The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-11

supporters OF Mayor Thomp-
son in the Republican state
convention at Springfield yes.
terday was Pat Cary Of Rock
Island. The Rock Island coun.
delegation had been counted
upon to stand solid for Cover.
nor LOwden all the way.
Springfield, ILL.,, May 11.-Satis-
faction over the result of the Illi-
nois state Republican convention
was expressed today by Secretary
of State Louis l.. EmmersOn. cam
paign manager for Governor Frank
o. Lowden. Secretary Emmerson
states that by the refusal of the
convention yesterday to accept
Mayor William Hale Thompson s
plank of principles, the Chicago
executive was "decisively defeat
ed"
Demos Satisfied.
Democratic leaders were also
we'll satisfied today with yester-
days harmonious session of their
state convention. The disposal of
the wet" plank in the resolutions
committee without a fight on the
convention floor closed the only
possibility of friction between the
delegates.
Secretary Emmerson has made
public the following statement re-
garding the Republican conven-
ton:
"One Of the greatest conventions
in the history OF the state has just
ended. In attendance and interest
manifested in its two sessions it
will long be remembered.
Governors Judgment.
Governor Lowden and his
friends felt that the state platform
should not be adopted until after
the primary next September, when
the Republican candidates for state
Offices should all have been nom
mated. This would give all the
Republican nominees an opportun-
ity to have voice in making the
platform on which they would run
at the November election. Mayor
Thompson and his friends wanted
their platform adopted now In the
test that came Mayor Thimpson's S
platform was decisively defeated.
Banned Personalities.
Throughout the contest Cover
nor LOwden insisted that there
should be no personalities. After
it was over recognizing the princi-
pie of representation, he urged the
selection of Mayor Thompson and
Corporation Counsel Samuel Ettle-
son as two Of the 10 delegates-at-
large"
In after-convention discussions
of the political situation in the
state, the name of Lawrence Y.
Sherman was mentioned among the
leaders as a possible candidate for
national committeeman from Illi-
nois to succeed Mayor Thompson.
Adjourn Until September.
by United Press.)
Springfield, ILL.,. May 1.-THE Re-
publican and Democratic state con-
ventions today stand adjourned
until II o'clock, noon, Sept. 21,
| next.
When the two bodies reconvene
they will draft party platforms and
nominate trustees to the Univer-
| sity of Illinois.
Yesterdays Republican gather
ing demonstrated beyond the shad
! ow of doubt that Governor Frank
| o. Lowden reigns supreme as the
leader of the Illinois G. o. P.
From the platform at the state
convention Lowden speakers told
Mayor Thompson what the state
| executive intended doing to the
mayor Of Chicago and then pro-
ceeded to make good their prom
| ises. 1t was as neat and clean-cut
a lacing as any Lowden leader
hoped for. Thompson and Samuel
Ettleson, the Chicago mayors cor
| poration counsel. were given places
on the Illinois delegation-at-large
to the national convention.
Demos Harmonious.
| Not a ripple Of dissension mark
| ed the sessions of the Democrats
Even the women. who we're limited
to four alternate delegates at
large, were Modified when an
nouncement was made that several
of the male delegates would find
it inconvenient to attend the San
Francisco convention, thus opening
the way for women delegates.