Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-21
RED HOT IN ITS FURY
Republican ROWS Now Steaming
All Over the
City.
THE FIGHT FOR CONGRESSMAN.

Prince Gets Moline Apparently and is
Now Measuring Swords with SearIe
on Ills Own battle-ground BeiIigerant
Leaders Come 10 Blows on Second
Avenue.
TIE republican primary election
contest is On all over the CITY
this afternoon. and it is wared
with such intensity in some Of the
precincts that if the day passes with
ont the eyoking OF the strong arm of
the law to avert violence. il will be
surprising. Both sides are desperately
in earnest, and the fight is steaming
hot everywhere. Prince is still on
the gsound directing his forces. and
last night the talk was common on
the streets chat the eXchequcr under
his control had been opened. and that
the lucre was plentiful wherever itcould
do the most good. To counterfeit this
influence Searle started his typewriter
to working again, and forthwith came
a circular, which went into the hands
Of the faithful, pleading for support
on local grounds and setting forth the
fact that Knox county had en-
ioyed the advantage of having a
congressman for II wears. and it
was time for II change
In Moline last night the caucuses
We're holly contested, and while both
sides claim the result Searle 81 to 80,
and Prince by % to ID, the more con-
sentative element of the party there
conccde the victory to Prince Cralle
swept the field there for sheriff hav-
ing the advantage over Ed Kittilsen.
who is at the front with the Illinois
soldiers. and who would otherwise
have been the winner. undoubtedly.
Opens with Blows.
The republican congressional Skin
mish opened with blows this morning
bright and early. when pair of
prominent local lights. one represent
ing the Prince faction, and the other
the Searle wing met and proceeded
to settle their differences on Second
avenue. Some hot words were eX-
changed. when. according to report.
the Searle man directed an epithet at
the Prince man. which the latter re-
santed with drive on the Searic
mans chin. followed bv several other
well directed blows. The beliger-
ents were finally separated without
much damage
Crowds are reported about the pol. s
in all the precincts. and the Fifth
war'l sent in Il call for police proteo-
ton. in view of threatened disturb
ancc. late this afternoon. Chief Pen
der sent a detail OF men up there.
The effectiveness of she primary
election law is being pretty severely
strained in Rock Island this after
noon and the tickets in the various
wards being voted for are as follows:
First Ward, Searle-A. F.. Claypool.
ID. p. Williams. Fred Hodges. William
wilkins, Abe Dawson, Chris AMBER
SON August Sehncrt. Jr., John kol-
loft. Charles Youngberg. William J.
Gahagen. Edward Stewart, John
Schroeder, Herman johnson.
Princc-M. Concannon. John IL.
Gardner. John Alderman. Adolph
Carlson. Charles Lindgren. August
Tucfcl, Fred Carlson. Herman Appel
quist. Foster Coyne. William Kroeger.
julius Vincent. Emil Osterman, c.
kocster.
Second Ward Scarle-Mack SNYDER.
4. J. Harris. Charles W. Hackstadt
Samuel Meanor, j. NJ. Bcardslev. ID,
Alfred Spencer Max NJ. Fishwild. Jo-
seph Walters. Oscar Apple. Henry
Carse, NJ. Wolfrum, John Runge. Ed
ward killmer, L. p. Cox. Julius
Dhooge, l.. V. Eckhart.
Prince-George +. Hotter. Adolph
Bergston, George Wittick, Meyer
Roseniield, Arnold Oswald. A. Tabor.
William Swallow. A. W. johnson. Abe
Lambert. John Rentz, d. +. Krell, II.
Krombeck, II. ReNine, John Dahn. j.
McKenna, Charles Lindblom.
Third Ward. Searlc-F. A. Andrews.
John o. Freed, S. r. Wright. W.
\. Corcoran, John Shelly. Ralph Hav-
crstick Charles Miller. John Rinck.
b. ID. Connolly. W. L.OLudolph. F. ii.
Schroeder. William Gall, George
Baker David Don.
Prince-G. j. Dempsey. Henry
Brockmann. G. Ii. Mckown. John
Hammerstrom. W. S. Fulmer. +. b.
Halves. John Snyder. j. F. Munger.
ii. c. Harris. Isaac Shitfcr. j. Il.
Souders, William Wittick, Harry
Potts j. A. Anderson.
Fourth Ward, Searle- George f.
Bailey. ID. f. Noftskcr, A. j. Noel
Ter. Henry Ehrhorn, re. Clarke.
Fred W Rinck. f.. ID. Sweeney. J. +.
Peetz, Charles Hanseen, W +. John
son. 5. j. Collins. H. ID. Blakemore.
j. +. Martin. G. ii. Writ
Prince-W William jackson. III. ID.
Mack, NJ. NJ. Sturgeon. DIR. George f.
Barth. Charles w. Halves. Chris
Gaetier. Eugene Mattison. William
Ramser. r. {. Pierce, Henry W. Horst.
Carl Hellpenstell. William WEBSTER,
b. o. Dougherty.
Fifth Ward Searle-B r Knov