Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-15
WORDS WIN OVER,
SHOT And SHELL,
MARSHALL SHOWS
Saws Changed Administration Would
Net parey Repeal Single One of Meas
ures\ AdOF ted Since 1919
WILSON RtVOs7D is APPLATDED
vice President. IN Accepting Renomin-l
alton. Points to Emptiness of
Republican Attacks.

indianapolis. Ind. Sept 15.-T hnmaS
r Marshall formally accepted tho
democratic renomina ton for tho vice
presidency here last llight, not Tor ad-
difional honor he said. but in the hope
that l may assist in the reelection or
Woodrow Wilson who has not walked
where the path has leo but who mas
walked where there way no pain ana
who has left a TRAIL
In Il speech of acceptance pi-Fased- IN
characteristic vein, the viEe president
sketched briefly the legislative achieve
ments Of the administration, IN which
he said he had been an ION locker,
and cHcgized the president as the
man who brooded over the republic in
stormtossed times and by mere words
spoke peace on the troubled seas or
international politics. A changed ad-
ministratiCu lie declared. would not
dare repeal a single one of the import
and measures put on the statute DOCKS
since March {. 1913. Wanting an issue,
he continued the republicans had
turned to foreign affairs, coming such
phrases as firm AmeriCanlSm, winch
they could not define.
THE American people this year
have made their own issue. said Mr..
Marshall Those that the parties pre-
sent may be only side issues. The real
issue Of this Campai gn is that thought
which goes with the father to his work
or business. which engrosses every
mother. wife or sweetheart, which slts
down with them at every hreslde and
goes TO bed with them in every home,
and that thought is can the presa-
dent of the United States continue 40
so patiently manage our international
affairs as to maintain honorable
peace
The one bright, peaceful spot FUN
der the sun this day is America and 1t
is so because the president pleads
guilty TO the charge of using words
rather than shot and she'll and sLirap-
mel If America is 70 lead the world
toward that now seemin gly far dis
tant goal where brute force shall be
bound bv wisdom and conscience in
letters which it can never again break,
then these are the hours for mere
words"
The vice president made a caustic
reference to the refusal OF Theodore
Roosevelt to accept the progressive
presidential denomination, declaring
the former president was a. leader
who promised he would lead at
Arnageddon, but who, alas! deserted
at Bull Moose Run" and now had
turned his back on the Holy Land. "
He predicted that the issues put for
ward by the republicans would not be
accepted as such by the people in the
present abnormal year. adding You
cannot interest a bridegroom in the
tariff nor a widow in the coffin trust"
The aIl-impOTtant question: of what
the republicans would have done re-
garding the Lusitania, Mexico and Bel
GUM, said the vice PRESIDENT had not
been answered by the partT's presi-
Dental candidate. Mr.. Hughes. lie
added that firm Americanis1n" should
be categorically defined by those who
had coined il. and declared The people
would not be willing to discharge one
doctor because he was criticised by
another who offered no remedy.
I'm my opinion" said Mu Marshall,
"the average American wants to know
who is in the partnership with Candi-
date Hughes in this firm American
ism Does the firm consist Of Hughes
and Roosevelt. of Hughes and Hohen-
Zollern. or of Hughes. surviving part
ner Of the firm of Hughes and Huerta?'
GIynn Sees Sure Victory.
Martin II. Glynn in his speech mott
fving Mr.. Marshall Of his nomination
as the democratic candidate for vice
president summed up the results of
the administration of Woodrow VIII
son, replied to critics OF the admins
tration and set forth the reasons why
he believed Mr. Wilson and Mr.. Mar
shall should be reelected.
There is something peculiarly bene-
fitting in a man from New York head
ing this committee 10 do honor to a
son Of Indiana" ne said. "Thirty-twO