Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-16

him. Weigh deeply these questions.
"All over the country the people are .
thirsting for a change. They are de- .
handing men and men they will have; .
men who Will devote their energies to F.
the cause OF the people and who will
appoint efficient and trustworthy as
sistants. All that you want from an
official and all that you can honestly !
expect is TO get a faithful and consci- I
entiOus performance of the duties OF
the Office TO which you have elected
him. He can not do your duties. He
can only perform the duties Of his Of
fee fearlessly and without favor. The
responsibility OF citizenship is on your
shoulders. Upon you depends the out
come Of the experience Of government
OF the people, by the people and for
the people
DISCUSSES UNREST.
Judge Searle devoted his remarks TO
a discussion OF the causes of the pOliti-
cal unrest now manifest in the land.
. This he attributed. 10 failure of the
scheme OF government as laid out by
our forefathers to meet conditions
that have arisen as a result Of the
wonderful Industrial and commercial
growth Of the country. Our govern
ment. the speaker said, was designed
10 give the individual the greatest
amount Of liberty possible, but mod
: ern conditions have given TO the indi-
vidual, under certain circumstances, a
power for the good or i'll of mankind
in general undreamed Of when the
constitution was framed. The plan OF
government must be changed to deal
with this condition, and hardness in
making this change was given by the
speaker as the cause Of political I'M
rest. The remedy advocated was an
earl ceaseIess study OF conditions,
and consistent application of the
remedies which such study suggests.
CONTESTS HELD.
Following the speaking the athletic
contests were resumed, with the fol
lowing results:
Race for girls under 14-Gertrude
Jacobson, first; Amelia Olson, sec
ond; Bernice Jacobson. third.
Race for boys under 11-Walter
Nose, first; Max Hall, second; Wifred
Ellingwood, third.
Potato race. for girl under 16--Jen-
ME Hedeen. first; Gertrude Jacobson,
second; Anna Craig. third.
ThreeleEged race. for boys under IS
Mac Roberts and Robert Craig,
first; Willie Zeigler and Harold Bren-
nan, second; Harry Nose and Walter
Nose, third.
Mems race. free for all-WiIiam
Jacobson, first; Charles Woomert. sec
ond; Verne jacobson, third; Hugh
Aldrich, fourth.
Ladies' race, free for all-Elinor
Ketter, first; Bernice Nicholson, sec
ond; Lille Engdahl. third
backward race. free for aII-Wil.
liam Jacobson. first; Glenn Shelton,
second; L. II. Pinneo, third.
Ball throwing contest-John Stohl.
first; Dean Stewart. second: Ed Hunt
ington, third
Running high jump-Dave AIdrich.
first; Hugh Aldrich, second; John
Stohl, third
'''f4N II INNINGS.
; The afternoon ball game closed the
, program and was the most exciting
, event Of the day. Port Byron. winner
p IN the morning, played East Moline.
T accounted one Of the strongest ANA.
, tour teams in the county. Through 10
, innings II was nip and tuck. In the
: seventh East Moline tied the count.
4 4
- till the first half Of the 11th. when
, East Moline began clouting the ball
r and piled up eight runs. The score
, by innings
East Moline ....O1O11O1OO Os-12
- Port Byron .....0OO3O1OOOOO- 4
Batteries Milan and Etohl; Hughes
! and Fife