Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-15

Can the 100000 progressives be
stampeded by the old guard, is the
question which the democrats are
looking for the country to answer. AS
these prOgTessiyes who started out to
fight the invisible government rea-
lie that they have been hoodwinked
by the invisible government they
may furnish the necessary answer in
manner that will surprise the pow
ers that have undertaken TO use them.
One Of the most active democratic
campaign workers in other years was
JOsephus Daniels, now secretary Of the
navy. who is one Of the most dis
tinguished party leaders present In
the last national campaign, and the
one Immediately proceeding it, he was
chairman Of the democratic national
press bureau, and did wonderful work
Along the sidelines Of this convention
there is no one more often consulted
that the South Carolina editor, who is
now a member of President Wilson's
official family. UnCOnsciOusly, of
course, Colonel Roosevelt paid great
compliment TO Secretary Daniels when
he came out recently for industrial
preparedness, "a step he overlooked in
the seven years he was president, and
yet it was taken by Secretary Daniels
q year ago On July 10, 1915, Thomas
A, Edison accepted Secretary Daniels
invitation to become chairman of the
naval consulting board. When the
board was organized it appointed Il
subcommittee on production, Organi-
cation, manufactures and STANDARDIZED
ton, and this subcommittee, with the
aid of about thirty thousand engineers,
whose help was solicited by President
Wilson'S personal appeal, is now COM
| pleting an inventory of American in
dustry. This inventory is designed,
| first, to tell us what we have; second,
| to determine what we have not, and
| third, to ascertain the best way to
produce what we need. The work Of
! the subcommittee is rapidly nearing
! completion. The naval appropriation
/ bill carries $1,O00,00O toward a lab
oratory for the board.
! Victor Murdock's satirical reference
to the republican nominees as tribute
| to the arctic CIRCLE" said New York
| delegate, us apt to go down into his
tory, for over in my state the republi-
| can spellbinders-tO-be are going into
their moth proof closets and bringing
/ forth their OverCOats, OvershOeS and
mittens, preparatory to meeting the
| emergencies of the campaign
As far as the progressives in Mis-
| souri, are concerned" said delegate
/ from the convention state, they are
] viewing the republican overtures with
keen remembrance of the well known
proposal made by the spider and the
fly
| Remember Dick Kinsella. of the old
Three-Eye league baseball days? Well,
Dick is for the instant politician in
| stead of a baseball scout, but he is
! still at the gate. He is assistant door
| keeper at this convention. kinsella
formerly lived at Springfield, but now
| claims New York and St Louis both
AS his home. Graduated from minor
| league baseball. he has beaten the
| brushes for some years after major
| league material. He has landed lot
of "hopes" which New York and Pitts
l burgh profited. At the present time he
is with the New York Americans, but
the present week will find him with
no time for anything but politics.
Rock Island county is well repre-
sented officially at the convention
with c. B. Marshall as a delegate NJ,
]. McEniry as assistant sergeant-at-
arms, and T. A. Pender being on hand
as the presidential elector from the
| Fourteenth district, while II. L. Wheel
an is one of the door tenders. Rock
Island is also represented by William
McEniry, NJ. W. Battles and ". I.
| Hartz