The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-15

*-lndependent Dem. independent
Rep.
Up to the present there have been, we
believe, no conventions called to nominate
candidates for congress, but in the several
districts candidates are mentioned as fol-
lows;
First District-No reports.
Second District-C. H. Harrison, dem.
Third District-L. Brentano, rep.
Fourth District-John f. Farnsworth,
dem.
Fifth District-H. D. Burchard, rep
Sixth District-Thos. j. Henderson,
rep, Chas. Durham, dem.
Seventh District-Mr Hayes will, it is
said, be candidate for denomination, and
James Goodspeed, postmaster at Joliet;
ex-senator o. A. Marshall, of Will; 6. d.
A. Parks and L. B. Croker, of Mendoza,
are likely to be:republican candidates w.
A, Steele, Of Joliet, is probable demo
cratic candidate.
Eight District-G. L. Fort, it is said.
has declined a denomination, and it does
not yet appear who will be the republican
candidates in this district. Hon. Thomas
NJ. Shaw. of Lacon, is spoken of as dem
ocratic candidate.
Ninth District = r. H. l.. Whiting, Thos.
S. Boyd, 4, Emery, Julius S, Starr; J. H.
Lewis, of Knox; and Nj. A Fuller, of
Stark, are said to be aspirants for the re
publican nomination. Hon. W. T. Dow
dali, of the Peoria Democrat and n. f.
Worthington, are likely democratic cand;-
dates.
Tenth District-No reports.
Eleventh District-R. NJ. Knapp, dem,
Twelfth District-Wm. NJ. Springer, so
TAR, has no competitor for the democratic
nomination. The republicans and nationals
will probably unite on Judge Whitlock, of
Morgan.
Thirteenth District-Thomas,F. Upton,
rep; +. A. Stevenson, dem. d, CSmith,
OF Pekin, is also an aspirant to the republi.
can nomination.
Fourteenth District. G.. Cannon will
probably be a candidate for reelection
and it is reported that Maldon Jones, oi
Douglas, is an aspirant for the democratic
nomination. The greenbackers will, it j:
said, have candidate in this district.
Fifteenth District-Hou r. n, Bishop
Of Edgar, and Hon. Ed. Harlan, of Cum.
berland, are candidates for the democratic
nomination in this district. The republi.
cans will IN this district kunite with the
nationals.
Sixteenth Dstrict-Judge Fouke, O
Fayette; S. L. Bryan, of Marion; Johl
Westcott, of Clay G. D. Holes, of Bond
and Amos Watts, of Washington, ar,
spoken of as democratic candidates. Mr.
Spark will probably be a candidate for re
nomination.
I, Seventeenth DISTRIBUTION. VIM. r
Morrison will be the democratic candidate
Eighteenth District-Iti is reported lhG
Hon. VIM. HartzelI will not be candidat
for re election. Hon. w. J. Allen, @
Jackson NJ. c. Crawford, Col. r. r
Towns, L. b. B, Watkins, ". D. Duff
and W. A. Lemma, are spoken of as dem
ocratic candidates G. n. Hughes, csshie
4 Of the First National Bank at Cairo, an
Hon. John G. Willis, of Metropolis, ar
spoken of as republican candidates.
) Nineteenth District-B. w. Townshen
} will almost certainly be nominated by tn
democrats.
THE LEGISLATURE,
10 each of the 81 senatorial districts tn
, people will elect three representatives, an
IN each of the odd numb ered districts, a
3 /, 5, D, and so on, a state senator is to b
f elected for four years. The districts
names and politics of the twenty-five sen
ators who hold over, are as follows:
District