Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-18

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The chair declared W. H. Gest the
choice of Rock Island county for
member of congress from the Tenth
district of the state of Illinois, United
States of North America.
Delegate Parmenter thereupon
moved the appointment of a COM
mittee of seven to select delegates to
the congressional convention, to be
composed of two from Rock Island.
two from Moline and three from the
country. The motion carried and
the chair read from his little list f.
E. Parmenter and Frank Collins of
Rock Island; c. F. Hemeuway and
A. p. Fisk of Moline; David Lyons of
Coal Valley, w. H. Whiteside of
Yuma and Thomas Armstrong of
Bowling.
Exit the Committee.
The committee then retired.
Where shall we go?" queried one
of the fortunate ones.
ITO the treasurer's Office down
stairs" answered Delegate Parmen-
ter, leading the way:
If the treasurer does not object,
we DON'T" enjoined the chairman, as
the coat-tails of the last committee
man vanished outside the door.
Then Mayor Bennett, heading the
Moline delegation, saw a chance to
square himself with the ruling ele-
ment, and he moved the appointment
of a committee of three to notify Mr..
Gest of his nomination. The con-
vention took up the refrain. and the
chair, reading from his little list
again, mentioned Capt. Bennett, of
Moline; E. ID. Sweeney, Of Rock Isl-
and, and w. r. Carey. of Hampton.
The committee departed. 1t met Mr..
Gest somewhere within a mile of the
building and escorted him before the
convention. The delegates cheered
and then relaxed into silence. Mr..
Gest returned thanks for past and
present favors. If he should be NOM
mated and should become congress-
man again he would endeavor faith
fully to serve the district from end
to end, the state and the Union. He
would voice and uphold republican
principles and republican ideas.
Then there were calls for Caldwell.
He declined to speak. Ainsworth
was called for, but he came not.
Bennett was asked to speak. He re-
sponded briefly. Maj. Beardsley
contributed the pyrotechnics. and
Chairman Searle let out lot of bonn
bast.
| The Committee Returns.
He was interrupted by the return
of the committee. Mr.. Parmenter
explained that the committee regret
ted that it had not places for all who
desired to 60 to Galva. There must
be some disappointed. Then he read
the list of delegates selected and the
convention approved of it as follows:
Z. ID. Sweeney, j. L. Haas, T. G.
Denkmann, Walter johnson. c. F.
Goetjer, c. w. Foss, w. p.
Quayle, f. f. Parmenter, Rock Isl
and; j. L. Browning, Nels Pierce. W.
A. McBeth. II. A. Barnard, r. A.
Landee, II. Kohler. r. A. Smith, &.
F. Hemenway. Moline: T. 6. Thorn
ton, Thomas Campbell. L. S. Pear.
sail, A. T. Hollister, W. II. White.
side, W. +. Crawford, D. H. Lyons,
Cyrus Miller. j. r. johnson, from
the country districts.
| Then the convention adjourned.
The Country Caucuses.
The ARGUS had arranged with its
correspondents throughout the coun-
ty to send in the proceedings of the
different caucuses. and from them
comes many interesting reports of
episodes in connection with the
meeting. Down in Edgington prob
ably the most bitter rivalry was
shown. In precinct No. 1, the Gest
men, with the aid of ex-senator
Crawford, the subterfuge candidate,
packed things solid, while two COL
ored gentlemen from Peoria were
trotted in to help swell the majority
in his favor. The result of the ballot
down there was As to 90 in favor of
the Gest delegates. In Edgington
No. 2 the vote was 40 to 20 in favor
of the Gestites. Milan instructed
for Caldwell. There was some con-
fusion in Hampton. Dan McNeal be-
ing chairman and William Edelman
secretary. but in the scuflle the latter
resigned and was succeeded by Nor
timer Fleet. The delegates from the
two precincts were uninstructed, but
are supposed to stand 6 to in favor
of Ainsworth. In Canoe Creek Gest
got one of the three delegates. In
Yuma, Ainsworth captured 8 out Of
D. Both Port Byron and Coe in
structed for Gest, who also captured
five out of Cordova to one for Aims
worth.
| In Andalusia. which Crawford had
endeavored to control. the caucus
was like unto a minstrel perform.
arce, q feature being the little dis