Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-01


anaugh, J. P. Sexton and others will
speak, will be held on Market square. !
Former Mayor 7. J. Medill will pre- !,
side. There will be music by Bleuer's
band. II will be the only big meeting |
of the campaign planned in behalf of ,
Mr.. cavanaueh and the other candi- !
dates on the ticket with him land it is
of people.
Indifference of the public to,
the success of the ticket headed by
Knox was no more forcibly manifested
than at the mass meeting held last ey
ening at the Illinois theatre. 1t was
aimed TO make this the closing rouser
of the flying campaign that has been
made through the city by the spell
binders pressed into service as a last I
desperate attempt to save the ticket
from slaughter. Bleuer's band gave a
concert outside the theatre to attract
a crowd and there was the announce
ment heralded broadcast over the city
by bills and otherwise that there would
be original songs and talks by party
filled. The speakers were B. F. Knox. c.
J. Searle, r. w Olmsted and F. o. Van
Calder. Olmsted applied the party
lash, Knox appealed for the support of
the voter 'once more" that the
nomination had been pushed on him
by his friends Searle devoted himself
to defense of the arraignment made
against him by McCaskrin, and Van
Calder importuned the republicans not
to make the mistake of trusting the
affairs of the city to a demagogue." A
male quartet sang several numbers.
There was suspicion that the author
of the songs was a McCaskrinite.
The meeting was the --LATEST failure
of any that has been held during the
campaign.
The democratic ticket is one that
will do to tie to. The voter can de-
pend on voting for the best men in
ic ticket.
If every democrat does his duty oxt
Tuesday Cavanaugh will be the next
mayor of Rock Island.
Hear Cavanaugh and Sexton in Mar
ket square this evening.
1t is between Cavanaugh and Nc
Caskrin. Whom do you choose?
"On of Olmsted." a new political
healing lotion is being given out at
free demonstrations about the city. 1t
is offered as a relief for virulent Nc
Caskrinites and is said to be a great
producer of sleep.
The Knox boosters continue to
wash the soiled linen of the party in
public.
Did you notice how many of the re-
publican wheelhorses were cOnspicu-
Gus by their absence from last nights
meeting at the Illinois theatre?
If any democrat running for office
in the past had a lurking suspicion
that Frank Knox voted for him. let
him forget il. Mr. Knox declares he
didn't and Mr. Olmsted says Mr.. Knox
is an honorable man.
In his remarks at the Illinois thea
tire last evening Mr.. Knox intimated
pretty strongly that he had never been
guilty of voting for democrat for any
office. and hence the natural inference
is that he would never under any cir
cumstances expect a democrat TO be
so inconsistent as to vote for him.
There are republicans in Rock ISL
and at that, who consider Mr.. Knox,
politically ar least, a man of very short
memory.
Vote for Leonard for collector. He
deserves your vote. and will prove If
elected that it has been cast for the
right kind of a man.
1
When Mr. Knox made that pitifuI
plea To republicans To vote for him
. once more" last evening he of course
did not expect that suggestion could
have particular weight with those re
pubiicans whom he compelled to vote
for his nomination in the convention
through a combination that tied them
hand and foot.
! George Washington McCaskrin au-
thOriZes the announcement that he will
hold no open air meeting This evening
and that the hour for his Illinois thea
q ire meeting has been changed to $50
O'Clock.
! Give Harry B. Simmon your vote for
city treasurer. tie is the right man
for the office exactly.
For a man who gave as his excuse
for coming out for the mayoralty again
this time a purely vindictive spirit. Mr..
Knox is surely a most generous and
docile soul just now.
Iohn u SEXTON iS entitled tn the sim