The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-16
Republican Convention
the HAPPY FAMILY MEET IN
DARTS HALL.
And Cat-Hau1 Each Other
TO the Tune Of "oh,
We'll All get Jolly
Drunk"
WHEN BOB REID GETS THE NOM
NATION.
"The Machine" has it all Their Own
Way.


sufficiently divide the democratic vote at the
forthcoming county election as to give the
republican candidates an easy victory has
brought more poor material to the surface
as candidates than one would suppose
existed in that great moral party-men
with no party standing, no character, no
Importance; who for days have been grab
bihg after the nomination with such avidity
as to disgust the better element of the party
and so sicken the delegates themselves
that half of them purposely staid away
from the convention and allowed the cat
hauling candidates to select proxies in
their place. To such an extent was this
trading, dickeling and buying up Of dele
gates carried on all the forenoon, on the
streets and 10 the saloons, that when the
convention met this afternoon it could no
more be told which candidate was ahead
than could be told which was the drunkest
Precisely at q minutes past o'clock
the stately form of Mr.. Oliver Olsen APP
peared on the platform and called the
convention TO order by the nomination of
MIR. j. G. Star of Moline as chairman. He
was elected. Then there was hunt for
/ someone to act as secretary. Walter
johnson of the Union and Levi Harson. a
Court House official, were named but
were not members Of the convention and
were excused. Geo. Solauder was then
named but declined Finally Or. Twigg
of Drury was elected This is the gentle.
. man whose bill Supervisor Kramer vetoed
o at tho last session Of the board. The bill
: was finally passed oyer the veto
and on the proceeds the Doctor
came to the convention. The
Chairman, Star, it will be remembered
has lived in Moline for some years, and i:
man of extreme republican piety. Hi!
e speech was short. In justice to Mr.. StaI
l. we will say that he can make speech.
A committee on credentials was ap
c pointed consisting of J. NJ. Beardsley
Walter Entriken, Alouzo McClsin, Henri!
Clay Trent and ". Fl Womax.
The committee doliberated for SOM
time and finally, under Maj. Beardsley'
manipulations, reported list of delegate
D and proxies favorable to Bob Reid
Before reporting, the whole convention
, was in sweat to find the Canoe Creel
- delegation and at last discovered Capt
Robinson manipulating Canoe Greek on
10 on the sidewalk. County deposits wa
what allied the Captain.
,e At three o'clock the list was prescnte
l. to the convention and accepted. and o
u motion of Major James Manipulate
+ Beardsley the delegations from each tow
III were authorized to cast the full vote of tn
town;
e. On motion of Judge Guyer the chair az
'F pointed Judge Guyer aud L. T. Hemer
way tel!ers, Mr.. nemenway declined I
-. tend the machine" The chair name
,s Henry HARDWOOD in place Of Hemenwa!
,it Harwood said ne couldn't count, but &
10 that would make no difference with tn
#. nomination, Judge Guyer being a goo
ia counter, he was not excused.
ne Judge SIS Guyer then nominated Rob
as F. Reid as candidate for treasurer, wit
do a little buncombe speech about how Rel
he was entitled to the nomination becaso h
ror was a soldier and went with Sherman
the sea" This of course being the fir
~ time that the republican party has had a
n opportunity to reward Mr., Reid with tt
tn. nomination. No other nomination W;
made and the convention proceeded t
,tv take az Informal ballot with the folowir
eli, result:
ok, Robert f. Reid ..................4
j, W. Ballard Observation-Disclosures. d.
Robert Kehler .................