Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-30
DtM0CRACY'S CHOICE.
Saturday Nights Caucuses All
Well Attended.
strong Nominations Made for Alder
men and Much Enthusiasm his.
played in All the Meetings.


fail had not wavered or weakened. the
spirit of Saturday nights ward caucuses
would have served that end. The attend
snce at all the caucuses was the largest
and the enthusiasm the hesrtiest that has
ever been manifest by either party in
Rock Island before. The meetings in
all the wards were harmonious and the
results were that strong and wise nomi-
nations were made. In the First ward
Martin Weinburger. the ice man, is the
nominee, and strong candidate he is
In the Second ward, E. D. Mccartney
was chosen. He is carpenter
well known and highly expected and
will get there without fail, In the Third
ward Aid. Daniel Corken was complis
mented with denomination which means
that he will be reelected In the Fourth
ward an excellent nomination was made
in the selection of Albert Euesng. In
the Fifth ward the caucus showed its
wisdom IN the nomination o. Alexander
Mcdonald. In the Sixth Thomas Dona.
hue the popular engineer, was chosen.
which means that he will be elected. In
the Seventh the democracy showed its
appreciation of Aid. j. E. Larkin's ser,
vices an d the voters will do the same
Tuesday.
Detailed reports OF the calcuses fol-
low:
FIRST WARD
The caucus in the First ward was called
10 order by J. W. Corken. F.. !. Raible
was chosen chairman and Thomas Byrnes
secretary. Martin Weinburger was de-
clared the unanimous choice of the caucus
for alderman. Delegates were elected as
follows: Joseph Repine, Edward Muir.
ply, Herman Mesie, C. F. ToeDniges, J.
Il. Borel. George Wsldman and Frank
Blocklinger. Thomas Byrnes, F. ].
Raible was chosen ward comm tteeman.
SECOND WARD.
Anton Jensen was elected chairman
OF the Second ward caucus and Ed. Bur-
AAAi' "i'' sCOiStaiy' L. ~ mccartney was
nominated for alderman by reclamation.
Delegates 10 the city convention are: Ed.
Bakersfield David Ulam, John Imhoff,
John Sexton. L. NJ. Buford, Charles Dur
mann, John Burns. Anton Jensen, Henry
kinner, Patrick Murrin and Henry HAS
lip. The ward committee is composed of
OF
Ecksteadt.
THIRD WARD.
NJ. M. Briggs was chairman of the
Third ward caucus and George W. Henry
was secretary. Aid Daniel Corken and
Freeman Nye were placed before the
caucus for the nomination for alderman.
George Copp as tellers, and al informal
ballot for alderman gave Corken 4S votes,
Nye Z. Mr.. Corkens nomination was
thereupon made unanimous. Delegates
to the democratic city convention were
elected as follows: John Corken, Henry
Seidel, William Young. George Copp. Il.
Hetter. c. Davis, B. Winter, Thomas
Carney, l.. Philebsr, W. Boehue, Joseph
Geiger and NJ. NJ. Briggs. Preferences
were expressed for George W. Henry for
city clerk, Louis Ohlweiler for collector
and John Barge for assessor. The ward
committee is composed of Peter Schlem-
mer, Michael Corken and Arthur Bur
rail-.
FOURTH WARD.
In the Fourth ward, J. P. Looney was
chairman and T. ]. Medill. Jr., secretary. |
Albert Huesing was nominated for alder
man by reclamation. The delegates are,
John Looney, V. Dauber, c. R. Whee-
Ian, Fl. Lemburg. j. 81. Besliu, Henry
Frick, William Hoeft, John Clips on,J. W.
Potter, James T. Dixon.
The committeeman are, J. T. Dixon,
V. Dauber and John GIBSON.
FIFTH WARD.
The Fifth ward caucus was called to
order by Henry F. Wheelan. j. r.
Johnston was elected chairman and T. A.
Fender. secretary. T. F. Wheelan and
John Brennan were appointed oilers and
an inf ormal ballot for alderman resulted,
Alex Mcdonald, 8; T. F. Wheelan, 3; j.
D. Blake, 4;J. w. WEIGH, 2; B. Birken.
field, 2; T. Fahey, 1 Upon motion Mr..
Mcdonald was declared the nominee.
Delegates were selected to the city con-
vention as follows: J. r. Johnston,
George Foster, ]. RoseDfield, T +. Vince
Ian, John II. Fender, J. Brennan, j.
Meyers, Sylvester Conwell, Joseph Scher-
er, John Haley. Michael Collins, William
lreftz. V. M. Blsnding was endorsed
Tor mayor, J. r. Johnston for assessor,
and John Looney for city attorney. Dav-
Id Fitzgerald, George Foster and John