The evening Argus., 1868-05-12
A RADICAL BEAR GARDEN.
WIG Is ANDY CRAWFORD!

On Friday of last week, the radical dele |
gates from the counties of Rock Island, Hen
ry. aud Bureau met at Geneseo, to nominate
q candidate for state senator, for prosecuting
attorney, and for member of the board to
eaualize state taxes. The result was, two
davs bitter contest, a good deal of hard swear
ing, a large quantity of poor whiskey and
villainous cigars used up, and the usual rad
ical frauds in voting. Henry county got all
the Offices. During the first day and even
ing they balloted 100 times, for senator, with
the following result: Edwards, of Bureau,
IL, Wait, of Henry, IL, Webster, of Rock
Island, 9. On Saturday morning they ballot
ed 35 times, with about the same result,
when it was agreed to drop all the candi-
dates and try new ones. The result Of the
l36th ballot was as follows; Paddock, of
Bureau, IL, Truesdale, of Rock Island, 3,
Crawford, of Geneseo. 6, John Il. Howe, of
Kewanee, 5, s. T. Hume, of Geneseo, l, and
E. c. Moderwell, of Geneseo, l. II ran on
in about that way until the 147th ballot,
when the Bureau and Henry county people
undertook nice little game of fraud. the re-
suit Of the ballot being for Edwards Is,
Crawford Is, Howe l. Here was the name
of Edwards secretly brought back, contrary
to agreement, and fraudulent votes cast
for him, giving him a majority of 2. This
discovery produced intense excitement and
any amount of cursing, threats to bolt, break
~, OF Ia ct
stored by an agreement to expunge that bal
lot, and begin again. Balloting then went
on, TO the 150th ballot, when Andrew Craw
ford, of Geneseo, had II votes and was de
clared nominated as the radical candidate
for senator for the 2lst senatorial district.
Holmes O. Sleight,of Cambridge, was ther
nominated for board of equalization. And,
in the judicial convention, C. c. Wilson, o.
Kewanee, present incumbent, was nomina
ted for prosecuting attorney. On the frs
ballot, the vote was for E. Ii. Johnston, o
Port Byron, for C. c. Wilson, Of Kewanee
for G. C. Alden, of Asuwan. Second bal
lot, Wilson IA, and nominated.
1t will thus be seen that Henry count!
gets all three of the candidates, and Rocl
Island and Bureau nothing.
Webster was beaten because members o
his own party, from this town and Moline
went up to Geneseo, in squads, and worked
like beavers against him, telling the dele
gates from Bureau and Henry that he wa
not the choice of the republicans of thi
county that he go. his delegates and IL
structions by trick, and that if they lBu
reau and Henry would stick out and neve
90 over to Webster, they could beat him an
get their man. These emmissaries were tn
old puritan, Maine-law set, In Moline, an
the Spencer & Robinson toadies in Roc
Island 1t is not our funeral.
Who is Andy Crawford the nominee
he is from the east, and is about 30 to
years old. About l3 years ago he came I
Geneseo, poor man, with no family, a ID
borer, and worked as such building fenc
for the railroad company. The winter 70
lowing he worked for his board, for Woo
bury Taylor, in eieneseo, who kept a kttl
doggery, selling groceries, ale, &c. &C., Al
dy drawing the ale by the glass for the Gu
toners. After that he was, for a time, cler
for Hoyt g. Avery, of this city. From he
he went back to Geneseo, and got in as
clerk in old Bakers dry goods store, al
afterwards married Baxter's daughter. Ba
ter failed, and Crawford and Solon Kend,
opened small store. When the Meeriman