Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-13

Amos: accusing IT of having caused
the war in Europe.
sherman ". Searle then made n
brief talk advocating the S150.oOo bond
issue for the two bridges and the
county jail.
Still the Tariff.
When Senator sherman began his
address. he declared that congress had
been in continuous session since April
:, 1914. and that the democratic party
seemed to be proceeding on the theory
that il should be kept in session as
long as possible. because the oppor-
tunity to control congress might not
occur again. They better get a.
plenty while they're gettin',' was the
homely way he put it.
Then the speaker launched into the
tariff again, indulging in the time
repeated and as often repudiated ar
guments.
The speaker declared he was op-
posed to Roger c. Sullivan. his DEM
ocratic opponent for the senate. be
cause he is a free trader" which is so
manifestly untrue that the statement
needs no contradiction. and then de-
nounced Raymond Robins, bull moose
nominee, for his single tax theories.
Teddy Roasted.
Roosevelt is for Robins the sena-
tor declared. land is therefore linked
Up TO the single tax program and II he
is a candidate for president in 1916 l
shall accuse him of il. Roosevelt
came 900 miles TO start trouble with
oil
use my utmost endeavors 10 accommo-
date. The colonel has charged me with
being a boss and being allied with Lor-
inner. have no organization, nor
have I been lined up with the reaction
airy forces. The fact is. was Roose-
Welt delegate TO the national conven-
ton in 1912 and stood for him until
he wanted me TO leave the party. This
refused TO do. Colonel, you say you
are a progressive, yet you are eight
years behind the times. The rules
which you took advantage of when
you named Taft for president were all
right until Taft wanted TO use them
for himself against you, and then they
were all wrong If the rules were
wrong, why didn't you change them?
You had the opportunity. The rules
were changed and by the republicans.
although you made no cfiOr; in that
direction, so that after all, YOU are
the biggest reactionary in the coun-
try.
And did you ever stop to think tina;
II Teddy should lose his voice. the bull
moose would be speeches.? The trou-
bic with Teddy is he has been eating
too much monkey steak in Brazil. l
have worked as hard as Raymond Rob-
ins ever did. / have always favored
the laboring man. I have written more
laws for social justice with this right
hand than Robins ever heard of or
could understand if he had heard
them"
Hill Stirs Crowd.
Near the close OF the meeting DR..
John Wesley Hill, president of the In
ternational Peace Forum, was ushered
to the platform, his train having been
late. He is the stemwindeT who is be-
ing imported into this campaign from
New York for the purpose of reviving
dropping spirits, irrespective of logic, I
reason or fact. He compared Sher-
man TO Lincoln. claiming that the lat /
ter was not stand patter but sure ]
Dr. Hill with fund of hui I
morous stories and a world of YER !
bosity and lung power. gave the audi |
ence a few minutes of old-time polit- !
ical harangue that aroused the few \
hearers which were left in the hall TO |
fever pitch. but like all other stimu !
lants, the after effects were not pleas !
ant and emphasized more than ever
the coIdness with which the candidates !
themselves were greeted
Captain Walter \. Rosenfield, mana /
ger of several Sherman campaigns, |
came to the home town with his dis |
tinguished candidate and friend and |
made him his guest while here. The I
entire list OF state candidates was not 1
in the party. as advertised. Those !
here in addition to Senator L. Y. Sher- I
man and B. VI. Chipperfield were An
drew Russell. candidate for treasurer; !
Charles w. Vail. candidate for clerk
Df the supreme court; c. c. Duffy. can
didate for clerk OF the appellate court.
This morning at 5:45 the party left |
over the Milwaukee for Fulton.