Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-27
WURSEOFCO COLLINS.
Why the Professional Polite.
ian is Making This Effort.
4 MATTER OF PRIDE TO Hill.

Having Ruled the Republican Party. He
Now Seeks to Rule the PeopIe-Hfs In
terest i'm Knox and the Eaiire City
Township Ticket Making Himself o.
noxious
S. j. Collins is not chairman of
the republican citv-township COM
mittee this year. He was two years
ago, and the fact was acknowledg ed
TO have had its weight in knocking
out the republican ticket. Yet the
irrepressibie Steve was afterwarl
elected chairman of the county COM
mittee through one of those inexpli-
cable pieces of political strategy for
which the Collins-Campbel family
circle is famous. and later he
used his political vantage to force
himself upon the county in the face
of protests from taxpayers AMI Ia
boring people. and was appointed
superintendent of the new coIrt
house. 1t was his reward for party
service. He sought it as such, and
he received it as such.
In the city Campaign.
1t has been said that Collins is not
chairman of the citv-township COM
mitt this year, vet he is working
harder than he ever did. He is on the
tramp day and night. 1t is some
thing beyond party zeal that is di-
recting his efforts this time. He has
gotten what he wants from the par
ty. 1t is self that he is looking after
now. Pride and vindication are the
motives. Having brought public in
dignation on the board, he demanded
the denomination OF Supervisors Sin
net and Oberg that their election
might maintain his standing. Nom
mate Them" he said. land ! will al
tend to their election" But he was
not satisfied with this. He sought
to control the entire republican
ticket. He picked his man in the
person of Il. +. Knox for the mayor
| atty nomination. He was at the head
of the Knox delegation in the Fourth
ward caucus, but was defeated
but he is not the kind OF a man that
is to be downed that way. He was
| bound to be in the convention and
gate, but he usurped the rights of
the chairman of the Fourth ward
delegation, Mr.. Jackson, and took
command. filled all vacancies and
manipulated things. He broke into
the convention with the proxy of
| Delegate Liedtke. of the Fourth ward
who is brother-in-law of G. F. Bla-
del. Liedtke is down for substitute
| city clerk in the event of Bladel'
election. and Licdtke was willing TO
accept Collins overtures to become
his substitute with the proviso that
Collins while working for Knox
should also land Bladel for the NOM
ination. Collins knew that in the
convention he could do both these
things. and he did. Frank Collins
brought the Fifth ward up for Knox.
and Steve being thus admitted to the
convention. the family assumed con-
The Craftsmanship.
Schroeder, of the Third, was paci.
fed by being made chairman of the
city-township committee. suppressed
ing ex-Mavor McConochie. with the
understanding that Collins was to dc
the work. The honor was enough
for Schroeder. Collins proposed to
make the fight of his life anyway,
and having carried the nominations
to his liki"g, he is now engaged in
working the people. He feels that
with the Knox. Collins-Campbell com
bine up town and the Biadel-Milier
down, the rest can be taken care
of on the city ticket, while he is
working equally hot wires to land
the SinnetOberg township ticket in
which he has the deepest possible in
terest.