Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-05
PLAN WINS.
Republican Congressional Con.
Vention Called to Meet
at Galva May 3.
ROCK ISLAND OoLDLY sNUBBED.

| Result of Today's Committee Meeting,
Which Is Anything But Cordial and
Calls Proposed Love Feast On-The
Efforts Made 10 searle's Behalf Are
Turned Down.
The republican congressional COM
mittee of the Tenth district had an
animated session at the Harper house
this afternoon. The tempest in a
teapot was precipitated by the discus
sion of the time and place of holding
the congressional convention - and
likewise the much-talked-of love feast.
1t will be remem bered that at the
meeting of the committee few weeks
since at Galesburg to determine the
time and place when the commit
tee should sit in solemn ses-
sion to fix the date and location of
the congressional convention, there
was a sharp issue between the Prince
and Searle factions. The present
congressman supporters sought an
early convention, while the friends of
the Rock Island man lined them selves
up for the policy of proerastination.
TO them delay was life itself, AID
thus pathetically appealing to the
The Love Feast Planned.
Tuesday. April "a, was marked on
the calendar as the date when the
committee should next assent BILE. 1t
was further agreed that on that occa-
sion representative republicans from
throughout the district were to be
invited to meet with the committee
and candidates, drink from the loving
cup, feast, make merry, and incident
ally see what big boy Searle is in
Rock Island.
But times have changed. There
have been a few county conven-
tions since that other meeting
down the district. and seizing upon
the new aspect of the situation thus
developed, the committee members.
recognizing their allegiance to the
royal diadem of the Prince apparent,
decided to upset the purpose of the
Galesburg meeting, and hence the
call for the gathering in Rock Island
today.
Date FIxsd-Love Feast on.
After considerable parleying, Begin
ming with the assem- bling of the COM
mittee this morning. it was decided
this afternoon that the congressional
convention be held at Galva May 3.
1t was the desire of the Searle snp-
porters that no date be fixed at this
time-not till the county conventions
in Stark and Mercer have been held
and failing in winning over n majority
of the committeeman to their way of
thinking, they consented to later
date, May z, the convention to occur
in Rock Island, but they were over
whelmed. and the motion of A. q.
Hammond, of Stark, that the conven-
ton be held at Galva May was
adopted, almost unanimously, a mo-
ton to lay on the table failing to re-
ceive a second. This is unquestion-
ably a victory for the Prince men.
The com mittee reconsidered the ac-
ton taken at Galesburg for the love
feast at Rock Island the oath of April,
and officially declared this meeting off.
The congressional committee is
composed of: Knox county, o. l..
Cam pbell. Knoxville. chairman; Hen
nv, S. V. Deem, Galva, secretary;
Mercer, ID. n. Blazer, Aledo; Rock
Island, Walter Johnston, Rock Island;
Stark, A. G.. Hammond, Wyoming;
| Whiteside, George S. Sardam, Fulton.
All the mem bers were present but Mr..
Sardam.
Others in the city to keep tab on
the meeting of the committee were:
+. A. Freer, G. G.. Gale and A. S.
Green. Galesburg; A. w. Errett and
T. P. Pierce, Kewanee, and James Nc
Kinney, of Aledo.
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