Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-21
TAWNEY OUT
OF RUNNING
AT PRIMARY
Republicans Decide Friend
of Cannon Cannot
Go Back.
LONG A HOUSE LEADER
Vice President Sherman Loses
Own Ward and Precinct in
Battle of Ballots.
LONG A HOUSE LEADER

st. Paul, Mlnn., Sept. 21.-The most
important result of yesterdays primar-
les was the defeat of Congressman
Tawney by Sidney Anderson. who has
a plurality probably exceeding 1000.
Congressman Steven, progressive and
supporter OF the Roosevelt policies,
won out with plurality of about $500
over n. T. Halbert, insuraent. Other
Minnesota republican members and W.
s. Hammond, the democratic member,
were all renominated.
Admits Tawney's Defeat.
Winona, Mimi, Sept. 21.-F. E. Gait
side, member of Tawneys campaign
committee, this morning admitted the
nomination of Sidney Anderson by q
600 to 2,500 Congressman James A
Tawney, standpat leader whose record
on the tariff was championed by Presi-
dent Taft in his Winona speech a year
ago, was engulfed in a tidal wave of
insurgency in yesterdays statewide
primaries.
Warmest Fight In State.
The fight on Tawney, who has serv-
ed Is years in congress and is chair
man Of the appropriations committee
of the house, has been the warmest in
the state 1t has been of national i'm
portance by reason of the national
characters who have figured in it.
In his Winona speech Sept. II, 1909,
President Taft took up the cudgel in
behalf OF Tawney. who even then was
sore pressed by the insurgents in his
district. The president upheld Taw-
ney's attitude on the tariff act, and
said that he was glad to speak in be-
half of what he did, not in defense Of
It, but in support Of it,
Roosevelt on Other Side.
During the past few weeks Theodore
Roosevelt, Clifford Pinchot, Francis ].
Heney and other exponents of progress
sive republicanism have taken a hand
in the fray. Although Colonel Roose
welt INDUCED in no specific reference
to Tawney, still the speeches on the
Roosevelt policies and on progressive
ness had powerful weight in the Wi
mona district.
Up to a few days ago few thought
that Anderson had any chance of van
gushing Tawney
Sherman Loses Own ward.
Albany, n. Y, Sept. 21.- Vice Presi-
dent James s. Sherman. candidate Of
the "old guard" for temporary chair
man of the state convention, was de-
feated in his own assembly district,
the Second of Oneida county, and in
his own ward in the city of Utica at
the primaries yesterday. Ex-Assembly-
man Merwin K. Hart, of, Utica, one of
the progressive leaders, failed TO carry
his own ward, which is in Mr.. Sher-
mans district
Old Guard Rejoice.
According to reports received at re-
publican state headquarters the 'old
guard" forces carried the First and
Third assembly districts of Oneida
county and will have the support of
IA deIegates-while the progressives
will control nine.
AS the result of the primaries which |
were held yesterday in Buffalo, Roches- |
ter, Syracuse, Albany, Troy and in
other cities and counties upstate, Tim |
othy L. woodruff, chairman of the re
publican state committee and William |
Barnes, Jr, at Albany. predict Mr..
Sherman's election as temporary chair
man of the state convention by a sub
stantial majority.