Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-03
HIGHLY AMUSING.
That Republican Experience Meet.
ing Last Evening.
THE MAYORS ORIGINAL COMBINE.
The Slate of .he Afternoon Dropp d
Because OF Lack Of Nerve-Whe
the Candidates Archie
Convention.

The slate prepared by the republicans
yesterday, as announced IN THE ARGUS
OF last evening and which was to have
carried at last nights convention at Tur.
ner hall, was abandoned at the last mo
ment. TWAS the understanding that it
was to be the order of the evening until
the delegates had assembled in the hall,
and it was dropped 30 late in the eve
ming that the duty Of informing the
chairman otherwise was neglected,
and he as consequence made
& number of excussble errors
because of a lack of comprehension Of
the departure from the programme which
had originally been submitted to him for
perussl. The slate of the afternoon was
given up because of lack of nerve force
sufficient to carry it out, that was all, ana
the mayors office-holdipg combination
sometime since arranged, was allowed to
carry the night.
for half an hour before the convention
was called to order ct Turner hall last
evening pandemonium reigned i'll the hall
! Such skirmishing and button -holing and
ear jerking was never seen in conven>
! ton hall in Rock Island before It seemed
as ii it would be an utter impossibilitv
to recover order out of chaos. when
Chairman Collins, of the republi>
can city committee, mounted the rostrum
at O'Clock and clapped his hands for or
der. Then he descended TO the floor and
raped on the table. The SPEC tato-s
were invited TO retire TO the back of the
hall and give the delegates the seats The
request was acquiesced in and Chairman
Collins read the call. William Jackson
was nominated for chairman and though
be expressed himself as preferring not to
serve, be was elected. He then took his
medicine without word and F. c. Denk
man was elected secretary. The chair
was instructed to appoint three tellers
He pulled little slip of paper out of his
pocket and read the names of Messrs.
John Huntoon, E. H. Guyer and William
Levey.
That's the committee on credentials.
interrupted J. Alex Montgomery.
We'll, let it 60 now" was the chairs
mans reply. "lll appoint the other COM
mii,ee on credentials" and then pulling
another slip of paper out of bis pocket
he read Spencer Madison, E G. Frszer
and Charles Fiebig Mr. Frazer's name
having appeared on both lists, was no
doubt the cause of the mistake of the
chairman il getting the committees con-
founded.
The committee on credentials was first
called up, and no changes appearing in
the printed lists of delegates. they were
seated.
DELEGATES
Tue delegates from the various wards
are as follows:
FRS, Ward-H. Ralston. c. Bladel.
W. Gathagep. A. Peter son, Alfred
Coyne. Thomas Smart, F. Carlson, C
Younsberg.
Second Ward--Adsir Peasants, John
Fast. c. E. Johnson. L. V. Eckhart. J
D Culton, David Lsffer, Samuel Meanor.
G. W. Hu ,tley. William Guldeuzopf.
Third Ward-H Brockmanp, Timothy
Webb. E. G. Frazer, William Rinck. E.
G. Fickensche', F. c Hemenwsy. w. A.
| Guthrie
Fourth Wardt William Jackson, S. J.
Collins. John Tteneman. B. F. De Gear,
Dr.. G Barnhard, Spencer Mattison. DR..
&. B. Kinyon
Fifth Ward-fNillism II. Marshall.
Frank Collins, A. Montgomery. Hugh
A Mcdonald. Plter 81. Loge. John N
Huntoon, j. F. johnson and Swan E
johnson.
Sixth Ward ans Hartmann, Fred
Denkmsn. Conr Schneider, Andrew
Herman. William Kennedy, John Lloyd
| and William Lew
seventh Ward Il. 81. Holland, John
Rsithel, Phil Brd&kmann, G. W Foss.
j. c. Adams, F. h4eSinne,t, L. S. McCabe
Nominations b now In order a
motion that no n'9snating speeches be
made prevailed, skS S. j. Collins pre-
sented William NE,onochie. and Prof.
Foss named w " Schroeder. with a
motion that an info npal ballot be taken.
McoNcou1E,i ESoMINATED
The convention .fscted the farce with
| the following resuR: McConochie, As;
Schroeder, 8. Ben peGear was at once
upon his feet with motion that Mr..
| McConochie bev declared the
nominee of th1 convention by
reclamation. Mr.. Foss then with
drew the name of Mr.. Schroeder with
the statement that he had been authorized