Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-29
About Completes Remarkable
Tour of the Fourteenth
District.
GLAD HAND EVERYWHERE
Progressive Republicans as Well ar
Democrats Happy TO Give Him
Support.

Monmouth, Ill. Oct. 29.-(Special.)-
/ Clyde H. Tavenner, the progressive
candidate for congress on the demo
cratic ticket in the Fourteenth Illinois
district, today started for Rock Island
after having toured in an automobile
Mercer, Henderson, Warren, Melon.
ough and Hancock counties, and hay
ing visited over so towns.
One of the remarkable features OF
the trip was that Tavenner was every
where received as enthusiastically by
progressive republicans as by demo
Gratis. Republicans opposed to Can.
nonism evidently consider him NJ
much their candidate for congress az
do the democrats. Nearly one-half OF
the republicans Tavenner conversed
with declared bluntly that they were
opposed to Cannonism. As Congress.
man Mckinney, Tavenner's opponent,
voted for Cannon and fought the az.
tempts of the insurgents 10 improve
the rules of the house, Tavenner nat
rrally expects TO receive the votes of
many of the anti-Cannon republicans
Takes Them They Come.
When Tavenner encountered a re
publican who was frank enough to tel,
him he was not in sympathy witt
Cannon, he made no attempt to secure
the citizens promise TO vote against
Mckinney, but seemed content TO hear
directly from the lips OF the people
the statement that they were opposed
10 the conditions I'm Washington
against which he had waged such re
lentless warfare as a newspaper
writer
At ROseville an old gentleman ap
preached Tavenner. and with obvious
sincerity said: Il approve the fight
you made against the Cannon-Aldrich
crowd as a newspaper writer, and J
am going to pay you a high compli.
ment on Nov. s. | am going 10 vote
for you. l am a republican. and # will
he the first time l have ever voted the
democratic ticket in my life. Maybe
next year I will vote republican. but
until Cannonism has been routed will
vote the democratic ticket"
"All right" said Tavenner, shaking
him by the hand Il need your vote.
Old Trade Comes in Handy.
When Tavenners auto drew into La,
Harpe he found that the LaHarper,
the towns weekly Newspaper, would
be unable TO get out on time owing &c
a rush of copy that had come in at the
last minute. "Oh. Wen fix that all
right" declared Tavenner, taking in
the situation at a glance. TavenneI
threw off his overcoat and was soon
setting type. The paper
was issued on time, and "Tav' climb.
ed into his machine and was whirled
away to Blandinsville.
Il want the vote OF every democrat
and every republican who is opposed
TO Cannonism and the trust domino.
ton of congress- declared Tavennef
over and over again. IF elected, !
will realize that Il was through the
support of progressive republicans az
well as that of democrats. and I will
work shoulder to shoulder with pro.
gressive republicans like Vic Murdoch
Of Kansas and United States Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette of Wisconsin.
just as | will with progressive demo.
Gratis As a matter Of fact, my plat
form embraces the principles advocat.
cd by Thomas Jefferson as well ~
those advocated by the genuine pro.
gressive republicans and progressive
Take Ia Toilette, for IN.
stance He sits with the democrats.
votes with the democrats. and looks
like democrat. La Toilette was odCi.
ed a seat on the republican side Of The
senate chamber. and he replied smi
inGly that he was satisfied TO stay
where he was. When La Toilette
makes a good speech the democrats
are the first 10 shake his hand. and
when n democrat makes a good speech
he Wisconsin senator is the first 20
arise in his place and offer conpr..r.
ations.
Party lines are gradually diEai
1earing. and il will not be a great