The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-28
The Humpbacked Crossings
INDICATED, and Bill Hy's
Scalp Hung up to Dry
by the Street and
Alley Committee.
Murdoch will be Nominated
for Mayor, Koehler for
Clerk, Lambert for Col
lector, Etc, Etc.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.

The following is the result OF the repub.
lican ward primaries held last evening.
First Ward-Alderman, Henry P. C.
Schafer; delegates, Hugh Ralston, John
Bladel, W. Howard, George Smith, c.
Youngberg.
Second Ward-Alderman. Robert Ben>
nett; delegates, ]. NJ. Beardsley, Jos.
Resented, A. II. Hampton, II. C. Har-
ris, H. II. RABBI Jackson Blackburn.
Third Ward-Alderman, C. C. Knell;
delegates, J. o. Freed. F. II. Moore, Il.
A. Donaldson, c. P. Hengstler, James
Johnston, S. S. Hull.
Fourth Alderman, S. J. Collins;
delegates. George E. Bailey, E. w. Spen.
Ger, Charles Feibig, Charles Hodgson, ].
K. Groom, E. II. Guyer, II. c. McCon>
nell.
Fifth Ward-Alderman, J. Alex. Mont
gomery; delegates, s. C. Plummer, w.
B. Ferguson, II. B. Sudlow, l.. F. Har-
son, George Schneider, Jr., j. E. Loos-
ley.
Sixth Ward-Alderman, VIM. McCon>
ochie; delegates, S. W. McMaster, Will
liam Edwards John j. Reimers, r. II.
Dart, Robert Linn.
Seventh Ward-Alderman, F. NJ. Sin
nett; delegates, F. M. Sinnett, Josua
Hasselquist, W. F. Schroeder, William
Brooks, Jr., William Channon, William
Atkinson.
THE IMPRESSION.
A glance at the doings of the caucuses
shows plainly that the republicans are
very DESTROYS of gaining control of the
city government, for, if this was not the
case, they would never have humbled
themselves to nominate Alderman Bennett,
and make such strong attempt to do
likewise with Alderman Larkin. But the
question is, Have they placed in n'omin-
alton candidates for aldermen whom they
can reasonably hope to elect?" We think
not Their best men are nominated either
in strongly republican or democratic
wards, and their weakest men in the doubt
fut wards. The Seventh is surely repub,
lican, and Alderman Sinnet has been Sc
lected. The Third is just as surely dem~
ocratic, and Mr. c. c. Knell has been Sc
lected, while in the First, Second, Fifth
and Sixth, the weakest kind of alderman
timber was chosen. Their best course in
the Fourth ward, was pursued in choosing
Alderman Collins, Tor his strong race two
years ago entities him to denomination.
But he will find a different state of affairs
existing now than then, and he can be
elected only by democratic mistakes, which
should not occur.
The nomination of Citizen" Bennett
is very significant, but the most interest
ing part of the programme will not be
given to the public until Monday evening,
when it is tie intention to nomi nate the
ilustrious gentleman for
POLICE MAGISTRATE.
Quite scheme, isn't it? The high
muck>amuck of the Workingmans party
offered the alluring bait of police mag>
istracy under the guise of an aldermanc
nomination. Great results are expected TO
be achieved by THIS trade, but the failure
to nominate Mr.. Larkin in the Fifth has
somewhat interfered with the arrange
ments. By placing these two gentlemen
on their ticket, the republicans hoped to
draw the Workingman's party to their
support and elect their entire city and
township tickets. Several prominent re-
publicans, who did not appear to be in
the secrets of the ring" were quite loud
in their denunciations of the action in the
Second ward, and declared by everything
they held dear, that they would not sup
port the Citizen" 'Tll vote for deme
ocrat first, said an irate follower of the
lamented Blaine; Here too," said anoth-
err they can't force such crow on
me-"