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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-04
Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be received at 9 a. m. June
l6, 1913, at the mayors Office for paw
ing Thirty-fourth street with brick
from Seventh to Ninth and half ave
nue. Plans and specifications on file
at the office of the city engineer. Con-
tractors will be paid in bonds bear
ing per cent interest.
All bids must be accompanied by
cssh or certified check T., an amount
of 10 per cent of the bid
H. NJ. SHRTVER,
Pres. Board Of Local improvements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-04
NATURAL COLOR IN FILMS
OF HE KlNEMAC0LoR co.

headaches after sitting through a
moving picture show. said. W. W.
Harmon. one N, Americas greatest
authorities on optics In a recent ao-
dress made before the Massachusetts
Optical society. The who.e secret
Of these nervous disorders lies in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-04
LIBRARY BOARD
HOLDS SESSION
Monthly Meeting at Which Time
Plans for Earlier Closing
Are Adopted.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
Many Books Read During May-LIst
Of Bills for the Past Thirty
Days.

The regular meeting of the library
board was held last Monday evening
at the library. The bills for the month
Of May were read and approved and
the report Of the librarian accepted
and placed on record. 1t was decided
70 close the library at o'clock start
ing June Is and continuing until Sept
10 The present closing hour is 9
o'clock.
LIBRARIANS REPORT FOR MAY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-04

Sixteenth precinct 1910 Thirty
eighth street
Seventeenth precinct-1SS4 Thrift
eth street.
HIM. SCHRIvER,
- Mayor
NJ. T. RUDGREN.
City Clerk.
Rock Island, H., June Q, 1913.
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ment emphasized in their minds and
all the rest will go for naught.
One wonders, also, what there is so
perfect about the figures in the tariff
bill that any effort to change them IS
sacrilege. 1t might add to the gay
ETY. of nations if the senatorial in
vestigators would summon Mr.. I'm
derwood and his colleagues of the
Ways and Means Committee and ques-
ton them as to the reasons or infiu-
ences which led them to decide upon
certain schedules, and especially what
conferences they had, private or pub
lie, with persons interested in the free
sugar propaganda. They certainly
ought to be heard. just as every manu-
facturer and producer mas the right to
explain why he sought to protect HIM
self from threatened destruction.
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TATESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
BY FRED C. KELLY

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washington carscoied INTO 'o"h 10 enter
Congress. few days ago, he brought
with him. among other chattels, n dress
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cIothes Tor evening wear He nriced such
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weeks sayinss ana he determined 10
,ake IN. ...n
AT that tuncture William Wolff Smith
had an idea smith. now q weII-knovn
Washington CORRESPONDENT. was john
sons roommate. smith also had been
thinking for some months of concenter-
ing his entire fortune in a set of half
after-six clothes. When he heard that
bripht idea rolled out or the slo,
Smiths notion was that inasmuch as
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COMPULSORY VOTING.
tlnIn th. Springfield Union.

ffnn tn. Springfield Union.
1t will be interesting TO see whether
the compulsory voting bill passed by the
Utah Senate will stand the test Of con-
stitutionality IL II passes the lower house
and is signed by the Governor. This
measure provides that every citizen who
Is eligible to vote but does not exercise
that privilege shall be assessed a yearly
poll tax of 50. Similar measures have
been proposed in other States, but have
met with opposition on various grounds.
chiery constitutional. But, aside from
the constitutional objection. IL is serious
w to be questioned whether 1t is worth
while to compel an indifferent citizen to
exercise the voting franchise. It is to be
doubted that the man who is not inter-
ested enough to vote without compul-
SION would exercise intelligence and dis
elimination IL compelled to vote More
over. II would be difficult to enforce a
compulsory voting law with fairness and
lmpartiality. Many men would have
reasonable excuses for not voting. and
others could invent plausible reasons.
Rather than penalize n man for nor vot-
ing II would seem to be a better plan to
appeal to his civic pride and try to
arouse In him a sense OF the duties and
obligations Of citizenship that would lead
him to take an active interest in affairs
OF government
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-08

frnm the Menard Messenger
The Houston Post last week published
an able editorial on murders, and point I'd
out some means TO decrease the number
1t is certain that something is wrong In
country so highly civilized as is the
United States that is disgraced with so
many murders, and while IL is proper
that the accused should always have a
falr trial. II has almost reached the point
Where the people understand a fair trial
TO mean an acquittal. The Fort Worth
Record, in recent editorial pointed out
one OF the most common causes for mud
derers going free-thst of the jury con-
sidering only the case at the bar, with
out regard TO the welfare Of society and
as II 1t were the first and last murder to
occur and feeling that the defendant
has already suffered enough for his crime
allowing sentiment to play an important
part in their verdict, believing, doubtless,
that the accused, warned by his expert
ence, will settle down to a proper and
useful life, providing for those who are
dependent upon him. This is a mistaken
idea OF the law. which is intended. not
to punish the criminal. but to prevent
crime. II il were possible to know that
man guilty of crime would never be
guilty again, and that releasing him
would not have bad effect upon others,
1t would certainly be humane and proper
to give him freedom, but every time
guilty man Is acquitted of murder the
effect is as a license to others criminally
inclined. Court procedure should be sim
plified to the extent that an able judge
can try a criminal case without being
almost certain of committing error. and
every possible means should be used 10
bring all murderers TO speedy justice.
being careful, OF course, that the rights
of the citizen are in no way taken from
him.
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That Spelling Bee"

The members of the National Press
Club, that is, the Washington CORE
spondents, lived up to the tradition OF
their profession when they lost the
great spelling bee" with the Senators
and Representative. This tradition
right or wrongs that, were it not for
the "infallibility," and especially the
diligence" of the printers and proof
readers, the average newspaper would
look like the outpourings of a CON-
mittee of school-teachers. so VIGOROUSLY
weak are they supposed to be as
disciples of Noah Webster.
Our statesmen, on the other hand, as
is generally known to all Americans.
as a rule are recruited from the chair
of English of the country academy or
the hamlet college. Besides, the wise
lawgivers who participated in this all
absorbing match were older than the
newspaper men, and the products of
an era in our national history when
the spelling bee was a real-yea, a
valuable-institution. which fourished
prior to the routine courses in our
public schools. of which the present
younger generation is the victim.
We were satisfied even before en-
tering the inferno, that in any compe-
tition of this kind the man of fifty or
more years would easily demonstrate
his superiority over his rival of about
twenty-five or thirty, who has been
educated by the use of our modern
"simpli6ed" methods, which sacrifice
proficiency to glitter.
But there was plenty OF humor, and
it dubbed over occasionally with a
vengeance. Was there ever anything
more appropriate than to see Senator
Miles Poindexter master the difficult"
words, progressive" and moose" but
fell down on so easy thing as ny
drocephalus ?" Yes; and there were
others! We are almost persuaded to
exclaim with our sincere apologies to
Alexander the Great) Were Mr..
Houston not so successful a Secretary
of Agriculture, he ought to have been
a preceptor of old-fashioned spelling
bee classes"
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Mr.. McAdoo and the Customs.

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has written a letter to Senator Clarke
of Arkansas, chairman of the Com
mittee on Commerce, suggesting that
the proposed reorganization of the
customs be postponed until January 1,
1914. The suggestion of Secretary Nc
Adoo is accompanied with recommen-
dations which, if carried out. will tend
to clear up a question OF legality that
has arisen in connection with the So
called Curtis plan.
The proposed reorganization has been
made the target of three bills in Con-
gress. One would kill it outright, an
other would postpone action for two
years, and a third would modify the
plan in some particulars to the salts
faction of certain Congressman. Con-
gress would be secretly hostile to re-
form in the customs service, however
desirable it might be as an economic
proposition.
During the Taft administration the
Treasury Department proposed to abol-
ish all collectorships, except one in
practically every State. and to make
each port subordinate to one central
port The plan was blocked by men,
bers of Congress protesting against
any changes in their own territory.
They believed it to be in the interest
of economy and efficiency, but it had
one little flaw: 1t split things wrong
in their own States. The protest be-
came so vociferous that President Taft
gave hearing to the Congressional
critics, but yielded only at one point.
Senator Dillingham; of Vermont con-
WINGED him that the Green Mountains
so divided his home State that the
people could not get from the east
TO the west, and vice versa, except in
aeroplanes, and Senator Dillingham;
was allowed two collectors. Senator
Fletcher of Florida, author of the bill
to lay the whole matter over for two
years, made out a pretty good case, in
point of geography, but his protest was
overruled.
In asserting to postponement for
six months, Secretary McAdoo has
recognized the reasonableness of some
criticisms of the plan, and probably
few admitted errors will be corrected.
if Congress permits the department to
make the changes, although it is not
intended to reopen the whole case to
attack from Congressman. Congress
has more to lose than to gain by the
postponement, while the plan has moth
ing to lose and something to gain by
slight delay.
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The Effect Upon the Country.

Among those who desire TO think
evil, even when no evil exists, the dec
laration of the Senate committee that
there has been no corrupt use of
money will have no effect whatever.
The report will be regarded as moth
ing more or less than a whitewash, and
the impression already made upon the
public mind will remain.
To this extent the President will
benefit politically. He will be regarded
more than ever as a man of honesty
and courage. The advocates of pure
government, who are growing nightly
in numbers, will hail him with delight
Much confidence is already. placed upon
his spoken word, and when he pub
licly declares that the elements which
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Reprehensible Practices Abandoned.

Conditions many years ago were
most reprehensible. In the period i'm
mediately following the civil war,
when the public conscience had become
callouS, there were Hobbies of the worst
kind in Washington. In a book pub
lished forty years ago, entitled Wash
ington Inside and Out" George Alfred
Townsend, a well-known newspaper
correspondent, narrated instances of
fragrant lobbying, which would not be
tolerated now. Those were the days
OF Sam Ward and Ben Holiday and
the Sutro tunnel and the Credit Mo-
bilier and the French spoliation claims
In those days, too, manufacturer of
firearms, who sought to secure an ex-
tension OF his patents, thought moth
entertainments, which were not always
OF the most moral character. Then
women whose regulations were not at
all doubtful were regularly employed
as lobbyists by INSCRIPTIONS men who
were engaged in foisting stupendous
schemes of graft upon the government.
In later days poker games, in which
certain influential Senators and Repre-
sentatives happened to win large sums,
were more or less common, while the
operation, known as rigging the stock
market" whereby stocks were manipu-
lated for the benefit OF favored few,
was also employed.
But those days have passed For
twenty years there has been no lobby
scandal in Washington. Even the once
powerful railroad lobby has disap-
peared. The abolition of passes and
the creation of the Interstate Commerce
Commission ended its unsavory career.
Occasionally, of course, there is even
now an effort to secure dishonest leg
islation, but the open and fragrant i'm
prophecies are no more. As long as
human nature remains unchanged there
will be dishonesty and corrupt prac-
tice, but these have been reduced to
minimum, so far as Congressional leg
islation is concerned.
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Modern Methods of Lobbying.

1t is hopeful sign of the times
when publicity is the agency most used
to accomplish desired results in legis-
lation.
In fact, the modern method of lob
bying is not only legitimate, but praise
worthy. Nobody uttered a word of
protest when in the furtherance of a
crusade to secure the purchase Of JEFF
ferson's home by the government, the
newspapers were filled with paid ad-
vertisements explaining why such ac-
ton should be taken In addition to
this, meetings were held to create pub
lie sentiment, Congressman were per-
sonally interviewed, and beautiful pic
lures of Monticello were generously
distributed. Other movements. social,
economic, and industrial, do not hest
tate TO utilize publicity TO accomplish
their ends. 1t has come to be an ac-
knowledged fact that no effort. no
matter how commendable. can become
effective until popular sentiment has
been aroused in its behalf. There is
an association of upiifters, whose aims
are certainly praiseworthy. who main
tain in Washington a bureau which
swamps Congressman with letters and
literature, and whose representative
could not hope to make any Roadway
in advancing the cause OF reform if
he were not active, both in writing and
in speech. 1t has become customary
for all organizations. which have a ma
tional purpose, to establish headquar-
tiers here with the expressed intent of
being close to Congress. Neither dis
honest nor illegitimate methods are
employed, but if a misstatement is
made upon the floor OF the Senate or
House an effort is Immediately made to
correct it. while adverse arguments are
controverted. Even when purely ma
terial interests are involved, nobody
can blame those who are affected for
presenting their side OF the case as
earnestly and emphatically as possible
When Congress becomes so high and
mighty that it cannot listen to the ap-
peal of any citizen, rich or poor. great
or humble, this government might just
as we'll 60 out of business.
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oppose him are to be condemned, he
will find many supporters. The end,
however, is not yet. The tariff law,
when enacted, must stand the test of
actual administration, and the men who
are now appealing for some modifca-
ton of the schedules may have occa-
sion to assert, even amid sackcloth and
ashes, that when they sought self
preservation they were not wholly in
the wrong.
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What the Investigation Will Show.

The charge OF the President was that
extraordinary exertions were being
made by lobby in Washington to Sc
cure certain alterations in the tariff
bill; that this lobby was numerous, in
dustrious. and insidious that it filled
the newspapers with paid advertise
ments: that it was spending money
without limit in order to create an
appearance OF antagonistic public opin-
ion. and that the whole movement was
an effort to overcome the interests of
the people for private profit.
A certain portion of this charge is
undoubtedly true In the most public
manner. by paid advertisements in the
newspapers. the persons interested in
the preservation OF two great indus
tries. the raising of sugar cane and
sugar beets, and who had been denied
a hearing by the Senate Finance Com
mittee, sought to present their side of
the case to the American people The
real gravamen of the situation. an in
sinuation that a limitless amount of
money was being corruptly used, will
not, however, be sustained. There has
not vet been, and there is not likely to
be, a scintilla of evidence to give even
a semblance of truth to the assertion.
The impression which the President
sought to convey has, nevertheless,
been made. and thus the object of the
utterance has been accomplished. 1t
will make no difference that the Pres
ident attacked the so-called lobby
which disagreed With him and care
fully refrained from mentioning the
fact that there were two Hobbies at
work. The one. which was in harmony
with him was numerous, industrious,
and insidious. Some few people with
reasoning minds and who know the
facts will give consideration to this
side OF the question, but the great
mass will have the Presidents state
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SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1913
THE POLITICAL SITUATION

Both Democrats and Republicans are
endeavoring to score political advantage
from the lobby investigation. 1t is in
cunbent upon the former 10 show that
the selfish and sordid interests are
working against the betterment OF con-
ditions for the common people. The
Republicans insist that manufacturers
are simply endeavoring to save them
selves from destruction.
IT was a shrewd move on the part
OF the President to utter public denun-
citation of the insidious lobby 1t
pleases the rural citizen immensely to
think that he has a President who will
stand upon the ramparts and shout de-
hance TO the men who go about like
thieves in the night, corrupting nno-
cent statesmen. 1t always pays to pro-
test against wickedness in Washington.
There is a sentiment out in the coun-
trv, due to sensation-mongers, that
Washington is a seething mass OF cor
ruption-that it is peopied by foreign
spies. who worm into our national Sc
crets. bv men and women who lay pit
falls for the unsuspecting and whose
-hief occupation is plundering the gov.
eminent When the President himself
talks about a lobby the far-away citi'
zen pat> himself complacently upon the
back because the stories OF misdolng
are thus confirmed. Even after an in
yestigation showed that the charge was
unfounded. the evil would not be I'm
done. People refuse to believe that the
probe was really applied. They want
to imagine the worst and so they re-
fuse to believe that the corruptonist
is not stalking abroad.
There is another phase TO be con-
sdered. A direct and positive state
rlent. dramatically uttered by Presi-
dent OF the United States, is flashed
Instantly to every corner OF the coun-
trv and finds lodgment in the public
mind. which is difficult to remove.
Theodore Roosevelt utilized this tact
to perfection. Explanations and de-
mails travel slowly. In the meantime,
the original statement gains more and
more publicly. and, whether true or
not. is sure to find sufficient number
OF believers to give it weight. History
will repeat itself in the present in
stance. BY the use of Roosereltian
tactics. by the employment of spectacu-
lar utcerance. and by taking the Of
fensive. thus putting the other side on
the defensive. President Wilson has
scored. The Senate has now got to
vote for free sugar and free wool, or
else he open to the charge of yielding
to insidious influence. Anybody who
thinks that President Wilson does not
know how to play the political game
might Just as well change his mind.
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More Men I'm Line.
From the Brooklyn Standard.

From the Brooklyn Standard
The annual suffrage parade has def
nitely taken its place with New Yorks
many side attractions. 1t can almost be
said to have become a fixed event. and
very interesting and important one.
This years was larger and viewed by
more people than any previous affair In
this city. and possibly in all the world.
The increased number of men in line
was a significant feature. for their pres
ence in a way marks the progress which
the cause is making among those who
have the power to give or withhold the
ballot
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From the New York Evening Pos.

From the New York Evening Pos.
1t is estimated by the Constantinop!e
correspondent of the London Times
that $4,000 human beings have persisted
by massacre during tle Balkan COZ
flict; not slain in battle, but slaughter
ed in the course of irregular fighting
or simply butchcred by a blood-mad
soldiery. These mas sacres were fore
seen by Statesmen on both sides: set
they were not allowed to stand in the
way of the plans formulated by suSh
statesmen. After this, what use is
there of speaking Of panics and idle
factories? All that man has will
lie give for his life. II the prospect
of being shot down en- his own doof-
step, or OF seeing his wife and children
slauzhtered, Is nc deterrent OF war to
a man when once the battle lust has
seized upon him, how can the fear of
seeing his shop or his harvest go to
ruin affect him? 40. if'the demon of
war is to be exercised. 1t will be done
by no appeal to prudential conside-a-
lions, but by iusistepce upon the her
rors of war as expressed in terms of
human life, of the evil passions let
loose, of the resulting oppression OF
the weak by the s,-ong. Of the harm
indicted on the highest ideals Of the
race.
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An exchange thinks the Chicago man
who lived double life for eight years
and supported two families on sl2 a week
is financial genius. He is not But the
reporter who started the story is some
reporter.