Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14


who will fight for our flag and die for
our flag when reason primes the rifle,
when honor draws the sword, when
justice breathes a blessing on the
standards they uphold"
Fighting for every degree OF in
jury" he maintained, would mean
perpetual war. and this is the policy
Of our opponents, deny it how they
will. 1t would give US a war abroad
each time the fighting cock of the Eu-
ropean weather vane shifted with the
breeze. 1t would make America the
cockpit of the world We would be
so busy settling other peoples quar-
rels that we would have no time to at
tend to our own business"
Deals With Preparedness.
In his treatment of the issue of
preparedness Mr.. Glynn asserts that
the genius of this country is for
peace.
I'VE have built our greatness on
the resources of nature and the peace
full toll Of our people The ring of
the anvil not the rattle of the saber,
the song of the reaper, not the
shrek of the soldier, the CHATTER
of the shuttle not the crack of the
: rife have won US the place we oc-
| cupy in the councils of the world.
Like the old Mohawk chief who
loved peace, we would like to throw
the tomahawk of war so high in the
sky that no mans hand could ever
pull 1t down. But when some other
i. tribe among the races of men sends
US bundle of arrows wrapped in the
skin of a rattle-snake, we want, like
old Governor Bradford, Of Massa-
chusetts, to be in position to send
that rattle-snake's skin back stuffed
with powder and with ball.
I'VE have been carried too close to
the rocks of war during the past two
years to believe that those rocks dc
not exist. And looking into the fu-
ture we can perceive that if our SOW
ereignity is not challenged, if our
peace is not assailed it will only be
because the world knows that we are
strong enough to defend ourselves
from every foe.
For these reasons this administra-
ton has done more for our army and
our navy than any administration in
our history.
More than this, it has modified
the resources of the nation to meet
the needs of war. 1t has placed the
wealth Of the country back of the
strength of the country. the toiler
back of the soldier and the sailor.
And to our opponents We say you
can't create an army, can't create
a navy in the course of a day; tc
them we say if our navy is not
, strong enough, our army not big
enough the republican party is sc
, per cent to blame for the republican
: : party has been in control of this ma
ton so per cent of the time during
the past fifty years.
I Prepare Only for Defense.
The democratic party advocates
a and seeks preparedness, but it is pre-,
! paredness for defense, not prepared
ness for aggression
o 1T is the preparedness which builds
I the nations house upon d rock, so il
, will not fall when the rains descend
and the floods come and the winds
O blow.
I Il :
! well as a pride of personal honor
a people to the support of their presi-
dent. Whether their blood is drawn
from the banks of the Rhine; OF
a where the River Shannon flows
whether they hail from Alpine val
. leys or the meadows of the Prynees
: whether their descent be German OF
French, Irish or English, Austrian
or Italian, Russian or Greek, the
men who have sworn an oath OF
! fealty to the ideals of America will
be true
They may love the lands of their
fathers much, but they love the land
of their children more They may
cherish the memory of the sod from
whence they sprung, but they stand
ready to die for the soil that they
have hallowed with their homes"
: In his review of our domestic policy
the temporary chairman pointed that
the promise made by democracy four
years ago had been faithfully kept.
To-day the prosperity which the
nation enjoys bears witness that de-
mocracy has kept the faith Today
the gates of opportunity are open; the
hosts OF special privilege stand dis
armed. Today the forces of govern
ment are encouraging, not blocking
the full expression of the nations pro-
greSs. Today the business man, the
= artisan and farmer find themselves
free to enjoy the fruits of their labors
unhampered by the sinister power of
special privilege or the selfish op-
preston of invisible government
Praises Reserve Act.
Of the federal reserve act Mr.. Glynn
had this to say:
In the panic of 1907 under the old
system, New York could not lend a
country bank $4,000 with which II
meet factory payrolls; in 1915 under
the new system, inaugurated by this
democratic administration New York
! loaned Europe five hundred millions
even though the financial centers OF
the world were disrupted by the world
war, and there were still left in New
York the largest bank deposits in its
history.
, If this democratic administration
mad performed no other public service
IMAM the enactment of the federal re-
, serve act, it would deserve the I'M
Stlnted approval of a grateful nation