The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-07

ing has been growing in strength, and bids
fair to manifest itself, as one prominent
republican expressed it yesterday in "a
kick before the convention; a kick at the
convention and kick after the conyen-
ton"
THE ''KICKERs'
constitute large number of prominent re-
publicans in this city, while Moline is just
alive with them. The Rock Island men
who are dissatisfied with the call are in
favor of a fair fight in the convention, and
dislike to see any scheme put through that
has the appearance of forcing the convens
ton to nominate one of few candidates
simply because other aspirants cannot
mend their fences IN time to enter the
fight They claim that the committee was
not properly organized, as w. A. johnson,
the chairman, is not legal voter of Hi
nois, and consequently has no voice in po-
vention was never held at so early a date
in the past, and they can see no good rea-
son why second convention should be
held at a later date, if there was not "a
hold that all the business has heretofore
been transacted at one convention, and no
good grounds exist why that should not
be the case the present year.
THE MOLINE MEN
are disguised because they think there was
an effort made at the meeting of the CEN
trail committee to assist the Rock Island
candidates for sheriff and treasurer, and to
defeat Morris and Reid, aspirants for those
positions. The Moline men say that the
Rock Island candidates have been out
working for the respective nominations
for months, while the Moline candidates
have just announced themselves Under
these circumstances, they claim that it is
unfair to call an early convention as it
would give few candidates the advantage
over all competitors.
They also think that the proceedings of
the meeting of the central committee were
not in accordance with 'sHoyle," as the
chairman was not entitlhd to that position,
and should have withdrawn, as he has
sufferer from bleeding Kansas
A REPUBLICAN
who has given the political matters of the
city and county considerable attention in
the past, said yesterday that 1t certainly
had the appearance of being in somebody's
favor He did not know who would be
benefited but he thought that it was an
agreement on the part of a few to shut off
all new candidates and force the delegates
to choose from limited number of names
He said that W. A johnson, who acted
sas last year with the intention of making
that his future home. He returned last
November, and consequently had no right
to vote, and was not entitled to exercise
the pelicical rights as chairman of coun-
ty central committee. He stated that there
were but two members of the central com
mittee present, and this fact, on the
face of it, looked as though there
was an intention to rush through
a cut and dried programme. He said
that ''They might force things now, but
if the convention don't reassert it's right,
and nominate good men, then
THE DEMOCRATS
will have no reason to complain
He said that he thought there was I.
ring trying to manipulate matters, and
dictate to the party what candidate it
should nominate for county offices. He
for one was tired of it, and if the conven-
ton was conducted ON the same plan, he
knew there would be the largest bolt ever
known in this county He said he had no
particular favorite for any of the places.
He only wanted good men, but if the
party was to be monopolized by few
men, to the exclusion of all the voters. he
thought it was about time to make known
the fact that it could not be accomplished.
SEVERAL CANDIDATES
were interviewed yesterday, and they all
expressed themselves as favorable to late
convention.