Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08

the bull moose party has its headquar-
tiers. There were shouts and songs
for Roosevelt. A Wisconsin delegate, /
who manifested symptoms of having
had prolonged conversation with the
bartender, raised his voice in tones
that could have been heard two blocks ,
Why the hell don't you boiler for
Henry Ford? You're instructed for
him. he said. you are correct at that
neighbor," retorted another Mich
gander. The latter announced that he
was C.'P. Root of Monroe, Mich. Just
then he was extended the hand of Gus
A. Shallberg of Moline. The two grad
uated as members of the same class at
Ann Arbor university IA years ago. 1t
was their first meeting since they
parted as classmates. Root said he had
built up lucrative law practice at
Monroe. Shallberg admitted that he
had done fairly well in the same pro-
fession in Moline
Are you married." Shallberg in
quired.
Very much" Root answered. I'm
the father of three fine girls"
You've got nothing on me-" said the
Moline attorney. Il have three fine
sons
We'll, guess we had better hold a
class reunion suggested Root.
Root asked if he could account for
the large primary vote that Henry
Ford received in Michigan His IS Il
day wage policy in his factories
helped him among the laboring classes
Then William Alden Smith is not as
popular as people on the outside mag
inc. And the farmers also supported
| Ford"
why should the farmers go to
him."
The only answer that can be made
to that question is that the farmers,
the majority of whom own fiivvers,
feel that they got such good bargain
that they really owed Ford more than
they paid him and they seized the first
opportunity to even up matters
TAXIS REAP A HARVEST.
1t rained steadily through Tuesday
and Wednesday here. 1t was just
about impossible to go anywhere i'll the
city without summoning taxi. Car
owners reaped harvest. The major
ity of the thousands who piled into the
! Coliseum rode from their hotels in
cabs. The charge was about so cents
a passenger from many of the loop
hotels. Four was the average num-
| Der carried on a trip. 1t took no more
| than ten minutes to drive from the
| Congress hotel to the convention hall.
You can figure it out for yourself.
THE FAIRBANKS CHILL.
| An expression commonly heard
when knot of visitors meet I'd is,
Let's go over to Fairbanks head
| quarters and get chill" It's not said
IN an ugly spirit. however. 1t is said
Fairbanks enjoys the joke as much as
| DO his friends. And his intimates de-
| clare there is no warrant for his be-
Ing classed as an icy proposition. They
| claim his hand shake is Just as warm
as the next mans. Fairbanks Is not
in Chicago, but his three sons are here
| They spend most Of their time at his
quarters. They are likable chaps, and
are proud Of their father. They are
very hospitable in their reception to
I visitors and are making many friends
for their candidate.
CONFUSION AT COLISEUM.
On entering the Coliseum one can
appreciate the enormous amount of
| work that must have been put in by
those who made the building ready for
handling OF the republican convention.
Desplte that every preparation had
been made apparently to seat dele
gates and visitors with as little con-
fusion as possible, somebody missed
MS cue 1t had to do with the organ
ization of the doorkeepers and guards
about the tremendous building When
the visitor entered the coupon was
torn from his seat ticket He wan
! dered about inside, being sent to one
section by one officer and then shot
IN some other direction by another
officer until eventually he discovered
he was moving about in a circle, get
ting no nearer his destination than
| when he started out. Hundreds were
directed through an alley at the rear
of the Coliseum to get to floor sections
called for by their tickets But when
! they reached the entrances they had