The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

Six e the F orty-Eisht

20 INC EUIty-Hi6ut III announcer NV
besides being Z hard worker a.
enthusiast He will be . er.ss i
help to them in attracting femjni.s
votes. Not altogether because y
was one Of the first men in ~
east to come out In support a.
woman suffrage.
Charles H. Ingersoll is anoth.. !
interesting Forty Fighter. He ~.
the poor farmar boy who conceives
the idea that Everybody ouehf i.
have . watch. and has now m,s.
this convenient possession possihls
to the most poverty-stricken by ~
manufacture Of cheap timepiecss
He used to be . Bryan Democ,s,
and he IL still a single tax M
porter. Personally he is q simni..
NkAble man, who retains his sim'
plicity In spite Of his great wealth
He 10 . chunky and absent-mind.S
human who Is more than likely a
appear ct . formal banquet II
baGgy business suit. His habit y
rising early caused much dismsv
among the other Forty-Eiehtsr.
who were often aroused from TIER
slumbers ut a. m. to lend him .
safety razor. Mr.. Ingersoll, in hia
excitement, forgot to bring "a
safety to the convention, and h,A
to borrow one from the Pullman
car porter on the way here IN
order to present q pleasing counts.
nance to Chicago. The most r..
markable thing about this remark. \
able man. however, is that althoueh
he operates six factories durins
these troublous times he has never
had any labor disturbances amonr
his men.
Another we'll known Forty Eight
er is Amos Pinchot, a wealthy and
liberal-minded lawyer. Mr.. Pinchot
supported Roosevelt in 1912, and
like Hopkins, was much dissp-
pointed when Roosevelt failed Tia
Progressives in 1916. He also BE-.
came q Democrat, and in due tina
a disappointed Wilson man. He Il
another lean and lank and long IN
dividual Of much nervous energy.
and unusual culture and charm,
An interesting thing about the.
Committee Of Forty-Eight is that
about half OF its members are WON
en-, and women Of widely different
types. There is Mrs. Ina P. VIII
liams OF Yakima, Washington, for
instance. Mrs. Williams was an
active supporter of woman SUI
frage in her state. She was a mem
Der Of the state legislature, and
later ran for congress. She il an
active clubwoman, is interested in
a farmers paper, and is a mem
Der OF the Women's Gard and Label
club, an organization whose mem.
bers will buy only union made
goods.
| A Woman Pony Rider.
| Mrs. Flora c. Thomas, a member
from Minneapolis, is a young wom-
an of unbounded energy. Her faith
er was an immigrant from Norway
and she was brought up in pow
erty. She taught school in Wis.
cOnsin riding 20 miles day to and
from the school house on a pony
Later she became national s6cre
tary Of the Women's Nom Partisan
league, and is now secretary of tn,
women's clubs in 10 direren
states. Although she is only q
years old she has already don,
! much to bring culture and happi
ness into the lives OF the farmers
wives in the northwest.
| An entirely different type o
Forty-Eighter is Mrs. Marie Tudo
Garland, an aristocratic and cleye
lady from Massachusetts,. Mrs
, Garland, although an elderly lady
Is a most energetic one. She wa
, In France when she heard that tn
Committee Of Fortnight ha
, been called. She immediatel
caught an aeroplane to London Il
order to make a boat to Americ
{ and be able to attend the first meet
Ing. Mrs. Garland is not worrie
about the future of our country
Being the mother of six childre
herself she has faith that the yout
OF our country can solve thei
problems. All We have to do, sh
, thinks, is to give them a part
: which really does represent tn
, people, and they will do the rest.
) Altogether the Committee {
. Forty-Efght is a very interestin
, and likable group. They may b
8 too idealistic or too few to max
q much Of q dent on reality, but the
y are emphatically not the kind {
citizens who are out to form
pink party for pale people" q