The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-04
DOWNSTATE TO
GO TO DEMOS;
RAINEYlEADER
Illinois Dissatisfied With Party
Promises, He Says; 6. o. p. =
Laughs at Claims.
Washington News Bureau.
Rock Island Argus.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 4.-On
the eve of firing the opening gun
in his primary campaign in the
goth Illinois district, Henry T.
Rainey, Carrollton, the only down
state Democrat in the last con-
gress, who was defeated in 1920
after Is years in the house, gave
out a statement here today outlin-
i ing the issues in the approaching
congressional fight in Illinois, from
the Democratic view point.
Illinois Republican members in
the house laughed at Raineys pre-
diction that "only the interposition
of Providence can prevent an over
wheIming Republican defeat in No
vember."
! They received his statement,
however. with evident interest, G.
garding it as indicative Of the lines
along which the Democrats will
carry out their campaign in the
| down-state districts in an effort to
| dethrone administration congress
men.
Rainey passed through Washing
ton enroute to fill several lecture
engagements in New England and
| Virginia Within 10 days, he an
nounced, he will return to Carroll
ton, to open his campaign for the
Democratic nomination for con-
gress. He is opposed by A. T
Lucas, Chandlerville, former state
attorney of Cass county, and by l.
A. Wittner, for several years con-
nected with the alien property Gus
todian's Office in Washington, and
| ex-service man.
Rainey conferred here this week
with FINS J. Garrett, acting minor
ity leader Of the house and other
Democrats of national prominen 3e
His statement was accepted in
Washington as Keynote" for the
Democratic campaign in Illinois.
While down-state Illinois is rep
resented in the house entirely by
: Republicans at present, that al
! ignment will be broken by the
1922 congressional elections,
Rainey declared.
Il have made a careful canvass
Of the down-state sections and am
convinced that Republican con-
gresham can not be reelected in
either Of the Goth or 23rd districts
represented respectively by Guy l.
! Shaw. Beardstown, and Edwin B
Brooks, Newton. The Withdrawal
OF Representative Loren E. Wheel
er. Springfield, in the 21st district
| is also significant, and 1 believe
that Democrat stands more than
an even chance Of election in thai
district. Several other down-state
districts are likely to return Demo
! cratic to the next house.
! The general dissatisfaction that
exists today in the down-state coun-
/ ties of Illinois arises from the fail
ure of the administration to keep
any of the premises, express or
/ implied, upon which it was placed
/ in power in 1920.
Attacks Conferences.
Three conferences have recent
IL been held in Washington, a con.
ference for the unemployed, the
agricultural conference and a man
Afacturers' conference Each .oi
these conferences adopted resoiu-
| tons, which / am advised were pre-
pared in Washington weeks in adj
vance, endorsing a high tariff, the
arms conference, and a reduction in
freight rates.
THE tariff duties carried in the
F'ordney bill, based on the scheme
! for American valuation, constitute
an economic crime. The American
valuation plan is unscientific and
! merely a cloak for tariff duties sc
exorbitnat that the trainers of the
bill do not dare set them down In
| black and white The arms con-
| ference has resulted merely in IN
agreement to SCRAP absolute yes.
sells, and proposed alliance be-
/ tween the United States and tho