Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-14
Did Guard is Aim o t
Swept Away at State
Primaries.
POINDExTER LANDS
Man Whom Taft Tried to De-
feat for Senate Carries the
Day BY 10000.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 14.-In the in
surgent storm that swept the state of
Washington yesterday the old guard Of
the republican party lost everything.
Miles Poindexter of Spokane, insurgent
leader in the present house, to defeat
whom President Taft and his close ad
vtsers lent their advice to the regular
republicans, was nominated for United
States senator by 10000 plurality, car
rying every county in the state.
Cousin of La Toilette for Congress
Two and probably three insurgents
were nominated for congress. One of
these is William La Toilette of Pull
man, cousin of the Wisconsin sena-
tor Poindexter defeated his leading
opponent, Judge Thomas Burke of Sc
ftttle, in Burkes' own precinct, and car
ried Pierce county, the home of the
ether regular candidate, James NJ.
Ashton
Two and probably three insurgents
were nominated for congress.
Four in One District
In the First district there were four
insurgent candidates. In King county
William L. Humphrey, standpatter re-
publican, was defeated by Thomas P.
Revelle However, Humphrey carried
the four other counties, and it is con-
sidered certain has received the neces,
sary 40 per cent of all the votes for
nomination.
Baseball MaEnate Loses
In the second, or Tacoma district,
Congressman McCredie, owner Of the
Portland basebAM club and stand
patter, was beaten by Stanton warbur-
ton, insurgent, Tacoma lawyer. In
the Third, the Spokane district, viii
liam La Toilette of Pullman, insur-
gent, cousin of the Wisconsin senator,
was nominated.
Humphrey Pulls Through
Seattle, Wash, Sept. --latest re-
turns from Tuesdays primaries in
Skagit and Whatcom counties indicate
Representative Humphrey. a stand
patter, has been renominated in the
First district. 1t is now estimated
Poindexter, for senator, will have a
plurality of 10000 The insurgents
gain only one congressman, Stanton
warburton, in the Second. or Tacoma
district, who defeated Representative
McCredie. The Third district (Spo-
kane), which nominated La Toilette,
was already insurgent.
Good Templar Named
It Is believed State Senator Cotteral
Of Seattle, national head of the Good
Templars, has received the democratic
nomination for the senate. In the
First district the only democratic can
didate for representative was w. w.
Black of Everett In the Second dis
trict NJ. Langhorne of Tacoma was
nominated.
VIII Help with Platform
Oyster Bay, n. Y, Sept. 14.-Roose-
velt expressed satisfaction today over
his victory in the republican primaries |
in New York county yesterday, and at
the same time said he was to take a |
hand in drafting the republican state |
platform
VIII Take No Office
Roosevelt was asked about recent re-
ports that he might accept the state |
Craftsmanship and that an effort might |
be made to force the nomination for /
governor upon him. He replied there
was no possibility of such thing. |
Roosevelt feels he has too much work |
outside of New York state to assume
any Office
Might Not Accept
He would not say whether he would
accept the temporary chairmanship OF
the republican state convention If it
should be offered to him. The ex-
president feels that the question of the
temporary craftsmanship is one which
can best be settled when the time
comes.
Close Fight in New York
New York, Sept. 14.-Primaries held
throughout New York city yesterday
show the relative positions sof Theo-
dore Roosevelt and the old guard, who
are fighting for control of the coming
republican state convention, to be prac-
tically unchanged. Roosevelt will have
the support of practically the entire
delegation from New York county,
numbering 100, while his opponents
claim 100 Of the 142 delegates in Kings,
"a in Queens and in Richmond
county.
There were unsuccessful contests, !
backed by the old guard leaders in
several districts in New York county.
while in Kings the friends of Colonel !
Roosevelt endeavored to capture some {
of the districts heretofore controlled
by Chairman Timothy l. Woodruff of {