Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-25
Cut and Dried Program
Followed at Bush
nell Yesterday.
EARLY STORIES TRUE
Though Men in Position to
Know Made Strenuous
DeniaIS.

That the political deal made for the
nomination of Hon. James Mckinney,
iof Aledo for congress, at Bushnell yes
terday was anticipated by Mr. Allen
and is his friends, there is no doubt,
but the question upon which they are
at sea is as 10 why men in high places
should deliberately mislead them as to
the proposition and lead them to be-
lieve that all was unsettled, and why
McDonOugh county should ask for 10
minutes in which to consult before
casting the second ballot. when Sher-
man had told it to Chandler hours be-
| fore. and the delegation returned in
about one minue with its vote for Nc
| Kinney.
Fixed Weeks Ago.
The deal was made weeks ago. In
| fact. it was quite well understood at
the time of the battle here that the
| local fight was simply a struggle be-
tween two factions for the control of
! the county. Sherman'S absence in the
west may have unsettled things to
some extent, but his return solidified
the ranks of the lower end of the dis
nell the deal was assured. Men who
were in position TO know said many
days ago, and it was published and re-
peated in the columns of The Argus.
that Chandler was a dummy for Nc
Kinney and that Hancock would fall in
line when the time came, and men who
were close to the inside workings con-
tinued TO insist 10 the hour of the con-
vening of the nominating body that
that was the proposition, but Sherman
and Berry declared to Mr.. Aliens
friends and TO Mr.. Allen himself that
they did not know anything about what
would be done. # was shown by the
remarks in the convention by Chan
dler and Cuttings, when they were call
ed upon after the nomination had been
made, that they were only dummies.
PIOw Man Popular.
The popularity Of the plow man
among the delegates at Bushnell was
not to be overlooked, and had not the |
delegates from below come TO the con
vention bound and fettered and shack |
led and gagged he would have been
the nominee. The whole hall rang
with deafening applause as he ap- |
preached the stage after being called |
by Chairman Berry for a speech. And |
he was not less popular among the
delegates after his brief address than |
before.
Hard Year 10 Elect.
The republicans are beginning to |
realize now that they have task on
their hands to elect Mckinney. This |
CfFx hut :. Ig- ir1g
one notch worse than an off year, this |
being special election with nothing |
else to vote for except in Henderson !
county, where they elect some commits |
sioners. The trouble, as already realiz- |
ed. will be in getting out the vote, and !
what may develop later in the demo |
cratic ranks may cause more sleepless |
nights.
Senatorial Bearing.
How does this affect the contest for |
the Office of United States senator? is |
a question now TO be heard What the |
direct result will be can not be told |
at this time because it is not known |
TO the public, even if it is known 10 |
Mr.. Sherman. what the attitude of the |
lieutenant governor in the contest for |
the toga Will be. Sherman saw TO it |
that resolutions We're showed through |
in the last minute proclaiming his posi- |
ton as opposed to all practices mimi |
cal To good government, and who has |
so strongly seconded the efforts of Gov. |
Deneen 10 secure needed reforms in /
state affairs What these reforms are
was not indicated in the resolution.
The resolution also expressed conf I
dence in his integrity"
Position Questionable.
In case Sherman should not be a /
candidate himself, his attitude toward /
Cullom and Yates is unknown. lie |
was former bitter opponent OF Rich |
ard Yates, but perhaps since he was
gold-bricked with the lieutenant gov
enorship by Yates he likes him better. |
II can not be said that he had much |
more love for Cullom, so the position |
of Mr.. Mckinney. who owes his nom
inatiOn TO the manipulatiOns OF the
lieutenant governor. can not be defined
at this time.
Peace in Cook.
Recent Tumors from Cook county in