The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-18
The Republican County
Convention
WHAT A COMMERCIAL PARTY
ACCOMPLISHED!
Parmenter, Harson, Perkins &
VermiIlion is the Truck
and Dicker Ticket
NO OUTSIDERS NEED APPLY
oNEIL, WISER AND MoREY
SLAUGHTERED AND IRA
DED OFF
NO OUTSIDERS NEED APPLY
This is the Second Time they have
Slaughtered Wiser.
A Club Thrown at Beveridge.

A Club Thrown at Beveridge.
The great bear dance, the Radical
jangle, the office seekers love-feast, the
court house rats banquet, the sap-suckers
scramble, commonly called the Republican
county convention for the nomination OF
sheriff, circuit clerk, states attorney and
an undertaken took place at the court
house to-day. There had been fight all
oyer the county to fix up delegations
The contest seemed to be between Wiser
and Harson for clerk, Morey, Perkins and
Brown for sheriff, with now and then
slight mention of Charley HAYES. Some
of the delegations arrived yesterday so as
to be on hand in time to speculate. At
noon to-day the balance Of the delega-
tons came in and were Immediately taken
in hand by the friends of the different
candidates. They swarmed around the
Rock Island House, and after dinner
snesked about into corners to trade and
sell out opposing candidates, The country
delegates were all mad-eross is not ex-
pressive of their feelings-and they seem
ed to feel the degradation of their position in
the market, and as representatives of a
party whose leaders are fast finding their
proper places-in the states prisons.
Previous to calling the convention to or
der it looked as though Morey and Per-
I-yp oh nVyf an oh
| being willing to trade on the other nomina-
tons. Wiser being named by Guyer, the
ring master of the party. felt confident of
weary look lodged about recounting his
services to the party and how admirably
he and the lady assistant had managed
the Office for the present incumbent, and
how the nomination belonged to him by
virtue of Radical apprenticeship or Sarnacle
inheritance.
THE BALL OPENS.
At 2 o'clock, Mr.. +. G. Starr
called the convention to order and
nominated Ring Master S. S. Guy
er, for chairman, but before he could
put the motion some rural fellow nomin
ated Capt John A. Jordan. Mr.. Starr
however, put the nomination of Guyer and
got only too Uotes The ringmaster tool
back seat and Jordon was then nomlu
ated by one-third vote. The Moline
delegation wanted Capt Bennett. bat
wisely subsidized.
Mr.. Hirsch, of Moline, was then nom
mated secre tary. That gentleman Justify
declined; the chair, however, was determ
ined to put the motion but couldn't gel
anyone to vote for it, Mr. j. w. Simon
son, OF Port Byron, was then nominated
and though he persistently declined, TIL
chair put the motion and MIR. Simonson wa
obliged to serve, being too modest to d
otherwise.
On motion the. chair appointed com
mittee on credentials consisting of S.
Guyer, j. NJ. Gould, and W. C. Pearsol
thus giving the discomforted aspiraEt 70
, chairman the first place on the COMMITTEES
. an honor! he greedily grasped.
An attempt was then made to appoint
committee on permanent organization i
e order to GUST Capt. Jordan, but it wa
q thrught best to wait for the report of til
committee on credentials to see who wa
entitled to vote
The committee on credentials were
S long time IN making up their report, an
Q during this time the various delegation
o were being trained by their leaders and IT
hearsing the votes they were expected {
y cast. The house gradually filled up wit
II spectators who were as anxious to see tn
e trick mules operate as they would be (
;. see Beecher trial or crooked whisk
case. At last the
COMMITTEE REPORTED
az follows:
e RocI; Islaad-L NJ Haverstick, Thoms
h Murdoch, Alvin Hull, tRobert Chamberli
& in place off Lynde, Phil Mitchell, j
% Lanfranz in place of Brown, S S Guye
e l. ' Eckhart, Harry Carse, Williar
d Atkinson iu place of Case. William
e WEIGH, james Johnston, John B Cargil
y Thomas Campbell, VIM Gray, Morr
o Rosenfeld, " Ii Truesdale,C r Reynold
VIM j Prattl in place Of Woods, J
al Reynolds, j NJ Beardsley, Chas H2nsge
d John Rimers in place Of Comet, Hem
e Kroger.
~ Mlan-R B Olmstead, B J Cleland,
= NJ Coon, Alex Brown, A McLain, e Arr
III strong
y. Andazusid-L Parmenter, r Wells.
3 II Heelev.
=. Coal TaIy-R Thompson, I Jacob
= Thomas Logan, j Ii Ransom.
III RurdI-,J A Wilson, A Jordan.
he BoUting-Jo ohm Montgomery, J B NJ
ut Council, 0 B Hazen, VIM Miller.
. Edgington VIM B Bruner, VIM
;, Hubbard, j. S. Parks.
III Drmy-Wm II Womacks. S r Drur
m W M Lenigg, A Butman,J NJ Garlic.
Buffalo Prdirie-Wm Drury, FL Ziegle
w G + Cassell.
oo Zuma-L W Beal, S Wainwright,
% Reiter.
IS Moltne-J NJ Gould. W G Bennett, A
ed Timm. L Pinkham, L L Grant,, N Ell
sted, j NJ Christy, G III Deere, S Hirsc
~ B Magill, E A Peterson, j S KeatC
'e- Henry Kohler, G Herbst, II A Barnar
ng T o Mason, W r More, w FL bunker.
e. o Sleight, Fl A Ainsworth Freem
at Neemiaan, A Shallberg, L L Kerns.
u, CordoUa--H W Rathbun, ON VIII
- ford, } K Glasscock L Abbott.
Port Byron w Simonson, Dav
ut Hobart, Wilson Fleming
= Hdmpt0H-H y Norton, S S Cromptc
its Dan Mcneil, III Wadsworth, Peter N
49, Entoch. NJ G Mills.
''' Coe-M Nicholson, Vim Pearsall, Geor
lat Allen. A T Holister.
un Canoe Creek-N j Hubbard, Jam
,r Camp.
70 The report was accepted and adopt
~ A motion was made to appoint a co
nR mlttee on permanent organization. I
rural fellows moved an amendment Il
DIS the temporary organization be made p
\ manent Carried.
=" The chair then attempted to appoint
committee on permanent organization,
70 was cut short by Mr. Ainsworth, of \