Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-26
THIS SUITS ALL.
A Strong Township Ticket for the
Democracy.
GOOD MEN AND TRUE NAMED.
John Aster for supervisor. George
Browner, Winsiow Howard. j. -.
Darrah and Arthur Burial for As
sistants. .-David Fitzgerald for Col.
lectOr, Ohm Barge for Assessor.

The democratic city-township conven
tion was held at Turner hall last eveninl
and the harmony characteristic of every
detail of the proceedings and the expedi
tions manner in which the results wer,
determined, augurs most pleasantly fel
the success of the ticket nominated. Mr.
j. w. Cavanaugh, chairman of the dem
ocratic township committee, called
the conve ntion to order and upon motion
Mr. j w. Welch was elected chairman
Mr.. Welch returned thanks for the honor
for he considered it an honor always. hi
said, to preside over democratic con,
vention. He bespoke harmony and dis
erection in all the proceedings of the con,
vention and with these as the character
istics he predicted victory at the polls q,
the result of the deliberations.
MIR. L e. Blanding was unanimously
elected secretary.
On mogIon of Mr.. Angus; Huesing
committee composed of one from eact
ward was selected on
CREDENTIALS
and the following were named: James
Alberry, First ward; John Ohlweiler, Jr,
Second; T. S. Silvis, Third; E. w. Hurst
Fourth; August Huesing, Fifth; Petel
Frey, Sixth. and ]. E. Larkin, Seventh
The com mittee received the reports from
the secre taries of the various delegation
and were empowered upon motion to fill
all vacancies. The committee in shorr
time reported the following as entitled tc
seats in the convention:
FIRST WARD.
Chas. Strupp. j. j. Alberry. J. W
CorEen. c. Doeringer, Winslow Howard
R. H. Robo, j. W. Corken.
SECOND WARD.
G. Durmann, H. Burns, Ed. Burrill. Jr. =,
John Inhoff, J. Duran, j. s. Wivill
A. Jensen, John Ohlweiler, Jr., W. H.
Pierce
THIRD WARD.
Daniel Corken. NJ. NJ. Briggs. Louis
Oalweiler, Fred Hass, VIM. Boehme, Jr.,
Daniel Doyle, John McDarrah, Bernard
Brown, Thos. Carney, T. S. Silvis
FOURTH WARD.
E W Hurst, V. Dauber, c. A Mu,
lack. H. Lsmberg. J. W. Potter, T. J
Medill, Jr., P Brady. c. R. Wheelan
FIFTH WARD.
August Huesing. j. w. WEIGH, Thos
Fender, VIM. Coughlin, Henry Wheelan,
j. E. Reidy, George Simmon, Joseph
Sherer, George Foster, John Rosenfeld
SIXTH WARD.
L c. Blanding, Geo. Jones. James E
Larkin, John Gibson, VIM. Mccarthy
Peter Fry.
SEVENTH WARD
Robert Wagner. Edwin Ward, Jane:
E Larlin, John Mccain, r Schwecke
The call having been read, the tempo.
rsry organization vas upon motion OF
Mr.. T. ] Medill, Jr., made permanent
and the convention was ready for bust.
ness.
Nominations for supervisor were in or
der. and a motion having been made BY
K. Sch wecke that the chair appoint two
tellers, Messrs Henry Burns and j w
Potter were named
FOR SUPERVISORS.
Mr.. J F. Larkin moved that the con
vention proceed to an informal ballot 70
supervisor, and Messrs. Arthur Burial
John Ohlweiler, John As,er, Winslov
Howard and John Volk having BEEF
named the result was as follows. Nh
Howard however having declined at tn,
mention of his name: Aster 90; Oil
weller II; Burial, G; Howard. Ia; Volk
s.
Mr. Howard then formally declined
He thought it would evince better ludg
ment and wiser policy to nominal
someone who had been longer identified
with the democratic party than he. III
formal ballot showed: Aster. AZ; Oil
weller, 3; Burial. 8; Volk, 5. UpoI
motion, the nomination of Mr.. Johl
Aster, who had secured the majority o
the votes cast. was made unanimous
amid much enthusiasm.
The Convention proceeded with tn
nomination of four assistant supervisors
the prevail ing motion being that of tn
candidates presented the four receivin.
the highest number of votes be declare
the nominees. Messrs. Geo. E. Brown
er, Arthur Burial. Winsow Howard, W
Fl. Pierce and J. s. Darrah were named
! and The ballot gave Browner, "a; Burial
AZ; Howard, 90; Darrah, At; Pierce, Il
Schwecke, /. The four first mentione
were thereupon declared the nominees c
the convention.
FOR ASSESSOR.
Nominations for assessor were declare
| in order, and the names of John Barg
and J. r. Johnston were presented. TIL
result of the ballot was found to be
Barge, 80; Johnston, 20, Siebert. 4 Mr.
Barge was announced as the nomine
anu Delng Cdlitu upon lie thauheu tuC coL
venlion heartily aud sincerely for tn
CON pliment paid him. and he pledged him
self to make the best and fairest as
sessment this year, if elected. that hal
ever been made in Rock Island.
FOR COLLECTOR
the names of David Fitzgerald and G. 81
Seidel were presented. An informal ba
lot was first taken and it gave Fitzgeral
80; Seidel. %; Ed. Burrill, Jr., 2.
4 formal ballot followed, which CAV
Mr. Fitzgerald the nomination as fol
lows: Fitzgerald. "a; Seidel. 90. Thel
were cries for Mr. Fitzgerald, who moo