Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-12


ry. The closed factory, the fires out
beneath the engine, the laborer starry
ng for want of bread, all have been
he cry of republicanism for II long
ears. Four and eight years ago they
cainted the emblem of the full dinner
,ail on all their campaign literature
md on all their banners. 1t was 4
beautiful catch phrase. and it did its
work. But you have heard nothing
lbout it in this campaign. The near
st approach has been the party plat
Crm which pirates in high sounding
phrases of the prosperity of this coun-
ry and the excellent conditions of the
working classes. But the speaker
| showed copies of the Chicago Record
Herald, the Inter-Ocean and the Trib-
| me, the three great republican papers
If the metropolis of Illinois. In each
lie read the headlines of articles tell
| ng how hunger and want marched
rampant through the schools Of that
city and how 49, little children
CAME to school hungry every morning
| because fathers were out of work and
| Unable to buy bread. Fie on such
| prosperity as that, and shame on a
| party which is deaf to the sufferings
OF childhood.
Speaking of the bank guaranty
plank which the bankers so heartily
condemned at Denver lately the speak
er begged the people present to bear
IN mind that the same bankers had
condemned the postal savings bank
System just as heartily as the guaran-
| ty plan. Yet to the shame of America
be it said we have all passed through
a period when practically every bank
IN the United States suspended pay
| nent, and whether the bank was good
or bad, the deposisor had to wait on
the banks pleasure to get his money
out. And in that period makeshift
upon the people so wild, so terribly
foreign to all ideas of conservative
business methods that the world stands
laghast at its temerity. That was the
lclearing house certificate, a promise
to pay when the banks got good and
ready, and depositors had to take it
Had such q plan been suggested by
Mr.. Bryan, or resorted to under an
administration presided over by him
the republicans of the country would
have crucified him had they dared.
True, We have been prosperous TO q
degree, and some have made money
the past few years, but the proceeds
of labor are not distributed evenl.
lamong men who toll. The real pros
lperity has been given by nature, tha
beneficent mother who has unlocked
, the treasures of her breast to her chill
, dren and given them sustenance man,
, fold.
"On state issues the speaker touches
On the Yates-Deneen fight before tn,
primary, and held that Deneens bar,
majority was an indication that tn
rank and file of his party did not stan'
for his administration With its awfu
; wrong and neglect. By putting al
ithe rabbit chasers to chasing vote
rather than rabbits he slipped IL, bu
Adlai E. Stevenson will edge him GU
tof the executive mansion next Noven
i, Der.
Emery Lancaster, democratic cand
q date for congress in the Fifteenth di:
Itrict, was introduced, and spoke briei
r ly.
e Hon. Elmore W. Hurst, of Roc
?. Island, who had come with Bryan fror
E Chicago. told of the great crowd
!. which had met the candidate all tn
o way across the state, and believed tina
O it presaged a sweeping democratic vic
c tory. He reviewed the old days whe
|, Adams county was in the congressions
: district with Rock Island. and said tina
Il she could be relied on to do her dut
e at the polls. He had lately returne
Il from New York, where he had SUI
:. lposed that Taft was receiving reason;
# bic support. but found that he was no
The New York Sun is running at tn
4 top of its editorial columns daily no.
~ the famous letter of Roosevelt to Ha
n riman when the railroad magnate wa
;. called to the White house and sent OF
Il 10 raise money TO put Teddy in fou
o. years ago. The speaker prayed thu
% if this be support, then may the Lor
e deliver us from all such