Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-08
Chicago Waterways Con-
gress Doing the Work
Cut Out for it.
SPEAKERS URGE PLAN
Meeting of Opposing Candidates
for President is
Dramatic.

Chicago. Oct. S.-The second session
of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water.
ways association was attended today
by as great and enthusiastic a crowd
as that which listened to William II.
Taft en- the opening day. William ].
bryan was the magnet of the second
session and his appearance on the
platform and Introduction by David
K. Francis of St. Louis was the signal
fol a tumult that forced the demo-
cratic candidate to bow repeatedly
and wait many minutes before de-
livering the first sentences of his
speech
Prepare for Auto Parade.
In the afternoon session Clifford
Pincfot, chairman of the national con-
scIyatlon commission, delivered an ad-
dress en- Waterways and the Con-
servation Movement" After the roll
OF states had been called 10 minute
addres ses were delivered by many
delegates. The session then adjourn
ed ami the delegates prepared for the
great automobile parade in which
severoI thousand machines were in
line
Taft left early today for Cincinnati.
Bryan addressed the Evanston stu
dents at Northwestern university in
the afternoon.
Pleads for Waterway Development.
BryaD's speech was an earnest plea
for the development of the waterways
of the country to the furtherance Of
which he promised every aid and as.
slstance in his power.
| James J. Hill Speaks.
| A paper by James ]. Hill was read
tefore tie convention This forenoon.
He declared the assertion that the
railroad interests of the country are
@ have been hostile to the develop
n..:nt of its waterways and that they
have feared this cheap competition
ard sought to stifie liver improve
Iment is one of the many cheap slam
ders ty which the political campaign
agairst the railroad interests has
ieen promoted in the past He said
tie future of the waterway is assured.
rot so much as a competitor, but as
a helper of the railroad.
Shake Hands and Smile.
i Chicago, Oct. S.-William Howard
Taft, republican nominee for president
!. of the United States, and William Jen-
nings Bryan, democratic aspirant for
that highest gift within the power of
the American people, shook hands with
each other last night in Chicago and
, smiled.
AS honored guests of the Associa-
!: tion of Commerce at banquet tender.
ed the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Water.
) way association at the Auditorium
,. "Bill'' Taft and "Bill' Bryan sat to
gether in the lime light, smiling, chat
ting and joking while 1900 men look.
ed on and cheered.
1t was a spectacle in American his
5 tory that has seldom been witnessed
and an illustration Of good fellowship
: for the glory of Chicago that will live
: long in the romantic and commercial
g history of the city.
l Forget Political Fight.
The aspirants for the presidency
a forgetting for the few hours their po
litical differences, all the things they
have said about each others economic
{ principles from coast to coast. obliv
ious to the ugly political skeletons duf
9 out of their respective party closets
by their campaign managers, met Al
l. the festive board as man to man.
g They shook hands as cordially al
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