Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-06
New Jersey Governor Is Heard
in Sister City but Does
Not Come in Here.
MANY ARE DISAPPOINTED
Too Late to Change Hasty Action as
TO Observation-Disclosures Are
Full of Snap.

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one from the recognition Of the law
makers" was the plea of Governor
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, can
didate for president on the democratic
ticket, in an address made at Moline
this noon. The governors special
train arrived in Moline at 80 and he
made two short addresses from the
observation platform of his car. The
special remained in Moline little less
than an hour. A committee composed
Of Mayor Carlson, NJ. ]. McEniry, and
W. R Moore met the train and were
with him during his brief stay. Mayor
Carlson introduced the governor.
To accomplish anything for the
welfare of our country, the people
must come together on a common
ground and must strive to advance one
aim, the governor maintained. The |
/ difficulty lies in the fact that it is |
/ hard to convince capital and labor !
| that their interests should be common |
| and hence the necessity of their CO. |
operating with each other. Every |
we'll constructed mind recognizes the |
fact that all people have equal rights. |
In the past politics has been controll- |
ed, not by the people as a whole, but
by small groups of men. Governor
Wilson said he did not believe that
any single group of men can deter
mine just what things are needed. He
maintained also that more men should
get into the game, and by imparting
their combined ideas, give new impet-
US to any movement which may be I'M
dertaken.
ABUSE OF THE TARIFF.
The tariff, he said, was originally
intended to protect all home indus
tries, but such has not been the case.
To the contrary, it has proven to be
nothing more than an arrangement for
granting special favors to private
groups. No one man or group of men
, can determine the needs of the United
States government. The people are
the ones who recognize their own
needs, and the people should have a
voice in determining who is nominal
ed to the important office of president,
J then the election can follow. If you
, have the right of selection, then the
election does not count so much.
NEW BASIS IN THE FUTURE.
In the future affairs must be placed
upon a new basis, and there must be
realignment of the parties to &C
complish this. If the people will get
together, find a leader and then back
him, we will have a government of
the people, for the people and by the
people In the past We have simply
had a government of and for the peo-
Ple. Go to the man in the struggle to
: ascertain conditions and not to the
n man higher up. AS is the heart of
= nation, so is its prosperity. Let us
/. draw closely together and strive for
a common aim, a new spirit and new
era.
: REPUDIATEs STATEMENT.
Dudley F. Malone, assistant cor
poration counsel of New York city
preceded the governor, and entered
e emphatic denial to the statements
n printed in the Hearst papers to the
(, effect that Woodrow Wilson has not
been against any man that toiled with
d his hands and as vindication, read
/ a resolution passed by the New Jer-
it sey State Federation of Labor Feb
e. IS, 1912, commencing the governor
N for his instrumentality in securing
A. the passage of 16 laws out of the
entire III, which favored the labor.
d ing man.
)t DISAPPOINTMENT HERE.
ID There was much disappointment II
~ Rock Island irrespective of politics
n over the failure of the governor Il
j. come to this city for the informa
reception that was planned for hin
Is in the lobby of the New Harper.
re large number of citizens, includin,
Id Mayor H. NJ. Schriver, had assembled
ly there to greet Governor Wilson, al
y, sharing in the hope that the origina
If schedule would be carried out ant
he that the governor would pay his re
1 spects to the people here. even if de
MED the opportunity to speak becaus
I of prevailing regulations in the city
OF The last word from the Wilson
/ headquarters in Chicago when Tn
C. Argus went to press last evening
at was that the special would surel
ny come on TO Rock Island and this de
e. spite the advices that were sent t
ke Mayor Schriver in the afternoon can
e. ceiling the date. 1t developed late
n that the hasty action in changing tn
h, original schedule had reacted too ia
be in its effect to permit of another re
re vision and during the morning tn
Ii following telegram came TO The Al
nd gus from the manager of Governo
Wilson's train campaign:
ne Peoria, April editor The AL
or gus: Impossible to change itinerar
er again. Governor Wilson will not b
he in Rock Island.
nd RIVERS M'NEIL.
ly-t When il was definitely known tha
the governor would not come a nun
Der of Rock Islanders hurried to Nc
sv line in time for the address there
ey The Burlington made a fine rel
an crd in putting the special over III
rad on schedule time, and it pulle