Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-25
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY
MUST WAGE WAR AGAINST
UNFAITHFUL, SAYS PARKER

Judge Parker in assuming the tenn
porary Craftsmanship said in part:
I'VE meet while the hills yet echo
to wild cries OF liar, thief and trait
or, and furious walls OF fraud, bribery.
treachery and corruption: and our
ears are weary with the din of the artic-
ulate shrieking and passionate vilifica-
ton of the most shameful brawl OF
our political history.
Our candidates, however. are. with
out exception men of such lofty mien
that we meet immune from the dfstem-
per which seized the Chicago conven-
ton. and privileged to discharge a sol
emn public duty calmly, deliberately,
seriously.
COURSE Is CHECKED.
TIE cause of government by the
people the world over has been mater
tally checked by the disgraceful brawl
which terminated in the bedlam of
! Chicago. Every good citizen has been
put TO shame by the brutality and
the abuse which characterized this
wrangle between president and an
eX-president Gratitude, friendship,
party loyalty, patriotism and common
decenCy were forgotten in the tussle.
The assault upon the unwritten
prohibition against third term made
in the wild scramble for the republican
nomination. warns us of the vital
necessity of Incorporating in our con-
stitution a safeguard against repeated
terms.
we are called upon to do battle
against the unfaithfuI guardians of
our constitution and liberties and the
hordes of ignorance which are pushing
forward only to the ruin of our So
cial and governmental fabric and their
own deep damnation.
BLIND TO CORRUPTION,
Too long has the country endured
the offenses of the leaders of a party
which once knew greatness. Too long
have we been blind to the bacchaual
of corruption. Too long have we list
lessly watched the assembling of the
torces that threaten our country and
our firesides. The time has come when
the salvation of the country demands
the destruction of the leaders of a
debauched party, and the restoration
to place and power of men of high
ideals who will wage unceasing was
against both rich and poor, and who
will treat guilt as personal and pun
ish it accordingly.
For their crimes against American
citizenship the present leaders of the
republican party should be DESTROYED
For making and keeping the bar
gain to take care of the tariff, protect
ed interests in consideration of cam
paign funds. they should be destroyed.
!. For encouraging tire creation of
, bination to restrain trade. and re-
, fusing to enforce the law. for a like
consideration they should be DESTROYED.
For the lavish waste of the public
funds; for the fraudulent disposition of
the peoples domain, and for their CON
: tribution toward the division of the
y people into classes, they should be
destroyed
: POINTS DEMOCRATS DUTY.
For the efforts to seize for the ex.
ecutive department of the federal gov.
ernment powers rightfully belonging
Il to the states, they should be destroyed
All destruction will be theirs. this
:. very year, If We but do our duty.
e What is our duty? To think alike
;, as to men and measures? Impossible,
= Even for our great party! There Is no,
: reactionary among us. All demo
/ Gratis are progressivcs. But II Is lney
Z itably human that We shall not all
. agree that in a single highway il
/ found the only road to progress. OF
each make the same man of all our
I worthy candidates his first choice.
1T is possible, however and IL is
= our duty to put aside all seIfshness
" to consent cheerfully that the majority
: shall speak for each of us. and 70
march out Of this convention shoulder
to shoulder in toning the praises oi
our chosen leader and that Will bc
2 his due. whichever Of the honorable
= and able men now claiming our at
: tentiOn be chosen"