The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-04
Wins ReDub Votes.

just TO De able TO help thelrTeSpeC-
tive causes.
Wins Repub Votes.
There were about $4,000 to $1,000
votes cast in the Democratic pri-
mary of which O'Connor received
about 5000. He will get practical
ly all the remaining Democratic
votes. He will also fall heir to
four or five thousand votes cast in
the Republican primary for Orms-
by McHarg by. those voters who
don't care to vote either for Nc
Cumber or Frazier.
There's no telling what the Nc
Cumber supporters will do. For a
while it seemed as if they would
prevail upon Mr.. McCumber to run
as an independent and thus help
Frazier but the plan fell through.
The truth is, the foes of the Nom
Partisan league are making con-
siderable Roadway. They were sue
eessful in forcing Governor Frazier
out of Office by recall election
two years ago and they have man
aged to align Democrats and Re-
publicans in the common cause.
Fight NOn-Partisans.
For example, it was agreed sew
eral months ago between the Dem,
ocrats and the organization which
represents the old line Republicans
that after the primaries they would
get together and agree to vote
against all Non-Partisan league
candidates who had been success
full in the primaries. Thus, this
year, the regular Republicans won
the primary fight and R. A. Nestos
will receive the support of the
Democrats whose candidate is max
ing no campaign at all. The Non
Partisan league is running " lillian
Len.pke for governor as an indie
pendent and it can readily be seen
what would happen if the Demo-
Gratis fought the regular Republi-
cans. incidentally, Lempke is un-
der indictment in connection with
his conduct while attorney general
from which Office he was recalled
He is making a race for viudica.
ton.
"Careful Scratching Needed.
The North Dakota voters will
have to do some careful scratch.
ing. therefore, to express their
choices and there will be very few
straight tickets voted. For instance
under the Republican column one
finds Mr.. Nestos, foe of the Non.
Partisan league, and further down
the same column are the Non-Par.
tisan candidates who were success.
full in Republican primaries, The
Democratic column, on the other
hand, contains a candidate for gov.
ernor whom most Democrats have
agreed to forget about SO as te
help the conservatives on the Re.
publican side. And besides all this
there's still a third column where.
in the Non-Partisan league mer
have placed candidates for those
Office in which they lost in the Re,
publican primaries.
What is O'Connor.
| What would Mr.. O'Connor be /,
elected to the United States sen.
ate in this overwhelmingly Repub.
lican state. He says he will MOI
oppose protective tariff duties OF
farm products, he will join tn,
farm bloc at once, he stands Will
| President Harding on the bonus
that is, he believes in it but tina,
some suitable provision must b.
first made to pay the bill. What
ever else he votes for or agains
doesn't matter much right now, foI
the regular Republicans woult
rather have O'Connor in the senate
as Democrat from North Dakots
than to send Frazier there ane
/ give new impetus to the Non-Par
.tisan league movement.