Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-20

/ c. f. GAZETTEER of the Fourth ward pre-
! scented William McConochie, +. NJ.
| Sinnett of the Seventh ward pro-
posed w. F. Schroeder and G. +.
Evans of the Fifth ward on his own
| responsibility submitted the name of
b. Z. Knox. The convention there
upon proceeded with an informal bal
| lot. which resulted: McConochie
40, Schroeder %, Knox 4. The an
nouncement of the result was re-
ceived with intermingled applause
and Kisses. Mr.. Knox did not like
the dark horse business of his col
league and formally withdrew his
name. and the first formal ballot pro-
ceeded. Here is the result: McCon-
ochie AZ. Schroeder 81. Delegate
McCabe moved that Mr.. McConochie
be declared the unanimous choice Of
the convention for mayor. The con-
vention assented. There were few
calls for Mr.. McConochie and the
chair called for him, but they were
lost sight of by the the adoption of
Mr.. Gest's motion that the conyen-
ton proceed with the informal ballot
for city clerk. The names of Robert
Koehler, j. Alex. Montgomery and
Hugh Mcdonald We're proposed ana
the informal ballot gave: koehler
21. Mcdonald 80. Montgomery >.
McDonaId's Surprise Party.
Then came the formal ballot, which
gave the nomination to Mcdonald by
Koehler 30. Mr.. Mcdonald was
called for and responding made 4
short speech OF acceptance.
NJ 4 L.
convention. He said he had been
city attorney of Rock Island. and he
had heard of no one before
the convention for that office.
He thought that j. l.. Haas had
made the best city attorney the
city had ever had, not excepting
himself. He therefore moved the re
nomination of Mr.. Haas and that it be
made by reclamation. The motion
prevailed. The convention desired
TO hear from Mr.. Haas. and he spoke.
The nomination for city treasurer
| being next in order. the names of
Phil Mitchell and p. Greenawalt were
submitted, and an informal ballot
gave: Mitchell. 81; Greenawalt. Is:
Carl Hellpenstell, s. Upon the
strength of this ballot Mr.. Mitchell
was upon c. F. Gaetjer's motion de-
clared the nominee by reclamation.
Collins Applies Balm to Schroeder.
For the office OF police magistrate.
:. j. Collins voice was again heard.
presenting the name OF the van
quiShed W. F. Schroeder; j. +. Van
Horn presented II. c. Harris; f. f.
Parmenter named ii. \. Weld and c.
+. Evans proposed David Jamerson.
The informal ballot resulted: Schroe-
der, 81; Weld, IS; Harris. 5: Jamer-
son. u. Then came the formal bal
lot: Schroeder, IS: Weld. 20; Jamer-
son, :; Harris, 5. There being no
choice another formal ballot was tax
en-, Mr.. Harris having in the mean
time withdrawn his name. The re-
suit was shown to be: Schroeder. 10:
Weld. Il: Jamerson. D; McKown. l.
Mr.. Schroeder was declared the nom
inee.
The nomination of two assistant
supervisors being next in order the
names of W. j. Gaha@en, Martin
Prick, +. NJ. Sinnett. Charles Oberg
and VIII Gansert were presented. A
formal ballot resulted: Gahagen. 6:
Frick. p; Oberg, 81; Gansert. 10;
Sinnett. %: William Levy. 10. An
other ballot was necessary, and it
was taken with the understanding
that the two receiving the highest
mum Der of votes be the nominees. 1t
gave: Gahagen, IA; Prick, 20;Oberg,
SIS: Gansert, 20; Sinnett, 80; Levy, ,.
Messrs. Sinnett and Oberg having re-
ceived the highest number were then
declared the nominees. Nominations
for collector then being in order. the
names of Spencer Mattison, James
McClarvey. /. ID. Burgh and :. :.
Hull were presented. 1t was decided
to take an informal ballot and the
following was the result: Mattison,
%; McGarvey, IA; Burgh. IL; Hull,
IS. On the formal ballot the re-
suit was: MattisOn, "a; McGarvey.
10: Burgh. 4 Hull, 16; Robert Lynn.
l. There being no choice, another
ballot was taken with the follOwi nc
result: Mattison, "a; McGarvey, 10;
Burgh, 3: Hull, Il; Lynn 4. Again
there was no choice and James Me-
Garvey thereupon withdrew his
name. There was a general hustle
among the others to secure the Me
Garvev vote. and the next ballot gave:
Mattison. 81: Burgh, /; Hull, So.
Stephen Hull having received the
highest number was thereupon de-
clared the nominee. Nominations
for assessor being in order the name
of J. H. Cleland was presented
and upon motion he was nominated
by reclamation. The nomination of
two justices of the peace being
next the names of H. A. Weld, David