The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29

correspondent, today announced his
fesiznstion, effective MONDAY.
nansons successor as secretary
20 senator Mccormick Is Ciinord
hiorr1son, who has been assistant
secretary for several years.
IL was announced here late t,ss
week that Hanson has been named
Washington representative Of TIE
american Newspaper Publishers
association and ne will remain eft
lne capital to act in that capacity.
manson came to Washington
more tnan a decade ago from Peo-
ria, where he began his newspaper
career on the Peoria Journal, and
Tor seven years was in the Wash
ington bureau OF the Chicago Trib-
une- During the campaign of 1920
ne was at Marion on the personal
stan OF President Harding and last
year was recommended by Secre-
tary of the Treasury Mellon for ap-
pofntment as director of the budget
but withdrew when President Hard
ing indicated that General Dawes
OF Chicago was his personal choice
for the place.
The break between Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty and Major W. o.
watts, which resulted this week in
the latter's dismissal from the de-
partment of justice caused a furry
among the Illinois members of the
house
Representative johnson, Republi-
can, South Dakota, to whom Major
Watts furnished the data bearing on
war fraud cases which caused his
dismissal, stated on the foor of the
mouse that he and Representative
william j. Graham, Aledo, had
recommended the appointment OF
Watts. Representative Graham was
chairman OF the committee on ex-
penditures in the war department,
TO which Major Watts furnished in
formation relating to the harness
cases and other alleged frauds
which Chairman Graham recon-
mended for prosecution by the gov
eminent.
Representative Loren E Wheeler,
Springfield, took charge as floor
leader on the day set aside this
week for consideration of bills re-
lating to the District of Columbia
The Illiroisan is ranking mem
Der of the District of Columbia
committee of the house and was
charged with the task of putting
through the house an important bill
governing the chartering of banks
in the district. A number Of other
bills of local application were
passed under the direction of Rep
resentative Wheeler
Representative Edward J. King,
Galesburg, won a two years fight
here this week when the house
passed resolution authorizing the
erection of the Flannery statue of
Abraham Lincoln on its original
site in front OF the Washington
court house. from which it was re-
moved several years ago.
The statue was erected soon after
the Civil war by popular subscrip-
ton. and was the first memorial to
the martyred president raised in
this country. Generals Grant and
Logan, President johnson and 9th
er dignitaries of the time attended
the unwilling ceremonies. a few
years ago 1t was attacked by art
critics of the capital and was re-
moved on the order of local Off.
Gals. Resolutions were introduced
in the house asking that the statue
be sent to Springfield, Moline, Dan
vile and other western cities, but
Representative King pressed his
resolution to reerect the monument
on its old site and with the back
ing of G. A. R. posts in Illinois and
elsewhere, the measure was adopt
ed. Upon passage by the senate,
the resolution will compel the local
authorities to replace the statue
where it stood for half a century.
No important roll calls in house
or senate this week.