Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-30

| to Have. n Fact That Will be Attesteo &c
Next Tuesday-kerr and Durham for As
sistant Supervisors. Reeves fo- Collector
| and Luchmann for Assessor.
| A glance at the names of the canji-
dates for township offices on the dem
ocratic ticket is convincing proof to
the voter that the party has, as al
WAYS, endeavored to secure the SER
and people, and whose qualifica-
tions are not to be questioned. The
superior character of the ticket over
the opposing one in the field cannot
help appealing 10 the intelligence of
the community, which has ever been
quick to appreciate, and usually Sc
lects the better of the two tickets sub
mitted for public approval. This be-
ing the case, the verdict has already
been reached, sealed and returnab'e
Tuesday of next week. That verdict
will read that every candidate herein
mentioned is elected.
Messrs. Kerr and Durham.
Joseph H. Kerr and George c. Dur
man : are the democratic candi-
dates for assistant supervisors.
Mr.. Kerr is prominent res
ident of the Seventh ward. He
has served in the city council and
has been superintendent of the water
works. He has been faithful to every
trust imposed in him. He prides in
the advancement of his town, and
is ever ready to do his part in
carrying on the movement of pro-
gress. He has the confidence and re-
spect of all who know him, and will
do valuable service as member of
the county board. Mr.. Durham lives
in the Second ward. He was born
and reared in the ward. Ever since
he was able to work he has been en-
gagged in the grocery business. He is
now proprietor of store at 701
Ninth street, and is mum bered among
the succe. sful and substantial bust
ness men of Rock Island. Mr.. Dur
man, though prominent in the coun-
ellis of his party, has never held or
sought office, although often accorded
the opportunity-hence his friends are
all the more anxious now to make
his majority as large as possible to
demonstrate to him the high esti-
nation placed on his qualifications.
Herman j. Luchmann.
Hermann j. Luchmann, candidate
for assessor, is a property holder of
the Sixth ward. For / 1 years he was
chief bookkeeper for the Rock Island
Brewing company, holding subsequent
positions of responsibility and trust.
MIR. Luchmann is one of the promi-
nent German residents of the city,
having wide and warm acquaintance.
He has been lifelong democrat, but
until the present year has not figured
as a candidate, although always con-
tributing his share of work toward
the success of his party tickets. His
business ability is too well known to
dwell upon his efficiency for dispatch
ing the affairs of the office of asses
sor- Suffice it TO say that he will do
the work in manner that will meet
with the satisfaction of not only his
party but the citizens generally.
r. Emmett Reeves.
For collector the democrats have a
strong candidate in r. Emmett Reeves,
a resident of the Fifth ward and bill
clerk in the freight Office of the Rock
Island & Peoria Railway company.
Mr.. Reeves has for years followed
railroad work. 1t was while serving
as a switchman in the local yards of
the Peoria that he met with deplor-
able accident that cost him one of his
limbs. He is not asking the office
from a charitable standpoint, how
ever. His friends urged him to seek
the nomination, and the convention
was pleased to give it to him as one
representing the younger democracy
of the city. He is in every way COM
petent of assuming the duties of col
lector, and if there are any who are
not convinced on this point they will
be when Mr.. Reeves will have turned
his books over to his successor a
year hence.