Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-27

ings-Crawford as Ambitious as Ever.
GALvA, Feb. 27.-For a convention
with so MANY rival interests, with so
much earnestness on the part of the
various candidates, it must be said
that,the first days proceedings of the
Tenth district republican convention
were attended BY remarkable success
in concealing the undercurrent of
discomfort a perceptible feeling of
uneasiness. nevertheless. Pervaded
the scene, and when Henry county,
which was playing the monkey,
would stay too long with one candi-
date, motions tn adjourn, which in
other words meant, ..stop the deal, !"
were heard. The situation was ag-
gravated by the fact that there is
not saloon in Galva. Ostensibly
there is not, although it is under
stood, all on the quiet. that some of
the delegates found hole in the
wall somewhere, and thus gained a
more favorable impression of Henry
countrv's modern convention city.
In Review.
The convention was called to order
by Chairman Emerich, of the Tenth
district republican congressional
committee. who paid very becom-
ing tribute to the deceased congress-
man, Gen. p. S. Post, and praying
that the utmost good will would
characterize the proceedings. Then
Secretary Dee, OF Henry. read the
call. The organization, first temper
airy, afterward permanent, was COM
pleted. Chairman Thomas Movers
felt that the spirit moved him to
speak. Every body was anxious to
make speech. The presiding officer
having been taken from a neutral
county, each of the other counties
was invited to present a secretary.
Rock Island named G. F. GAZETTEER;
Stark. X. c. Judd; Knox, a. L. Camp
bell; Mercer. j. NJ. Britain; White
side, George b. Robinson. These
secretaries were called upon to select
one of their number as ''the secre-
tarv," and the honor fell to Gaetjer.
Credentials were reported and APP
proved. The committee on resolu-
tions was made OF Walter johnson.
of Rock Island; Charles ID. Hender-
son, of Stark; l.. W. Chandler. OF
Henry; j. K. Adams, of Whiteside:
Charles T. Maple, OF Knox; W. &.
Galloway. of Mercer. Then followed
the nomina ting speeches. Freer, of
Knox. in presenting Prince. was py-
rotechnic; it was the effort of his
life, painfully studied at that. Haas
reference to the unanimity of the
Rock Island county republicans for
Gest was refreshing as was his decla-
ration that in the old Eleventh dis
trict the name of Gest was known
alike in the humble dwelling OF the
poor and in the palace of the rich, from
all of which the cry of well done had
gone up. The defeat of Gest in 80
was attributed by the enthusiastic
speaker to manufactured public
opinion" and it was reverse of par
ty rather than of individual. Thomp-
sons speech in nominating Ham mond
was of n humorous vein. Sheldon's
talk of Ramsay was more of scold
about the ingratitude the party had
shown to Whiteside county which
had kept on rolling up republican
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official state position or q federal APP
pointment. Whiteside always did
the work and somebody else got the
officers. Then came the informal and
formal ballots. as given in yester-
days dispatches.
The Resolutions.
a little friction arose over the re-
port o; the committee on resolutions.
1t was read by Chairman johnson as
follows:
Resolved. That the repu blicans OF
the Tenth district of Illinois affirm
their devotion to the principles of the
party as set forth in the platforms of
the republican national conventions
of 1888 and 1892 and point to them
as a code of government all-compre-
hensive for the safety, welfare and
prosperity of just, generous and
enlightened people, held together by
ties of patriotism, good will and en-
iightened self-interest.
Resolved, That we are in favor OF
common sense in finance; that we
consider it shame and wrong to
American interests that under the
specious plea of maintaining the par
ity of gold and silver the government
should discriminate against the
standard silver dollar as to treat it
as unworthy OF use in the payment OF
national obligations when all our
laws indicate the purpose of the peo-
pies representatives in congress 10
have it actually used as freely as the
gold dollar and without discrimina-
ton or favoritism: and we particu-
larry denounce the purchase of gold
from foreign financiers to be paid in
interest bearing bonds at a rate so
far below market quotations as to
practically give away over 5000, 900,
as an outrage upon the people with
out excuse on the plea of real or fan
cied necessity. for we believe that
had the secretary of the treasury
once rendered silver in payment OF
greenbacks presented for redemption
his act would have broken the end
less chain used by brokers to