Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-02
APPOINTMENTS LACK CONFIRMATION
Every Name Proposed Is Turned Down by
the Council.

1 Every Name RrOposeu Is urheu boWh Dy
the Council.
| A deathly stillnes. swept over the
gathering when Mayor McConochie
| drew from beneath his coat piece OF
| paper, which he said contained list
of appointments he proposed submit
| ting for confirmation.
| Party lines were closely drawn.
Not one on the slate received the
requisite number of votes to confirm.
| The eight democratic members stood
solidly together through the hour
which the new executive devoted to
handing down the names of those
whom he evidently desired to serve in
his cabinet. Some of the appoint
ments were even repugnant to the re-
publicans, several of whom united
with the democratic negative in the vot
ing. TIE following are the appoint
ments made, all lacking confirmation
Superintendent of streets, George
w Heck superintendent of water
works, Charles NJ. Witherell commits
sioner of health, DR.. G.. G.. Craig, Jr.;
CITY collector, w. +. johnson; city
weighmaster, w. A. Norris; toll gate
keeper, John Williams, William Rinck,
Marshall Shaw; plumbing inspector,
Joseph Rosenfeld; chief of police,
Phil Miller; night police captain, james
Darnell; desk sergeant. Clifford Writ;
patrolmen, Andrew Etzel, Charles
Youngberg, Joseph Grotegut, Barney
McCabe, George Nissen, Hugh Fitz-
simmons, John Carnes, John Morris
son. w. A. Giles; commissioner of
Spencer square, RichanS Champion;
commissioner of Garnsey square,
Foster Coyne; chief of fire deparement,
Charles Hastings; assistant chief,
Peter Frey. Aids. Gall and Sober
strom voted whit the democrats
against Witherell and Resented John
son and Soderstrom against Rinck and
Shaw; and Gall against Coyne and
Grotegut-
1t was apparent that Mayor Nc
Conochie was considerably angered at
the cold manner in which his candi-
dates were received, and after vainlv
endeavoring for an hour to tire the
opposition. folded up his. little list,
pocketed it for future reference. and
said: ''That'll do for tonight.
A Joint resolution of the council
and Rock Island Club committees adj
dressed to the secretary of the navy and
asking that the city OF Rock Island be
considered in the naming of the next
batch of war vessels, was unanim-
ously adopted. Rock Island had a
petition before the secretary of the
navy just prior to the recent christen-
ings, and while it was realized we
were too late to be among the cities
honored at that time, our desires were
made known to the national authori
ties, who will doubtless keep Rock
Island in the fore when the date for
naming another squad of warships
rolls around.
Council Chat.
1t was hot. All the old fans were
dug up and operated.
Aid II. l.. Wheelan vacated the east
side of the house and chose the seat
previously occupied by Aid. Maucker.
Aid. j. w. Lawbead abandoned the
chair in the northwest corner of the
left by Aid. Wheelan.
l.. &. Banding and John Il. Warner,
expert accountants, examined the
books of City Clerk Huesing and
special Tax Collector +. j. Burns and
reported them correct complimenting
both gentlemen for their precise and
dCCuldlc LhObhONS VI hSSl prs bhNiA ~
counts.
John Rinck swept into the room
bearing a magnificent bouquet, which
, he had placed on the desk of John O.
Freed, the new alderman from the
Third. The fragrant gift bore card
which read that it was from an old
shop mate. The latter is Will
liam Rinck, Johnny's father. who for
10 years worked alongside of Mr..
Freed in shoemaker shop.
w. G. Maucl er, who has for several
years been one of the prominent MEM
bers of the municipal assembly, was
an interested spectator. Mr.. Mauck-
er..whose term expired last night, bad
not been present for several meetings.
having recently changed his place of
residence from the Third to the
Fifth ward, having moved his family
to the fiat above his new store on
Fourth avenue, between Twenty-sec-
ond and Twenty-third streets.
The zephyrs waited through the
opened windows blew down the city
map hanging behind the Mayors desk
The map alighted upon Mr.. Medill's
head, but. as he has so often demon
strated during his administration, it
was not difficult struggle for him to
handle the city-althoughi it happened
in this instance to be merely on paper
and he rolled it up and laid it gently
upop the floor