Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-19
OUTPOSTS FIXED.
The Preliminary Republican
Ski. mishes.
LAST NIGHTS WARD oAucusEs


Judge Adams Has the B.st OF 1t ON r.
nomlnation-wilIiam Atkinson ON Ton
for sheriff Harding for Superintendent
Fun ut the Prin.riea.
The preliminary republican Skin
mishes for the nominations to be
made next Tuesday came to a practi-
cal focus in the cities of Rock Island
and Moline last evening, when the
various ward caucuses were held.
In every primary in Rock island a
remarkable attendance characterized
the proceedings, indicating that all
the opposing candidates for the con-
tested nominations had attempted to
steal march on the other fellows.
and each had been caught at his own
game-thc upshot of the matter be-
ing that the party element in each
ward turned out en- masse.
The forecast obtained from the pri-
maries in Rock Island points to
Judge Adams having the majority of
the delegates for judge, William At
kinson for sheriff. and w. G. Hard
ing for county superintendent, there
being no particular strife as to the
other nominations. although the
fifth ward struggle centcred largely
in the clerkship, and Ed KrIes'
friends packed the caucus. Kohler,
however, seems to have the best of
the situation ut this stage of the game.
On the legislative ticket, Sister
Payne seems to have the edge on
the Campbell" as he expresses
it. THAT has broken into the fences
constructed to keep strange steers
out" The story of the various ward
meetings is told in detail below.
One Surprise.
The way in which Conrad Schnci-
der was sold out in. the house of his
friends, his own ward being turned
against him under his very eyes, was
the surprise of the evening. While
Hemenway did not develop the
strength in the city that he antici-
pated. he is resting on his arms, san
guine that while Moline will come
down Ostensibly for kittiscn, the
delegation will go to Hemenway af.
ter getting kohler slated, with the
understanding that Kittilsen is to
have the chief deputyship, and with
this much pledged and the support
he expects by stampeding the county
delegations, he will walk off with the
nomination. On the whole it was
an exceedingly cold night for the A.
z. A. organization throughout tn.
city, the extent of its strength being
shown in the endorsement of tn,
First and Second wards for Eckhart
and in the lift ex-Congressmar
Gcst got toward his future aspirtion.
in the Third ward, which is but tn,
keynote to the endorsement OF hi!
candidacy by the county convention
as DIR. kinyon, who has charge of hi.
campaign, feels himself pretty hi.
gun in the ranks of this latter-dal
tepublicanism just now.
FIRST Ward.
Thomas Smart was called to tn
chair and f. II. Bowman, Jr., wa
secretary. Z. b. McKown and Jane
McGarvey were appointed tellers. l
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caucus had voted for an hour or so
Aid. Bladcl sought to introduce
motion to declare the ballots closed
: Chairman Smart saw some of hi
particular friends coming in the dis
lance. however, and refused to enter
tain the motion until they had beef
given n chance to cast their ballots
rhc vote for delegates developed tn
following: Thomas Smart, 16l; Free
Ostcrman, 166; William Sehnert, 16f
Fred Carlson, 166: John Gardner, 165
Alfred Coyne, l65; John Zimmerman
1865; Charles Youngbcrg, 166; Lev
Sharp. 1865; }. Warnock. Sc; j
Bladel, 81; Ed. McKown, So; w. Ga
hagen, 81; G. Engcl. 81; w. Broom
hall, Sc; NJ. Peterson, sc; Ere
Hodges, Sc; j. Kolloii, 81; Thoma
Sharp, /: Phil Miller, 1. The frs
nine named were declared the DELE
gates, and are instructed for Eckhar
for sheriff and Harding for count
superintendent.
Second Ward.
Ex-Mayor Thomas Murdoch wa
NHUC cn4lTIntu anu oshCo Soon sV'
r rctarv. Rudolph Schaum and Wi
,, liam Baker were chosen tcllers. an
: Eckhart delegates were elected: Wi
liam Baker. Albert johnson, Robel
Willerton, John Faust, Robert Bel
, nett. Charles Burklund, George s.
lander. Albert Owens, Anthony d.
Voc, Charles Oberg and Samu'
i. Meanor.
Third Ward.
! Aid. Fred II. Schroeder was electe
chairman and Frank Munger seer
tary. John Rinck and 5. 5. Hu
, were elected tcllers, and ballot IL
5 delegates resulted: +. Fl. Schrocde
1 &c; Dr. G. Il. KinyOn. Go; w. /
I Jordan, 81; Tim Webb, 81; Juli,
, Moscnfeldcr, 81; Eugene Hansen. 81
w. V. Stafford. 1Ol; George DEM
. sew, So; X. A. Donaldson, S6;
Slocum, 81: Fred Krell, 80; w. :
, Pratt, Sc; T. H. Ellis. 35; Frar
) Munger, Sc; A. Brockman, II; Wi
. liam Rinck, -; w. A. Guthrie.
!! The first eight named were declare
, delegates, and are solid for Heme
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