Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-15
RED HOT POLITICS.
The Kind That Goes at Cleve
land DUST Now.
NOT MUCH PROSPECT OF HARMONY.

The Anti-Campbel1 Men at the Demo-
cratic Convention Determined to Beat
Him Either in the Convention or at
the Election-A Fight in Which Twenty
shots Were Exchanged and No One
Hurt Pistols Drawn at Delegate
Meeting-Thousands of Dollars wagered
Against Campbell.
CLEVELAND, July 15-Political excite
Snent was at fever heat here last night,
and the animosity exhibited between the
Campbell and anti-Campbell men gave
promise of a decidedly lively time at the
convention today The trouble began
with the arrival of Governor Campbell
and his strong contingents from every
quarter of the state and the almost stimuli
taneous appearance of the solid anti
Campbell delegation from Hamilton
county, with a small army of sympathiz-
ers at their heels. From noon on bad
tempered discussions, disputes and quar-
rels in the bar-rOoms, in the hotel rotun-
das, and at the street corners were of mo-
mentary occurrence
Backing Their Judgment with Cash.
The anti-Campbellites were not as nu-
merous as their opponents, but they were
hard to down, and they staked thousands
OF dollars that come what may today they
will slaughter Campbell in Novem Der
next. Ike Hill, Of Licking county, ex-
sergeant-at-arms of the house of repre-
sentatives at Washington. alone took a
score of these offerings, and If Governor
Campbell heads the poll at the election,
Hill, in common with scores Of others. will
be richer by thousands of dollars 1t was
only by accident that the bad blood failed
to eliminate in Wholesale murder last
night To offset the efforts of the anti
Campbell delegation from Hamilton coun-
ty, big crowd of Governor Campbells
supporters arrived in town during the
afternoon and entered upon missionary
work without delay.
They Followed Nolan Around.
Prominent among them was Peter Nolan
known as the gentleman prize fighter os
Porkopolis. Pete had barely struck the
town before re was fitting from hotel to
hotel and bGtton-holing delegation after
delegation. Nolan wound up his work
last night at the Weddell house. just as
he was leaving that hotel he encount-
cred on the pavement two Neal delegates
from Cincinnati, Colonel" Billy Patter-
son and his brother, known as Cheeky
Jim" Patterson. Both men had been fol-
lowing Nolan around. during the after
noon, and the trio had INDUCED in nu-
merous "spats y
Had Little Difficulty"
When Nolan emerged from the rotunda
OF the Neddell he was accosted by the
colonel with an opprObrious epithet
There was running fire of hot words,
which ended by Nolan letting out his right
fair in the face of his opponent. The latter
went to ground, but like a flash he had
drawn his revolver and was discharginC
bullet after bullet into the darkness. His
brotherfollowed suit so did Nolan, and o
did half dozen of the hundred spectators
who rushed between the men. Altogether
over score of shots were fired, and that
one and all got wide of the mark can only
be regarded in the light of providential
mystery
Took "A Roll in the Gutter.
Before, however, Billy Patterson had
emptied his revolver he struggled to his
feet and dealt the butt of the weapon full
en- Nolan's forehead. The two men
clinched and went into the gutter, and
Jimmy Patterson and n Uould-be peace
maker went atop of them. BY this time
the onlookers who scattered at the first
shot had returned and a Gro wd of over
thousand surrounded the combatants.
The latter, their heads and faces badly
confused and bleeding freely, were finally
separated and led away.