Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-16
WOMEN IN FIGHT
over PUTERBAUGH
Peorians Assail Mrs. MediI
Mccormick for Assailing
Candidate.
LIVELY ROW IN MEETING
Other Bench Nominees Aids Denounce
Suffrage Issue of the
Progressives.

Peoria, Ill., Oct. 16.-Mrs Medill Nc
Cormick of Chicago encountered op-
position from prominent Peoria women
when she addressed meet
ing in the interest of the candidacy of
Arthur H. Shay of Streator, progress
sive nominee for justice of the SUI
preme court at next Mondays special
election
Mrs. George T. Page, a candidate
for state regent of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. and Mrs. Harry
NJ. Pindell. wife of the Peoria editor
who is slated to be United States min.
lister to Russia, interrupted Mrs. Nc
Cormick to take her to task for her
criticisms of Leslie D. Puterbaugh,
republican judicial nominee.
The Interruptions caused a lively
row and served to stir up much re-
sentiment in Peoria over the progress
sive attacks upon Mr.. Pu,erbaugh,
who is the only resident of this city
in the three cornered fight for the
fifth distric. seat on the supreme
bench.
Both Mr.. Puterbaugh and Charles
c. Craig Of Galesburg, the democratic
nominee, made speeches in Peoria
last night. Both held aloof from the
woman suffrage issue injected into the
campaign by the progressives. Other
speakers at both the republican and
democratic meetings held it to be
manifestly improper for a judicial
candidate to commit himself in ad-
vance as to his ruling On the consti-
tutionality of the suffrage law.
STATE OFFICERS AID CRAIG.
Secretary of State Harry Woods
and State Treasurer William Ryan, Jr..
spoke al meetings with Mr.. Craig last
night. The democratic state admin,
istration is exerting its utmost in
fluence to cleo. the Galesburg man.
Il firmly believe that Mr. Craig will
be elected said Mr.. Woods following
last nights meeting. Il do not see
how the prospects could be brighter
The democra -ic leaders were in con,
ference late last night. 1t was under.
stood that plans were made for man,
ming the polls on election day The
democrats are understood TO be well
supplied with campaign funds Ft>
thermore state patronage is said to be
available for use in adding to Mr.
Craig's strength.
The Peoria newspapers are bitter III
their denunciation of the attacks Of
progressive women upon Mr.. Puter
baugh. who for % years has served
uron the bench in this circuit.
The Peoria Star says tina. Mrs
Mccormick, with the insolence of 1
member of the privileged class, laugh
ed in Mrs. Pages face and with true
| womans indirectness wriggled out o.
the matter by declaring she had sale
nothing against the judges character
whatever, having only attacked hi
| judicial record
About so women gathered at the Y
NJ. C: A. building to hear Mrs. McCor
| mick. Hugh Weston, secretary of TIL
progressive organization, introduced
the speaker. Mrs. Mccormick declar
| ed that Judge Puterbaugh never ha;
| decided one case in the interest o
Humanity during his long service OIL
the bench. She said that during hi
service on the appellate bench he hat
reversed numerous cases in the inter
es: of corporations.
MRS. PAGE To DEFENSE.
LIrs. Page jumped to her feet. Sh
declared that Mr. Puterbaugh's recort
as a man and a citizen was not onl
| longer than that of Mr.. Shay, but O
superior quality. Mrs. Page asserte
that the meeting had been arrange,
under false pretenses. Mrs. McCoI
mick replied that the records shower
Mr.. Puterbaugh's decisions had bee
against humanity.
Mrs. Pindell then took up the Gus
gel for Mr.. Puterbaugh. Although
democrat, Mrs. Pindell's husband /
supporting the republican candidat
because of his belief in nOnpartisa
| judicial elections.
Mrs. Pindell asked If Mrs McCo
mick would publish a record of tn
Puterbaugh decisions and the legs
reasons therefor. Mrs. McCormic
replied that she could look up the re
ords for herself
Mrs. Page declared that she woul
willingly sacrifice her chances of ele
ton as state regent Of the d. A. /
rather than have permitted Mrs NJ
Cormick's statements TO go uncha
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