Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-06

Banker Nominee For Congress
Desperately Urging Party
Rally.
LO0KST0M0IINE TO SAVE HIM
Lower End of the District, Including
His Own County, Hope
less.

III s up TO Moline TO save James NC
Kinney, the banker candidate for con
gress in the special election which oc-
ours tomorrow in the Fourteenth dis
trict.
The desperate efforts that have been
put forth in that city during the past 10
days. even to bringing in the governor
of the state to discharge a political OBJ
legation. despite the fact that he had
been abundantly regarded in his
membership on the railroad and
warehouse commission of the state
1as been a source of former comment
The further remarkable fact that par
ocular stress has been laid on the in
formation printed in the Moline repub-
lican papers that F. G. Alien. of that
city. was without doubt Supporting Nc.
Kinney. and that the same was true or
c. j. Searle. of this city. are evidences
of the endeavOrS to arouse the party
from its indifferences as to the Nc
kinney candidacy, and to reassure il
that party leaders were without
doubt" for him.
A Remarkable Phase
Perhaps as strange a phase of the
campaign from the Mckinney stand
point. and carrying with it a striking
evidence of party distrust. is the dec
laration repeatedly made in the cam
paign documents that Mr. Mckinney if
elected. will stand by President Roose-
Velt IN his proposed reforms affecting
railroad legislation, etc If there has
not been doubt in the minds of republi-
cans who know the banker candidate.
his lifelong connections and associa-
lions. together with his record on the
railroad and warehouse commission, such
a declaration would have been deemed
superfluous. But when a campaign
committee back of a candidate for con-
gress finds it necessary to assert and
reassert that he will stand by the pres
ident elected by his own party in the
inauguration of reforms which are vital
to the entire people, irrespective to
politics, there must have been some &C.
caslon for such course. There must
have been reasonable doubt in the first
place.
But the facts of the matter are that
the banker candidate. realizing the
hopelessness of his candidacy in the
over end Of the district. and even
doubling strength sufficient in his own
county of Mercer to pull him through
mas come up to the manufacturers of
Moline and asked their cooperation
and incidentally their coercion in saw
,ng his bacon
Attempt to Line Up the Men,
Better evidence of this status of the
could not be asked than the
following which appeared in one of the
Moline republican papers of Saturday
evening;
The Mckinney club held a meeting
This morning. and after going over the
matter decided to ask the factories for
further concessions to allow the men
time 10 vote on election day. TUESDAY
next. The committee in charge had
succeeded in getting the factories to
open for work at 8 o'clock, instead of I |
IN Tuesday, but at the conference this |
ii was thought advisable to |
ask the factories to begin operations at
O'Clock, thus allowing the men two |
,ull hours for the purpose of voting. |
"nen seen, all the factory owners |
readlly consented TO do SO. so that ev- |
cry factory will begin at 9 on Tuesday |
morning instead of Z.
Following are the Concerns which
have agreed to the 3 O'Clock proposi |
ion: We, the undersigned manufac-
-urers of the city of Moline pledge to |
open our factories at O'Clock Tues
lay morning. Nov. 7. 1905, instead of |
oc.ock, 10 allow the employees time
% vote before they begin work:
Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Co.
Moline Pump company, Moline Wagon
company, Williams. White & Co. Will |
son Moline Buggy company, Deere &
Co, ID. NJ. Sechler Carriage
company, Moline Elevator company.
Deere 4 Co. Moline Pillow company
Moline Furniture company"