Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
BULL MOOSE ARE
NOW AfTERSEARLE
IN 14TH DISTRICT
j. H. Jayne of Monmouth
Launches Candidacy for Pro-
gressive Nomination.
COMES FORTH IN CHICAGO
All of Which Contributes to Prospect
for Success of Clyde n. Tavenner
County Tickets, Too.
Especial to The Argus.)

(special to The Argus)
Chicago. Aug. 5.-Charles J. Searle
of Rock Island must share the fate of
Charles S. Deneen and the others on
the republican state ticket who have
failed to desert their party after be-
ing nominated, and all in the interests
of the candidacy of Theodore Roose,
welt for a third term in the presiden,
cy. Like Deneen, Searle was a for.
mer ardent Roosevelt supporter. The
only difference in the two is that
Searle was sincere in his admiration
of the strenuous one, while Deneen
was a Taft adherent up to the time
that the Illinois presidential prefer
entail primaries were held. There
upon he became a follower of Roose
welt and stuck throughout the Chi
cago convention. But when Roosevelt
launched his bull moose party, he no
titled Deneen, in common with his as
soCiate nominees, to either get off the
republican state ticket or have opposi
tion. Deneen and his colleagues de
clined, stating that by the same voice
that had given Roosevelt the presiden
tial preference in Illinois, Deneen anC
the other successful candidates wer'
chosen, and that no more could the!
desert now than could the delegate
TO the Chicago convention have be
! trayed Roosevelt But the answer dit
not suit Teddy. Resign or fight wa
the ultimatum. Deneen and the 9th
ers on the state ticket stood pat. Ant
the moose state ticket followed.
TRIED TO SAVE sEARLE.
The delegates from Rock Islant
county TO the state convention of bul
moose hoped that they might saw
! Searle, and when Dean Franklin Wen
upon the state ticket for lieutenan
thing fixed. But Franklin's candidacy
| instead of relieving the situation, onl
/ tended to tighten 1t the more, and nov
comes the final blow in the announce
ment here in Chicago of the candidac
of J. H. Jayne of Monmouth for tn
bull moose congressional nominatio
in the Fourteenth district Jayne wa
a candidate for secretary of state, bu
| failing, has gone after the congre.
sional nomination.
WAS ON HAND.
Judge Searle was in Chicago durin
the days preceding the state CONVEX
ton, and those of his friends anon
the delegates who arrived on the seen
early did all they could to enable hfr
to straddle the two parties. 1t is III
derstoOd. however, that in commo
with the other congressional cand
dates on the republican ticket in Ill
nOis, Searle was given his choice b
the Roosevelt representatives betwee
resigning his present nomination c
having opposition, and that Searle, d.
spite all his attachment for Roosevelt
felt in honor bound to stand by th
cOlors under which he sailed in th
primaries. He was in a predicamen
no matter which way he turned. Ha
he resigned, L. NJ. Magill was in rea
mess to step into his shoes, and, r
naming on the ticket, he is confronte
with the bull moose candidacy of tt
Monmouth man. AS far as Searle
concerned, it is indeed pathetic-bl
it spells victory for Clyde H. Tave
ner.
LEGISLATIVE AND COUNTY, TOO.
Legislative. county, and even city
well as congressional candidates ma
be nominated by the progressive part
of Illinois in addition to the compile
ticket named by the state conventic
Saturday.
A resolution adopted in the closir
hours of the state convention confe
red authority on the delegates fro
the respective counties TO augment Il
state ticket by the choosing Of loc
, candidates, if they so desired, Aug. 8
BY the resolution, which was offert
to the convention by B. F. Harri
chairman of the committee on resol
tons, the various sets of delegates a
, practically made members of congre
: sional, senatorial, county and city col
mittees, with power to run the party
affairs in their respective commuI
ties.
THE RESOLUTION.
An effort by John l. Hamilton
HoOpeston, secretary of the conve
ton, TO confer upon the state centr
committee the sole right to put Ioc
tickets in the field, was voted dow
MI Hamilton then withdrew his rf
olution in favor of that presented
the chairman of the resolutions col
mittee. The latter resolution reads: :
BE it resolved, That the delegat
TO this convention from the sever
cities. counties, congressional and sc
atorial districts are hereby given z
thority 10 meet in convention in the
respective cities. counties, congr,
sional and senatorial districts. On Al
81, 1912. at such places such de
gates may designate, and place
nomination, if they shall see fit. su
candidates as they may deem prop