Rock Island Argus., 1908-09-28

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! cant and buncombe. Rank hypocrisy
hides under nearly every well rounded
! phrase and falsehood finds pleasing
abode in every sentence
From Democratic Platform.
con the other hand the Democratic
platform declares without equivoca
ton for personal liberty in so far as
its exercise does not infringe on the
rights of others: against federal en-
croachment on state rights: against
the exploitation of the masses for the
benefit of the few: pledges the party
to support of the deep water lakes-tO-
the-gulf ship canal; to support of the
| Democratic idea of a bank deposit
! guarantee and gives faithful promise
to meet the problem of the hour-ref
ormation of the looted, disorganized
state institutions along lines dictated
by humanity and good business judg
ment."
Keynote of Campaign.
The keynote of the Democratic
book. and in consequence, of the Dem.
ocratic campaign now opening, is
found in the closing words of the
legislative investigation committees
:. report, printed under the startling cap
tion. "Uncovering the Skeleton"
1T is the opinion of the committee
that both the spirit and the letter of
the law, as administered under the
/ present civil service commission has
been evaded with the sanction and aI,-
Lproval of the executive Governor De
, neen,, who. while leading the people
{ of the state to believe that the law
! is being strictly enforced, and accom-
plishing important results for the bet
ter conduct of the various institutions.
is evading the law and deceiving the
people.
''Sneer of the Skeleton"
"As thus administered, civil service
presents to the people of the state an
outward mask Sanctified and beautl-
full, while within is seen the con,
Il temptuous grinning sneer of the skeic-
e ton of corrupt practices, supposedly
forever buried where it can do 10
2 more harm.
f THE committee is not in favor of
= civil service so administered, but is
d heartily in favor of civil service, hon
i estfy and conscientiously administered
/ in harmony with the spirit of the law.
The Giroux Case.
The story of the Giroux case IS
l. printed through verbatim reproduc
y tion of the evidence taken by the ir
: vestigating committee In short. dheci
o paragraphs each reaching the heart of
the reader. it is recited how the crip
n pied, stunted and epileptic child was
L taken from Il home of luxury To the
:: state institution at Lincoln: how nine
teen days later the distressed fathe,
9 visited TIE place laden with tops
|; SweetmeatS and other harbingerS d
r the Christmas season and was in
f formed that his boy had suffered
= slight injury how the boys life wa,
# saved after many weeks confinemen
i in hospital; how investigation dis
" closed that one ear had been roastel
: off through contact with the hot COLL
>, of steam radiator left expose,
j. through carelessnesS. and by what
narrow margin the deficient child haC
escaped being cooked alive.
"Deneen's Spy System"
Under the heading. "Deneen's Rus
sian Spy System" the story is told o
Dr. Harriet Hooks invasion of tn
sorrowng home disguised as re
porter for the Chicago Journal: her dis
covery. arrest and subsequent puns!
ment through being found in the mt
nicipal court The Journals editori;
denouncing the Dencen administr;
tion for the incident is reproduced /
full
The chapter closes with the quer,
''DO you want to perpetuate the;
abuses and the Russian spy system
if so, vote for Charles s. Deneen?"
The HamIin Tragedy.
Then follows the story of the Han
lin boy, who was kicked to death
POntiac-every horrible detail di
closed even to the official action
the reformatory staff in hiding Il
tragedy under Il certificate giving Il
cause of death as pneumonia
HE Points With Pride" one of Il
most scathing editorials that ever a
peared in Il Chicago newspaper is the
quoted from the Inter Ocean. I'll
next tnlrteen pages are devoted TO
reproduction of the famous speech
John W ELL, chairman of the no
partisan legislative investigating COZ
mittee, under the title, 'The Mas
Torn Off, This bitter denunciatio
1t will be recalled, was elected by Il
attempt of Governor Deneen's frient
in the house to prevent publication
the committees report.
Under the caption, 'Deneen and u
Farmers" the textbook says:
Deneen and the Farmers.
Farmers and the commercial inte
ests of Illinois have for years suffer-
heavy losses because of the CORFU
inspection of grain as conducted ]
the state grain Office. The asricl
tural interests of Illinois, including II
only the grain growers but the shi
pers, have been robbed of vast SUI
U of money annually by incomplete
W and obviously dishonest inspection
II grain. 1t is well known and no