Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-11
MOOSE PARTY is
TO FIGHT OENEEN
Complete State Ticket Will Be
Placed in Field, Leaders
Announce.
TWO OUT FOR GOVERNOR
II. r. Harris, President of Illinois
Banker ABSORPTION, One Of
Those Favored.

Chicago, july 1l.-There is to be .
third party state ticket in Illinois.
It will be made up Of candidates for !
all ofioes-state, congressional, legis- I
lative ana county. if suitable candi- .
dates can be found
a downstater-yet 70 be picked-is .
TO be named the Roosevelt candidate
for governor. The names Of 3. +. Har-
ris Of Champaign. president Of the Hi
nois Bankers association, and Elijah
Lovcjoy Of Princeton, president Of the
Illinois Progressive Republican league
and a member Of the family Of aboli-
ticn fame OF that name, are among
those under consideration.
The ranc-Merriam-Jones faction Of
-progressivcs is now in the Roosevelt
fold. Its members found yesterday
there were no unharmonious differ
euces preventing union with the Roose-
veltians and came into camp.
ROOSEVELT SENDS MESSAGE.
Mcdnl Mccormick. generalissimO of
the Illinois Roosevelt forces came back
from Oyster Bay with the official mes
sGge from ct. r." that Governor De
neen must openly avow himself a
Rooseveltian or be opposed at the cleo
ton By a third party candidate.
The typewriter statement given out
by Mr.. Mccormick read:
''In Illinois there will be 4 candidate
fer governor who repudiates the nom
inatlou of Mr.. Taft as fraudulent and
b., nil L.
welt and the progressive principles for
" which he stands"
This ukase means that Colonel
Roosevelt either intends 10 have Gov
crnOr Dcncou with him heart and soul
or will oppose him Deneen lieuten-
ants. however. yesterday were unwav-
cring They say it is a monumental
blum"
GOVERNOR HERE TODAY.
The governor. over the long distance
telephone. al Springfield last night re-
q. fused to make any comment He Will
be In Chicago 10 review the LIST cav
airy al Worth Roy o. West. national
committeeman, will be home from
Washington. whore he represented Hi
nOis on the subcommittee of nine that
conferred with President Taft on the
regular republican campaign plans.
lie will probably have some interest
ing nows for the governor
IL can be said on good authority that
If the Roosevelt ed.ct is intended as a
BLUR e will b. a decided failure.
Governor Dcneen will be the regular
republican candidate. He will not
align himself with any third party. re-
CARELESS Of any inducement offered.
POSITION OF GOVERNOR.
The governors position in the tick
lish situation is known TO be about as
fellows.
e: He is the regular republican nom
inee. chosen at a primary which all
progrossives recognized as regular and
legal
He was nominated by an overwhelm.
ing vote
He takes the position that he could
not 80 to any third party without open
ly betraying the party which nomina
ted him.
Furthermore. the governor believes
he did everything in his power TO car
ry out the wishes Of Illinois as ex
pressed at the presidential preferen
tial primary. That expression, he con
tends. I'm no wise bound him 10 bolt
in event Of Rooscvelts defeat in the
convention; in fact. party rules ar,
opposed TO that procedure
WOULD HAVE TO RESIGN.
To be the Roosevelt gubernatoria
candidate, the governor feels. he woulC
have 70 resign as the republican partl
nominee and again be nominated b,
petition. He realizes that third part,
candidate representing a republican
q. party detection will seriously injur,
the republican chaS ces, but prefers t,
20 down TO defeat. if necessary. as
regular rather than to switch" in tn
face OF fire.
The Roosevelt leaders here are pre-
pared 10 start things They have cal
cd a conference OF state leaders to b