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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1900
Page
2
A mash of political notices, party ticket listings for county and state offices, and editorial chatter from Rock Island. Includes Bryan supporters, local official names, postal rates, and references to national affairs and Porto Rico banking.
The column rails at Puerto Rico policy and a Chicago holiday as political leverage. It denounces Esterhazy and Dreyfus, attacks campaign tactics on big business deals, and warns that capital may press voters with threats to influence the presidential outcome.
A correspondent reports on William Jennings Bryan in Sewell West Virginia where a Welshman allied with Republicans became a Bryan supporter after a heated exchange about the treaty. Bryan ordered the train halted to explain his role in ratifying the treaty and the man’s anger faded into a handshake and cheers as the train departed.
A colonial reflection compares British views of American independence with modern attitudes toward the Philippines. The piece suggests Europeans once deemed Americans savages and unfit for self-government, warning that current views echo past oppressions and paternalism.
The piece argues the coal strike deal favors miners only temporarily and will endure until after the election. It accuses Hanna and Morgan of pressuring the coal trust to restrain wages and plans for coercion against unions, urging workers to vote for Bryan to protect labor rights and prevent trusts from dominating policy. It frames the election as a pivotal clash between labor and corporate power.
The English Annual Register cites a 1777 debate where Granby moved a crown amendment urging cessation of hostilities with America. Government supporters argued independence as tyranny, warning that imperial policy fosters rebellion. The passage ends noting imperialism still cites threats to liberty. Hanna administration aims to crush independence in the Philippines.
A pre election address denounces coercion and corruption as Republican tools to defeat the will of the people. It argues that labor and industrial workers back Bryan, while trusts and combinations threaten wages and unions. It cites union members across trades and claims Democratic opposition protected labor from anti union amendments.
Bookman serial for 1900 selects Stringtown on the Pike by a nearly new writer. Be serene illustrations by Armstrong accompany Pipp& Passes by Robert Browning. The scenes unfold in a quaint northeast Kentucky village with action starting around the Civil War era.
The piece traces a ragged boy’s journey from youth to manhood with fresh vigor and dramatic pace. It highlights Sammy Drew in Bloody Hollow and his farewell with Susie at Nazareth’s convent gate. Browning’s Pippa Passes is praised, with Miss Armstrong’s decorative designs noted as highly original and popular for the holidays.
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