Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-04
THOUSANDS WITNESS THE ANNUAL
LABOR DAY PARADE IN DAVENPORT

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alb. One each from Rock Island and
Moline.
Davenport street department rig.
Davenport city wagons CD
Davenport water wagons (1O).
Davenport street sweeper wagons
"a.
Davenport city scrapers and dump
carts "a.
Numerous advertising floats.
THE AFTERNOON PROGRAM.
In the afternoon the scene of the
celebration was shifted from the
business streets of Davenport to Su-
burban island where large crowds
assembled. The program included a
baseball game, several prize athletic
contests, music, vaudeville and ad-
dresses by the mayors of each of the
three cities.
Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri,
speaker of the house of representa-
tives, was the speaker of the day
After Introduction by the chairman
he spoke as follows:
81 am always delighted to discuss
The United States of America IN the
Twentieth Century 1t makes man
better citizen to speak or even to
think of his country The sentence,
I am an American has greater po-
tency than the famous 'Romanus
Sum possessed when the Seven-Hill-
ed City was in the plenitude of her
imperial power. The Rome of the
Caesars dominated the earth when
ninetenths of its population were I'M
tutored savages. America leads the
van in the worlds age of highest de-
velopment and intellectual activity.
When Thomas Jefferson delivered
his first inaugural, which has become
a classic, and which if / had my way
about it. every child in America
should commit to memory as liter
airy exercise, he said inter ALA: We
are all federalists; we are all republi-
cans If he were here now voicing
the same sentiment with our changed
political nomenclature he would say:
We are all republicans; we are all
democrats What he meant was
that on the great fundamental prin-
ciples of free government we are
agreed. When we come to devise
ways and means to promote the pub
lie welfare we differ, and upon these
differences are built political parties
in this republic which We all adore.
The chief end of every political par
ty should be to increase the safety,
prosperity and glory of America.
WOMEN RULE CIVILIZATION.
"The civilization of a country can be
measured precisely by the estimation
in which its women are held. Among
the multitudinous blessings of my life
was this: When 1 was student at
Kentucky university one of my teach
ers was Professor Joseph Desha Pick
EFT, q Virginia gentleman of the old
school. who could have given point
ers to Lord Chesterfield in politeness
and made him turn green with envy.
He was cousin to General Pickett who
won imperishable renown at Gettys-
burg. When a young man Professor
Pickett toured Europe He was much
in company with an English duchess.
She was so charmed with his man
ners, wit and learning that when
they parted she said: Professor Pick
EFT, 1 have been surprised at your ex
IRENE politeness, remembering that
you come from a country where they
have no queen The courtly Vir-
gilman, bowling almost TO the ground,
said Your grace, beg your pardon,
you live in country where they have
one queen. / live in a country where
every woman is a queen A finer mot
was never uttered.
TRUE AMERICANS.
AT the close of the civil war. Adj
miral >Farragut circumnavigated the
globe in his flag ship Everywhere in
civilized countries he was received
with the honors due hero; but when
he desired TO visit the sultan of Tur-
key he was CURLY informed that no
foreign man of war. unless command
ed by a prince of the blood royal
could enter the Dardanelles.. At that
iusolent reply his Tennessee blood
rose to the boiling point and he sent
this message to the successor of Mo
manned: I have on board 700
Americans, everyone of whom is a
prince of the blood royal l am clear
ing my ships for action and in one
hour will call upon you in force
Superfuous 10 state that no more OPP