Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-07
WAYMAN SPEAKS
TO C0LLEGIANS.
Boosts Own Campaign for Nom
ination for the Office of
Governor.
TAKES CRACK AT DENEEN
Advises Voters to Select a Candidate
Who Can at Least Run Even
With Party Ticket.

States Attorney John E. w. Way
man of Cook county, who brought his
campaign for the republican ronina-
ton for governor into Rock Island yes
terday and today, addressed the stu
dents of Augustana college on the par
amount issues of the present campaign
this afternoon. He spoke as follows:
You young men are fortunate in hav-
ing the advantage Of college training
preparatory to assuming the duties of
citizenship.
You are living in the greatest coun-
try on earth for young men, and I'M
der a form of government which ap-
peals to the imagination of the citizens
and attracts the activities of the grow
( ing youth. The ambition to hold Office
and serve the public is one of the
| greatest inspirations of the youth of |
! the land.
DIVISIONS OF GOVERNMENT.
| Our government is divided into |
three separate, distinct and independ |
ent departments, and is predicated !
upon the theory that each department |
will be strong enough and virile enough |
to resist encroachments by either of
the other departments. The weakening
of any department of the government
tends indirectly to weaken all the de-
partments, because when one depart
ment Of the government encroaches
upon the field properly belonging to
the other, both that department whose
powers are usurped and that depart
ment that usurps become weakened.
We are now engaged in a campaign
between the two parties TO determine
which party for the next four years
shall administer the affairs of the gov
eminent. This is the greatest cam
paign since the civil war, because of
the issues confronting the people Other
campaigns have been fought around
material questions, the protective tar
if, internal Improvements, sound mon
ey, and upon all these questions the
triumph of the republican party has
meant prosperity of the American peo-
pie.
STRONG FOR PROTECTION.
Under the last year of democratic
rule, 1896, We exported of steel and
iron products SOL 100000. During the
last year of republican rule, 1911, we
exported of the same product $3.50, 00O,-
600. so that the wisdom of protecting
the American markets for the Ameri-
can workingmen is now conceded upon
all sides.
1t has been the policy of the repub-
lican party to secure markets in for
eign lands, and fly the flag in foreign
marts, and carry the blessings of lib
erty and the lessons of free govern
ment to the children of men. That
American money should be worth 100
cents on the dollar everywhere is an
axiom of the republican party. | have
travelled all over the state of Illinois
in this campaign, and l have yet to
meet man who believes that the
progress of the American people will
be accelerated by the debasement of
our coin.
Let me remind you young men of
the advice given by President Gar
field to the students of the Western
Reserve college, when he said: Young
men, vote the republican ticket. Vote
it from principle, don't vote it merely
because your father votes it, and don't
vote the democratic ticket even if he
does vote it. If he votes it, that is
enough for one family to answer for. 3"
: VOTERS MUST NAME CANDIDATE.
Under the direct primary law you
young men will have something to say
about who shall be the next governor
of Illinois, and l appeal to your intelli-
gence and your judgment that you
help to nominate a republican candi-
date at the April primary, who can
lead the party to victory in November.
The responsibility is yours, yours is
the judgment that must be exercised,
and you cannot escape the RESPONSE
bility resting upon you under the law,
by shifting that responsibility to the
shoulders of the convention held in
Cook county, in violation Of law, and
made up OF hand picked delegates.
friendly to one of the candidates, and
whose endorsement of his candidacy
was assured in the picking OF the dele
gate
CRACK AT DENEEN.
The republican party of Illinois
would at least be undertaking a very
risky performance to nominate a man
for the third term as governor, who
ran $4,000 behind the head of the
national ticket four years ago. The
direct primary law was enacted to
abolish snap conventions, corrupt eau
Icuses, and credential committees. and
the midnight caucuses of Mr.. Deneen
and his friends in the La Sale hotel
Chicago, although characterized by a
boasted elaboration, signalized by ten
days Of secrecy after the ticket had
1 been agreed upon, remind US of other
: midnight conferences in Springfield in
. 1903, between Mr.. Deneen and his
friends; Mr.. Lorimer and his friends
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