Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-03
HEAD OFFICERS
!. CLAIM BIG SPLIT
IN INSURGENTS
In Statement Allege John L.
Sunbeam of Minneapolis
Is Breaking Away.
RATE QUESTION UNTOUCHED
Calls Springfield Convention Political
Meeting and Express Regret
at Action.

The following statement relative to
the rate question and the recent de-
velopments in the contest which is
now going on in the Modern Wood
men ranks, is issued today by the
head offices:
John l.. Sunbeam of Minneapolis,
Mimi, original national insurgent"
leader, has changed the name of his
publication, "Killthe-Bill," to "Insur-
gent Woodman," and a copy of the
June issue, under the latter title, has
| just been received. Its contents in
dictate that at present there, is dis
sention and strife among the leaders
| of the insurgents
SALARIES RESOLUTION KILLED.
| The 'Insurgent Woodman" most
emphatically proclaims that the dele
gates for the state of Minnesota took
no part in the Springfield convention,
and as one of the reasons for this
! action, points to the fact that a reso-
| luton, introduced by the Rev. D. T.
Robertson of Cresco, Iowa, and which
provided for so per cent cut in the
| salaries of all head officers and in
the per diem of delegates to head
camp meetings, was pocketed and
| smothered by the resolutions COM
mittee. Mr.. Sunbeam holds the view
that the refusal of the resolutions
committee and those in control of the
Springfield convention to consider
the Robertson resolution, or to permit
its adoption, have only one purpose in
mind-the hope that they may be the
successors of the present head Of
ficers, and naturally they do not want
the salaries reduced. John d. Deni-
son, Jr., Dubuque, Iowa, said to be a
candidate for director, was chairman
of the resolutions committee.
MEETING PURELY POLITICAL.
In referring to this matter, the In
surgent Woodman" says: Mime
sofa insurgents are greatly disappoint-
ed that in the Springfield convention
. there was no intelligent discussion of
the rate question, but everything was
, politics and offices, and the Spring
field convention holds out no hopes to
+ those who are interested in the
Woodman insurance, although it is
more or less inspiring to those who
, don't care about insurance but who
are very eager for office. We are
, afraid that the Springfield convention
; will fail to secure the results expected
by the candidates for office who had
the convention in charge"
DENoUNCEs INSURGENTS"
: Sunbeam denounces Peter NJ. Mac
: Arthur of Marseilles, H., editor OF
, the True Woodman," the official or
= gan of the National NJ. W. of A. fed
= Grafton, as a fakir, and says: Mac
/ Arthur was for the high rates if he
: could get his candidate elected. A
) Minneapolis in February, 1912, he wa:
for the Chicago rates at entry age
the same at Elgin in April and Spring
T field in May, but later changed. HI
has no stability, none of the qualities
. of reliable reformer. Today he ad
! Vocates one thing, tomorrow another
] but in either case only if he is pail
for it." Sunbeam charges that Mac
Arthur was opposed to the "Cleary
l Ryan combine in Illinois, until the,
agreed to name the True Woodman
as the official paper of the ''insul
gents" and Macarthur as editor of il
when "Cleary's and Ryan's faults be
+ came virtues"
;. The "Insurgent Woodman" make
an attack upon Mr.. John Scholl of Ma
quoketa, la, national treasurer of tn
: insurgents" and warns local camp
5 AMI members against sending contri
a buttons to him.
) Mr.. Sunbeam resents the attac
n made upon him by other "insurgent
i leaders, because Of the fact that he i
y advocating secession in Minnesota
t, and says: This brands the bunch b.
their own act as flipsy-floppeTs, trim
i mers and knaves, for their idol and lii
= tie god, J. G. Johnson of Kansas, is
k postgraduate in secession wreckage
: He was chairman of the Kansas sc
S ceders who refused to help fight tn
h Chicago rates. He organized an OF
e der of seceders that never had thu
t confidence of the people and that i
now hopelessly in debt. By the las
reports we have, it owed $4,000 of boz
rowed money that it used for tn
Johnson men to organize with"
CALL ANOTHER CONVENTION.
\ Mr. Sunbeam warns the member
= against the machine that had contro
, OF the Springfield, Ill, convention, AM
says that another convention vii
likely be called, and, If SO, at will no
q be a political job mill with rhetori
that means nothing for a platform, blu
it will be business from the word e
and will be a winner. The Cleary
Ryan-corey-O'Connell crowd will ge
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