The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-29
They Assemble Together i'm County
Convention to Nominate Candi.
dates, Etc.
Great Delay Over the COrdOVa Contest
ed Case---The Country Thinks
Rock Island is too Fresh.
Bowman for Circuit Clerk, Entrikin
for States Attorney, Halves
Ahead for Coroner.
PRELIMINARY.

with politicians. Inc voice OF The festive
candidate has resounded from one block
to another, while he expostulated with
the delegates, and endeavored to show
them that he was the man for the people
The delegates from the city were all fixed
before hand and those who came in from
| the country received the most attention
Although great many, if not all the del
gates were instructed for some particular
caucuses, to man up the tree, looked as
though considerable trading would be
INDUCED in when the convention com
menced business For downright Chi
canery and deceit, the republican politi-
clan takes the cake. He needs watching
There is hardly anything that he will not
resort to in order to gain his point,
At an early hour tie candidates were
setting their strikers to work and getting
ready for the days battle. Some of them
looked as though they hadn't any sleep
for week but they were none the less
active, and they flew around like peas in
hot griddle. And the delegates, whose
votes they wanted, doomed up like an
electric light in fog. No sooner had
one candidate got through with one OF
their number than he was tackled by
another ambitious soul, who would lead
him Off to some secluded spot and pour a
tale of woe into his ear that would make
his heart ache for the poor candidate
| And so it went-all the forenoon, and even
until the chairman sounded the gavel in
the convention hall There was Capt
cleveland who wished to be vindicated
from the vile SANDER heaped upon hin
during the last session of the legislature
He was having hard time of try
ing trying to convince some county dele
gates that the country would not be SAT
if he did not look after things at Spring
field. Crawford, his opponent, wake,
around with his hands behind him, AM
wearing quite disnterested ar He ex
poets to do cleveland up in the frs
round, and smiled to think how he wonl
grace the legislative chair.
And then there was the good Guyer
who has been stalking around among tn
bullrushes for 10, these mary days. II
wore a confident air that was charming
yea. verify, the very embodiment o
grandeur He looked with disdain a
Entriken, who eometh down from tn
bucolic town of Moline to lay claim Il
the States Att0rneyship. If Hill, he who
| levanted early in the game, had been hert
too, what fine array of candidates fol
the States Attorneyship would have beer
present. But Hill was not here, no
neither will he be for many days to come
unless the red eyed minions of the Law
bring him back, with his hands decorated
with pair of hand cuffs.
| Bowman, the would be circuit clerk
was also edging about in a lively manner
But there was sort of complacent smile
playing around is lips which seemed tC
say that "all is we'll" And Bowman i:
right, for if the delegates vote as they
are pledged, he will come out way ahead
But as we have said before, a delegate il
an uncertain quantity, and there is nc
telling what he might do.
The candidates for coroner and county
surveyor were making no particular dem
onstration. but in our opinion it is essen
tial that good man should be selected
for the former Office. II there is, he NIGH
possibly pull through, and then next fall
he could preside at the obsequies of the
rest of the candida ties on his ticket, fol
they are doomed to political death
The republicans in this county have here
tofore had walkaway; but now things
are changed, and they will have
to put in their best ticks, as the
school boy says, if they expect to win
There is quite an i'll Dfeeling against
Rock Island by the-country delegates
Moline, especially, is raising howl, which
is as dismal as it is prolonged. They say
Rock Island is regular hog. They want
the representative, the states attorney
the circuit clerk, and probably the coro-
ner. When the convention convenes WE
expect to see the biggest kind of kick,
and the fur will fly in lively manner
Rock Island says she has been getting lief
of late, and now she intends to take tn,
whole cake. Our Beardsley has prepared
a lot of statistics, and if the country dele
gates make fuss, he intends to produce
some figures, that will paralyze the entir
convention.
/ THE CoRDovA SPLIT.
The town of Cordova is entitled t.
three delegates, but there are six in tow
today, and they oil claim they are goin!
to have their seats or bust. The caucu
was called at 4 p. M last Saturday, bu
before the chairman of the TOWNSHIP
committee, Mr.. w. R. Frcek, made hi
appearance, eight men got together an
appointed r. c. Cool, s. J. Whitford an
Theo Abbott as delegates. They the
dispersed, when ten other men came il