Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-20

Senator Stone. so he refuses TO eat or
sleep until the victory is won.
That's why l am sort of glad to
get into the busy headquarters. l will,
at least, get some sleep and l can eat
now and then
But there is another reason why Mr..
Hollister is glad to come to New York.
Mr.. HOLSTERS own family and Senator
Stone are about the only people who
know his middle name is Rufus. He
is not happy over that middle name
RufUs-as Mr.. Hollister comes from
Jefferson City. Mo.
When Senator Stone is about TO
buckle on his sword and get real busy
in a national campaign. he forgets his
private seCretaTyS dislike for his mid
die name. and starts calling him "Ru-
fus"
when HOLSTER hears Rufus, !"
said Colonel Thomas Jones Pence, he
knows the famous Missouri senator is
starting to forget his dislike for Rufus
and also to forget to eat or sleep"
The Ladies' World, one of the Nc
! Clure publications, just completed a
political contest n their magazine. In
letter to Chairman w. F. MCCombs,
| Frederick l. Collins, president of the
Mcclure Publications, Inc. writes:
The 100000 readers of this maya
zine were invited to express their po-
litical preference for president and
their reasons therefor. The responses
were overwhelmingly large and the
result shows that of the replies. 6S per
cent were for Woodrow Wilson. the
ether 32 per cent being scattered be,
tween the republicans, progressives,
/ pTOhibitiOnists and socialists"
! Scrgeant-at-Arms John l. Martin was
busily engaged in directing the man
moving heavy desk in the democratic
national headquarters today, when for,
mer Governor David r Francis of Mis-.
souri, tapped Colonel Martin on the
shoulder and said: John, we can beat
those fellows moving a desk" "NC
doubt about it, governor" replied Co
-D'4Ni .'AtAA I'LL anu giving ne proper
hitch known to all expert handlers
OF heavy boxes or packages, the ven
cradle sergeant-ata arms and former
millionaire governor of Missouri car
ried the desk across the room.
Il first met John Martin in 1863,
explained Mr. Francis. John was z
shipping clerk i'll the store adioinine
that OF my uncle, c. p. Rowland of st
Louis. | had just graduated from
school and my uncle gave me a posi-
ton in his store. was made the shin
ping clerk and we used to helm LOAD
the drays and John. here. showed N,
how TO lift a big box by giving it tht
proper balance. And. speaking O
proper balancing went on Mr.. Fran
els, let me tell my friends that tn,
American public is not going 10 be of
It's balance this fall Roosevelt is do
ing all he can to keep the business an,
Laboring world balancing around OF
one foot but / cannot see. nor can
find, the slightest indication but wba
the great masses are standing 70
Wilson and Marshall"
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There is nothing abnormal in the Ar
pearance Of Elmore W. Hurst Of Roc
island. He is tall broad-shouldereC
, dlgnihed appearing man; waving era
halr, gray mustache. and a twiukIin
. blue eye, but Mr.. Hurst is somevba
! Of an oddly in the legal and polit
cal world, not only Illinois, but N
west.
He was the Illinois delegation choic
for vice president at Baltimore. but h
did not want the position He wa
the choice Of the majority Of the den
D.. ocrats Of Illinois for democratic go,
. ernoT, but he declined with thank
: and he has been offered political hol
ors for the past score Of years. an
never accepted but one, and that va
when he went 10 the Illinois legisli
Z ture at the request OF Congressma
4 Ben 3. Gable, who Incidentally. N
4 Hurst discovered and fathered.
4 Mr.. Hurst has the reputation {
s not alone being the intimate frier
= Of the leading democrats of the cou
q try. but has the unique distinctio
4 Of persuading many Of the promiueI