Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-17
MAYOR MEDILL RENoMINArED.
Unanimously Chosen by His Party to Lead
the Ticket to Victory.

by the chairman, Hon. William
McEnirv arose and presented the
name Of T. j. Medill. whose eX-
cellent management Of the ci;y's
affairs. he said, was a source of pride
and admiration not alone of the dem
ocrats, but of the people generally,
the progress that the munici pality
had made in the way of public i'm
provements having attracted the at
tention of the whole country and
placed it among the first cities of the
west. Mr.. McEniry said he knew
there was no other candidate, and
upon his motion and a substitute by
j. III. Kerr that the vote be a rising
one, the nomination was made by
reclamation. Otto Birkel, Edward
Murphy and j. II. Kerr were dele
gated to hunt up Mayor Medill and
escort him to the hall. There was
enthusiastic cheering as the nominee
advanced toward the stage. When
the commotion had subsidized he made
feeling return of his thankfulness
for the bestowal of the mayoral NOM
ination honor for the third time. He
said he could hardly express the feel
mrs of which he was possessed
on such an occasion. He had
not expected to be called again
to head the ticket; he had not
solicited the distinction, and felt all
the more honored and proud to be
asked to run for the mayoralty of the
beautiful city of Rock Island. He
predicted that the democrats would 60
to the polls on the 18th of April and
elect every candidate on the ticket.
His party's policy in the past had
been along the line of public improve
ments. I'VE took the city six wears
ago. continued the mayor, land
have lifted it from dependency and
placed it in the front ranks of the
cities of the west. | believe it is the
opinion of all, regardless of politics,
that the improvements should be
continued. One of the greatest of
those we have undertaken suffered Il
slight setback today. when n mishap
occurred at the reservoir. 1t afforded
an opportunity for n few pOlit-
zeal opponents, and | am happy to say
very few, To take advantage of
public utility with which L am identi-
lied and disseminate stories detrimen-
tai to the great public work. | have
carried on that improvement, my
name shall stand by it, and shall be
linked with it forever. L have
watched it by day and by night, and |
can say that when it will have been fully
completed, we will have n water sys-
tenn not surpassed in the United States
of America. l have no apologies to
make. Philadelphia has copied our
plant. Pittsburg will in all probability
do likewise. Sacramento, Cal, will send
n delegation here to view it, as will
the uni, ersitics of Iowa and Illinois,
for it is the only plant in the country
com bining the theory of sedimenta-
ton, aeration and filtration. The
London News recently contained
column and a half explaining the fea-
lures of our system. In 10 days |
will send to your homes, bright. clear,
sparkling water, instead of the fifth
you are getting now. l will stand by
public improvements, because the
public believe in them ard want
them. If you expect outside capital
TO come to YOU YOU must offer II in
ducements in the way of improved
public utilities. or else it will pass you
by. At the Peoria convention of
mayors / was cOmplimented on every
hand for the rapid strides the city
had made, being recognized as hav-
ing a place in the front ranks of the
leading cities of the country. l did
not seek this nomination. but ] feel 1t
n sense of public duty and for the sake
of my friends that | should accept
HIr. HuesIng Named.
NJ. ii. Sexton made Il motion,
which was carried, that the selection
of a candidate for city clerk be pro-
ceeded with by ballot, the first to be
informal, without nominations. The
informal ballot gave A. ID. Hues-
ing 81, II. l.. Wheelan 10,
W. l.. Aster II, w. c. Maucker
II, and w. b. Mcintyre /. Mr..
Maucker thanked his friends for the
vote cast for him, but wished it un-
derstood that he was not Il candidate
in any sense of the word. The first
formal ballot nominated Mr.. Huesing,
who received II votes TO - for
Wheelan. 10 for Aster and for Me-
Intyre. Upon motion of William Me
Entry Mr.. Huesing was made the un-
animous choice of the convention.
There were calls for the nominee, VINO
made a happy response, thanking the
party for its expression of confidence
in him. He said he would do his best
to elect the entire ticket, and if
chosen clerk again. would endeayor
to conduct the Office to the satisfaction
of every citizen of Rock Island.
Mr.. Marshall Nominated by AccIamation.
For city attorney, j. c. Surman
placed before the convention the name
of c. Il. Marshall, the present incum-
bent, who, upon motion of j. w.
Cavanaugh, was made the unanimous
choice of the convention by acclama-
ton. Mr.. Marshall, IN answer to
requests for speech. made his way
to the front of the platform. He con-