Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-18
TRICkERY TRlUMPHS.
WHY 1871 McConochie Lays Out Poor
Schroeder in the Caucuses-

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The cunning hand of McConochie
| has again taken control of republican
| ism in Rock Island. Broken pledges.
| political treachery and deception on
| his part to the contrary notwith-
standing. the willy William triumphed
or rather his trickery triumPhed-
| in the republican caucuses last night,
and unless the entirely unexpected
happens, Mr.. McConochie will once
| more place the republican nomina-
ton in his vest pocket tonight. 1t
will be first decided step of his
| the action of the convention with
reference to him, for if the stronger
| element of his own party fails to as
sert itself, the people may be relied
upon to do it April in an unmistak-
able manner. Five republican eau
cuses out of seven elected delegations
that will support McConochie in the
convention. While it is known that
| the individual sentiments of several
of those composing the delegations
| are opposed to McConochie. they will
under instructions support him in the
convention. 1t took hard work for
McConochie to win out with his
own party, and to do so he has
brou ght the entire police force to his
aid, Chief Miller having devoted al
most his entire time to the Nc
| Conochie canvass for two months
and when the results were known
| last night, there was not more elated
man in town than Miller himself.
Cruel Deception of Schroeder.
McConochie's cruel duplicity to
| Aid. Schroeder. whose life long am
| bition has been to be mayor, is one
| of the most striking evidences of the
mayors utter abandon to any
| thing akin to fairness and honesty in
| politics. Two years ago the mayor
| assured Mr.. Schroeder, then u more
| formidable opponent for the nomina-
| ton than he has proven himself this
| year, that if he would withdraw he
! would give him clear field this
| year. With this understanding
| Schroeder disposed of his business
| interests declined to be an alder
| manic candidate for reelection and
| made other arrangements to be a can
| didatc. To his dismay he found Nc
| Conochie again in the ring prepared
| to knock him out. Schroeder could
not believe that the party would sus-
| tain such double dealing. and though
| astounded by the mayors unblush-
| ing breach Of confidence. he has gone
| earnestly on with his canvass and
| will continue to up To the last min
| lite tonight.
None but McConochie Men Wanted
In order to make things sure for
| McConochie in the convention. and
knowing that the two upper wards
| would sustain Schroeder. the five
| lower wards were packed for the
| mayor. Nevertheless there was a
| spirited contest among the delega-
| tions; no where more so than in
| McConochie's own ward-the Sixth
! where the vote stood sc for Schroe-
| der, to II for McConochie. The Nc
| Conochie crowd rctaliatcd, however,
, by knocking out the republican IA
| vorite, Robert Lynn, for alderman.
The Fifth ward voting precinct has
| seen some wild times, but the pane de-
| monium there last night would have
! made an Indian of western ghost
dance turn green with envy. The
fight was mainly on city clerk. As
| soon As the tick of a watch marked
$50 the Montgomery faction rushed
| John Huntoon into the chair and d.
| +. Noftsker was made secretary. The
chairman led off with the usual re-
| publican plea in that ward for no
| one to vote but those who would
swear allegiance to the party, and
| closed it with a quiet bluff, saying
| that there was a law to reach such
| cases When the vote for alder
| man was announced, Charles
| Oswald was sprung to OPP
| pose Knox, whom the latter's
| friends expected to nominate by ac-
| clamation. Then came on the fever:
it looked like it had been packed for
| Oswald and a wild scene ensued. A
| tremendous crowd swarmed in and
| around the house and the voting was
| kept up so long that Huntoon got
| learv and choked off the voting
| Bile. A half dozen made mo-
| tions at once and it was
decided to reconsider the ballot then
anyone who hadn't voted was told to
do so, and another shower of ballots
! went into the hats. Order was fin
ally restored and the vote announced
showed Knox 60, Oswald So, and the
former was declared the nominee.
When the vote for delegates was an
nounced there was worse rush than
before and it took over an hour to get
the result, the Koehler faction carry
ing off the pie, while the Mcdonald
and Montgomery crowds left as sud-
denly as they had appeared.
I'm the Lower Wards