The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-01

H. u. 0cCaskr1n. REPUBLICAN
eaadidats for reelection to the I'm
~ general assembly. does not~en-
1eess the campaign that The Argus
~ been waging against oficially
1eetscted prostitution, bootlegging
- gambling. He attacked The Az
re IT Republican rally held in
~ Strand theatre, In East Moline,
~ night. In that speech he charg-
4 The Argus 10 responsible for all
Z the recent trouble In Rock Is
md" The Argus today requested
II. McCaskrin to furnish 1t with
complete report Of his remarks.
IT II took him some time to recall
vhst be really had said at the
meeting. When he had collected
liz thoughts he furnished the fol-
lowing typewriter copy, admitting
that It was only part OF his utter
snces before the audience in the
strand theatre. the text OF which
The Argus takes great pleasure in
printing:
There has been, considerable
publicity in the newspapers about
. vice ring In Rock Island. The
federal grand jury met a. Peoria
and considered all of the vice ring
evidence in Rock Island county, ana
did not indict in any OF the so.call-
ed vice cases. The grand Jury in
Rock Island county, has been In
session since Sept. Is. Clarence 8.
Trevor Of Moline, an expert grand
Jury man, and Democrat, and the
father OF G. A. Trevor, candidate
for probate Judge on the Democrat
ic ticket, has been the leader of
that grand jury. and there has been
no vice ring indictments returned
yet
All OF the opposition to any of
our candidates on the Republican
ticket has centered itself at the
Rock Island Argus Office. 1t is the
same old Democratic campaign
bunk that has been pulled on by
The Argus many times before for
the purpose. Of electing Democratic
candidates into ONCE, and that is
all there Is to it."
RlSley Is Heard. N
Theodore Risley OF the United
states department OF labor devoted
bis talk to the tariff. He showed a
number OF articles that had been
made In the United States and in
Europe and compared the prices
OF the domestic goods with those OF
the exports. The latter, he said.
we're being sold in the United
States at extortionate profits.
John G. Miller, candidate for
county treasurer, declared that he
is not controlled by any clique, clan
or vice crew. Il ant doing the bid
ding Of the taxpayers Of the coun-
ly,' said he. Mr.. Miller told of
some Of the accomplishments OF the
'heriff's Office during his regime,
and stated that he was paying his
deputies $4,000 more a year than
my sheriff before him. He said
hat certain crowd in Rock Island
vas trying to get in control In Rock
Island county, and this crowd, he
declared, was circulating untrue
reports about him. /
Judge Ben Farrar and George d. :
Long. nominee for county Judge, /
we're used to fill in between the de- |
parture Of Mr.. McCaskrin and the !
arrival Of Congressman Graham. ]
Both paid their respects to the Re-
publican party and gave their en-
to- the county ticket.
Economy was the theme Of Mr..
Graham's speech. He visualized the
wheels Of industry humming and
abundant prosperity throughout the
country under the Republican ad-
ministration. He pointed to the ex-
Of the Democratic party
and told how the Republican con-
yress since March 4, 1921. had saw
I'd the people Of this country many
millions a year. He condemned the
League Of Nations and told what |
would have happened had not the
Republican congress halted the
movement to have the United