The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-02
Let the Eagle Scream and Pro
claim the Fact that Rock
Island has been Re-
deemed.
A Gain of Two Aldermen the
Entire Township Ticket
Elected but an Assis-
tant Supervisor and
the Collector.

1eSLcIudy WAS Inc ISL vi ApLll, anu IL
was also election day 1t was a great
day for the democrats of Rock Island, and
they april fooled" the republicans most
cunningly. 1t was queer day all around,
and the weather came in for its share of
notice 1t would first rain, and before one
was aware of it, the sun would be shining
from clear sky. Towards the close of
the day, however the atmosphere grew
decidedly cool, and at night a hard rain
and snow storm prevailed. The bad
weather did not appear to dampen the
spirits of the politicians, however, and
both sides worked with vim all day. As
the returns commenced to come in at
night it was evident at once tina
TRIUMPHANT VICTORY
had been ;hievcd by the democrats
throughout the city. In the First ward
John Lafrcnz battled against the combined
strength of the republicans and nationals,
and came out of the fray with one major,
ity. which John says is as good as 100.
The ARGUS put great faith in Lafrenz, and
he has proven himself hard man to
beat
John Volk made noble race in the
Second ward, where he was also pitted
against republican national candidate.
The odds were 100 large against him,
however and he was defeated by only
eight votes. With little extra effort he
could have been elected.
J. H. ladders, the democratic candidate
for alderman in the Third ward had .
walk away, and came to the front with 90
majority.
There was hot contest in the
Fourth ward, between NJ NJ
Briggs, on the democratic side,
side. and George Bailey, on the repnbli
can. 1t was hardly thought possible that
Briggs would overcome the republican
majority, but he did. nevertheless, and
won the race with ~ votes to spare. In
consequence of his grand victory, Alder
man Briggs is very happy today.
In the Fifth ward there was three
cOrnered fight, of which James Cavanaugh
was successful. August Huesing, the
democrat. made a gallant fight, and came
out a good second, with Frank Knox in
the rear. With only two candidates in
this ward, Huesing would have been
elected with handsome majority. as it
was he made better run than any dem
ocrat has in the Fifth ward fOl many
years.
VIM. Edwards. the republican candi-
didate in the Sixth ward was elected over
Brennan, by IA majority, Briggs got one
vote in this ward, which showed that he
has friends outside of the Fourth ward
In the Seventh ward, W. F. Schroeder,
republican candidate, had &c majority
over James Larkin. On strictly legiti
mate vote the Seventh ward is democratic,
but Augustana College dumps in about
seventy republican votes at each election,
great many of which are illegal
Although the democrats Jared exceed
ingly well with THEN aldermanc ticket,
they covered themselves all over with
glory on the township ticket. John As
ter, for supervisor, ran like race horse,
and showed in" Whitman with ease.
The assistant supervisors also polled
large vote. and were successful, with the
exception of August Herkert, who was
only few votes behind Geo. Schneider,
who had the largest number of votes on
the republican side. John Barge, the
democratic candidate for assessor, came
to the front with the largest majority of
any man voted for, beating his opponent
468 votes. Fred Krcll defeated Louis
Ohlweiler for the colectorship by 1902
majority. Following are the complete
returns in tabulated form: