Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-31
new PARTY DYING
LUKE LEA STATES
Tennessee Senator Says Cam
paign Fund Disclosures
Eliminate Roosevelt.
MICHIGAN VOTE IS CITED
Personnel Of Wilson Staff in the West
Announced by Joseph
Davies.

Chicago, Aug. 31.-"The third party
platform has a remedy for everything
except corns. Evidently the thru term
doctors overlooked this. When their
declaration of principles is analysed
and set down beside the democratic
platform, thinking men will not hest
tate long in selecting the latter"
This is what Senator Luke Lea OF
Tennessee thinks about the bull
moose. He was in Chicago yesterday
en- route to Denver, where his wife is
quite i'll.
The fiery young Tennesseean thinks
the bull moose party is dying a rap
i'd death. He says the strong reaction
of sentiment against Roosevelt is due
largely to recent exposures, which
show SO clearly Colonel Roosevelt's in
sincerity"
TALKS OF CAMPAIGN FUND.
81 refer to the investigation regard
ing the Standard Oil contribution Of
500 900 to the republican campaign in
1904" Senator Lea, who until recently
was a member of the senate commit
tee investigating campaign contribu-
tons, said. Then there was the more
recent announcement that H. c. Prick
of the steel trust and Pennsylvania
railroad contributed $4,000 to Roose-
velt's campaign committee and in re-
turn President Roosevelt permitted the
absorption of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company by the steel trust. There
is evidently more to the Roosevelt cor
rupt campaign fund In 1904 than has
been brought to light. The Investigate
ing committee of the senate is empow-
cred to go to the bottom Of it and I
believe there will be further startling
disclosures.
These disclosures, together with the
advocacy of Roosevelt's candidacy by
George W. Perkins, Senator Lea said,
has shaken the confidence which many
people had in him.
This reaction Of sentiment is shown
forcibly in the pitiably weak showing
recent Michigan primaries" he said.
SEES ROOSEVELT ELIMINATED.
Governor Emmett O'Neal of Alabama
was another who said the fight was
now between Taft and Wilson. He
dropped in at the national democratic
headquarters en- route from the 35th
annual meeting of the American Bal
association at Milwaukee to Maine
where he goes to take part in the state
election TO be held Sep. 9. He will
speak at Portland Labor day and later
at Bath, Lisbon Fall and several Other
Maine towns.
Among the lawyers at the bar as
sociation meeting there was practically
no Roosevelt sentiment" he said. al
was practically unanimously a Taft
and Wilson affair for them as regards
politics"
NAMES CAMPAIGN STAFF.
Joseph Davies, committeeman IN
| charge of the western headquarters
yesterday made official announcement
Of the personnel of his staff for the
campaign. 1t will be as follows:
Organization bureau-Senator Thorn
as p. Gore.
Senatorial bureau-Senator James A
Reed.
Publicity bureau-Frank B. Lord.
Western finance committee chairman
Charles r. Crane.
Assistant western treasurer-E. NJ
Grossman.
Speakers bureau-Representa
A. S. Burleson.
Labor Observation-Disclosures J. Wade
Young mems clubs-Dudley FielC
Malone.
| LABOR DAY OBSERVED.
Acting Chairman W. G. McAdoo o
the democratic national committee ha
issued an order notifying employees O
the national committee that Labor da,
will be observed by the closing of al
headquarters.
In line with Mr.. McAdoo's recen
request the Harris Trust & Saving
bank yesterday announced it ha
agreed to accept, under proper restriC
tons, popular subscriptions for finanC
ing this years presidential campaigl
TO be forwarded to any of the politica
parties without discrimination.