Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22
HAAS rs HUSTLING,
A Down Town Meeting for the
Combination.
FUN IN THE THIRD WARD.

l Care Crowd STORMS the suppoee d
| Knox stfonEho,d-Johnson for CITY
Ciefk-Other Political Plans, Possibilities
and Prospects.
The base Of operations of the com.
bination was transferred from the
Sixth to the Third ward Saturday
night. and as the story went yester-
day Joe Haas took the command OF
the maneuvers. and transported the
entire Third ward up to the Fourth
ward. and the lights again burned
late in the Office of Hon. w. H. Gest,
where . conference was held. The
city attorney hustled as he never did
before. He made the positive asser-
ton that this was q straight game
with him, that there was no affiliation
with any other candidate, that he
was out for Haas, and Haas alone,
without respect to the aspirations OF
the present mayor or anyone. In
q word he (Haas) was anxious to be
mayor. Regardless of how the dec.
laration was received. the movement
succeeded in making an inroad into
other political plans, and the
Carse crowd which had been storm
ing the Knox stronghold, the Fifth,
during the day, felt somewhat down
cast over the reports that came from
the meeting. 1t had BEEN busy day
for the friends of the Second warder,
and the coup of the Haas contingent
was no doubt regarded as having
been sprung at an inopportune mo-
ment. to say the least.
But there were other events tran
spring in the Third ward during
the day. The aldermanic contest
within the republican lines was re-
ceiviDg attention. Simon Goldburg
was initiated into the ways of poll
tics. The "warm springs" got after
him, and after "two-eighths'' had
been consumed on orders from Simon,
and still the healers came back with
assurances that enough had not vet
been done to cinch the thing for
him, he was discouraged and at
last accounts was vowing that he
had all he wanted of politics Just
now. Nevertheless he is still be-
lieved to be in the ring. The cir
cumstance served, however, as an
occasion for an endless amount of
fun among the boys.
In the Fifth ward, too, there was
an animated contest over the alder
manic situation, and ex-Ald. George
Schneider played a number of over
lures in front of the door of his
friend, Charley Oswald. who was not
disposed to acknowledge the cour-
tesy or to reciprocate, and the con-
sequence was that while Oswald's
heart was glad Schneider was sad
as the sun went down, Oswald
seems to be the chosen candidate
on the ticket.
William Johnston was brought
out yesterday with a flourish of
trumpets as candidate for ,ity
clerk with the assurance from the
Union that he was the whole thing,
while j. II. Cleland announced hi,
ambition to be justice of the peace
Union Grows wsathy.
The happenings of the day had the
tendency to arouse the Union from it's
lethargy. and yesterday it made one
OF its semi-periodical attacks upon
1.-THE corner" slate. The ARGUS lie &C.
cused of having a desire to split the
handsome majority" OF the republi.
can party. and thus to insure demo-
cratic triumph. 1t may be observed
In reply that THE Argus is simply
doing it, duty as Newspaper,
and publishing for the benefit of re-
publicans, as we'll as democrats, and
all classes Of readers-what the
Union is failing to do-what is really
going on in local political affairs.
And by the way, The ARGUS has
not up to the present moment dis
played the bitterness, to say nothing
OF self-interest in what is occur.
ing. that the Union has. And We.
the morning paper. after taking a
stand against one OF the elements
which is participating, concludes its
observation by offering the hope that
'the majority. if they are sensible,
will want to work together in har-
mony. and no good reason exists
why they should not DO so without
sacrificing any interest"
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