Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-16
OLLIE JAMES is
WELL Received
IN DAVENPORT

Before a capacity house and with
an audience that cheered his effective
statements TO the echo, Senator-e.ect
Ollie NJ. James OF Marion, Ky, re-
viewed the political situation for Dav-
exporters last evening at the Burtis
opera house.
The noted Kentuckian, who came
before the people OF the county most
prominently last June as permanent
! chairman of the democratic national
( convention at Baltimore, was given
/ one of the most generous and re-
sponsive receptions by an audience
that has characterized political raj.
lies in years. \ considerable numbe'
of the members of the wilson cIu1
of Rock Island attended the rally and
aided to the reception rendered the
! speaker.
In a scathing arraignment of the
/ present day national conditions as
! brought about through 16 years of re-
publican administration, Senator
I James laid before his audience the
concrete situation as il now stands,
holding Taft, Roosevelt, the trusts,
the tariff and other pertinent and
principal factors before his hearers
as he unmercilessIy exposed the op-
preston under which the American
nation at present is laboring.
The solution, he maintained, was in
the democratic party. That the ma
ton would be given a relief from the
rapidly growing and overshadOwine
ominOusness Of the republican rule
:. and trust prosecution at the fall cleo,
ton he predicted, and named Wood
row Wilson and Thomas Marshall as
the standardbearers of the party that
would secure this relief
/, When Senator James arose 10 speak
following the address of Congress
man /. S Pepper. he was greeted with
rousing applause.
Il am truly thankful to have the
opportunity of addressing the citizens
of this prospecting commonwealth"
said Mr.. James. 1T is indeed a
pleasure.
Il regret most sincerely the affair
/, which occurred at Milwaukee last
!, evening. The shot that was fired
there was a shot fired at you and al
; me and at the nation at large.
hope for the speedy conviction of the
guilty one and the suppression of all
and any such outrages, which are a
blot on the fair name of the nation
But while I am here TO speak OF
Roosevelt, of Taft and others in com
mon, I am not here to malign either
Roosevelt or Taft. When l feel that
I want to malign Taft, / have only &c
quote Roosevelt, and on the other
, hand when | want to abuse Roosevelt
have only TO quote Taft l don't in
tend TO abuse the republican party
for God alone knows that il has trou
, bles and adversities enough Of It's
own"
The speaker then launched into g
discussion of the democratic platform
which he showed was drawn for the
; good OF the greatest number of the
people and claimed that if carried out
would reduce the high cost of living
and better the condition OF the masses
Senator James made a great impress
sion upon his hearers. He is a splen
GiE orator, combining the e.oGuencc
Of Colonel J. Hamilton Lewis with the
logic and force OF a Champ Clark.
Salem, dissatisfaction of q jury &c
try Joseph J. Ettor. Arturo Giovan
nitti and Joseph Caruso Of the Indus
trial Workers OF the World. charged
With responsibility for the death OF
Anna Lopizzo. a Lawrence mill work
, e., has been completed