The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-14

unless the platform 6ee,s-
the gold standard. 4
leaders were confeir,ns -
when . newspaper en-, =.
imperfect account Of n.
telegram was scatter,s
hall. In . moment ~ 4.
bedlam. Champ Clark
man and he proved esss, 3
emergency. The geatIs... !.
Texas moves that the ~.
stand adjourned until i
night" he screamed. srs
vor Of the motion GAY ans
was not an aye. "Thoss 9.
say no." There was 4 ~!
noes like the thunder a ~
The ayes have 1t and q.
ton stands adjourned!- ~
bitrary and unfair, perhs.
was the only thing that -
Q riot.
The convention soon fbs,a
Judge Parker had only ~
his own position In fam 3
gold standard and that Il M,
should be unsatisfactory 4 ~
jority Of the conyentias =
thorized William F. Shee2,. .
cline the nomination IN M =,
Peace was patched up amu,
leaders and it was agreed Il
. telegram to Judge Parhsr =,
that the convention did M ~
the money question az an ~
the campaign. and that In Il )
did not preclude his takilr \
nomination on the platform ~
adopted.
Mr.. Bryan led the fisht ~
sending the Williams telerrss|
Judge Parker. He rose from /,
bed, eluded his nurse and Az
In the convention In the vee ?
hours Of the morning. His /
was husky and his face vss n
but he fought to the last h :
voted down, as he had beal
every test in the whole convss
But the thunders Of applause q
the galleries which greetei
every utterance, the fact thal
one but Bryan could get . m
full hearing. and the muttefhpl
the men who feared to speak &
all showed that Bryan M I
beloved by the rank and Ale q
party. d
Denocrats Fell Fiat
Never was / campaign sud
complete failure as the Demou
canvass of 1904. Yet the resuA,
q time seemed to be in doubt
many newspapers supported a
er and there was such q l
Roosevelt outcry from the 4
conservatives that the issue 4
ed to be. very doubtful. III
the end Of the campaign, how
the Roosevelt enthusiasm rsat
white heat and the Parker fol-
ing grew colder and colder.
Judge Parker at the, very I
Of the canvass took up the cha
which were being made agains
Republicans and newspaper
embodied them in a speech y
created a great sensation.
charged that George B. Cortsl
a. secretary Of commerce ant
boz. had obtained possession 0
formation concerning the con
Of great business concerns;
that the same Cortelyou, Is c
man OF the national Repub
committee, was using this !
nation to extort money fron
big business men to use q
, campaign.
To that charge President \
welt replied in one of the mo-
markable political utterances
delivered. He said it was
to begin with, and he warms
to the subject as he went
| Mr.. Rocsevelt's reply was
against the wishes and in sp
the appeals OF nearly every .
the Republican leaders. f&
Judge Parker was unable 10
back with the absolute pro
his assertions the Roosevel
NAL sent the whole country
with enthusiasm and the +
hopes died dead.
| The result was an overwne
victory for Roosevelt. VINO
elected by the greatest %
majority ever given to any
dent. His plurality was owe
land a half millions. more I'M
total vote for Lincoln in lSM
Kin!ey. four years before, "a
! ceived a popular plurality OF
$4,000. Roosevelt received :,
100, 900 more votes than M .a,.
yet his plurality was milo
a half greater. Judge PARK
ceived a little over flve L
votes, a falling off OF over =.
lion and a quarter from TIT
cast for Bryan in 1900. the :
lists made great gains. polll
half million votes. The tola
cast in the whole country was
Ily half a million less than ~
All of which gees to prov, !
nobody can tell what Will =
in a presidential campaign
after It has already happens