Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-18
HE'S BOSS NO LONGER.
'3 S5t4 wa rT7-=7f ~
Tired of the Wells idea Republi.
.s cans Make Change.
They Lay Him Quietly bat abruptly
Away with Nothing 70 Gousole
Him = Carry the News to
Wanamaker

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1t was a dreary Easter, even for Boss
Wells, was Saturday night.
Despite his boasts OF how he won the
previous night at the. caucnaes, despite
his trickery snd treachery I'd carry out
those ends which be was 80 Are he had
attained, despite his efforts an dsy Sat-
urdsy-apd, hard work it,wasS Mo the
neglect of his ofasssis ausies-adeshhe the
fact that -ae had posed ss the pet of the
national administration in Rock Island.
the BOSE found to bis dismsy thai Bhen it
came toSle Ultimate politiqs be 4asnt in
ittsa.@ For Ea snnmberA y. ofs years
the boss has, had Hthinss pretty
much Ills, own way fhsyjSRock
Island, primarily because the older heads
ofrte par " had become disgasted with
the iDerstefllness1.ef those who owed
Successful +ther Efforts AID secondarily
because the boss was ambitious, and thew
were Wiling to let him run things for
a whiiesbut when he began to display
the greats qdespensable II ain disposition
the true teliticians 81 .be party made up
their minds that it was time to give the
boss a sitting down on-snd they did it
Saturday hight. The boss is sadder
man, no dOabt, but perhaps a wiser one.
but probs bly, his own disappointment i =
no more intense than that OF some of the
trusting republicans who had his prom>
Use to be placed on theystate delegation
--snd won't 60 -7.stssssaa
It has teen said that the boss thought
be had ca FRIED things pretty much to suit
himss' ,As4ihe Friday night primaries.
The tFust OF il is that the only caucus
IN which he, was entirely successful was
the Fourth wsrd-in the others he was
btatfp at bis own game and he came SO
very nearly losing his own ward that he
has no j stfeeegered from the sesre. 1t
was his Intention to glhead--the Fourth
ward delegation, but fearing the conse-
quehce OF placing himself before the csu-
Gus. ever after be ha id packed it. be held
Of for de &gste at large. and Saturday he
Iwspptsip fpethat distinction with all the
energy he could muster. But the night
broughtthe tale of woe to his sspira-
tionssE 20 .Ia1essI
The reeting of all the delegates of
Friday nights csucuses was held in the
psEloTs of The rHfrpers The meeting Or
eenizeti with the election of F. C. Denk-
mann as chsirmsns and RatAd Donaldson
as Secretary. A number of informal
ostto;s ere taken Tor delegate at large;
ip, ~ Of which there were scattering
P.es. and Sfnally ,obsa formal ballot
William McConochie was found to be
unanimously the choice, which fact has
its significance, too
The meeting then proceededsto fixsap
the slate for ;thePmsnipufstion, as fsr as
Rock Island is concerned, of tomorrow's
county convention at the court house.
which is to select delegates, TO two con-
ventions of greater magnitude Itwas
decided that F. c. Denkmsnn should be
presented for chairman OF the conven-
ton ag The county lie entitled 10 IS dele.
gates to the state convention to be held
at Sprip gfieid May 4. It was figured out
thssdsolk Idsnd's sTee rata of that dele
CATION should be five, and they were
thereupon selected, the ticket to be rec
| commended being composed of: { lMofris
Rosentield, H. c. cleveland, c. L
| Walker. Frank Collins and Fred Denk-
mann. Ths7mushfheipg Yeslet0 ae
Injecting Proceeded to fix up Rock ISL
snds pro rata of the % delegates from
the county 70 the district. convention Of
! the Eleventh district to M held at Bnshl
dell ApI ~ toiselect skasdslssstss and
| two al er6stes ssfom she Eleysash dis.
trio, &c tame Minnea - convention
Reck = slsnd was determined it should
nsms GIN, 81 the 49, %. and nc sf sauf-
geon, c Lsrkin, s. Collins, James
McGstt es. w Petit N: Es tswsepsy,
Dsva 7foftskesan5 g! seas.e, sssse: sez
lee ed as that eight. The delegation is
| likely 10 favor Morris Rosenfeid as one
of the district delegates te Minneapolis.
+ II Sssa distressing occasion all around
for the boss. The party has evidently
thadT gtitee enpugh of hej boss being re-
peatediy selected AS delegate-at-large to
every county convention. and his Dragging
of runIing, every thing besides, and has
decide to shelve him. His star has set
in the political horizon. Garry the news
to Wanamsker
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