The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-01
BEN, HARPER NOMINATED AND
He WON'T HAVE TIL
They give Henry Dart Majority and
then Go Back on Himl ia
THEY FINALLY TAKE A LITTLE GINGER
POP AND 90 HOME DIsGuSTED,
without Knowing whether they have
| Candidate or not
Many Republican Delegates wanted
Bailey Davenport. -alfi

Bailey Davenport. .... -s''i
Mr.. Grants Office holders and their re-
tainers met in the court house Saturday
evening to try and find man who wanted
the doubtful honor of being their candi
date for mayor. Their committee man,
Lawyer Olsen, who called the meeting, had
forgotten to make any application to the
sheriff for the house or to make any ar
rangements for warming or lighting it.
A few persons were gathered around a
cold stove. The position was chilling.
Lawyer Olsen didn't see why the sheriff
hadn't volunteered to act as their commit
tee and janitor both. Several chilly re-
marksiwere made. with chattering teeth
Finally Lawyer Olsen, the chairman of the
committee, wondered who would build a
fire. County Clerk Cook and one of his
employees Dob Reid, ExWhisky Inspec-
tori volunteered, and the few present then
organized by making Whisky Inspector
David Halves chairman, and Post Master
, VIM. Jackson secretary. XIII.
Whisky Inspector Halves delivered q
feeling Grafton on the ability Of Ex-Sherifi
: Payne and Ex-Deputy Sheriff Wilson, as
> court house janitors. @ sa
Coroner Knox and City Attorney Gest
,, were appointed a committee on credentials,
, and City Attorney Gest read the list az
4 printed in THE ARGUS Friday evening.
! On motion of Ex- Circuit Clerk Hodges
I they commenced a search for candidate
for mayor. with City Marshal HAYES and
q First ballot-Henry Dart l6, james
!. Charley Hansgen |. Henry Carse l. N,
choice. Mr.. Kelly said he didn't want te
4 run. &C.,
y Second ballot-Kelly %. Harper 81
Dart 5, David Halves /, C4rse L. NJ
chuice.
- Quite hubbub was here raised by thu
= discovery that 50 votes had been cast
- while the full delegation, if all were pre-
sent, amounted to only 48.-but as IRE
peating" and ballot box stufing," ant
that sort of thing is not uncommon anon,
sc Republicans, no means were taken to pre-
p, vent its repetition. There was then goo(
R. deal of excited caucussing about candidates
10 quite number expressing the opinion
~ that they would only kill off any man the
put up this year. But the Office holdin
d and office seeking BURNERS were clamor
a. Gus for candidate and they proceeded t
Mt the
- Third ballot-Harper 26, Carse Is, Oar
~ 2, Halves 2, L. E. Parmenter /. Harpe
nominated by majority. The number q
ed votes cast was 49-a fraud of one -sti
N. Harper had majority.
- Whisky Inspector Halves withdrew as
'o candidate -
City Attorney Gest announced that
n had just heard that Bailey Davenport ha
no been nominated at Turner Hall, whert
upon the office bummers were seized wit
rs gripping pains and treml ling limbs. The,
zee was good deal of clamoring among the MOI
he decent men to nominate Bailey Daveupor
and 90 home. Mr.. Hodges said Bale
made good mayor and gave general sati
~ faction Col Burgh said Mr.. Davenp,
'er couldn't be defeated this year-he was tt
he man the people wanted and it was was
ck of time and money to try to beat him. NJ
., chael Koch, Chris Wagner, J Parker an
others expressed similar opinions, but ii
lat ward BURNERS rallied, and with ghast
Id grin the City Attorney moved to procee
to another ballot-why, nobody could te
as Harper had clear majority. A div
no sion of the house was called for and u ba
lot ordered.
Fourth ballot. Harper Is, Carse %, Da
II. Harper nominated again by majorit
ers There was the same fraud again-49 vot
-one vote too many, The traudulen two
:, was probably cast by some opponent
~ Harper, but even if it had not been cast f
'e' him, he had clear majorit without it.
Still they are not happy. There was mo
oo' clamor for Bailey Davenport. Some
* the First ward delegates were clamero
=. for Carse. Some OF the delegates insist,
* that if Carse run he ought to resign
.l alderman, and if he got beat for mayor
On would leave him out in the cold. and Il
~ Democrats might elect man in his plac
-. The office bummers had their own wa
io' however. and decided to ballot again
more formally.
: Fifth ballot. - Harper "a, Carse 10, L.
W. !. An honest vote and Harper nominal,
- by 20 majority.
- 1t was hard job to find committee
go and see Mr.. Harper,-lt was a job n
M body coveted for nobody believed he wou
take the position. Gest was appoint,
but got excused. Major Curtis ditto.
Finally they sent Post Master Jackso
Alderman Bailey, and Elk Candidate t
rms Alderman Kinsky to find Mr.. Harper al
a. see what he thought about it.
They returned with the biggest kind
.ou flea in tteir official ear and mourniu
related that Mr.. Harper would have no
T of it.
nd .Strth ballot. Dart %, Carse 10, w.
Butler f. Dart was nominated by u
jority. And still they were not happy
nm. They voted to do it some more
Seuenth ballot. Dart "a, Carse "a.