Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-28
WASADEEP LAID PLOT
That Which Secured a Rock ISL
and County Delegation
for Hanecy.
IN YESTERDAYS CONVENTION

the Proceedings She Gets.
"A traveller by the faithful hound
Half buried in the snow was found,
Still graspiUs in his hand OF ice
That banner with the strange Device
Moline.
Whether the intrepid youth bore
the name Of Allen or some other name
il not of so much consequence as the
fact that he was found, and that he
persisted with Moline on his lips. 1t
is a. matter Of course fact not to
be disguised that when the shades Of
night fell, closing in on the history
made III Rock Island county yesterday,
and the avalanche came. il was
discovered that there had been some
openings lef. in the proceedings that
Moline did not take advantage of.
But as long as human nature is fond
Of an unfailing spirit, and that the
spirit was not lacking i'll this
particular instance, eXpatiation on
minor shortcomings Is not essential.
While il was a notable, and to the
minds Of many a lamentable, fact,
that the hero of the day. who in a
spirit of marvellous self sacrifice,
nailed upon the outer wall of his
bailiwick the inscription, Moline
first. me and ali the world after
wards. went down, his cause went
marching on. The convention took
the Young man at his word and heard
him. not for himself, but for his cause,
then turned him out into the storm
and forthwith ruthlessly slew part OF
h FHEn ri Of no A.
that did not fail was Moline,
that. The heart cherished desire of
the martyr that Congressman Reeves
should greet him at Peoria a. the
head of Rock Island county's delcga-
ton was not to be fulfilled. Moline
wa there to see to that, too.
For it was Moline's day to win.
That city got the best end Of it in
the county nominations, and but for
the timely withdrawal of j. X. Scott
from the field of states attorneys Zip
candidates, would nave all that there
was in it, Moline was foxy. Permit
ting Coroner Eckhart to enjoy up Ia
the last moment the deIusiou that he
had no opposition for denomination,
the devoted sister city sprung a can
didate for the office and came so near
landing him that Mr.. Eckhart suffer
ed nervous shock from which he has
not vet recovered. And when it be-
came known that the field was open
Tor candidates for county surveyor,
Moline was right there with the man
and he won the place.
Moline Did 1t All.
1t was Moline that shaped ;hC
course of events that accomplished
the remarkable feat that made the
convention do exactly what it did not
want to do in the matter OF the com
position of the delegation to Peoria.
No one who is at all familiar with re-
publican sentiment in Rock Island
county will entertain a doubt that -
per cent of the party representa-
! tives in the county are for Reeves for
the gubernatorial nomination. In
last nights ARGUS it was intimated
that the Tanner-Hanecy crowd had,
after all, secured a delegation to the
state convention. This surmisc
was formed from a glance at
the delegation. Later and more
careful analysis of the situation not
only sustains the early suspicious that
the Springfield machine will hold it's
own with Rock Island county's repre-
sentation TO the state convention, but
that when it comes to n showdown il
will absolutely control it. 1t will not
only ride in the band wagon, but it
will ride on the front seat.
And Moline did this, too.
The proceedings of the Moline re-
publican caucus of Monday night. in
which MAYOR Vessel and W. \. Meese
checked Frank q. Aliens ambition to
head a Reeves delegation To Peoria,
were given in last nights ARGUS. Yes
terdav, in the Rock Island county
convention the Tanner-Hanecy ma
chine. directed from Moline. finished
the Job.
Moline had two objects in the con-
ventiOE-one to get all that was pos
sible without precipitating a riot, and
the other to have a delegation APP
pointed favoVa bic to the state machine.
Both objects were attained. Vessel
goes to the state convention in place
of Allen, VINO had his trunk packed,
and so does Billy Meese and a few
others from various parts OF the
county agreeable to Vessel and
| his lieutenant. who are a little par
ticular about who they travel with
at this season OF the year. Moline
retains the nominations for represen-
tative in the legislature, the circuit
clerk and surveyor, and controls the
delegation TO the state convention.
Rock Island got, by the skin of her
teeth, the states attorney and cOro-
ner nominations, and pleasant smile
for her candidate for congress
Moline had no candidate for con-
gress this trip
After the Battle.
Billy Baker goes back to Springfield
with a big broad smile How Billy
loves 10 work
George Washington McCaskrin has
not announced yet whether he will
run for governor or president next