Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-08
Presidential Preferen C Q
Vote is Holding Center
Of the Stage.
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
Chicago to Go on Record on Ad-
visibility of Woman
Suffrage.

Chicago, April S.-Political lead
ers gave final instructions to their
lieutenants in the Illinois campaign
today, candidates closed their speak
ing tours and the lines are drawn tight
for the voting tomorrow.
The presidential preference vote
continued the center of the stage po-
litically. Roosevelt planned to close
his campaign in the state with
speeches in the congressional district
of former Speaker Cannon. The
speaking campaign of the Taft and
La Toilette forces in the state are
over.
WATCHERS ARE NAMED.
On the democratic side Wilson and
Clark speakers wound up their labors
Saturday. Candidates for the guber-
Material nomination rested on their
oars and the congressional aspirants
and the host of seekers for minor Of
fees turned attention to selection of
watchers and personal workers at the
polls tomorrow.
Chicago will vote on the advisa-
tility of woman suffrage.
ROOSEVELT HITS MCKINLEY.
Decatur, ILL.,, April Sin the home
district of Congressman Mckinley,
manager of Taft's campaign, Roose-
velt today, speaking to a crowd in
front of the court house at Clinton,
said: Il understand Taft's manager.
Mex iaAey, saitf some tffnes -ago' -tffs
district was for Taft to a man, but
apparently he was mistaken. I un-
derstand he told you last week Taft
was not a politician, and that the
other Taft workers groaned every day
that he was not. But Taft's whole
campaign is entrusted to as thorough
going politicians as there are in the
: United States, to Tawney. Bannes.
Penrose. Gallinger, Cannon, Guggen-
, helm, Lorimer ad others with whom
Mckinley is associated.
STATES IMPORTANT POSITION.
, There never was a straighter lineup
|, than this, between the politicians and
the plain people; and at last here in
Illinois the plain people have a chance
t. speak for themselves. Illinois
stands in the most important position
/, /, of any state in this campaign. We
look to Illinois to set the keynote. -
The colonel said he wanted the peo-
pie to register a straight vote to-
morrow. Roosevelt repeated his at
tacks on Lorimer. Roosevelt said he
had been requested Saturday not to
, attack Lorimer in his Springfield
> speech that night.
FLATLY DECLINES.
A delegation from the Springfield
Roosevelt club, which arranged the
meeting, he said, told him it might
injure him politically in that district
since the senator had many support
= ers there. The colonel said he de-
i clined fatty. He added if he lost
i every supporter he had in Illinois he
would speak his mind on that sub
y ject.
II DENEES GOES TO VOTE.
u Springfield. ILL.,, April S.-Governor
/ Deneen was sufficiently recovered from
- his Illness to leave at noon for Chicago
. to vote.
YOUNG 4 CANDIDATE.
l. Des Moines. Iowa. April 8-Formal
announcement Of the candidacy OF La
fayette Young for United States sena
tor, to succeed Senator Kenyon, was
made today in the Des Moines Capital
ls NEW YORK CONVENTION.
n Rochester, y. Y, April S.-Thc
n republican state convention which
J. elects four delegates-at-large to the
i national convention and adopts
IS platform will be held here tomorrow
,e Lieutenants of Chairman Barnes
made it known an uninstructed dele
cation is desired, but friends of Taft
were active today in an endeavor tc
have delegates instructed for the
president