Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-23

and that the lumber trust marked up
1 the price of lumber 81 per thousand
feet before the last of us got out of
Washington. And if the department of
justice had done its duty it would by
this time have filed the jails so full of
lumber trust magnates that their arms
and legs would stick out at the win
dows and the doors.
"Mr Payne, the republican leader,
says that he and his cohorts will meet
us in November Glory be! glory be!
! never looked forward to any day
with such joy as 1 do the first Tues
day after the first Monday of Novem-
Der, except to my wedding day and
the days on which my children were
born.
my democratic brethren, at lase,
after hard trials and great tribula-
| tions, thank God we stand here shout
der to shoulder, heart to heart, solid
| as a stone wall, inspired by the hopes
of coming victory. Democrats are get
ting together everywhere. while the
republican party presents to the as
tonished gaze of men the appearance
of dissolving view.
"Oh, yes, my republican friends, you
will meet us in November, because you
can not help yourselves. And when
you do meet us in November you will
receive the bloodiest licking you have
had since 1892. Up, guards, and at
them"
Although the colossal sum of So ,000,-
900 is carried by the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill for the maintenance of
soldiers homes, the republicans are
forcing the old soldiers of the nation
worth of food per day.
An inspector of the war department
reported that the food in the soldiers
homes was no more in quantity than
that supplied to prisoners in the fed
eral penitentiaries.
An idea of the wasteful methods en-
ployed in conducting the homes may
be had from the fact that although the
cost of maintenance more than doub-
led in the 10 years between 1898 and
1908, the number of soldiers cared for
had increased but per cent.
"Let your imagination spread this
supply" suggested Representative Cox
of Ohio, land you have an accurate
picture of how the nations heroes are
being fed. Observe the evening meal,
and you will appreciate what it was
that moved Inspector Brewster to pity,
and inspired his recommendation that
there be at least bowl of milk added
to the scant evening fare
Freredick NJ. Kerby, the young In
terror department stenographer who
was dismissed because he admitted
that Oscar Lawler, an appointee of
Ballinger, had practically dictated
President Taft's letter generating
Ballinger, was the sole support of a
mother, wife and babe. He had work
ed hard and conscientiously for five
years to reach the position he occupied
when dismissed.
Kerby was positive he would be dis
charged if he told his story. He thought
the matter over carefully for several
weeks.
81 concluded that any allegiance 1
may have owed Mr.. Ballinger," said
Kerby, was cancelled absolutely when,
by his silence, he became party to
an attempt to smother the truth
BY making his exposures Kerby was
probably treacherous to Ballinger and
Ballinger's plans for turning over
Alaskan coal lands to the Morgan-Gug-
genheim syndicate. But it is difficult
to see how he was treacherous to the
public in whose service he was en-
ployed.
"The new tariff classifications in the
cotton schedule" says Senator Dolli-
yer, republican, Operate to increase
duties very materially on most cotton
cloths used for women's and chill
dren's summer wear, and on all mer-l
cerized cottons, figured curtain and
goods, etc. In fact, the Aid
rich revision of this schedule was one
of the most daringly iniquitous feat |
ures of the new tariff. The produc-
ton of agricultural implements is
largely in the hands of a trust, and the |
trifiing reduction of 5 per cent on |