The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-20
WHERE THE PETITIONS TO ABANDON
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION Or
IGINATED.


Who Signed Them.
The petitions calling an election for the
purpose of trying to break down township
organization originated in the county
clerks Office. There are but two OF them,
and they are both in the hand writing of
Quincy Mcneil, formerly circuit clerk and
now an employee in the county clerk Of
fee The signers are mostly from Moline
and Milan, and are nearly all leading Re-
publicans. The names of some 10 or Is,
perhaps 20, may be found who are not Re-
publicans but the thing originated with
them and was managed by them. Quincy
Mcneil, one of the old court house ring
and now one of its employees, writes the
petitions and circulates them. The name
of Geo. D. Gould, the present circuit clerk
will be found among them-also j. w.
Morey, late chairman of their county com
mittee NJ. c. Follett, formerly an en-
ployee in the county clerk office and now
city marshal in Moline; c. W. Lobdell,
Moline alderman and supervisor, late can
didate for the nomination for county Judge,
and prospective candidate for state sena-
tor; J. T. Browning, city attorney in Mo
line; B. F. Tilhnghast, editor of the Mo
line Reciew, a Guyer clique organ VIM.
G. Morris, the Moline editor of the Rock Isl
and Union; j. NJ Christy late Moline super
visor; j. s. Keator, Moline alder
man; A. NJ. Gould, late county survey
or; c. O. Mason, C. H. Deere and many
others--all managers in the central county
ring; also r. B. Olmsted, late candidate
for school commissioner D. j. Cleland,
brother of the Republican candidate for
county treasurer A. J. Cook, brother of
the Republican candidate for county clerk
Samuel Hammond city marshal and con-
stable in Milan; L. j. Anderson, late Re
publican supervisor aud many others well
known as Republican political wire pullers.
The clique has succeeded In persuading a
few Democrats TO sign in order to help
take the cuss off, but it is a move of the
Republican central clique to do away with
township organization, in order that they
can get up county commissioners ring so
that they can manage to destroy all the
township offices and increase the power
and pay of the county officers. Here are
the petitions. The people will scrutinize
( them for themselves:
/ To James NJ Beardsley Clerk Of the County Court
( OF Rock Island county:
The undersigned, legal voters of the
county of Rock Island, respectfully ask
you to cause to be submitted
to the voters of said county,
at the November election, to be
held in said county on the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November 1873, the
question OF Township Organization, that
the voters of said county may vote to
abandon said organization: j. w. Morey,
George P. Perry, Nell c. Follett, H. j.
Tobias, J. 5. Smith, B. Gordon, S. W.
Wheelock, j. b Magill, f. H. Gleason,
James Mackenzie Z. W. Lobdell Ed q.
Nourse, j. .. Anthony, FL. NJ Bartholo-
NEW, FL. Harwood, c. H. Deere, r. B.
Throop, W. E. Stevens,J. G. Wells, Geo.
d. Gould, John ". Go0d,J. G. Salisbury,
G. 0. Mason, J. T. Browning, r. G. Boyd,
A NJ Guild. H. n Taylor, J s. keator,
B. f. Tillinghast ?. L. Mckinnie, W. 7.
Ball, j. W. Atkinson, Geo. L. Atkinson,
II. j. Hull, J. P Soderstrum, C. b. Head,
Geo. H. Huntoon Vim. r. More, HI. III.
Grover, Ivory Lord, G. w Walker, NJ
Stoughton, C. c. Waters, T. D. Wheelock,
G. T. Workman, VIM g. Morris, G. f.
Hemenway, D. A. Corbin, Lewis Gunnell
VIM. s. Thomas, C. F. Grantz, j. NJ
'Christy.-52
To James NJ. Beardsley, CLERK of County Cour,
Rock Island county:
The undersigned, legal voters of said
county, respectfully ask you to cause to be
submitted the question of Township Or.
ganization, that the voters may vote fol
the abandonment thereof. at the coming
election to be held in November, 1873
James Dickson, ". Fl. Smith. John Dick
son, Calvin Git, Samuel Hammond, A J
Cook, Nath. Peck, G. H. Honens, G. VI
Dickson, Frank Weaver, f. n. Young, K
B. Olmsted, \. C. Martin, L. J Anderson
9 Fl. W. Haislep, Jacob Adams, D. J. Gle
land, p j. Heverling, D. Pinkley, VIM
Faris, VIM. Young, John c. Adams, Jas
, Johnston, Joseph Meehan, j. CJohnston
, Adrian Palmer, Gideon Haskitt, James X
, Dickson, VIM A + Ruge, Peter G. Err
rett, James j. Carroll, Thomas Keane
b VIM. Goldsmith, Pat Finnell. G. W Nc
Michael, Stephen A Webster, s. G. Kerr
Thomas Brown, Wan Madill, Thomas Kerr
John 5. Mcconnell, Alexander Coutts
+ Thomas Latin, \ NJ Frysinger, D. Christy
Edmund f. Lewis, Thos. j. Madill, Jr.
ID. f. Moore, Ezra Mckins:ry-50.