Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-02

ana others were suggested and all az
quickly declined. The jig seemed to be
up when Ben D,Gesr sided up 10 Mr..
Pioh and poured few confidential ords
ln'o his esr. Mr.. Pfoh replied not, his
Interviewer made mysterious sign, and
the young grocer's name was again pre-
sented 10 the caucus. A few faint ayes
were heard and lie was declared the nom.
inee for alderman. Mr. Pfoh made no
response, but his silence was taken as an
implied acc"ptSncp, and the caucus adj
jOurn-d
FIFTH WARD
Cap. Il G Cleave,nrd was elected
chairmam of tie FIN ward c.u.u-. a d
Capt. r herr En-hlyr. srcr-ra-v The
meeting Ma pa ktd Si.h prnpie. nd
strange ," ". as cr1-r.v. Ala. p. F.
Knox US r-r"m'rr ~ s,clamati0r.
Til ",i."i ~ re.. gate, brought out some
live. sk'-"'>aj', ret v-,n 'h- McCon-
ochie s'd ~chr.pt.r farr'on-. hu, The
McC"uuch'- r'n were '.rtc 10
/ one II. C-rWfcri was elected
ward aldermen. IN caucus. as hereto.
fore r'srr - pa >.t without incident.
save The hu-ring Icy vui-s nn the par, Of
the r pre-, ur,.'lv.s If the rival factions.
and ev"- It'd anon The c.e4r voice Of
( Chairman Gle ,ve!snd with the uierv
I Have S"u al vn'et?" rent III. air. 10
which cam the rrsJpns. from rhe our
side soTctin-- halt block away. No,
not YET. and rb.n f,ll"w-d th-- * Diana
! tons thai NUM- 7 Of republicans had
been sighted of m the distance some
where on their w4y To the caucus. So
the oailo;in c"ntibued until al last the
chairman los his patience and firmly de q.
clared the ballot closed. McCooochie's
men had all the WAY from as To 90 votes,
while the greatest Strength shown by
by the Schroeder contingent was "a At
$50 the caucus djourned and McCono-
chic had won The night in the Fifth ward.
SIXTH WARD.
The Sixth wari caucus was presided
over by AID. W. II Edwards; E NJ Will
COX was secretary. A ballot on alder
man gave John Froi boes III vote. and
Thomas Dolly, 90. The McConochie
delegates, whose names are given below,
were elected hv avote ranging from 80
20 100 To A IN As for the Schroeder
cS ct Delegates Hartmann aud Levey
were on both tickets, and received
ceived respectively 1877 and 125 votes
The bitlerest opposition TO McConuchie
that existed anywhere in the city was in
this, his own ward. bat il Was not strong
nation.
SEVENTH WARD.
Prof. c. w. Foss was elected chairman
of the Sevr nth ward caucus ard VI Z.
Sweeney, secretary. G. Adams was
nominated for alderman % acclamation.
after an informal ballot had civeu him a
majority over Frank Berry and Charles
Heuck. The delegates which are for
Schroeder were elec ed by a vote of two
to one, thus reversing the disposition of
every other ward in the city with the
possible exception OF one or two in the
Sixth, though it is believed when time
is called tina. ward will come into line
solid for McConochie. NJ. E Sweeney
was elected committeeman.
DELEGATES
The delegates from the various wards
are as follows:
First Ward-H Ralston. c. Blsdel,
w. Gathagen. A. Peter son. Alfred
Coyne. Thomas Smart, F. Carlson, G.
Youngberg.
Second Ward-Adsir Peasants. John
Fast. c. E. Johnson. L V. Eckhart. J
D. Culton, David LATER, Samuel Meanor
G.. w. Huntley. William Guldenzopf.
Third Wsrd-H. Brock manp. Timothy
Webb, E. G.. FREEZER. William Rinck. E
G. Fickenscher, f. q. Hemenwsy. w. A.
Guthrie.
Fourth Wsrd-Willism jackson, S. J.
Collins. John Trenemann. B. F. De Gear,
DR.. G. Barnhardi, Spencer Mattison. DR.