The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-07
sATTIRDAY r11E ROCK ISLAND ARGUS AUGUST I, 1920.

IRDAY THE ROCK ~
bus4ness .msA ana srtisans 6 alI
pertjee 70 work IN harmouys w.
- ~ nilltons az men, women az.
ehfIArea a IN creeds, religious ana
o1berviae. Who stood In the ranks
q arm = soldiers overseas. una
vtded By things they once quarIsls.
about? What Of the government.
itself confirming the faith OF our
fathers a. suficient to meet ING
storms Of time! Why the sneer 2.
labor with the yelled charge tnAt -
vas = mere Stacker? The spectacle
u sufacient to convince any I'M
prejudiced man that the fepupn-
can leaders who have taken
charge Of their party and Nominated
its candidate, are no more possessed
OF the spirit Of the hour than tney
precipitated . revolution Witnin
the rank and file Of q great oresn,-
xation. II further proof were neeoeo,
the action Of the present congress
supplies It. Not q constructive law
can be cited. Money and time were
wasted In seeking to make mil
tary triumph an odious cnapter ~
history-and yet is it not signincant
that after two years Of sleuthfui IN,
curry, there was nothing reVea!eu
in that vast enterprise, carrying
, billions OF dollars in expense. upon
which they could base even . WINS
per Of dishonesty!
Mexican Situation.
The Mexican situation, trying 70
our patience for years, begins u
show signs of improvement. MOI
the least OF the things that nave
contributed to it is a realization DS
the people of that country that We
have neither the lust for their 90
main nor disposition to disturb
their sovereign rights. Peace smiles
upon the border and incentive te
individual effort seems to be max
ing a national aspiration.
| Tribute to Soldiers.
!, Many elements have made oul
republic enduring, not the least o
|, which is a sustained gratitude. I'M
richest traditions Of our land ar
woven from historic threads tina
tell the bravery of our soldiers o
every war. They make the first i'm
pressions of history upon the mlnd
/ Of our children and bind the heart
: of generations together. Never Il
all time will the performance Q
, our soldiers in the late war be sun
passed. From farm, forest and FAC
, tory they gathered together in tn
, training camps-from countrysld
q and city-men whose hands Wer
!, calloused by labor, others who's
. shoulders showed the stoop c
Office task-the blood Of many ma
lions flowing in their veins-an
the same impulse ran from tn
:, front trench in Europe back to tn
). first day in training We must NJ
/. forget that war breaks into tn
= plans of young men, and their fir:
y chart of life is in a sense MOI
u important than any calculatio
J. later on. In college and shop
l. every calling they were buildin
: the base for their careers. Tho,
II sands of, them by the circumstan'
e es OF injury or the disturbance
i domestic conditions which war a
l. ways brings, we're compelled
t, change their whole course of lif
o We owe a debt to those who die
e and to those the honored dead lie
n dependent. We owe a debt to Il
/, wounded; but we must realize TIL
e considerable compensation is dl
d those also who lost much by Il
e. break in their material hopes al
,e aspirations. The genius of the n
y tons mind and the sympathy
ID its heart must inspire intensi
, thoughtful effort to assist tho
il who saved our all.
Pledge Aid to Heroes.
l feel deeply that the rehabilit
-. ton of the disabled soldiers of t
- recent war is one Of the most vii
=, issues before the people, and l,
- a candidate, pledge myself and
i party to those young Americans
- do all in my power to secure
:, y, them without unnecessary del;
the immediate training which is
=. necessary to fit them to compete
ro their struggle to overcome II
hs physical handicap incurred VIII
- in the service Of their governme
~ believe also that the federal boa
- of vocational rehabilitation as
- as possible should employ disab
" soldiers themselves to superv
l the rehabilitation of disabled S
10 diers, because OF their known sy
~ pathy and understanding.
~ board itself and all agencies uni
~ 1t should be burdened with the C;
~ OF securing for the disabled sold
who has finished his training, a
w quate employment. These men '
49, inspire future generations no !
40 than they have themselves been
" spired by the heroes Of the Of
No greater force for patriotic eff