Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-17

and Cannon, ranging from 100 words
by Taft to 5000 by Cannon Congress
man Charles E. Fuller of Belvidere and
Congressman Gaines of West Virginia
were delegated to be the speakers OF
the word from Sinai.
The resolutions were ready. A self
appointed committee had drafted them.
The program was carried out with only
one dissenting voice. George Fitch,
representing the Peoria Hereld-Trans-
cript, secured the floor by some miscue
of the presiding officer and declared
that his paper would not stand for the
resolutions or for Cannon, and warned
the convention that present policies
persisted In would wreck the party at
the next election. The resolutions
were adopted by viva voce vote, the
negative not being called for.
These resolutions breathed the SEN
timents of Cullom and Cannon that
whatever bears the republican label
must be accepted by republicans and
endorsed whether 1t Is good or bad.
They declared the new tariff the best
ever; extolled Cannon; endorsed the
house rules and commended Cannon's
courage and fearlessness in enforcing
them. The administration of Governor
Charles s. Deneen was mildly endors-
ed And thereupon the convention ad-
journed. But the Peoria Herald Trans
cript tells of 1t in Springfield special
as follows, and more need not be said:
Hauled in by the special car of Con-
gresham Mckinley, herded into the
senate chamber by numerous federal
fficers-harangued at by an imported
congressman who declared almost tear
fully that Joseph G. Cannon was the
greatest speaker who ever sat in the
chair-and finally presented with
ready-made set of resolutions, endors-
ing enthusiastically each and every act
and policy Of Speaker Cannon, the re-
publican editors of Illinois, small
fraction Of them-did the bidding Of
their managers yesterday and swaI
lowed Cannonism with just one dis
senting voice.
This dissenting voice was a pain
full episode to the promoters of the
convention 1t had been planned to
have everything go off nicely and hap
PLY. Only selected editors were in
vited and these understood that they
were only to open their mouths to say
aye. Unfortunately, the rude and hor-
rid editor Of the Herald Transcript,
invited, and he insisted on declaring
that the Herald-Transcript would not
support Mr.. Cannon's style of party
government under any circumstances.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
has been-suggested -that-we-adopt-them
by-rising-vote' sang out Chairman c.
E. Snively Of the Canton Register af-
ter resolutions enthusiastically COM
mending Uncle Joe and his ways had
been read. All in favor
Mr.. Chairman, may have a word?'
1.-THE interruption came from the edi-
tor of the Herald Transcript. MI.
Snively was noticeably provoked
81 suppose we will have to hear
you he remarked Hospitality
I'm few words the editor Of the
Herald-Transcript objected to the eff
fort of small minority of republican
editors to express the opinion of the
ANPoOAAN<@h PACoS VI tAO 0lclOs anu
pressed the belief that In his dis
trict at least not one man in ten was
in favor of Cannonism. We believe
the only way to save the republican,
party is to eliminate the Cannon style
of craftsmanship he declared. Il
would like to have it recorded that one
paper at least among those represented
here will not support Cannonism under
any circumstances
For a minute the good ship rocked.
Half a dozen men climbed to their feet.
But Chairman Snively was equal to the
emergency. All in favor of the amend
ment RISE he shouted. A dozen speech
es died unborn and three-fourths of
the editors stood up. Dlscreetly, the
chairman forgot to call the nays, and
the resolution was thus unanimously
adopted by strictly Cannon methods.
The convention convened at 10
o'clock and the resolution was adopted
at 1880. Their duty doneA the post
masters should have returned home at
once. but the managers made another
mistake. They invited Governor De-
Eeen to address them. The governor
came at noon, and came loaded like a
Dreadnaught. He said things which
never should have been said in meet
ing. He declared that If party har-
mony and obedience to caucuses was
good thing in Washington, why
couldn't Illinois have a little of it in
its legislature? He proposed four
pledges of regularity for candidates of
which faith in party pledges and obedi-
ence to the party caucus were promi-
nent. His speech was 300 words long,
and every word was super-heated. The
fragments of the love feast when he
had finished could have filed moving
van.
1.-THE convention was a very short
one. 1t was called to pass the resolu-
tions and had little else to do"
Saint Patrick.
This is the 1445th anniversary of
the death of Ireland's patron saint.
1t Is true that Saint Patrick was not