The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-18
t;on taken. by the call of towns, SO votes

in the whole convention, so necessary for
a choice The vote stood, E. Z. Parmenter
81 votes, Chas. w. O'Neil IL votes. Mr..
Parmenter was, on motion, declared the
candidate. Tally one for the ring.
The convention, by motion, proceeded to
an informal ballot for circuit clerk. here
came the tug of war,-ex-revenue once
VS.. barnacle, This was contest to decide
the inheritance-a time onored precept
among court house rats; revered
custom of Republicanism in Rock Island
county.
The tellers counted and re counted. 1t
wouldn't come out right They were two
votes short and then there was search to
find who had not voted All was still,
inside, while Jupiter was laundering out
side and rushing the rain in at the wind
ows. but zone of the Moline delegation go
near enough to get wet. The tellers
counted and counted, and it would not pan
out. Wiser and Harson were tie, 81
votes each.
Another count and the committee re-
ported Harsou SO votes, Wiser 81, +. Ii.
Bowman %, Maroni Wheeler |.
MIR. Wheeler withdrew and the conven-
ton proceeded to formal ballot with the
following result. Harson 81, Wiser 81,
Bowman 81. Six Moline votes went over to
Bowman; four who were entitled to vote
did not do so. There was talk of trade
between Harson and Bowman, that the
latter should go over to Harson if on the
next vote it became evident Bowman could
not be nominated, on the promise that
Harson give Bowman the deputyship.
THE SECOND BALLOT.
resulted as follows: Harson 40, Wiser 33
Bowman %.
THIRD BALLOT
stood as follows: Harson SO. Wiser, 33
Bowman 81. Total SO votes.
!, The was the first time the whole con
vention had voted aud showed the relative
strength of candidates. Wiser friends
here feared the Moline delegation woulC
90 over to Bowman so as to secure all o
t Bowman's votes for Morey for sheriff, the,
having discovered that Perkins had thu
upper end of the county solid. The chai
called for the
FOURTH BALLOT.
which resulted: Harson 40, Wiser SO
Bowman Is.
Bowman evidently thought the origina
scheme the best, the berth of deputy be
ing safer than trusting to Moline. Harsol
tripped about the room actually smiling
his first attempt in three weeks. 1t bega
to look as though the barnacles were ahead
The
FIFTH BALLOT
settled the question, half of the Molin
, delegation went over to Harson in orde
f to secure his votes for Morey for sheriff
| while Bowman's votes all took jump fo
! Harson at once, settling the question c
' deputy for Bowman. The vote stood Han
son 70, Wiser %. Harson was declare
| the nominee. Tally two for the barn:
v clesl None but court house rats, tail c
e no tail, need apply.
BALLOT FOR SHERIFF.
The convention went into nomination f
r sheriff, and here came the test Of tt
d trades made on the clerk. The Perkil
: party, who had quietly played their han
d to help Harson, expected to be aided
l. return. The informal ballot stood: Pc
:, kins 81, Morey 81, Halves 20, Brown l
d Siivis l.
k The chair ordered the convention to pr
/ pare their ballots for a
e FORMAL BALLOT.
Which, SuONSu duUI
: the Brown and Halves me
= aud was as follows: Perkins 46, More
:, 81, Halves IL, Brown II. There was ju
), one more chance for Morey. The cha
=. ordered
1, SECOND BALLOT,
lie which showed that Halves was willing
as be deputy sheriff. so the ballot stoot
10 Perkins 81, Morey 81, Brown Is, Halves
Perkins was declared the nominee.
q The convention then, by acclamatio
?. nominated Il. H. Vermillion for coroner.
Il, Their standing candidate, C. B. Kno
VI never even being mentioned. But it
g all the same, this Vermillion we believe
one of Knox wOrkmen, has been at lea
a and so it will be the same old Knox jur
III and Knox undertaking, just as thou
as Knox had rnn himself instead of runn
DC on. of his old employees.
as The convention, by motion, appointed
committee Of one from each township
q select delegates to the state conventic
ID Each town named its own member of t
ns committee. as follows: Cordova O.
e. Whitford; Canoe Creek, n. J. Ilubbal
TO Coe, B. I, HOLSTER; Yuma, S. Wa
tn wright; Port Byron, J. w. Simonso
ne Hampton, Daniel McNeal; Moline, j.
TO Could Rock Island, Thos. Murdol
KY Black Hawk, H. NJ. Coon; Coal Vale
Rob't, Lee; Rural,J. d. Wilson; Bowlir
VIM. Miller; Andalusia, L. Parmente
Edgington, VIM. Bruner; Buffalo Prair
as VIM. Drury; Drury, W. III, Womacks.
lin Here long discussion was had on t
G propriety of selecting delegates to the CT
pr. gressional convention.
-. The comfy committen uern coDSult
G and decided that it would not be proper
III, take action upon the question by t
ris present convention and i: was so decid,
Is Col. Beal moved a committee Of E
Nj be appointed to select county commit
an, After several amendments, it was
nv cided to let the committee already /;
pointed select county committee.
H The committee appointed to select de
M gates TO the state convention reported
follows: r. Wells, W. L. Sweeney. Tn
B Murdoch, Wesley Hanna, J. NJ. Gould,
b. Armstrong, w. c, Bennett.
1s, S. S.Guyer offered resolution instru
ing the committee to vote for Culom
Ridgeway. After considerable wrang
lc- it was apparent that all the convent
wanted to do was to instruct against B
A erldge, the present governor They wa
ed to do it easy and finally did it, leav
~, the delegates uninstructed except W
positive commands not to vote for Bey
er, idge.
Major Bearisley made powerful spe,
, j in defence of Beveridge, and against
cowardly an attack upon him fo7 the ey
Jug else of the pardoniDg power on the peti,
Inn of the very men who were h
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