Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-23
STRANGE BUT TRUE
The Story Of Saturday Nights
Republican Convention.
NAMING A TOWNSHIP TICKET
After the Contest on Collector, Assessor,
and Supervisor. Qaayle and Gahagen
squeeze Through and Now Arc Proud of
the Honors They Have Won.

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Assessor Or L. FREEMAN s an
Supervisor .---.-.-..........-W WILLIAM RINck
Assistant supervisors-.-.--., ". J. GSasaE ~.
The story NJ bow mort ., ,..st .,
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niybt,s -enn hi;con c;tvs,own.h;n 60
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80 =" ~. w .,.o ' I ou1 - nius
,hat O.. noss;h1a =, o,;,;i", Gu.
yent;on !, vas on,r baoausa 49, ~ !.
Observation-Disclosures th.; ~ 49, go
names adorn the tictet and wben 81
the end of tho second boIIot f,r aSs;s,-
ant sunerv;.or tho S;x,b no., 500
i,selfIwitb the comnIe,e s.nc,;on
n, the convention-all ot,o5 IN ,hroa
ont of the five candid..es n.msd -
could not in the strictest sense of the
word be Justly censured for exb;h;t.
inp an extreme fondness for norL
and i, was only bec.use w n Ed
wards grasped the situation in an
instant that his ward was saved from
the reputation alluded to. It
was a signal triumph for Ed
wards. as he had the kew to
that situation in his keepino' and
having demonstrated b;s STRENGTH no
was in a position to Law it downCand
he did. After the sixth ward had
captured the collectorshin. il found
it had the nomination of an assistant
superyisor that II did want and ono
tLa+ :, J;J 49,. $780,. -, IL !.
It was that il was ohl;god r. surr.n
der the one it had souvbt and accent
the one it had renudisted in caucns
Edwsras wos tho choice 80 ~ CT
ward for snnervisor bnt Onav,o ws.
the choice of Ross Collins hence
what did il matter IN 4be S;x,b 49,
what its own nreferences warso Tha
ward carried The convent;on Tow "a
wards. bnt Collins Carried tho o,n
vention for OuavIe ton EdwsrJs
had the more votes ~ betuo hut bo
thouoht more of the nredicam ent
that il was placinu bis word in no.
fore tho marty ord - Oh. ;n;ns.;oo =,
tho otber sec;;ons % ,ha o;tn "nd 81
LOSING tho bastv accontanca ~ H.
minority candidate ha r.I;arod tho
emb.rrsssmont ~ Tho o;ron,rst,noo
by surrenderino the honor and TINS
became the bero ~ tho aran;nm
Following this enisode ..Hillv,, Cabs
cen the NJ ar Cpll;ns c,nd;J.to m"s
forced on tho t;cLo, ord c." 49,
bappy. although the convention wss
NOT
The Convention Proceedings.
A half hours inside skirmisbinp
and two-cornered sessions had beeS
INDUCED in when Township Com.
mittee Chairman F. H. Schroeder as
cended the rostrum and swiped the
desk with his right. All ewes turned
upward and the noise subsidized to
buzzipg. After reading the call Mr..
Schroeder nominated ex-Mayor
Henry Carse for chairman. He was
unanimously chosen. When the sec.
retaryship was mentioned n. g.
Cleaveland and Robert LYNN were
both on their feet and with one voice
shouted the name of !. X. Scott
They sized one another up and in
discovering that their preference CO.
incided q smile illuminated their re-
spective countenances and MIR. Scott
was accented to keep tab on the con.
yention's doinps.
The chairman appointed NJ. F.,
Sweeney, H. G. Cieaveland and A..
G. Anderson a committee on creden-
| tale Tho o,,,c,;,.,o Gn.l,, .o...u.l