Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-26
HEAR OF TURKEY Offer TO SURRENDER
Sees State Voters
Support of Wilson
and Lewis Certain

East st. Louis, ILL.,, Oct. 26.-
From assembled representatives of
ell the countries of southern Illi-
nois here tonight Senator James
Hamilton Lewis, making a hand
shaking campaign for reelection,
received the assurance that Illinois,
despite party lines, would give war
time support to President Wilson
Nov s.
In a conference at the limo ho-
tel downstate leaders. headed by
Charles BoeSchenStein of Edwards
Vile, Democratic national commit
teeman, and Fred J. Kern, Belle
vile, showed actual canvass re-
turns pointing irrefutably to the
upset OF downstate Republican
party machines.
president Wilson's appeal for
wartime congress of his own polit-
ical faith, just what has invariably
been given Republican wartime
presidents. has removed the last
vestige of the Republican polite
ians' claims of exclusive rights to
the votes Of loyal Illinoisans," said
Mr.. Kern in that conference.
Republican politicians concern
ed chiefly with jobs that come with
control of public offices, have been
rushing frantically over the state
with the clamor that the best way to
support the president in the con-
duct of this war is to elect the Re
Publicans. Now, President Wilson
has had word on that.
Even before, there has been an
III n
lican voters to lend their support
by ballots to the president
The reelection Of Senator Lewis
is practically certain. Illinois will
turn a deaf ear to the whining of
job-hunting politicians and vote for
Lewis with the president" he said
Wholly aside from the support
ing-the-president issue, which will
of itself determine the Illinois SEN
atorial election and send Senator
Lewis back to President Wilson's
side, the rank and file of the voters
of the state are leaning toward the
Democratic party" stated National
Committeeman Boeschenstein.
Railroad workers who have seen
the blessings of government oper-
alton produced during the Wilson
administration and workers in gen
eral, particularly the miners, all
enjoying a brand of prosperity new
er before known, are with PreSl-
dent Wilson to a man
Farmers, grateful to the Dem
ocratic administration for the farm
loan act and countless other meas
ures instituted in their behalf, nat
uraIly are looking upon the party
more and more fayorabfy.. bfy.'-''''1--'s-s-''''E
add to all this Senator Lewis
accomplishments as Illinois repre-
sentative and his reelection, de-
spite the boasted Republican
strength in the state, is compare
lively easy he added.
Delegations from Granite City,
Waterloo, Belleville and Edwards
Vile participated in the Lewis re.
The senator left late last night
for Danville and is expected to re-
turn to Chicago some time Sunday
prepared to spend the nnal week OF
the campaign in Cook county.
II have been very much encour-
aged by the reception | have been
given in the course of this down.
state tour" the senator told inter
viewers 'On every hand l have
received assurances of eXtraordin
ary support from the ranks of Re
publican voters.
LAS I have said before, election
OF a Democratic congress at this
time is nothing more than what the
country owes President Wilson.
I'm the Spanish-American war
and it was practically over at that
time-demands for Republican
congress back of President McKin-
lev were made and met in practi-
cally all the so-called Democratic
states" he added.