Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-13
CARRIED WAR INTO KNOX.
Republican Congressional BeIIigsrents
Battle in Princes BaiIiwlck.

| Inc repu oilcan congressional com
mittee of the Tenth district met il
Galesburg yesterday. and issued tht
call for another congressional com
mittee meeting to be held in Rock Isl
and Tuesday, April "a, to issue the
call for the congressional convention
The time and place were not settled
without a struggle In other words
the Searle men from up this way car
ried the fight into Prince town. Ac
| cording to this mornings Union, its
editor, who is a member of the con.
gres sional committee, wiped up the
floor with the Knox and Stark county
/ contingents aud came home with quite
feather in his cap. for which achieve
| ment congratulations are in order, OF
| course. The Union thus throws light
on the proceedings of the matter:
The republican congressional COM
1 mittee of the Tenth district met at the
Union hotel in Galesburg Monday af-
| ternoon, on call of Chairman y. l..
Campbell. 1t was supposed by the
summoned that they were wanted TO
consider and agree upon time and
place for holding the congressional
convention, and il was even whispered
that Capt +. A. FTeer, postmaster at
Galesburg, and next friend politically
to Hon George Washington Prince, NJ.
c., had kindly mentioned April 10 as
the date most suitable. This, however,
must have been before it dawRed
upon him that ma ority of the COM
mitteemen present might not agree
upon such a hurried convention;
might insist that every county in the
.. - l.. f.rll NJ -
at their duly appointed dates to select
delegates to this convention. before it
is held, instead of holding it three
weeks ahead of the time chosen by
Stark county for its county conven-
ton to select delegates. When, how
ever, the painful discovery was made
that friends of Mr.. Searle had the
upper hand in the committee,
change came DER the spirit of their
dream. and this meeting became
merely a meeting for the purpose of
having another meeting some other
day. at which something should be
done.
MIR. Chairm said A. G. Ham
mond, of Stark, after Chairman Camp
bell had called to order at p. M, Il
move that the congressional COM
mittee meet at Galva one week from
tomorrow, to fix the time and place
of holding the congressional conven-
ton
- Mr. Chairman, said Walter John
son, of Rock Island, Il move as an
amendment that the congressional
committee meet at Rock Island on
the first of May, and invite all repub
ut Cd in hn tor. 70 ho
present also. and there agree upon a
time and place for holding the conven-
ton
There was a little discussion on
the issue involved, and then on ris-
ing vote the amendment was adopted,
4 to 9 And after this came little
more discussion, this time on the
work that congressional conventions
have authority to attend to, wholly
outside the nomination of candidates
for Representatives and members of
the state board of equalization, etc"
At all events the Johnson resolution
was after further discussion reconsid
cred, and on motion of Bro. Blazer, of
Aledo, a compromise was effected
with April "a as the date and Rock Isl
and the place of the committee meet
ing.
The Republican Register, at Gales
curg. speaking of the proceedings of
the gathering, SAYS: &c. j. Searle,
Rock Islands candidate for congress,
was one of the first here, and has
taken an active interest in what has
been going on. Harry II. Waite, of
Prophetstown. is here, representing
Mr.. Snydam. From Aledo are pres
ent James Mckinney. state commit
teeman, and James A. Cummings.
chairman of the Mercer county re-
publican committee. 1t is the pecul-
lar situation in Mercer county that is
proving the obstacle in the way of an
early convention. While that county
is represented as being friendly to
Mr.. Prince, the county committee did
net provide in the call for the county
convention for the selection of con-
gressional delegates. 1t is the desire
of the Aledo representatives here to
have the congressional conve ltion
held after the state convention, mas
much as'this course, they think, will
not iniure Aledo'S chances to get the
state normal school. They represent
that the new normal trustees will not
be appointed until after the state con-
vcntion, and they do not want
to do anything that will in
jure the chances of their getting the
school. The other counties are in a
position that an April convention
would not prejudice. and it remains
TO be seen whether the act of the Mer-
Ger county committee in postponing
the selection of congressional dele
gates will be sufficient argument for
a late convention.
MIR. Blazer said that the district
should run its own politics. irrespec-
tive of state demands. Mr..
Hammond showed that the committee
is giving away the rights of the dis
trict to the state convention"