The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-24

caucus had.increased to SIC sous, so j. II.
Corker;was hustled in as chairman, and j.
Z. Fleming secretary. After gazing at
each other in mournful silence, II. l..
Schill, who is always ION guard called
for ballot, 1t took about five seconds to
count the vote and J. II. Mueller was de-
clared the unanimous choice Of the con-
yention. (Heaveus, what misnomer!)
Now came the real tussle, for with so lin
tied an attendance the question was, Who
in the ID will do Cor The city conven-
tiou?' After good deal of caueasng, the
names of seven men were read whom it
was thought would have courage enough
to represent the ward, aud the conven
tjonl?) adjourned Following are the del
egates chosen:
Kugh Wadsworth e FttkencNcr
}. X. cJrker II l. Schin
" VI; Coyhe J. L1dolph
L. NJ. Sweeney
10 the Third ward about Is were pres
ent and G. B. Knox was nominated Tor al
derman. The caucus selected the following
persons as delegates to the city convention:
william ! ANS. Jackson :. g; Dart
W. Channon J. w. Stark
G. c. Carter r f Reid
Chas Hansgen w. r. Magill
In this ward the leading spirit seemed
to by Lawyer Jackson, attorney for She
straight ticket They first nominated Sam
keator for alderman and sent cid man
Chunnon a9d boy to see If be would run.
| They returned about Diue o'clock with
Sans refusal They then tried Al. Dart,
but having been TOO long IN the show bust
ness he was too cunning TO be caught. 1t
| finally occurred to some Of the older men
present that the champion Office holder"
| lived 10 the ward-a man who was-never
known to decline an eeenlU6 10 his life, how
lever Insignificant it might be-yes, they
would nominate him, he would not refuse,
not ii he knew it! The attorney for the
plaintiffs offered a resolution to the effect
that the republicans Of the ward wanted tc
vote for Reynolds. The Snowman thought
he would make it more binding on the
ward, so he offered resolution instructive
the delegates to vote for Reynolds in; thu
convention, knowing that if the convention
should do it that Reynolds would be defeat
ed. Both of these resolutions were passed
In the Fourth ward the caucus was
complete fzzle, and no nomination wa
made. After some chin-music, and SOM
hard scratching by the Seuen, they selecte,
themselves as delegates to the city con
vention:
John Reimers AT. FLEMING
| U. Nj. Whien S. W McMaster
| II, K. Woods A. Sinnet
E. IL. Anawat William Brooks
william Atkinson
A motion was made to adjourn unit
Tuesday evening and to invite all citizen
to join with them in nominating citizen
C ticket. This was in accordance with til
general talk about the ward during the pas
t two weeks, and is what should have bee
c done in all the wards.
!. In the Fifth ward the question was nc
T who to nominate, but who will make tb
i race? 1t was finally decided to nominal
y Hugh Warnock, present alderman fror
: that ward, aud take the chances on an a,
q ceptance. La other words force him |
fight. The following Dames were presen
ed to the caucus and declared the deli
gates to the city convention:
}, John v Cook James Hardin
herman rom j. W. Blasdell
;, Phil Miller w. Carmin
Il W GahagGn j. NJ Beardsley-2nd
, OF course Warnock will accept, he h;
an idea that he is the author of til;
). ditch" very much on the principle that
certain individual once thought that b
e owned and could give away all the kin,
e doms Of the earth.
The caucuses in point of Gumbers an
interest were in marked contrast with thos
" OF former years, there being absolutely Z
= interest manifested outside of iutereste
. parties, and the nominations as a who
= are weak and with good men can easily
= beaten.