Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-23
HE Is FOR FAIRNESS
Secretary G P. Stauduhar FaVors
Democratic Pn.
maries.
OPPOSED TO BRACE METHODS
Statement of n Man Who is no
Longer for LOoneS
ism.

George T. Stauduhar, secretary of
the democratic county committee,
who has been out of town since the
recent meeting Of the democratic
county committee, returned home
Saturday night. Mr.. Stauduhar at
once gave his approval of the move
of the democrats OF Rock Island for
fair primaries, and appended his sig
nature TO the call issued by Chairman
Sexton for such meetings II do not
think the county cCmmitte emen re-
allied that such advantage could be
taken of the nature Of the call that
issued from the late meeting" said
Mr.. StauGuhar. ''or they would never
have countenanccd it in the least. /
have not yet signed the call on this
account, and the exhibition Of brace
caucuses in Rock Island has strength
ened me in my original position. | do
not think it is the duty Of the execu-
tive officers of the county committee to
give their sanction by appending their
signatures to what they believe per
mits Of unfair methods in politics and
for this reason ! agree with Chair
man Sexton fully in the stand he has
taken. On this account have cheer
fully appended my name as secretary
of the county committee to the call
that Mr.. Sexton has issued for pri-
maTies, in response to the petitions
representative of the sentiments of so
many of the democrats of Rock ISL
and. / am against this thing of fraud
ulent caucuses. where the ma jOrity is
denied the right of expression. As to
the caucUses 50 far held. ! think they
ought to be repudiated. every one of
them. In the Fifth ward ! consider
that no caucus has been held. II was
called without even so much as con-
sulting me. and if my name was at
tached to the call for ii. il was abso-
lutely without my knowledge or con-
sent. and I am a member Of the coun-
ty committee from that ward. And
understand. too. that my associate
committeeman. Mr.. Finnegan. al
though signing the call. de-
clincd to have anything to do
with the caucus. Under these cir
cumstanccs. where is the regularity
of such proceeding? No more of this
business for me: no more Of guerilla
warfare in local politics"
Did All He Could Fairly.
has been enc OF Looney'S most loyal
supporters. 1t may be said that Mr..
Stauduhar remained by his side al
most To the last when his intolerable
methods had driven others away from
him. In the last city-tOwnship fight
il was upon Mr.. Stauduhar's shout
ders that Looncy threw the entire
burden of carrying out his every
move. He made him secretary of the
little convention, so-callcd. that was
left i'm Turner hall after those com.
posing the regular convention that he
had attempted to carry by storm had
left the hall i'm order to discharge
their proceedings in an orderly man
ner. He made Stauduhar one Of his
candidates on the township ticket and
then brought all the court proceed
ings. in which he was beaten at every
turn. in Mr.. Stauduhar's name. 1t WAS
considerable of load for one man to
stand up under even to the extent of
going to GCneseo alone with him to
witness the final chapter in the train
of incidents that showed that the
Looney political methods bad no more
standing in court than they had in
the democratic party. and among the
dozen or more democrats who were in
Gencseo at the time. the opinion gen
orally concurred in was that if ever q
man went To the limit of honorable
procedure fer another, Stauduhar did
il for Looney that day.
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