Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-12
SULLIVAN MEETS
SHERMAN ATTACK
Democratic Candidate Answers
Senator's Criticism of the
Administration.

DeKslb. Ill. Aug. 12.-Senator Law
renee Y. Sherman and Roger c. Sulli-
van staged a political duel yesterday
afternoon before 10000 persons gath
cred at the annual picnic. of the North
ern Illinois Milk Producers at Belvi-
dere. 1t was the first meeting of the
two senatorial rivals since the begin
ming of the campaign.
The argument was over the policies
OF Woodrow Wilson and the democrat
ic administration. There wasn't pre-
cisely a recurrence OF the Lincoln
Douglas debates and there was no
cross questioning nor had the combat
been staged as such.
Senator Sherman had finished a
thorough lambasting of the national
and the state democracy and was
speaking of the immediate need of the
United States TO keep the international
peace and to take advantage of the
world opportunities offered by the Eur
opean war, when the Sullivan cohorts
came.
Roger c. was arriving in his home
town. A band and 80 automobiles had
escorted him through the city OF his
birth and led him directly into the fair
grounds arena, where Senator Sher-
man was in the middle of his address
Former Congressman Charles E.
Fuller, who is a candidate for reelec-
ton, with a fight on his hands, as
chairman of the day stopped the sena-
tor long enough TO permit the Sullivan
party TO S-,ach the stand.
Mr.. Sullivan stopped, looked, and
listened while Senator Sherman told |
the crowd that the Wilson admins
tration had been a miserable failure |
so far as the tariff is concerned and |
that its foreign policy had not helped |
national affairs much until the Euro
pean combat arose at politically psy-
Geological moment.
Then il was Rogers turn. Without
a look at the senator he started into
action. He said that Wilson's admin
istration had been the best ever, ard
that it made him proud to think that
he is a democrat and a member of
the same party with President Wilson.
He hadn't heard most of Senator Sher-
mans speech. but he went the route
and backed up the president on any
and all points.
He said that he didn't want TO talk
politics under the circumstances, but
that he felt it necessary. When he
said that the great need of the hour
s for mental honesty among politi-
clans rather than a forced honesty OF
rational finance and business. the
icores OF candidates and politicians
rom all over the state thought per
laps he had started something which
would bring a rebuttal from Senator
sherman.
Senator Sherman kept his peace, ]
Iowever, when Mr.. Sullivan had con- 7
Iuded. Roger walked across the plat
orm, Senator Sherman leaped up. J
hey passed the compliments Of the @
eason and had a whispered CONVEX
alton for a couple OF minutes. and O
he incident was closed. S
The other speakers were Charles w.
-an OF Chicago. candidate for clerk \
Z the supreme court: former Congress 4
nan Fuller. and A. G. Kennedy of De
laIb. who many OF the well posted re-
ublican politicians believe, will de- a
Eat Mr.. Fuller in the republican pri- !,
laries. Ii
After the oratory Senator Sherman
lid that he had come TO the meeting
y invitation and not by any pre- >,
arrangement which included a joint
ebate with Mr.. Sullivan.
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