Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-08
MOOSERS, REFUSE
To ENDORSE HULL
Everybody In Three Cornered Political
State Fight Trying 10 Put it
Over On Other Fellow.
HAVE THEIR FINGERS CROSSED
progressives Take Slam at Deneen
Candidate for Governorship for
Bending to Women.

Chicago, July S.-Failure OF the
progressive state committee to indorse
Senator Hull for governor yesterday
again made the republican three-ring
factional circus look like a bunch OF
clown actors
At the same time the Deneen and
Brundage committeeman, who are
fighting to grab off the states attor-
ney this fall, spilled the beans" about
every hour until at nightfall they were
chasing around in a circle, watching
one another and sending out another
flying squadron of disguised plain
clothes sleuths to watch the first
crowd send out to watch the princi-
pals. All had their fingers crossed.
Most of their conversation over the
telephone with one another was
double cross affair.
They finally decided TO call a meet
ing of the county committee for next
Monday noon when they will try to
force Thompson to give way on the
states attorneyship or force him to
hold a county convention next Tues
day with a minority vote of the COM
mittee in attendance.
Everybody was trying to put some
thing over on the other fellow and not
get caught at it and most all the lead
ers were trying to hand out policy
story to the poor newspaper slaves.
It got so disgusting late in the day
that even the schemers themselves be-
gan to feel that they were making
themselves ridiculous and as result
most of the press agent dope went in
to the waste basket.
Two Pieces of News.
There were two pieces of political
news, however, that seemed to be on
the square. One was the statement of
Harold l.. Ickes, Illinois progressive
chairman, of the reasons for failure to
indorse Hull, and the other was Hull's
reply to Antionette Funk, the pro-
gressive leader, who opposed his in
dOrsement for governor.
Mr.. Hull went farther than the oppo-
sition had anticipated and made a fiat
footed announcement for a constitu-
tional amendment. given women the
full suffrage in Illinois. Even this,
however is not entirely satisfactory to
some women leaders as it means a
referendum in which only the men
can vote, and it held highly improb-
able that the statewide vote of the
men would let the bars down to full
suffrage.
Mr.. Hu'rs statement follows:
Antionette Funk. The facts are that
! did not vote for the suffrage bill Of
1913. neither did l oppose it, Woman's
suffrage was with me a moot question
a the time that bill was passed, as |
stated to the house, and for that
reason | did not vote at all. l believe |
it has ceased to be a moot question. I
Half suffrage is an absurdity. and n /
constitutional amendment giving wOm- /
en- full rights of suffrage should be !
submitted to the voters.
In September, 1914, l received i !
letter from Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout /
state president of the Illinois Equal .
Suffrage association, asking my posi-
ton on the suffrage question, to which /
answered that | was willing as .
member of the state senate to vote for |
a resolution for constitutional |
amendment granting full suffrage to ,
women, and received in reply a letter
from Mrs. Trout as follows:
Your letter received. and I am .
pleased with the attitude that you take /
on the suffrage question.
II do not believe in attacking those |
who disagree with us, and the black
listing method has been voted down 7
by our state association. We do not
want to do destructive but constructive
work."
Why Moose Oppose Hull.
Mr. Ickes explained why the pro-
gressives failed to indorse Hull in this
statement:
1t was the unanimous sentiment of
the executive committee that progress
sives generally look with disfavor up
on the assumption by any republican
faction of the right to select a candi-
date for governor without consulta-
ton and then expect others TO support
that candidate.
1T was apparent also that while
there is little sentiment in the state
for Colonel Lowden there is also