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AC 5 THE ARGUS. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1908. 6 rv j'.-v If . ft! i! i 1 I i-4 I U1 i. i ! 1 I3 - U I !!!. 1 1 K 0. J. LARICIN IS AGAIN HEAD OF LIBRARY BOARD Directors Organize, Reelecting President,1 and the Secre tary J. W. Welch. REPAIRS ARE ORDERED Needed Work on Boilers Left With Committee Report is Made and Bills Are Allowed. ' : Charles J. Larkin was reelected president of the board of directors of the Rock Island public library last evening, and John W. Welch was re elected secretary of the board, at the regular meeting at the library build ing. This was the first session of the directors since the last appointments were made by Mayor Scatter in August. . The board authorized the president and building committee to hsve the repairs on the boilers, recommended by the boiler inspector, made, and also to have the needed repairs made on the gutters of the building. Librarian Krport. The librarian's report on circulation was as follows: General works 256 Philosophy 6 Religion ". t 12 Sociology Ill Science 44 Bank Guarantee (Special Washington Correspondence of The Argus.) f The rear political sensation of the .week In Democratic circles has been the wholly unexpected growth of the demand for the guaranty of bank de posits as provided In the Democratic platform. I think but few public -men aside from Mr. Bryan himself had nay conception of the wildfire way In for the need of comple publicity. The which this issue would sweep the agrl- assistant treasurer of the committee, cultural states of the middle west. A stationed at Chicago, sent out a letter prominent Washington official, a Re- addressed to corporations all through publican, who was In my office the Illinois and adjacent states soliciting other day said that he had been travel-! contributions. With calm effrontery lng through Kansas and Nebraska and and amazing frankness he Informed found the people, including the bank.- I corporations that a law on the era. earnest in their demand for the statute books enacted by the Republic adoption cf this plan. In Kansas the an Partv Prohibited the solicitation of -Republican state convention has put the proposition In Its platform, thereby presenting the phenomenal spectacle of the party In the state taking sharp Issue with the position of the party in the nation. Secretary Taft, who cer tainly seems to have the courage of his convictions, bitterly denounced the project In a speech which by a curious coincidence was delivered on the same day that the Republican convention In Kansas met and adopted it. The fact of the matter is that the operation of the law In Oklahoma has been so exceedingly successful that the (Kansas banks are beginning to feel the drain. Their depositors are with drawing money from banks which of fer no security for it and sending It to those la' the neighboring state which afford a security prescribed by law. If Kansas adopts the system, as It doubt less will when Its next legislature meets, Nebraska will follow suit The plan will proceed from state to state until . the whole tier of agricultural states 'bordering the Mississippi and Missouri rivers have adopted It This is not mere Idle speculation, but It is the well founded opinion of travelers and correspondents who have visited those states since the Denver conven tion. The Republican papers in the larger cities and In the east recognize the danger of this issue and are con centrating their flre upon it.The Dem ocrats welcome these attacks and re joice that the ntterances of both Sec retary Taft and President Roosevelt have made the issue squarely on this point One Attack Confuted. ' Recently through some political agency most of the big city dallies printed an article to the effect that the system of bank deposits had been tried In New,, York state and failed. The authority cited was a certain his tory of the American banking system which contained the statement that In 1829 the banks of New York establish ed a guaranty fund which resulted In orerspeculatloo and in ultimate disas ter. Comparatively few people -vill thick that the experience of eifhty years ago, before the banking syjjm bad been at all perfected, should be applied to conditions existing today. But, even If It were. Investigation shows that the cases are not parallel. It wj not the creation of a fund to be held by the government as custo dian, Ai fund raised by a tax upon the deposits tipon the Lanks, but was rather a system of mutual underwrit ing of notes Issued by the banks, a method which naturally would lead to overissue and overspeculation. . Yet even as It was it worked successfully for a nvmber of years. And even In the panic of lS37 none of the banks in this combination went down. About 1S40, however, some of them failed, and the law was amended so that the accumu lated fund could be used for the pay ment of other creditors than the hold ers of notes. The fund proved insuf ficient for this purpose, and the whole Dlari w:as abandoned. The New York Industrial arts . 45 Fine arts . . . .... , . 34 Literature 47 Fiction ...2,064 Juvenile works v. . 750 History .. 82 Biography ... '. .35 Travel 48 ' Total ..3,534 Reference 608 Grand total '.. .2. .4.142 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Received from fines ; .... .$17.47 Bill Ordered Paid. The following bills were allowed: : A. C. McClurg & Co. $123.32 G. H. Kingsbury 77.35 Kramer Printing company 4.25 McClure's Magazine 2.00 Director of the Census 12.00 T. W. Renoe 2.00 Channon & Dufva ........ 1.05 M. Voss 10.00 People's Power company 33.52 Library Bureau 2.05 Librarian of Congress ......... 10.00 Boston Book company 147.40 Expenses 7.26 Remington Typewriter company .75 C. Gustavson 33.75 Salaries 255.00 Total $651.70 . An Economical Vacation. Round trip tickets at figures but slightly in excess or one way fares to a hundred or more resorts in Canada and New England will be placed on sale on various dates after June 1, 190S. Full particulars of dates of sale, lim its, stopovers and descriptive liter ature can be obtained by writing George W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A.. Grand Trunk . Railway system, 135 Adams street, Chicago. Plan Issue Sweeping the West Commercial, the daily exponent of .Wall street views, is curiously enough tne one paper there defending the bank dePsIt Plan- " Ws the agency thr0UBh ,wh,c1h this Parlar Frying the Fat. A recent occurrence in the western headquarters of the Republican nation al hpfliTminrtorfi irlva nn Illustration funds from corporations, but that indl viduals connected with the corpora tions could contribute as they saw fit. But these letters were not addressed to Individuals, not even to the responsible presidents of the corporations. They were sent addressed to the corporation itself by name and constituted a de scription of the way in which the law might be violated. But, more than this, this collector of campaign funds, this frier of fat out of the corporations of Chicago and vicinity, happens to be president of the board of review of Cook county. What that means is that an individual or a corporation that ,feels the assess ment too high has to appear before this board of review to seek its reduc tion. . Could there be a more scan dalous situation than that the man who holds in bis hand power to raise or lower assessments should be collect ing a campaign fund for the Republic an party? The Music of the Campaign. Campaign songsters are common enough, but it Isn't often that we have a successful politician and a governor of a state who writes his own songs for campaign purposes. Governor Bob Taylor of Tennessee, now United States senator, has long diverted hii audiences by playing the fiddle be tween speeches. But Governor Has kell of Oklahoma seems to have rath er eclipsed him by writing his own songs and drilling the glee clubs that sing them at political meetings. Here Is his last, which, as It Is rung to the welT known music of the Star Span gled Banner," may prove useful at oth er meetings than those in Oklahoma: PKOPLK WILt. PAY THEIR OWN BILLS NO MONEY WANTED FROM WALL STREET. Beware of the trusts that our burdens , would bear! ... Are they generous and true? Can their motives be fair? We have known them for years, grown' hoary with time. Corrupting our servants, regardless of crime. CHORUS. " Oh, let Sheldon . come forth with WsJl street support. But, honest men. all be deaf to his court! When the millions of Wall street will honor his draft. There Is no use denying:, they've a prom ise from Taft. With Bliss, Cortelyou and George Per kins, too. Frying fat from the leeches, who stole It from you; With millions corrupt wrought our Bry an's defeat Watch them close now, I say. They will try to repeat. Corruption ne'er aided the patriots' way. If It's fighting, we'll fight If It's paying, we'll pay. Take back, Mr. Sheldon, your 111 gotten fryln'. The people will pay for electing our Bryan. Labor In Politics. A thoroughly well informed labor editor of this city estimates today that 85 per cent of the organized tabor vote of the United States is for the Demo cratic ticket J5ut.be. also hazards the ABOUT EARLY DAYS Martin V. Spencer Talks Before Andalusia Memorial Association. RECALLS FIRST SETTLERS Born in This City 71 Years Ago and Remembers Incidents of Long Ago Most Clearly. At a meeting of the Andalusia Me morial association at the town hall last evening Martin V. Spencer of Corning, Iowa, a pioneer of this vicin ity, related interesting incidents of the early days and closed by present ing to the association the first model for a bridge across Rock river at Sears, which was probably the first structure to cross . the stream any where. His father, Thomas J. Spen cer, designed it in 1842. Mr. Spencer was born 71 years ago in this city near where St. Joseph's church now stands, his first home' be ing a log cabin. Most of his' life till he was of middle age was spent at Andalusia. ' At Andalusia he en listed in the army and served four years during the civil war. At Anda lusia when he returned to civil life he was Initiated in the Masonic lodge by special dispensation before a char ter had been regularly granted and now he finds there pre but two members belonging who were connect ed with the organization when he left I more than 40 years ago. Dmlgncd by a Carpenter. I One of the most interesting inci prophecy that" b'ythe methods of ftur- chase and of coercion the Republican party may materially reduce this per centage before the day of election Yet it is a fact that never before in the history of the Democratic party has there been apparent so widespread a determination on the part of work ingmen to vote that party's ticket. And the student of political affairs who wonders how the election may come out must not Ignore the enor mous Influence exerted by the Amer ican Federation of Labor, led by Sam uel Gompers. In the last number of the Federationist. the organ of that labor organization, I find this' as the text recommended for the political guidance of all members of the federa tlon: "We now call upon the workers of our common country to stand faith fully by our friends, oppose end defeat our enemies, .whether they, be candl dates for president, for congress or other offices, whether executive, legls latlve or judicial." Only In Mr. Gompers' editorial are specific names used. Rut no one who wishes to .understand the divergent at tltude of the two parties toward the rlsrhts of labor should fail to set the American F&ienatlonlst for September and read it with care. Such an ex pression as this, coming from the head of an organization numbering 4,000,000 workingmen. is of vital importance: "The Republican party and its can didate for the presidency, Mr. Taft have spoken. Where labor is not ig nored'it is either insulted or the aim is evident to rivet the chains of In Justice ritill more firmly upon the masses of the toilers. "The Democratic party and its can didate for the presidency, Mr. Bryan, have also spoken. The latter give ab solute assurance to their declarations of all that labor asks. The workln people and their friends and the pub lic spirited public can elect the candi date of the party which has made la bor's contentions for Justice its own. Real independence in this campaign consists in the workers voting for this candidate." If Mr. Gompers' position may seem extreme, it I illuminating to give the list of labor leaders who in the same number of the Federationist expressed approval of it and announced their purpose to snpport the Democratic ticket: John Mitchell, second vice president A. F. of L.; James Duncan, first vice president A. F. of L.; L..R. Thomas, secretary of Metal Trades association P. J. McArdle, president of Amalga mated Iron, Steel and TJn - Workers Daniel J. Keefe, sixth vice president of A. P. of I,.; Thomas P. Tracy, chair man of legislative committee; Jere L. Sullivan, secretary-treasurer of Hotel and Restaurant Employees; J. Skemp, secretary-treasurer of Broth erhood Painters, Decorators and Paper- hangers; Walter Mc Arthur, editor of Coast Seamen's Journal; Owen Miller, secretary of American Federation of Musicians; Cal Wyatt general organ lz er of A. P. of L.; John Golden, presi dent of United Textile Workers of America. . This is but a selection from the list of names of those who wrote to the American Federationist approving Mr. Gompers' programme. It is a repre sentative selection, but there are many others of quite as high standing. When the leaders of organized labor come in this fashion Into the open to press a political programme and to support ; the candidates of one party there is reason for that party to count with confidence upon. Uie organized la bor vote. Chicago. WILLIS J. ABBOT All the news all the time rTfce Argus. dents Mr. Spencer related last even- g concerned the making of the bridge model he gave to the associa tion. It was in 1841 that the commis sioners of. Rock Island county decided build a bridge across Rock river and offered a prize of $15 for the best design. A number of the carpenters of that day competing, Thomas J. Spencer being one. Hi3 design was prepared while he was an invalid and won the prize. The following year was decided to, build a draw bridge so that the few steamboats which plied the river at that time could pass through. Mr. Spencer also designed draw bridge and it was constructed after his plans. The former model is practically the same a the Howe bridge, for many years the standard n the construction of wooden bridges. It will probably be placed temporarily for safe keeping at Me mortal hall at the' couit house. Mr. Spencer in his reminiscenses ave the names of practically all tho. settlers of the 40's from Illinois City to Milan, told of the old roads, and the building of grist mills and saw mills and warehouses. He has a re markably clear memory. Thrne Were Hard Times. The present generation has no idea, the speaker said, of the stress to which the pioneers were often put for few cents in cash. To send an or dinary letter cost 15 cents and he had knowledge of cases where people postponed writing for months because they could not raise the price of post age. After the war prices were high and money came easy. Mr. Spencer helped shell 20,000 bushels of corn at Andalusia that sold for $1.40 per ushel. Wheat at that time brought 3.30 per bushel and flour cost $20 per . barrel. Mr. Spencer said that one winter about 1845 he worked for a butcher at Camden Mills, now Milan,- and went to school. At that time a hog dressed was worth $i.50 to $2, and such parts of the carcass at backbones, heads, ribs and feet accumulated rap idly at the slaughter house. It was customary during the winter to load such waste as this -into a sled and haul it half a mile south of the settle ment and dump it out for the wolves to gnaw. Many a load he had helped to tnus dispose of. The next speaker before the asso ciation will be Rev. T. R. Johnson, for many years pastor of the Edging- ton Presbyterian church, who will read a paper the evening of Oct. 9. SOCIAL AFFAIRS Society news, written or telenhaned to the society editor of The Argus, will be gladly received and published. Rut In either case the identity of the sender must oe maae Known, to insure relia bility. Written notices must bear sig nature and address. Long-Donahoo. Miss Nellie E. Don ahoo and James Long were married at 8 o'clock last evening at the home of the bride's parents Mr. 'and Mrs James A. Donahoo, G20 Seventeenth street, Mdline. Rev. J. W. Edwards pastor of the First Methodist church performed the ceremony in the nres ence of about 70 invited guests. The young people were unattended save by a little flower jrirl. Svlvia Biesrs cousin of the bride, and Miss Grace Mattie Donahoo and Master Clarence Hendricks, niece and nephew of the bride and bridegroom, respectively The bride's gown was of Persian lawr and lace and she carried bride roses giving a rose to each member of her Sunday school class after the nuptial knot was tied. The small attendants were all dressed in white. Mr. Lons: who graduated from tho Moline high school In 1906, is assistant draughts man at Barnard & Las. Mr. an Mrs. Long, after an absence of tw weeks, will begin housokeenihsr in home already waiting for them on Ninth avenue and Twenty-fifth street and will be at home to their friends Oct. 1. Merry Widow Club Dance. The Merry Widow club ha issued cards to the first of the winter series of dancing parties to be given at the Watch Tower Inn Thursday evening, Sept. 24. The members of the club are: -The Misses Luena Scholl, Ger trude Schneider, Amelia Raisch, Helen ru-ueger, Kosa Schatz. Irene Scholl. Marguerite Coyle, Helen Hartzell, Win- nig Buck and Edna Schneider. Entertainment of Auxiliary Post- Kingsbury In new location. 1730 Third Avenue. For school opening I secured a job In Fountain pens with 14-k gold pens, which we will sell during September at 50 cents eac to those buying school sup plies only. 1730 Third Avenue is headquarters for New and Second Hand SCHOOL BOOKS. V I buy all books that are in good condition and now in use in our public Bchools. Geo. H. Kingsbury, Cor. Eighteenth Street and , Third Avenue. YOUNG MAN BECOMES VIOLENTLY INSANE Flourishes Knife and Threatens Mother and Brother Captured by a Constable. , Edward Hawes, a young man resid ing at 2121 Fourth avenue, became violently iusane last night and threat ened the life of his mother and sman brother. Hawes has been acting queer for some time but has, not been at all violent until last night. About 11:30 Mrs. Hawes, his mother, ran into a saloon nearby to summon the police to take care of her son. She said he had became insane and was threaten ing her life. No officer vas in sight but Constable F. L. Hall was there and he volunteered to hold the iusane man until the police arrived. He asked one of the men with him to aid. him and they went with the mother to the house. As they approached they saw the insane man in an upper window flourishing a large butcher knife. In the same room was the ounger brother of the crazed man and the mother feared that her child would be killed. Constable Hall and his companion - went into the house and after some" difficulty subdued Hawes and took him outside oL' the nouse ana men summonea the patrol. About 1 o'clock the patrol wagon ar rived and Hawes was taken to the police station and kept there until he was tried in the county court this afternoon for insanity. During his stay at the station he was very quiet, except that he sang a little and showed other signs of mental unbal ance. The young man was adjudged insane and committed to Watertown hospital, in the county court this afternoon. poned. Mrs. L. Heffner of 1038 Nine teenth street and Mrs. A. McLees will not entertain the social circle "of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Order of Rail way Conductors Thursday afternoon as expected on account of the serious illness of Mrs. Frank Bledsoe. Guests at House Party. Miss Selma Bear is the hostess to a company of friends at a house party at the Buz zers' club house near Cordova. The party is composed of Mrs. L. Simon and family, Mrs. A. Mosenfelder and family, Mrs. M. C. Rice and Mrs. Eli Mosenfelder of Davenport. Court of Honor Sociable. Court of Honor, No. 31, will give a sociable on the lawn at the home of Mrs. Barge, 1302 First avenue, Friday evening. PERSONAL POINTS. Harry Schatz left yesterday for South Bend, Ind. H. M. Schriver has departed for a business trip to Cincinnati and Cleve land. Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Clemmer and family have returned home after a visit in Lanark. 111. Will Beecher left last evening for St. Mary's college, St. Mary's, Kan., to resume his studies. Mrs. C. E. Myers has returned home after a month's visit in Des Moines and other points n Iowa. . Mr. and Mrs. H. Clemann and daugh ters, Anna and Margaret, have gone to Gladbrook. Iowa, to attend the wed ding of Mr. Clemann's niece. Among those who are at Peoria to day attending the democratic state convention are Henry .1. Frick. Charles J. Smith, Frank Lawler, J. W. Cava- naugh, Frank Blochlinger. H. P. Simp son. George P. Stauduhar, William Trefz, Frank Meenan, Charles L. Thompson, D. W. Matthews, Mayor Andrew Olson of Moline, John Day Dr. R. C. J. Myers and Cornelius Don ovan. , Thomas 'C. Duffield of Brldgeton, N. J., has been visiting his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Duffield of Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Krell of Seventeenth street also entertained Mr., Duffield wnile here. Mr. Duffieid is in Pitts burg and Washington, Pa., most of the time where he Is developing ma chines of his own patents which ma chines automatically blow glass bot tles. Many of the glas3 insulators used on electric transmission lines are made on machines of his patent ing. ' Two Opinions. Lawyer Smart Good morning, Mr. Gull. Whnt can I do for you today? "I want to get your opinion on a mat ter of law." "yes." "My hens . got into my neighbor Brown's yard, and he poisoned them. What I waut to know is, can I recov er damages?" ' "Certainly. It was malicious mis chief on his part, besides being a de struction of your property." '.'Thanks. But hold! I . stated that wrong.' It was Brown's hens got into my yard, and it was I who administer ed the poison." "All. yes; I see. That puts a differ ent color upon the transaction, and It Is' clear that he. in the person of his bens, was the trespasser, whereas in leaving the poison on your premises you were quite unaware that his fowls would eat it . It was purely an acci dent, so far as you were concerned." "Thanks. How much?" "Thirteen arid fourpence." "Why, that's Just twice whnt you asked for a legal opinion the other day!" "I know it; but, you see. I have giv en you two opinions today." London Tit-Bits. , . Perfect Baking can only be done on a range It is especially so when the best costs no more. Come here for your Steel Ranges. VI MDRflBlf! a Others try to imitate Jewel Stoves. fNllilCIIUl Do -''f uewels bear the trademark printed herewith. Buy CiainmHiMroil from us, run no risk oX getting imitations. ' Allen, Mvers & Comptmr Opposite Harper Htise, BIG GUNS OF REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE HEARD AT THE SPRINGFIELD CONVENTION (Continued from Page One.) panic. Poor loans is one rock on which banks break. "If the democratic party will prom ise the creation of a fund for the re demption of poor loans, we shall be able better to understand actual merit or want of actual merit of the propo sition." Shaw declared the democratic nom inee has been wrong on every public qupstion and closed by paying a high tribute to the republican candidate. Record 0'n Hook. - Cannon, in his speech, eulogized the administration of Roosevelt and de clared fhe record of the republican party was an open book and upon that record the campaign-would be fought. He defended the rules of the house of Hensley's FLORAL STORE, The Place to Buy Flowers 4TH AVE. AND 20TH ST. 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The result you can buy Jewel Steel Ranges from us at the same, or less prices than are asked for ordinary goods. It is alwaj'3 good judgment to get the best. not be misled. -Genuine representatives and declared the mi nority members during the . last ses sion of congress for two months ob structed in every possible way the transaction of business. Referring to union labor, Cannon said he believed laboring men should organize, but thought it wrong for a few leaders to attempt to control labor's vote. 3iot fr Any t'lasH. Cannon declared with great emnha- sis if he were reelected to congress he would never vote for any bill that provided a law for one class as against another. At the conclusion of t he address .the convention recessed until 1:30. - af For Draakenaes, Opiam, eelley- t morposM ana other Draf Using. the Tobacco Habit and Nenraitnenia. Cr f f ,MM THE REELEf 'HSVITIIW aaiMiiL anKBSKI araiaTxU Mb Rock Island Are You in the Dark? - - , About Good Dental Work? Remember ' ! 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