Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-09
THE CLANS GATHER
Republican District Confab at
the Harper.
TIE NEW TENTH COMMITTEE.

The Congressional Organization Perfected
and . Mutual Admiration session In
Obliged in-rhe rre.s Association Also
on Hand.
The republican congressional COM
mittee Of the new Tenth district. as
sembled at the Harper today. The
object of the meeting was to perfect
the organization. the preliminaries
for which had been arranged at q
previous Introductory love feast. n;
which Henry Emerich, Of Galesburg,
was elected chairman, AMI Col.
Charles sheldon, of Sterling. was
elected secretary.
The hour set for the converting Of
the committee was 1890 this morn
ing. but it was 1880 this afternoon
before anything akin to order was
established. The committeeman
were all present. Messrs. kohler. of
Rock Island. Blazer of Mercer. EN-
erich Of Knox. Hammond of Stark,
Everett of Henry, and sheldon of
Whiteside. Then there was a body
guard of the faithful from all over
the district that amounted to a small
army. From Rock Island. Kohler,
Keator. Collins, Campbell, Washing
ton l.. Sweeney and his ambitious
son. Marion. Searle, Sister Payne.
Crawford with his lightning rod.
Gest. Gamble and n score or more of
lesser lights, but all willing to let their
lustre shine, nevertheless. From
outside Of town the clans began ar
irving last night. One of the first
to put in an appearance at the Har-
per was Col. Clark +. Carr. of Gales
burg. who has within the year re-
mark. by the grace of the late Ben
Harrison. Editor Adam Lieber-
knecht, Of Geneseo. another of the
faithful from Illinois, whom the late
administration complimentcd with n
tour to foreign lands that was not APP
preciated. was also on hand last
night. A delegation from Henry
county pat in an appearance during
the evening. a did one from Mercer
and all night long and up to noon
today there were arrivals from diff
ferent. parts Of the district. Promi-
nent among those who came IN this
morning was Gen Smith d. Atkins.
of Freeport. who. while residing out
side the district. is on hand to re-
mind his friends that he is candi-
date for state treasurer. A. Bayless,
Whiteside, who is after the nomina-
ton for state superintendent, was
apatIa- ,rr.-ol
Prom All over the District.
Knox county led in the number OF
delegates present. OF course the
main object Of the Knox crowd was to
make an impression for Post, and
this much was accomplished. The
interests of the Galesburg congress
man were principally championed by
Editor W. o. Lovejoy, of the Mail,
and ii. l.. May. the congressman
brother-in-law, who was spoken OF
today a. veritable windmill. and q
dealer in that Kind OF machinery. be.
sides. Then from Knox were also j. J
Turnercliff. States Attorney Eugene
Welch. County Clerk NJ. o. William
son, u. W. Prince. who a few year:
ago bought a house in Springfield
under the misguided notion that he
was to he encouragement OF the
state: G. +. Price. &. Il. d Q. road
attorney; Capt. J. l.. Burkhaulter, :
Galesburg banker: Capt. Frank A
Freer, cX-postmaster at Galesburg
and Hon. W. ;. Gale, after who's,
father Galesburg was named, anC
who boasts OF having served 40 year,
rs n supervisor and IS years as alder
man. besides being in the legislature
constitutional convention. etc.
Among the Whiteside delegation
was: Hon. J. W. White, Col. c. L
sheldon. Capt. Parker and A. Bay
liss. while our own Mai. c. VI
Halves came down with the outfit
from Fulton to see that il made al
connections properly.
From over in Mercer county Their,
were States Attorney j. NJ. Brock. j
:. Sexton. Editor ID. y. Blazer, of tn,
Aledo Times-Record. Hon. n. II
Guthrie, Capt. l.. Il. Morey. Sheriff
X. Graham and Circuit Clerk W. NJ
McMannus.
Henry county was looked aftel
among others by States Attorne,
Emory Graves. Hon. II. V. Fisher
and Hon. Thomas Powers, as we'll a,
by Editor Lieberknecht and others
a. G.. Hammond and Charles Hen
derson were present from Starl
county.
Maj. Il. NJ. Woods, of Galcsburc
who aspires TO the post of depart
ment commander OF the Illinois G
a. IL. was present. as was James X
Howe. of the C.. Il. & Q. at Gales