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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
WILSON IS SURE TO WIN

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
New York, Aug. Ex-Governor
John Burke of North Dakota is as
sured of the success of Wilson and
Marshall, and has sent the following
signed statement to democratic head
quarters:
Wilson will win in the coming cleo
ton for the reason that the democrats
are united and the republicans divid-
ed. There is no good reason why
any democrat should not vote for
Wilson. His record since he has been
in public life is a platform In itself
that appeals not only to the demo
cratic voters but to many republicans
as well. They know that he is one
OF the greatest intellectual men that
We have had in public life, and while
he stands firmly for democratic prin.
ciples he is never offensive and there
is no partisan feeling against him.
The division in the republican party
will give TO Wilson all the pivotal
states and many that have not been
considered.
Roosevelt viii not Be as strong a
candidate in the election as he was
in the primaries. AS a candidate be-
fore the national republican conven-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

ton he was a republican, seeking
the nomination as a republican from
a republican convention. 1t was
the grand old party then that he
was trying to redeem. If he had
received the nomination the party
would have been redeemed, reformed
and purified. He did not receive the
nomination and hence the republican
party is a rotten and empty life
less shell without a soul, controlled
and run by the bosses-all because
It didn't nominate Colonel Roosevelt.
Thousands of republicans supported
him in the primaries, not because
they preferred him personally to
President Taft. but for the reason
that he was more popular with the
people and stood a better chance of
election. But he is not a republican
now; he left the republican party and
is running as a candidate of another
party in opposition to the regular re-
publican candidate, and will only have
his personal following in the cleo
ton. He has a personal following;
1t will come almost exclusively from
the republican party and will be suffi-
Gent in numbers to insure the cleo
ton OF Governor Wilson"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
AWOMANyO OBSERVATIONS
.EdnaKM6aey

ed the woman he had so fiendishly
wronged. Then she shot him.
What would you have done to such
q man?
Didn't he deserve what he got?
Wasn't his punishment altogether
too light for a creature of his kind?
Hasn't a wife the moral right to
resent such injuries even at the hands
of a husband?
Has a man the right to insult and
mistreat his wife, to ruin her good
name and still go scot free?
Evidently the Cincinnati jury didn't
think so.
Those IL men knew in their hearts
what they would have done to such
man If they'd had a chance, and In
their pity they freed the woman who
had given such a husband his just
deserts.
Moreover, this woman isn't pretty.
She doesn't possess any particular
charm. She is ignorant. So the jury
wasn't coerced by a clever woman
OF a pretty face. 1t simply delivered
what it considered a just opinion.
And l do not think, for moment,
that a Jury of women would have
rendered a different verdict.
Women would have pitied their sis
ter fully as much as did the jury OF
men, though possibly sheltered WON
en- who have known no wrong, may
not have understood as well as the
men, the cruelty and brutishness OF
this particular husband. 1t is the
woman who is sheltered and protect
ed by those about her, who is cruel
est to her mistreated sisters, for she
doesn't understand. But even such
a woman would have given thought
to the innocent little life to come
and would not have punished the
babe for it's mothers act
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

tors, nor would It be contended that
the law governing the matter of. news
papers published and libel, etc, be
left entirely TO the newspaper men,
nor would it be contended that II
would be entirely safe to leave the
matter Of making laws to govern the
operating OF automobiles entirely to
the owners of automobiles.
II Is all right TO get the opinions
Of people in any particular line OF
business, when it comes to making
laws 10 govern in their lines, but it
is not a safe proposition TO leave
making the laws exclusively to any
particular class interested in the laws
to govern that portion or class.
The bankers should be consulted
In the matter Of laws covering f.
nance. but their opinions should not
be considered exclusive Of all others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
MACAUBEY THE DEMOCRATIC
CANTONESE

G. r. Macauley. the famous cartoon
list OF the. New York World. has been
appointed chief OF the cartoon bureau
OF the democratic national committee.
Mr. Macauley Is without doubt the
leading cartoonist in the United
States today He is a volunteer in
the Wilson and Marshall camp and
has offered his invaluable services
free 20 the national committee.
Mr. Macauley will not only furnish
his drawings for publication in papers
throughout the country. but is organ
izing the cartoonists bureau and ex-
poets 10 secure the cooperation o.
the leading cartoonists on democratic
and independent papers throughout
the country. Mr.. Macauley will have
his desk in the national headquarters
in the Fifth avenue building, New
York
Mr.. Macauley is n native Of Canton,
Ohio. and before Joining the staff
Of the New York World. eight years
ago was on Puck. Life and the New
York Herald.
The late President Mckinley wa
Mr.. Macauley's Sunday school teach
or and when the young artist started
for New York 20 make q sportsman
and reputation he was given a letter
OF introduction 10 a book publisher
of New York by Mr.. Mckinley. This
letter. however, was never used.
Mr.. Macauley is president OF the
New York Press club and in his leis
ure hours deyotes his time 20 exper
book binding and the chasing of the
elusive trout.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

matter Of money was supposed to be
the paramount issue. a great many
people seemed 10 assume that the
banks and the bankers were the PEG.
pie who should be consulted on the
proposition.
The bankers are a very intelligent
set of business men, but IL is hardly
safe TO leave the matter OF laws gov
erning any subject entirely 10 the peo-
pie who are interested in the sub.
iect, which the law is supposed to
govern. Men who carry on any par.
ticular branch Of business or are en-.
gagged in any profession are liable
20 be biased in favor OF the rights
of that particular class 10 which
they belong.
For instance, il is not a safe prop
osition TO leave the laws governing
medical practices entirely to the doc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL

upon the consumers and producers
of this country.
The above figures mean this: That
an average family in this country is
paying a tax of 500 year in support
ing the overcapitalization of our in
dustries. Can there remain any doubt,
then, as to overcapitalization's being
one reason, sister reason to eX-
cessiye tariff, for the ever-increasing
cost of living?
Watered stock is not only one of
the prime causes for increased prices
OF commodities, but it is also an i'm
portant cause of the present unsatis-
factory conditions of labor. To pay
/ these dividends on watered stock, the
trust magnates must hold down
wages below what they should be, or
raise prices artifcially high.
OVERCAPITALIZATIO PROBLEM.
Decentralization, therefore, is OBJ
viously one of the most important
problems confronting the American
people today. Politicians, for some
reason, refer to it less than they
| should.
Five hundred glazing illustrations OF
/ the crime of overcapitalization could
/ be cited, if space permitted. They
would average like this: The Chicago
Il Alton was capitalized at 100000
/ 600. When turned over TO the pur-
/ chasing syndicate in 1899 it was CAPT.
tailed at $94,OO0,0O
How long are the people going to
permit the Perkins and the Morgans
and other financiers TO strap upon
their backs the burdens of these enor-
nous congratulations, which con-
stitute one of the pr-ncipal causes of
the increase in the cost of living? And
by far the worst feature of the crime
/ of decentralization is that the bur
den falls on those least able to bear
1t, the common people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
WHY THE SUMMER COAT?

Why is a mans coat in summer
time? Unless he has more than he
can carry in his trousers pockets it
Is Of absolutely no service TO him
save in the observance Of a custom
Of conventionality. II it were Gus
tomary to go without coats in sum
mer a mans costume would be alb.
solutely complete when he appeared
in shirt, trousers and shoes. AS 1t
is, however. he dare not go into a
first class hostelry and attempt TO sit
at a dinner table in that condition.
And this is well enough as long as
coats are a part Of mans attire.
The argument herein, however, is
to do away with them in the sum
mer months. Why is that not posi-
BILE by concerted action Does woman
ask man II she may poke her shirt
waist full Of large holes?
A mans coat is a conventionality.
In winter It may be necessary, as
is an overcoat and other apparel, but
when the summer sunbeams are re-
minding a proud, stiff collar that It
may yet be dish rag one of these
days a coat is a burden to male hui
mAnity. The shirtwaist campaign has
been started before and did not get
very far advanced. But why call 1t
shirtwaist campaign II a spade
should remain a spade under any and
all conditions. then a shirt should re-
main a shirt for the same reason. The
character or kind OF shirt is a small
er matter, relatively speaking. The
principal. crying need is the elimina'
ton Of the coat in summer time.
The average man is dressed as
warmly in July as the average WON
an Is in the coolest winter month.
No man chooses to wear a coat. His
shirt may compel him TO do so today,
but II the coat costume were abol'
ished he would take care Of the shirt
/ feature on all occasions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

ut seems impossible to convict a
woman for killing her husband. We
might as well save the expense OF d
trial. But l believe a woman jury
would have convicted in this case, y
Prosecutor Hogue of Cincinnati is
quoted as saying with reference to
the case of Mrs. Matilda Radeloff,
recently freed by the jury after a
trial for killing her husband.
The woman admitted killing the
man, giving as her defense that he
had deliberately led her to believe
he had divorced her, upon which be-
lief she had married again. When he
learned of her marriage and happi-
ness, he induced her to see him upon
an urgent plea that she restore peace
in his family. She met him aIone.
Then he revealed to her that he had
never divorced her and that she was
not the legal wife of the man who was
father to the child she knew was
coming. In addition, this kind and
considerable husband brutally attack
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
WILSON is RIGHT

Woodrow Wilson says, 'Tn dealing
with the complicated and difficult
question Of currency laws, 1t is plain
that we ought to consult very many
persons besides the bankers, not be.
cause We doubt the bankers, but be.
cause they do not necessarily compre.
bend the whole business of the coun.
try"
This is an idea that seems to have
been overlooked heretofore. In 1896
and in other campaigns in which the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

tax returns, that about 100000, 100000
of the stocks of railroads and tariff
trusts represent only water. Of this
stock, dividends of about $500, 5000
are being paid yearly, amounting TO
approximately SIS. a person, or nearly
800 per family,
WHERE DOES 1T COME FRONT
This $500, 100000 is not picked up
out of the streets. Where, then, does
1t come from? The answer is: From
the pockets Of the consumers. There
is not a dollar of water" or imitation
in the capitalization Of corporations
which deal in commodities, or in rail-
road or other public service corpora
tions, that does not impose burdens
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
BCTTERMILK BEATS BEER IN
PRICE.

Hats OF to the gentle. mild-eyed
American COW. Buttermilk, at least
in one place in the United States
costs more than beer. The place is
Warren, Pa, and the price is II cents
per quart.
Bossy alone is not entitled to the
credit for this boost in the price OF
the churned product OF her Tactical
glands. a doctor in Warren has been
telling the people that the drinking OF
buttermilk would improve their
health.
Warren. Pa, is not. however, the
only place in which the use OF but
termilk as a beverage is growing
Everywhere, almost, there is an IN
oreasing demand for the drink which
carries into the system a supply OF
Tactic acid, an important chemical
agent necessary alike TO digestion
and the proper muscular action
Physicians have learned that this pro.
duct OF decomposition in buttermTk,
NE ecid which gives the buttermilk
itsNsour taste, is a medicine as well
as food or assimilatOr OF food. Yet
buttermilk IS not always beneficial
Up TO certain point in the process
OF decomposition Tactic acid is pro
duced; beyond that point there is an
other product OF decomposition or
fermentation which Is best left oui
Cf the human stomach.
But while buttermilk is now drum
for It's health-giving properties. car
anyone imagine a more wholesome
or olluring beverage than buttermiiE
before 1T has developed Tactic acid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
Shrewd Younu Man.

Shrewd Young Man.
- you wish to marry my daugh-
terT"
Yes, sir"
"Can you support her In the style to
which she Is accustomedT
Il hope to be able to do so. SIR
"H'm! How do you expect to do it?"
"Bv marrying her shall acquire an
extremely rich father-in-law, who is
such a charming fellow that he can't
help seeing to it that our establishment
shall he all that the most exactinS
could require"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

Under the law OF compensation Sep
TENDER ought to be a hot, dry month,
such as August usually is and should
have been this year. Should such
be the case. corn and other crops
that have been given wonderful
growth in the past three or four
weeks, are likely 10 mature TO the
entire satisfaction OF the farmer who
has worried about the rain. In the
long run. It will be found, things
come out about right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

and the sour taste? Do you remem-
Der going to the spring house, soon
after the churning was finished, there
dipping from the stone crock a tin
cupful OF the butter-fiecked liquid and
pouring it down your heat parched
throat? II you do. you will remember
also that you seldom stopped with one
cupful. Or maybe you remember how
you used to drink it gurgling out of
a stone jug which you had hid in
the grass under a tree while you
wrought in the hay field. Then as
now the American COW was the pro-
Queer. Again, hats of to her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
Aug. 80 in American
History.
History.

1791-The first patent was issued by
the United States government
1s62-End Of the second battle OF Bull
Run: Confederates under General
X. f. Lee defeated the Federals IN
der General John Pope. At Rich
mond. KY. the Confederates de
feated the Federals
lS11-Admiral Raphael Semmes. noted
Confederate naval commander. cap
tain of the cruiser Alabama when
she was sunk by the Kearsarge In
1864 died; horn 1901.
10l0-Lewis Addison Rhoades, scholar
and educator, died in Columbus, o.;
born 1850.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

The fight for control OF the next
congress has been inaugurated in
Chicago, with Congressman James T.
Lloyd Of Missouri engineering the
democratic onslaught and Congress
man William b. Mckinley Of Illinois
In charge OF the republican camp.
Mr.. Lloyd has quarters at the Con-
gress hotel; Mr.. Mckinley is at the
Auditorium. Mr. Dixon is on hand
for the progressives and q merry
battle is in prospect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

the crime OF over
capital ization, or
water stocks, costs
ev cry American
family. This state
ment flows easily
from the pen. but
it can be demon
strated by a little
arith m etc. Var
ious prominent f.
nancial stud ent S
and authorities are
responsible Tor the
s t a t e m e n t, and
tn cir conclusions
aye wholly sustain
ed by reports of
the United States
commission an d
the published fig
ures of the ma
tional corporation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
Huncr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH

HAIL and farewell make up the sum
total Of existence with most of us.
and we differ only In that some of us
hail too early and farewell too late.
Moonlight nights are great for low
ers; also great to make cucumbers
crow.
The weather is a godsend to the
fellow who isn't happy without some
thing to kick about.
Sometimes we see a man and feel
sorry thinking what a woman he
would have made.
We sometimes wonder why we were
born. but we hate to ask any of our
friends to give US their opinion.
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast. AS evidence see the number
of times some persons marry.
When we lose our last illusion the
paint in the passing show is painfully
predominant
If we were suddenly to meet ouI
ideal we should probably be so asham
ed Of our dress and surroundings that
the golden moment would not be i'm
proved.
A man is perfectly willing to lister
to personalities by the hour as Ions
as they are agreeable and his own.
A woman is as old as those who
don't like her think she looks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
The Beastly Bore,

The Beastly Bore.
He sits like a stick,
And the wheels in his head
Go clackety click
Till you wish he were dead.
His patter is not
Productive of 10Y.
It's mostly all rot.
Guaranteed to annoy.
He goes to a show
With his talker in trim
And let's us all know
It's stupid to him.
The heroine dies
Or is turned out of door
He doesn't disguise
He has seen her before.
OF course he is not
Exactly in poise
And shouldn't be shot
Because he annoys.
On the wheels in his head
We should roll him away
Where monographs. dread,
Are playing all day.
And there mid the clack
or the instruments whir
When he feels an attack
Let his talking occur.
In his head let the wheels
Go clickety clack
Where the photograph reels
Can answer him back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
rakinn His MnaIr On

And do you take your meals ont?"
asks the village probe. whe is garner
ing Information from the former resi-
dent who is home from the city for a
few days
Not until after have eaten them"
YEARLY responds the unwilling victim.
Judges Library.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

Vermont in the democratic column
Is by no means an impossibility in
the existing split-up conditions, and
II Il is placed there II will be owing
10 the convincing eloquence OF the
governors OF Indiana, Massachusetts
and Connecticut, who will this week
invade the state with the banner Of
democracy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

One motorcycle girl was nearly
burned to death at Gary. Ind, when
her clothing caught fire fom the gas
olne tank. This will probably not
serve as a warning to the other
maidens who seem to get delight from
a bouncing ride on the rear seat,
with drapery and wells trailing widely
behind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

Always Contrary.
"a woman never likes to be thought
old"
"Oh. yes. she does-sometimes."
go way"
Sure. When she is unbelievahly
young she likes to pose an sage"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
No Accident.

No Accident.
"How are you fixed fnanclallyY'
''Tiptop."
Good. Lend me a dollar. then"
''Oh. no II is by declining such Cd
portunities that | manage to be fixed
! the way ! am"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

The Mean Old Thing.
"Don't you think, I'm pretty?"
mo"
"Why-why"-
"Calm yourself. my dear. There's no
harm done"
What do you meanT'
"You think you are pretty and think
it hard enough for two. so we'll aver
age up all right"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
Touoh Luck.

Come on. George: iet's hatch ont q
plot 20 confound our enemies"
"a can't"
why not?'
my incubators busted"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

After all. It is only a melancholy
satisfaction that old-line republicans
can find in digging up the 1904 cam
paign. For theirs is the one party
that does not profess to have had a
new birth and the evidence Of need for
regeneration accumulates
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMs-Ten cents per week. by car
rier. in Rock Island
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
instance where Il f. desired 10 have
paper discontinued. az carriers have no
authority In the premisesl
All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious. mus;
have real name attached for publ:ca-
tion. No suck articles viii be printed
over netitiouG signatures.
Telephones in ell departments: Gen.
trni Union, West 145. HAS and 21l5;
Union Electric. 5i45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily at 1874 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. Ill Clsntered at the
postofice as second-cl rnatter.)
Rock island Member of the Associated
Presa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
Friday. August 30, 1912.

Oysters, It is said. promise the big
gest crop in 80 years. Now, watch
the price stay up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
BY CLYDE II. TAVENNER

BY CLYDE n. AVENNEH.
Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, Aug. Ozone hundred
dollars annually! This is the amount
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

Ugly.
what a grace
full girl Maude
isl"
She may be
graceful, but her
temper isn't"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30
Analysed.

Analysed.
Full many q man Of iron.
Could yOH but get clear In
Where you could test the metal,
Would be composed OF tin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

Moonlight nights are great for low
ers; also great to make cucumbers
crow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

The weather is a godsend to the
fellow who isn't happy without some
thing to kick about.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

We sometimes wonder why we were
born. but we hate to ask any of our
friends to give Us their opinion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

Sometimes we see a man and feel
sorry thinking what a woman he
would have made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

Hope springs eternal in the human
breast. AS evidence see the number
of times some persons marry.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

accomplished dnNWdN. .
the minutes dragged ho
became the perfect en-
bodiment OF I-told-
NOu-SO-'Sm. soon,
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

them than u they ndd never bt'll
invented. And, more remarkable
still. ,hc Average Man is ike my
tricnl.-hc rcsolutcly refuses 20
be- convinced, IN spite Of the evi-
dcnce OF his own eyes.
Take the average American
schoolbov over ten years old
and spend ten or fifteen minutes
explaining the simple principles
20 him. and at the end Of that
time ne will have a pretty firm
grip on what you are talking
about and will know enough 10
pursue the subject independently.
He has no reason 20 doubt that
these machines will fly; for per
haps ne has seen them. He has
no prccon.civcd impressions that
+, is impossible 20 hy q heavier
than-air craft. and he approaches
III. srb,ae- with IN absolutely open