Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-04
NOT IN TT.
An Off Election Day for the
Democrats.
ONLY ONE ALDERMAN SECURED

| Republicans Win the Township Ticket and
Six OF the Councilmen Progress the Tri-
umphant Banner in the Fourth-E,ectiou
| Incidents.
In slang phraseology, the demo-
Gratis were not in it. 1t was an off
day for them, and despite the fact
that they were fortified by the strong
est and best Kind of candidates. they
were defeated in every one eX-
cept in the Fourth ward, but there is
much consolation to be found in this
exception in view of the issue which
was made in that ward. Knowing
that among the extensive land own
crs at the head of Seventeenth street
there was feeling of displeasure
over the progressive tendency of the
council in adopting the Seventeenth
street paving ordinance, Candidate
ID. Il. Noftsker sought to gain favor
among the disgruntled ones by DOS
ing as the anticipating candidate. In
this position he was vigorously
championed by the Union, OF course.
Aid. Dauber. who had voted for the
Seventeenth street ordinance, ac-
cepted the issue. and public improve
ment hence forward became the
watchword in the Fourth ward. The
proposition was put squarely on its
merits. and by it Aid. Daubcr was
willing to stand or fall He won.
| Elements of Defeat
While there was no sucb issue
in any of the other wards, the demo-
Gratis, nevertheless. made a pluckv
fight all the way through. bat there
were various elements which entered
into the contest over which the local
democrats had no control, but before
which they were unable to make a
stand. The combination of unfortu-
nate circumstances peculiar to the
hour could not be met. A dav or
two before. or few days later. the
situation would have been different.
Yesterday it was as it was. and could
not be averted. The democrats
started out in the morning with the
odds against them, and brave as was
the struggle throughout the dav, the
rallying cry could not he heard above
the din of confusion. nor could the
disaster be avoided. This was a
particularly notable fact in the Third
ward.
In the Second ward Aid. Kinner
may reap much satisfaction ont of
the knowledge of the character of the
support he had. the best class of
people in the ward, irrespective of
politics, mplimenting him with
their votes. and rs a representative
republican of the ward expressed it
last evening. Il would rather 90
down with kinner and his following
than to triumph with ..Boney" John
son and his element" To state il
briefly, "Boney" was bound to get
there by hook or by crook and he was
not particular about the methods en-
ploycd either, so that while Aid.
kinner made great inroads into the
ranks of the self-respecting repnbli-
cans of the ward, ''Boncy" on the
other hand made up the loss which
he suffered among legitimate repub-
licans by winning from the demo-
cratic party such influences as were
led astray by the young man issue
which honey" worked to perfection.
The First, Sixth and Seventh
wards stood unilinchingly by their
republican colors, though some hard
work was done on both sides.
In the Fifth ward, George Schnei-
der defeated Julius &. Junge by the
employment of such tactics as Mr..
Junge would not stoop to. 1t was
the effort of Schncider's life. and
from the moment of his nomination
he was ut work, day and night.
While Mr.. Junge made an active can
vass, too, he refused to stulify him
self as Schneider did to certain classes
in order to insure their favor. He
declined to place his pocketbook alb
solutely at the disposal of those who
might support him, or to drag bust
ness transactions into the campaign.
While he did his best to be elected,
he held himself aloof from the prac-
tees such as make the candidate the
subservIent tool of improper influ-
ences if elccted-and so he was de-
fcated.
On the township ticket the repub-
licans gained an,overwhelmning vic
tory, taking advantage of the condi-
| lions, elsewhere alluded to. to gain
support on the ground of temporary
prejudice.
The fact that Mayor Medill had
seen fit to enforce the laws not only
of the city. but of morality, was
taken exception to by certain disrep-
utable saloon keepers, who put in
their best ticks in many of the wards.
| The Returns.
The returns on the township tick
ct are appended:
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