Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-25
"MASHEEN" MEN.
Highly Satisfactory Outcome of a
Manipulated Convention.
What the Republ leans Did Saturday
Night..-The Ticket and Who Com.
pose It-.-Now for the Fray.

1t was great night for the ''masheen.
From the first rap that called the repub'
lican city-townshio convention to order
at the court house Saturday night. unit
the motion to adjourn carried, the
"mssheen" held the combination thai
solved and made every action Of the con
vention. When tie delegates were beine
ordered around to their places like sc
many school boys, one delegate who was
trotting with his ard over to the righl
side of the house whittier he had been
ordered, was heard to remark, "we'll &c
to the right. il we do get left" The
punster was Outside the ''masheen.
but he knew that the rest of his ward
| delegates had been fixed" all RICH,
enough and nothing that he could dc
individually would change the course
that had been dictated to them.
VICTORY FOR THE "MAsHEEN.
The day following the republican eau
cuses the ARGUS ventured prediction OF
the ticket, and it is an interesting fact
that every name on that ticket was right
ly guessed. except as to mayor. The
ARGUS knew the entire ticket was man
ipulated, with the exception perhaps. OF
the head. but the "nasheen" in its greed
to set everything. finally fixed that part
of the arrangement, too. While general.
ly suspected that this was to be the case.
IL was not believed by many that the
slate was entirely made up of "masheen"
men. Mr. Csrse. had been urged by
his friends to permit his name to go
before the convention. and while he did
not formally announce himself, he had
no intimation that he and his friends
were to be used as one of the instru>
ments of the 'masheen" manipulators
He arrived at the convention just as the
result Of the informal ballot was declared.
and he at once gave notice to the conven-
ton that he was to be no longer consid>
cred a candidate. This removed the last
obstacle in the way OF the "mssheen"
and it gleefully went about its task
so well planned SO ambitious was
the "mashseen" to carry out every design
| that it neglected entirely the forming of
permanent organization. though the
matter was ONCE, and at the proper time.
suggested to the temporary chairman,
who brushed the motion aside with an
indignant air and with the admonition
That matter. will ell be attended to in
due season. But "due season" never
came around, and the "masheen" action.
cleverly as it was designed and carried
through, was. therefore, wholly informal
after all.
"MAsHEEN" MANIPULATIoNs.
Chairman Walker confessed that he had
been instructed to name F. G. Denkman.
The latter did mot wait for any formsli-
ties-thst part of it nad been previously
plan ned-but, with "A benign smile, APP
preached the rostrum. He madeJ. Cooke
secretary-that gentleman having been
made proxy delegate from the Second
ward for that very purpose. Cooke read
the call, and a motion, by somebody
outside of the "masheen" Was that a
committee on credentials be appointed,
but this was distaste ul to the ''mssheen -
chairman, who ignored the motion and
said he thought it would be better to name
Chas. Hodges and Prof Foss to attend 10
that in order to facilitate things" The
chalrmen of the different delegations
supplied the committee with the lists of
the respective delegates, and it was
shown that J. X. Cooke had been sup
piled for o. p. Olson in the Second ward
and Frank Robinson was requested to
take Frank Collins s3at in the Fifth, but
it was only a temporary honor, as the
regular delegate subsequently appeared.
A motion that all candidates be voted
upon first by informal ballot prevailed.
though not without wrangle over this
mode of procedure. Mr.. Edwards got in
motion that a permanent organization
be effected, but the temporary chairman
would not hear to it. Mr.. Thomas made
motion that all candidates be presented
without speeches; ca ried with a whOop,
especially on the I'm asheen" side of the
house.
Nominations for mayor were in order.
Aid. Edwards presen led the name of his
colleague, VIM. McConochie. Tremen-
dous applause on the "masheen" side.
Henry Carse's name was presented amid
great cheering throughout the house, but
the "masheen" delegates hushed the en-
thusiasm inside the railing. The names
of E. P. Reynolds, J. j. Reimers, Hugh
Warnock and DR.. Geo. E. Barth were
presented. II declare the nominations
closed" shouted the chairman, moi
| anxious that too many names should bt
| presented and then in the confusion OF
the moment the presiding officer ex'
claimed. prepare your ballots for an in
formal candidate for mayor" The in
formal ballot was taken and resulted
Carse 10. Wsrnock z, McConochie 81
Reimers 2, Barth 8. Stewart 3. Schroeder
1. Mr.. Reimers withdrew. Mr.. Carst
withdrew his name Delegate Paul
asked if the gentlemen outside the railing
had any voice in the conventions; IL mo-
he would like them to keep quiet.
The chairman reprovingly, of DR.