Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-18

situation because we don't breathe the
atmosphere of the west Well. 1 think
we are convincing good many OF
them that we are In the right and they
are In the wrong, but there are some
OF them who are perfect Ajaxes IN
debate and who say they viii continue
to debate this question and VIII stand
against the conservation program as
long as the shoe leather on their shoes
will stand
What I want to get is an act OF con-
gress that shall validate all withdraw
ais OF land that hive been made and
shall give me power to make such fur
Their Withdrawals as ought to be made
until congress has determined upon
the proper disposition of those lands.
Speech mt Irish Club.
In President Taft's address at the
banquet of the Irish Fellowship club
he said:
ut is two years since I tasted the
fine flavor Of your hospitality at a
luncheon where my stay was only too
short for my pleasure. When your
honorable committee visited me, there
| ACAC, JAClQ0u u i4O LCAARt6tAOA c44Q
agreed to again become your guest
when you should meet to celebrate the
! day that awaKet heart throbs IN every
true son of Ireland.
st. Patr1cks cay f. the morning.
I never quite understood the signfi-
canoe OF the last tn. 1e words Of that
| phrase unless they meant that the
brightness Of the morning did not
wear away until long in the night Of
the day in the Apirit Of those who are
loyal to the anniversary. On such an
occasion as this ones mind turns nat
urally to the history or that beautiful
island. With her back toward Eng
land, her face to the west, and the
part that ST. Patrick played In her CIV
ilization and development
From 1920 until 1907, $4,000, 900 for
eigners have settled in the United
States, and. Of these 100000 were
from Ireland. These immigrants, many
of them ignorant and uneducated, but
sturdy laborers. gave to their children
and benefits of public education and
the equality of opportunity which has
been so characteristic of life In the
United States since the beginning of
its history, and today it Is not too
much to say that the Irish citizens Of
this country and their immediate de-
scendants occupy a distinctly higher
place in society and in the community
than they did a generation ago. The
amalgamation between the Irishmen
and Americans has gone on and the
Tridh ronfd1u hnfn0 O hGnrhad and
rapidly contributing their share to the
new distinct type of American.
I'm all our wars. Irishmen have been
at the front. They are naturally war
like people, and their patriotic love for
their adopted country has made them
soldiers in the army of the United
States.
His Visit to ireland.
II well remember visiting the Elmer
aid isle, now a quarter of a century
ago. What struck me most in our
progress through Ireland was the light
ming fash of repartee from every son
and daughter of the soil whom we ad-
dressed. The history of Ireland is
such that until very recent years its
great sons were cut off either as mar
tyrs of rebellion, like Robert Emmet
or Wolf Tone, or were driven to man.
ifest their brilliant intellectual. powers
and great traits of character in other
lands than that of their birth.
Never in the history of the world
has there been for the making of
new citizenship such a commingling
and a mixture OF races as we have had !
in this country to make a typical |
American.
I'VE have opened wide the door; |
have invited all the people Of Europe;
we made but one condition-they shall |
become law-abiding. peaceful citizens, |
supporting the government"