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THE ARGUS. SATURDAY. JULY 11. 1908. THE ARGUS. Published Daily and Weekly at 1624 Second avenue. Rock Island, I1L En tered at the. pontomce as second-class BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. - TERMS Dally, 10 cents per week. Weekly,. $1 -per year In advance. . All communications of argumentative character, political or religious, must have real name' attached for publica tion. No such articles will 'be. printed over fictitious signatures. ' " Correspondence solicited from every township in Rock Island county. ident, but the democrats have come nearer endorsing than the republicans' at that. And this democratic manifestation of sincere and enthusiastic regard for an American citizen is significant. A demonstration like that could not be prearranged. It took heart and soul and admiration for the man of the hour to stir men and women to suoh a colossal ovation. It was an illustration of the genu ineness' of patriotic devotion to the people's champion who has for years been in the fore front of the battle for equal rights. r I COUNCIL 9 Saturday, July J1, 1908. From Denver down to the sea the cry is Bryan: Bryan and harmony, Bryan Kerns, Bryan and victory. and Tom Taggart called the turn; He said 'twould be Bryan and Kern. During the last 12 months there were 18C children injured by vehicles in the streets of New York City, and 97 of them were killed. As The Argus prophesied a year ago, the next president will belong to the Tri-City Press club. Bryan and Taft are both members. Battling Nelson having disproved the theory that once knocked out a man never comes back makes Colonel Bryan a more interesting study than ever. New York City people are consum ing more alcoholic beverages than ever before, for the consumption is increas lng more rapidly, than the population, Each day the city drinks about 200, 000 gallons. Walter Wellman in the Chicago Record-Herald says the ' democratic vice presidential nominee presents a contrast with the choice of the repub licans in that he is not a load to the ticket And that means a whole lot William 'J. Bryan and William H Taft each have a brother Charley, and each of the brothers attended the national convention which nomi nated his brother. The difference her tween these brothers of great men is that Charley Bryan is what he through his brother's influence and at the Cincinnati end Charley Taft doing what he can through a barrel of money to make his distinguished brother great. - - ' Bryan as a Leader. For .the third time the democratic party has nominated William J. Bryan for the presidency. To have won this honor in the face of the fact that he has twice been defeated shows the re markable hold he has on his party. The press of the .county inveighed against his selection, the wealth and corporation influence will be arrayed against him. The convention took all these facts into consideration and yet selected him as the choice of a party which in the least polls . 6,000,000 votes. From whence then comes Bryan's power that he could force his party to again make him its standard bearer? It comes from the masses, the plain people. Bryan is a remarkable man. He has wonderful magnetic qualities. He is the greatest orator in the world. His firm Christian character, his spot less life, his ideal home life, his cham pionship of the cause of the masses. his consistency and stubborn honesty, have made him the idol of millions. Twice leading a forlorn hope against McKinley, with every man of great wealth, every bank, every" trust, every f of patronage; patronage like money, corporation ana many ,oi tnernews-;rn so tar as it has been used at ail in papers in the north against, him, he this preconvention campaign, has been polled 6,357,826 votes, McKinley ' r4- used almost altogether to defeat him. celvtag T.104,779 votes. A million 'Nearly all the powerful newspapers of democrats voted against him. J both parties have carried on a system- - There is little question that those atic campaign against him. Every who voted for him in 1900 will do so influence that is usually great enough agairil Will the million democrats to make or unmake popular leaders, who voted against him then support has been used to unmake him. - Yet him now? It is belie vedv they will be(in a convention of a thousand dele loyal this time. x (gates, almost 800 are either personally In Bryan's favor is the fact that the in favor of his nomination, a3 their country is still suffering from the constituents are, or have been in panic which swept over the country In structed for it by their constituents. October last. A party in power has In other words, the mases of the dem- never been returned io power in the ocratic party have decided in advance presence -of hard times. Idle men 'of the convention, and, from their owi usually , hold the party in control of . volition, that their presidential candi the government responsible for their date shall be this man this man with- idleness. There are 200,000 idle men out money beyond the modest income in Greater New York, 75,000 idle men in Chicago and thousands out of em ployment in every city and ' industrial 'center. How will these idle men vote? He who can answer that question can pronounce the name of the next pres ident. It is gratifying to know that the campaign will be a clean, impersonal one. Mr. Bryan and Judge Taft are clean, able, high class men. Invincible Americans. Tbe entries for the Olympic games fn London closed tbe other day. and they are of a quality to make English ath letes tremble. The Americans, who made their final selection recently, have certainly the finest team of ath letes ever collected. We sometimes In this couritry (England) sneer at Ameri can times and speeds, says the London Outlook, but it is beyond denial that In America are found, or. rather, made, men who can run faster, jump higher and throw weights farther than 'any people In the world. BRYAN; THE GENUINE (From The Public.) i learned that the. man who "says noth Against the background of Anieri- ing and does things" is likely to re ran niihlic life today, two men stand as mum m m pui War on the Mosquito. A national campaign against the house fly and mosquito has been planned and is about to be begun by the government bureau of insects. It will cover the entire country and in its prosecution measures aretoibe urged by which not only communities but whole states -will be enabled to rid themselves of these deadly ene mies of mankind. In order to attain this, end it is nec essary merely to adopt a few sinmle and well-understood methods, the ap plication of which may be intrusted to local boards of he'alth. Where the mosquito is concerned, however, it Is deemed advisable that there should be a general control by the state, be cause of -the fact that certain species of these tuneful marauders are migra tory and liable to appear suddenly in multitudinous swarms in places far from their breeding areas, giving pro found discouragement to local efforts toward , extermination. . The house fly is strictly local; it never goes far from the place where it was hatched. Furthermore, practi cally all house flies are bred in stables. Hence it is a simple matter to exter minate them absolutely. ' There is no doubt that house flies and mosquitoes transmit germs and that some of them find their way into food and drink, causing sickness. The extent of infection from this source cannot be exactly known, but the safest way is to keep them out by the V use of screen doors and window Ecreens. out in bold relief as leaders oi tne masses of the people. One is Theo dore Roosevelt; the other is William Bryan. No one of intelligence and candor will deny this, whatever ru3y be his personal estimate of either man. But in comparing their popularity, there is a factor that cannot be fairly overlooked. Mr. Roosevelt's floats in tV.e buoy ant atmosphere, of official power, whereas Mr. Bryan's is self sustain ing. No one could predict the eft eel -'f his return to private life upon the popularity of Mr. Roosevelt; It might be strengthened, or it might grow weak. Much less could any one predict the effect upon it of his being affiliated in private life with a political party out of nower and almost bereft of hop'! of power; it might expand, or it might collapse. All that can be said cf his popularity is that Mr; Roosevelt in powerful office as the representative of a powerful party is as popular pos sibly a little more popular or a. little less so; but as popular, let us say--as is Mr. Bryan in private life as the rep resentative of a minority party No comparison can be fair which ignores this difference. - ' It is not our purpose, however, to make comparisons between these men. Were we to do that we should have to bring into view more subjects for com parison than their popularity, and more points of contrast than the factitious advantages in that respect which Mr. Roosevelt has and "Mr. Bryan laks. Our purpose is to consider Mr. Bry.u as an actual prospective figure in American history. s Here is a man who at the age of 4S, like Abraham Lincoln at the age of 51, has held but one public office the same that Lincoln held, a seat in congress. Yet In greater degree than Lincoln then, he is the idolized leader now of men who are making history worthy of their children's children's pride. There is a reason for this in Bryan's case as there was in Lincoln's he earns with his own labor, without political power other than the confi- denc the common people repose in him. without influential friends sur rounded by powerful enemies. With no political capital whatever except his abilities, his fundamental democracy; his independence and cour age, and the confidence of the masses of his party which he has won by giv-. ing them his own, William J. Bryan has mastered the political situation and mastered it for his cause regard less of himself. What Bryan has. thus done within his party he can do for his party. The same principles will be at stake in his campaign against plutocracy now triumphant in the republican party, as in his campaign against plutocracy now aborted in the demo cratic pany And his appeal will be to the same kind of people. As the masses of the democratic nartv are outraged by the aggressions of plutocracy, so are the masses of the republican party and they are ripe for revolt. This election will not depend upon the fa vors of corporations nor be influenced by the recommendations of privileged persons or classes. Support from those sources will be regarded by the voters as suspicious upon their face. With .William J. Bryan as the can- Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH, PERT PARAGRAPHS. Curb your'temper yourself, but don't allow anybody to rowel it. Predatory wealth sound when one is side. ' has a terrible on the opposite s V When a wom an gets up In tbe forties and begins to make a collection o f pink chins, she ' should cease to wear frivolous bats. Everybody likes peaches, but .you have to learn the true worth of prunes before you care for them. Mammon and Cupid don't work ami ably together because each is accus tomed to being tbe whole show. Don't smoke better cigars than her father does If you want to -strengthen your position with him. In the first stages of the attack a young man doesn't care who knows, andln the last stages the girl doesn't care", so the attachment gets wide no tice. When the government starts out to bust a trust we try to trust the bust. When a young man is trying to qual ify for' the matrimonial race he bates to have a millionaire pacemaker. Being too wise is as disastrous as an overdose of morphine. A man trying to give an Imitation of a woman doing her housework ,may be amusing, but It is exceedingly fu V T The Big Noise." he republican prejudiced press won't even give the democratic party credit for making pn honest noise. It is now "charged" that the tremen dous, cyclonic, whirlwind, record breaking Bryan "demonstration at the Denver convention Wednesday which lasted nearly one hour and a half, was all prearranged to out-do the 47-minute demonstration at the Chicago conven tion. That'g amusing. . That spontaneous demostration fol lowing the beautiful tribute to Bryan by the blind Senator Gore will echo and reecho along with that which at tended his formal presentation to the convention from now until November, culminating in a general ratification of the election of W. J. Bryan to. the presidency. What worries the G. O. P. press is the fact that the Chicago demonstrS tion of 47 minutes pales into insignifi cance as compared to the Denver demonstration of 90 minutes. It broke the Chicago record by 43 minutes, and the second Bryan ovation, eclipsed the Roosevelt cheering by a quarter of an hour, but the Chicago hurrah was not and as in Lincoln's the reason lfes below the surface and is the same rea son. Bryan s enemies say that he is a mere talker. With quite as much truth Lincoln's could have said the same of him. Even for a livelihood, Bryan depends no more upon talking than Lincoln did; for, if Bryan makes his living by talking on lecture plat forms upon public questions, Lincoln made his by talking before juries upon private quarrels. It is as true of Bryan as it was of Lincoln before his election to the presidency no more and no less; and whether in professional fields for a living or in political fields for the common good that he is a talker, a mere talker" ifyou please. But what is a "mere talker" who commands an ever widening and deepening respect, as Lincoln did for 10 years before he became president, and as Bryan has done for 12? Such a talker must be a thinker; an honest thinker; and one withal who takes his hearers frankly into his confidence. In that quality we have the secret of Bryan's otherwise unaccountable popularity. It was" the secret of Lin coln's. Bryan is a commoner, as Lin coln was. He feels with the common people, as Lincoln did. He thinks with them, as Lincoln did. And because he feels and thinks with the common peo ple, he. talks for them. Nor does his talk fall upon unwill- I ing ears. Tue people are tired of the for the nominee,' but the retiring pres; i "gum shoe" in politics. They have pose as In his methods. They have learned that the man who "acts first and talks afterwards" usually does his thinking afterwards as well as his talk ing. So they welcome the talker. If he turns out to be a babbler, an empty phrasemaker, he quickly loses his hold. Indeed, he seldom gets a hold, for the people in the mass are sensitive to sound. The discord of a false note grates upon their ears. But if he proves to be a talker of honest thought and frank expression, he gains in pop ularity as he gains in Intellectual grasp, and there is no objection to eloquence. This is the kind of talker William J. Bryan has proved to be. " The first words of Bryan that caught national ear, his metaphor of "a- crown of thorns" and "a cross of gold," touched a chord that will not cease to vibrate while plutocracy sur vives. It was genuine and thrilling to all who appreciated its allusions. To literary experts, to be sura,- it sounded like sophomoric rhetoric. Unattuned to the people's thought, their cultured minds lost the delicate allusion of Bryan's bold figure. To languid pietists it came as a &acruegiuus association . or iator un ions with the tragedy of the carpenter of Nazareth. Impervious to true re ligious influences, they were dead to this suggestion of brotherhood. To the plutocrat it was a reckless-! r.ppeal to "lower class" hatreds. In different to anything but finrncial success, he had no ear for the moans of the crowned and crucified, no eye for Bryan's rugged picture of man's inhumanity to man. To all except those whose experi ence and thought enabled them to appreciate the allusion, this metaphor made Bryan seem like the babbler that Paul seemed to the philosophers of Athens. But among the common people there were millions who appre ciated the allusion; for they had them selves hung upon the plutocrat's cross of gold and worn his crown of thorns. From the day of that historic ut terance to this day, the greatness of Bryan's utterances has depended upon the listeners appreciation of their allusions. His speeches have been for the common people. The literary critic, the pietist, the plutocrat ex cept as they may since -have come more in touch with the life of the masses as it is lived are still ob tuse. Missing Bryan's allusions, they are Incapable of understanding his popularity, which they are bound nevertheless to concede. But the people in the mass, who have always understood his allusions, for these go to: the very heart of the lives they lead, are now attracted as seldom before to any man by their confidence in the sincerity of this one. -They have been charmed by his eloquence; but that alone is not enough to make a popular leader. They have ben stirred by his dem ocratic thought; and neither Is that enough. But now that they are also convinced of. his sincerity, they are ready to cry, "Behold the man!" . , . -' So spontaneous '- and general has this' cry tor Bryan been, that nothing could resist it in his own party. The overwhelming expression of confi dence he has received from the rank and file of that party is unique. For he has had no money to spend, and none , has bem spent for him. Ex cept in scattered places, he has had no support from party managers, either local or national; on the con trary, nearly the - whole weight of official influence' within his party has been against him. Being out of of fice he could use none of the powers didate of the unprivileged classes of .tile, however well meant his endeav nie uitrii w mi ive in int. ui Liieir . faces, of the Amercan democracy. against William H. Taft as the candi date of the privileged classes, of the men who live in the sweat of other men's faces, pf the American aris tocracywith these two men as op posing leaders in a contest between aristocracy and democracy, party lines will be shattered, new alignments will be made, and democracy will win the election if it can win it "at all. . But more important than the win ning of the election is making it worth winning. Wrong often wins, but its victories are evanescent. Wickedness often gains a point, but it gains only to lose. The victories of peoples or individuals, of parties or of leaders, are those in which they win for what is right. As an individual, William J. Bryan has steadily won victories of that kind. A man of ideals, he has been true to his ideals. In devotion to them he has grown and strengthened in all . the . true qualities of great leadership. As the party leader he will win victories for his party, in so far as h's parTy makes his ideals democratic and its devotion to them as faithful Vain Hopes. If wishes were horses, Beggars raijjhtride. But in that event Would they be satisfied T No; hardly. We'd listen To plaintive appeals And wishes that wishes Were automobiles. If wishes were horses. They'd have to be fed And watered and curried And furnished a Bhed. And then when they trotted Their very best pace The auto would lead them A mile in the race. It's no more expensive. The beggars might plead. To wish when you're at It For something with speed. And while he was wishing A touring machine He might wish some gallons Of good gasoline. " If wishes were horses But, then, they are not Not even a nickel When placed In the slot Will conjure a trotter. The thing is all talk. And so the poor beggar Continues to walk. Reckless. "A penny for your thoughts, MIsb Gayhead." . as Jefferson's was, as Lincoln's was, "You are getting terribly extra va- ard as his own has been, in mm cant. If you are as reckless as that the people have recognized integrity, with your money, don't be surprised If ability, enthusiasm, candor, and de- you should come to want" moeracy. He has become to tnem as "Never mind. When I want a thing he is in fact, Bryan the Genuine; and I want it regardless of the price. Be- by that sign shall his party conquer, sides, .my uncle has just left me half Right Now (SAVE THE $10) We are offering " $35 and $30 values in Men's Suitings at $20 and $25 Beal Tailor ing Co., Illinois Theater luUdlng. a million, and I blow myself." feel I can afford to For Their Friends. 1 . 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This Red Tag identifies all Frank Products (Keep tbetn in your ice-box for quick meals) Look for This' Tag Slje TIrgus Daily Short Story A Matter of Honor. -By Clarissa Mackie. Copyrighted. 1908, by Associated Literary Press. "They had a great time at the ladies' sewing circle." ' "I suppose they opened a keg of nails." "No, indeed. They had other uses for their hammers" Lost Their Gam. "He was reputed to be worth a mil lion, but when he died It transpired that he didn't leave a dollar." "I suppose the heirs were very much disappointed." "Well, rather, but not as much as tbe lawyers who were standing around waiting for a chance to break the will. ooooooooccoooooooooooooooo MONEY TO LOAN On Real Estate Security? . LUDOLPH & REYNOLDS, Mitchell & Lynde Building. vNo Cheap Talk. "What have you been doing?" "Just talking to the plumber oyer th telephone." v "How long?" "About three minutes. "How much did It cost you?" "I don't know. He hasn't sent la his bUI yet' . New. "Have you beard the latest society fadr "No. What Is it?" "Holding a ' convention of ex-hus- bands.'it; Either Way. . "Can you cure corns by larger shoes?" "Yes; either that or smaller feet' wearing it 80 He Couldn't Tell. "Do you ever get seasick when yoa go to sea?" . "t have never been to . "I am very sorry," began Helen in 1 evident distress, "but" Richard Hilton held up a restraining hand. "Don't go on. I know what you mean," he said heavily. He was star ing at the third linger of her left hand, where a curious ring scattered pris matic rays of light in the Juue sun shine. She followed his glance toward the ring, and her cheek flushed hotly. "Of course It is Littleton, after all." he said as if stating an undeniable fact. Then, with a slight low. be turned and walked away down the sandy shore. , Miss Vincent looked after him with dazed brown eyes and a strangely numb feeling In her heart. When' be had rounded the lighthouse point !Hid disappeared within the shadow of the tall structure she shivered a little, 'as if with cold. She bad been perched among the bowlders under the shelter ing cedar clothed banks when Hilton had found her an hour before, and still she sat there after his departure with wistful, dreamy eyes fixed on the flashing sails beyond the breakwa ter. - "Hello, little cousin! Been- looking everywhere for you. I might have guessed you'd be somewhere liy. the sad sea waves." Jeffrey Littleton swung himself to a, seat beside her and gathered a handful of white lobbies from the crannies of the rooks. He was a slightly built, rather good looking young man with eyes placed n trifle close together and a small rose bud mouth like a girl's. He caught Miss Vincent's sun browned hand with an air of possession that changed to consternation as she pulled It has tily away. "I am only your fourth cousin, Jef frey," she said petulantly. "It is quite evident that you wish the relationship was still more dis tant," he said ruefully. lie took care ful aim at a stone down on the water's edge and shot a white pebble down ward. "How do you like Miss Wen dell?" he asked with elaborate carelessness. She Is charming!" cried nelen en thusiastically. ! like ber'immeusely. You know we were at school together. although in different classes." Handsome what do you. think?" Jeffrey asked. She is lovely," said Miss Vincent, looking curiously at him. For the first time since their engagement three years before Jeffrey was showing In terest in another woman. How gladly she would have wel- ?omed the diversion during the last welve months vf her awakening to what love really meant! But, no; Jeffrey bad been a devoted lover, ap parently blind to her growing. Indiffer ence toward him. The fact that their betrothal was a family affair and as yet unannounced would have made it easier for her to have told him the truth and thus broken off the 'engagement, but a cer tain pity for him had stilled the words that had so often trembled on her lips, for only since tbe advent of Richard Hilton into her world had she known what love was that sweet upland path that one knows instinctively leads to heights of bliss belzhts whence It takes a lifetime to descend. It was the old story of a pledged word and a love come too late. She had turned Hilton away and Jeffrey was speaking again in a slow, hesitat ing way, very unlike his usual man ner. "You remember that day in Rome when we were looking in the window of old RiconL the goldsmith, and we both saw the ring?" He touched her finger gently with one band. "Yes,"' she said, a little breathlessly. It wag not often that Jeffrey spoke of such matters. Their engagement had been singularly free from sentiment. ' "And you admired Its quaint setting, and so I bought it and we called it an engagement ring,?, be went on lightly, "It la needless to relate that, the houses of Vincent and Littleton rejoiced great ly and that our boy and girl attach ment set'-led into a Darby and Joan flatness" There was a tinge of bit-' terness in bis voice that caused an up lifting of her pretty brows. "And?" she suggested haughtily. "I have thought perhaps you might have tired of me and wanted your free dom, only your conscience you know you have a conscience, little cousin" "I am sorry, Jeffrey, that my con science,' as you call it, has been the means of binding you to an unwelcome contract. No; do not speak." she said coldly. "It is true that I would nevet have been the one to break the engage ment because my word is my law and" Her voice broke suddenly. "I thought ypu'd be pleased," cried Jeffrey In consternation. "You know Hilton you see". He stammerea confusedly as she started to her feet. "Be still T she said in a Ioy passion ate voice; "Don't you know that you are too late now? Why didn't you jilt me before?" She sank back on tbe rocks and buried her face in her hands with a little sobbing cry. Jeffrey reddened darkly at ber words. lie scrambled down from the bowlders and stood on the beach be fore her. "I am very sorry, Helen. I know you think I'm a cad, but I can not explain. You may . understand some day." "Walt." she said, scornfully, lifting a tearful face to his. "You must un derstand that I -am not breaking my heart over your desertion. It is be cause I have just sacrificed a lifetime of happiness for such as you!" She drew the brilliant ring from her finger and held it toward him. "Won't you keep that, Helen, just for remembrance?" be asked awkwardly. "I cannot." she said coldly, and it dropped into his reluctant hand. Pres ently he found himself followiug clear ly defined footprints In the damp sand. They skirted tbe beach and circled the lighthouse. When they ceased Jeffrey found himself face to face with Rich ard Hilton. Hello, Hilton!" he said genially. evading the other man's miserable eyes. "Going down the beach? If 3'ou are I whh you'd Just take this 1. 1 1. 1 . r at: -in cent. She's sitting on the rocks be-" yond the point." He held out a morsel of cobweb and lace. Hilton hesitated. "I don't know," he said doubtfully. You see, I'm waiting for the 430 train, I'm going back to the city to nights Important business" "Well, all right You see, I'm going to take that same train myself must catch the Lucretia tomorrow morning going abroad for three years, and" "I guess I'll have time to run up there with It." said Hilton eagerly. "Goodby, old man! Hope you have a good time. Goodby !" He swung around the point with tbe fluttering handkerchief in his hand. Jeffrey fol lowed his going with a strange smile on his lips. He opened his clinched right band and disclosed tbe curious little ring whieh Helen had returned to blm. 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