Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-07
YATES is TO COME
Will Personally Direct Fight in
Rock island County the
Present Week.
SEES A CHANCE TO WIN OUT
To Give an Address at Illinois Thea
tire Thursday Even
ing.

Gov. Richard Yates is to personally
direct his fight in Rock Island the last
three days Of the present week.
Those who have been placed in
charge of his cause have shown him
there is possible chance for him TO
win.
Until the past week his hopes did
not carry him beyond landing a dele
gate here and there. The turn in SEN
timent has opened the way for n fight
for absolute control.
He Will fire his opening bomb at the
banquet of the Swedish-American re-
publican clubs of the state at Moline
"Wednesday evening. The following
might he Will speak at the Illinois
theatre. and the understanding is the
following two days perhaps viii be
spent in a hurried trip over the coun-
ty in an effort to see the leaders in
every town and hamlet
The primaries for the selection of
delegates to the county convention.
at which the state, congressional and
senatorial delegations will be chosen,
are to take place Saturday. The gov
ernor is to strike while the iron is
hot.
his side is going to win: moline will
be Lowden. unless something we are
not figuring on now happens, with the
Exception of the Sixth ward. which
will lie for our candidate. We will
have the First, Second, Third Fifth
and Seventh wards in Rock Island,
and enough delegates from the south
and center of the county to control
the convention
| Here is how a Lowdenite has it, siZ-
ed: ''In ROcl, Island we will have the
| Fourth. Fifth and Sixth. and possibly
others. There never has been doubt
as to Moline. The country is not wor-
rying IFS any, although we are sure
of some of the delegations from
there"
| Roundup at Moline.
| The annual convention Of the State
League of Swedish-American clubs is
to be held at Moline Wednesday. In
dcationS are that the gathering will |
be one of the most important in the
ante-conyention contest. The conven-
ton has special significance from the
fact that the fight will be at its
height this week for the control of
the Rock Island county convention I q |
be held March -. There is q strong |
Deneen following in Swedish republic |
can ranks. The governor has entered |
the county to contest for the de!ega |
ton in the face of the strong Lowden /
sentiment. and both he and Lowden |
are to visit Moline in the interest of |
their candidates..
Every room in the hotels has been |
engaged by the visiting delegates and |
politicians. and the local committee in
charge of the arrangements for the
league convention has been compelled |
TO issue an appeal to the people of the
city to throw open their residences
to the visitors.
Big Crowd Assured.
Chicago will send 200 delegates and
visitors on Il special train over the st.
Paul road, and the train will pick up
carload of delegates and visitors at
Rockford. Galesburg expects to send
100 voters on n special train over the
Burlington. and this delegation Will
he reinforced from the smaller towns
along the way. Princeton. Peoria,
Paxton. Joliet ana other Swedish cen
ters will send delegations. and the rep
resentation viii he large from the
y
Chicago has been granted 20 addi-
tionaI delegates. increasing its quota
to 100. and giving it greater power
than ever in shaping the clubs poll
cy \ proposition to hold the conven-
tions biennially in the campaign years
will be offered.
Wednesday afternoon viii be given
over to visiting Rock Island arsenal,
the western hospital for the insane at
Waterfowl and the manufacturing
concerns of Moline.
Speeches in Evening.
The event of the convention will be
the banquet Wednesday evening in
honor of the memory Of John Erics
son. The banquet viii be served in
Industrial hall. and an attendance of
600 politicians and their following i
expected. DIR. Gustav Andreen, pres
ident of Augustana college. will be
toastmaster. and the address on John
Ericsson will be given by DR.. {. W.
Foss. vice president of Augustana.
VI. II. Stead. Of Ottawa. candidate
for attorney general. will speak on
"Illinois;" Congressman Ii. F. Marsh.
Of Warsaw. on The Fourteenth Con-
greSsional District and greetings
viii be extended from the leagues of
other states by T. \. Hasselquist-
Charlton. Iowa; DR.. J. :. Carlson. Min
neapolis. and Frank Nelson. Topeka,
Kans. Response in behalf of the Hi
nois league will be made by c. II.
Chindblom. of Chicago.
The closing feature viii be speech
es by six candidates for governor
Gov Yates. Charles :. Deneen, l.. Y.
sherman. Frank O. Lowdeu. II. j.
Hamlin and Nespasian Warner.
Wins More Victories.
Yates machine Saturday scored n
number Of new triumphs throughout
he C1aE county Indicated a /