Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
DENEEN WRATHY
IN OWN DEFENSE
At TURNER HALL
Governor Approaches the Short
and Ugly Word in Rock
Island Address.
ATTACKS HIS OPPONENTS
And Goes So Far as to SANDER Gov
ernor AltaeId in Making His
Excuses.

Governor c. S. Deneen approached
almost to the short and ugly at Turner
hall last night in q bIoadside denial of
la the charges Of ext-avagance that have
been made against him by Judge
Dunno, his democratic opponent.
tie answered the charges in order,
after which he Jumped them as wi
ful and malicious falsehoods," and
told mis- auditors he was ready TO rest
his case with the people of the state.
His talk was along defensive lines en-
tirely although he abused his oppo-
tents and slandered the dead
Tho governor spoke before an audi
euce that comfortably filed Turner
hall His speech was in the nature OF
a heart to heart talk and was received
silently and with respectful attention
b. his listeners. Sever other republi-
can candidates were scheduled TO
speak. but only four OF them appeared.
. They wore Secretary Of State c. J.
D. vie; Lieutenant Governor John G.
81 Oglesby; Auditor ! S. Mccullough,
d ard 3. NJ ChiperHeld. candidate for
cCngressman-at-la large.
TELLS OF THE PAST.
All the speakers except the COVER
nor devoted their remarks largely to
eulogies OF Abraham Lincoln and the
glorious history OF the republican par
Is and the starry banner and the pres
ent illustrious leader of the grand old
party. William Howard Taft Mckinley
and Grant and Logan and old General
Prosperity were not neglected, Mr..
Chiperfeld being especially eloquent
in behalf of the latter. There we're
few slaps at Colonel Roosevelt, -
though the former president was not
mentioned by name.
Governor Deneen stirred some re-
sentiment by rather blunt attack on
former Governor Altgeld He refer
rcd to the dcfalcations that we're made
by appointees Of Judge Altgeld, alleg-
ing figures TO show that these pecula-
- tons amounted in the aggregate to
more than 100000 He contrasted
. this statement with the records OF his
own appointees, not one of whom, he
: said, had ever stolen a cent from the
( tate. a few men abruptly left the
hall while the governor was talking
about Altgeld.
Mr. Deneen also reviewed the
charges that have frequently been
. made against him in connection with
his administration OF the states at
torney's Office in Chicago, defending
Z his action in accepting large fees on
. tho ground that the law permitted
Z such action. In this connection he
again scored Judge Dunno. whom he
accused OF disappearing the facts
/ HAD THOUGHT 1T OVER.
: when was planning my campaign
/ for this fall" began the governor, 81
!. wondered just what features of my
/; administration ! could best talk about
|; and as | went back over the records
/; | found that we had accomplished sc
much that II occurred 10 us that there
I! had been so much done for the PEG
pie OF this state that we could not hope
70 tell about it all in campaign
speeches. So we printed a book anc
In this book is set forth the record
(; o: my work as governor in full i
!! viii be sent to every voter in the
state
After this preliminary the governor
& Judge Dunno calls your attention
+ a. the increase in expenditures durinl
/ my administration over those of tht
fi administration Of Governor Altgeld
and shows that where Governor AIT
geld spent S5.000,OO the state nov
\. spends $l3.OO0OOO annually. | thinl
:i the judge thought by this that h,
would lead me into tangled maze o
Il eXplanation-that he could induce mi
!. 70 hold an inquest over every departed
n dCllaT-but ! do not propose 10 fal
into his trap. Instead. ! went TO Chi
cago, and there ! began to make a few
inquiries about the expenditures un
der the Dunno administration a
mayor.
"To my surprise 7 discovered tina
the logic that the Judge had been us
q ing against me could he applied equal
4. ~ as we'll in his own case. So dely
ed into the records. and 10 and behold
rs found that the first year OF the Dunn
n administration had cost the city $36
100000, whereas the cost OF the ad
pinistration that was in power durini
Governor Altgeld's time had been onl.
IL $4,000. 900.
H The second year OF the Dunno re
gime cost s4O.00O.O0O. whereas. tn,
IL ccst 20 years previous had been onl.
100000 During the second year o
Mr.. DUNES administration he mad