Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-15

! years ago. after long unbroken series
Of defeats. the democratic party under
/ the leadership of man from New
/ York and man from Indiana won an
inspirational victory that put new
I heart and new life into the demoCraCr
/ of the nation"
Mr.. Glynn described the Wilson ad-
ministration as one that in efficiency
| of service and I'm responsiveness 10
popular viii. has had no rival in this
country in the last 50 years" Concern
ing il he said:
The historian OF the future will say
that into the laws Of the nation We're
written not only the pledges of the
democratic platform, but the pledges
.of the progressive platform and the
pledges of the republican platform
that served public interests and fos-
tered public welfare"
Asserting that Woodrow Wilson
would he the next president and Mr..
Marshall the nexS vice president. Mr..
Glynn said that the most potent Tca-
son therefore lies in the great hu-
man appeal cf the policy and perform
ances of the administration in which
you have been second in command"
Summing UP some of the results Of
the Wilson administration Mr.. Glynn
defined them as follows:
NO longer will the hearts of little
children be coined into gold or their
blood stain the commerce of our land;
no longer will the poetry of youth be
robbed of its gIamor or its song Of joy
transformed into a lamentatiOn of
despair.
" NO longer will the sewers of our
seed and the reapers of our harvest he
denied proper place in the sun of our
financial world.
NO longer will widows and orphans, |
robbed Of their pittance of savings. J
beat their clenChed fists in vain upon
the doors Of banks closed by manufac-
tured panics.
NO longer viii any man or set Of
men be able to corner the money mar
ket, or take the country's business by
the throat and force it TO deliver to
gtheir financial pressure"
Confidence in Leader.
Mr. Marshall spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Members of the
Notification Committee, Ladies and
Gentlemen: The years which / have
spent in the United States senate have
taught me at least humility. l speak, |
not with authority, but rather as an
OnlookeH with distinct knowledge that
under our system Of government my
personality is of small moment; with
no other desire than to voice my 10y
atty TO my party and my admiration
for, and confidence in, its leader, with !
whom we so to success or failure and
to explain briefly why we ought IN
this campaign to appeal to the average |
voter who, however loyal he may be /
to party tradition, feels resting upon
his conscience a. more compelling duty /
to the republic.
= ;oT.r h
supposed to lead from republicans to /
their officials had been narrowed to a |!
squirrel track known only to the mi /
tiated. The right of the rank and file /
was ratification not consultation. In /
stead of the republican party remain |
ing the party Of the many, it had be- !
come the perquisite Of the few. A /
majority Of its members. dissatisfied /
with the men in charge of it, with the I
measures enacted by them and the ,
methods of their enactment, as yet un- /
willing to trust the democratic party, |
cOurageously declared their secession |
and formed the progressive party |
| This movement was organized with as |
much enthusiasm as any of the cru
sades and its campaign was waged /
along camp-meeting methods. IgnOT- /
antly, it trusted its fortunes to lead /
er who promised that he would lead /
al Al lL1e GiGttl, DUL " no. dldS- QG- {
serted at Bull Moose Run. This spir- /
ituaI and political upheavaI resulted |
in the election of Woodrow Wilson to |
the presidency.
More than three years of the most !
fateful history in the annals of man |
kind have elapsed. Now the leader of |
the crusade has turned his back on /
the holy land. As he runs, he cries /
that the great mission of the progress /
sive party has been accomplished and /
that it is now time to turn the coun- |
try over TO the very men he condemn
ed. II the mission of the progressive F!
party has been accomplished, then to /
the democratic party belongs the hon
or, for what has been written, it has
written; what has been done, il has
done. Fairness. however, compels the |
statement that the nomination Of Mr. |
Hughes fulfilled the promise TO recall |
the judiciary. The evangelist has pro-
nOunced the benedictiOn and adjourn
ed the camp-meeting sine Dec. The
highway is again TO be narrowed to a
squirrel track under the control Of
the same men against whom and
whose methods three-quarters Of the
American voters sOlemnly protested
four years ago If proof be needed, !
look around you anywhere. If they
are not upon the ticket or in control Of
the party machinery, il is the excep-
ton. not the rule
In accordance with custom, the 7
great political parties have nominated