreign markets for the profit of
their own stockholders is the tariff.
There is no profit apparent for the
American people, who have to pay the
, tariff tax.
Taft's Fight on Foraker.
! The attack made by. Mr.. Hearst on
! Senator Foraker was vicious and yet
ut this moment of writing seems to
have been supported by necessary evil
| dence. Personally l know nothing
about the facts in the case, and / am
as little fond of Foraker as of Hearst
But 1 am inclined to wonder whether
the controversy arose from Mr.
Hearst's own personally conducted pc
litical party or whether it was not in
cited by Mr.. Taft himself or by his
brother, Charles p Taft The latter
statesman is DESTROYS of being ths
next senator from Ohio. Naturally hi
sees that Mr.. Foraker stands in hi:
way Therefore he is willing to figh
Foraker and to carry out what wa:
said was the purpose Of the Taft or
ganization year ago-namely, TO elm
mate Foraker from politics.
1t SO happens that 1 know Mr.
Hearst moderately well, anu l am en-
tirely confident that he would not hes
itate for q moment to lend his aid t
Charles p. Taft If by so doing h
could hurt either Mr.. Foraker or tn
Democratic national ticket.
The Ohio Outlook.
The effect of this attack will be t
absolutely destroy the Republican PAL
~ in Ohio this year. 1t will destroy
not because the people of that stat
believe that the charges made agains
Senator Foraker are thoroughly we
founded. but because the Foraker.fat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-30

Gets Big order-That the Milwaukee
road has given the Bettendorf Steel
Car company an order for steel under
frames and trucks running up into
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Tiamautenc SodlScit.

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Icipcraoo nno Sobn cridpiicn.

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