Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-21

known Charles for 20 years as a sue
cessfuI newspaper man. He Is Ger
tainly a royal man. He is much
younger than |. and he has always
been as kind TO me. as considerate
and tender of me. as my own son
could be. Charles is so good 10 me
that he actually makes me ashamed
OF myself He watches over me and
waits on me, precisely as he would
watch over and wait on his father or
his mother What am l 10 do with
a man like that? Don't such things
count for something in human affairs?
| think they do. Don't you2
The Germans. as you know, are
sturdy. honest PEOPLE: fair and ~equare
straight and dependable. Charles IS
a German-a sturdy. industrious, hard
headed. upright. honest man. Nothing
can swerve him from what he con-
ceives to be the right Roger Sulli-
van doesn't own Charles Boeschen-
stein-and doesn't wish to own him.
Charles owns himself He stands on
his own feet. and stands there firmly.
Here you have a true picture OF
Charles Boeschenstein.
AIr Boescheustein was then. as he
is now. chairman OF the democratic
state central committee: and in this
letter of his 20 me. he told me tina.
he would like TO have me fill the va
cancy in the state committee and
asked ne if | would be wiliing 20
take the place | replied by telling
him that | didn't care for the place,
ana asked him 10 look elsewhere for
man 10 fill il, Then came back from
him a personal appeal 10 me. He said
III his J tie. 1rat he wanted ! man
IL this part CT The state. whom he
knew and he could trust. and whose
democracy was such "a mine was. And
he asked NE as "A personal favor"
to him TO attend a meeting Of the
state committed that was soon to be
reid in Chicago. Could / disregard
this personal appeal from my own
boy? ! cCuIdn't-and | didn't. ! Went
TO Chicago in compliance with his re-
quest. ! was present at the meeting
Of tn committee. also by his request.
When the question OF filling the va
caHcE came mp. TWO or three Of the
boys spoke in my behalf.
II was then that Roger Sullivan
arose and spoke i'll this wise: \
great many wrongs were done a. the
Springfield convention; wrongs thai
! did not know of until the convention
was over: wrongs that ! do not ap-
prove OF and never will approve Of.
Mr.. Wheeler was one OF the men
deeply vronged by that convention,
aud I wish TO do now what | can 10
right that wrong | sincerely hope
that Nh. Wheeler will be elected to
fill the vacancy. existing in the state
Nj Sullivan spoke with much feel
ing, as he always does when his
heart is touched. Mr.. Sullivan's re-
marks were followed by one or two
other members of the state commit
tee: some one made a motion that l
be elected 10 fill the vacancy, the mo
lion was seconded, and put and carried
unanimously. That's the way | first
became a member of the state com
mittee. | relate this occurrence here
for the purpose of showing how my
acquaintance with Roger Sullivan be
gan
Can l forget Roger Sullivan's &C
lion in This regard? I cannot. Could
YOU? Since then l have been quite
a bit in Mr.. Sullivan's company. and
know him pretty well as a politi-
,ian; and I have always found him
fair and square, straightforward and
honorable. Don't these things stand
for something? They do with me.
Don't they with You?