Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-27
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| Butterworth, OF Moline. An upper
| end delegate offered the name of Con-
| FRESHMAN Prince, but he lacked n sec
| ond. and his motion was drowned
| with a storm of Kisses and shouts.
| The motion to indorse Searle was car
| ried with Z whoop. On motion of l..
| V. Eckhart, Jr.. of Rock Island, the
chair named the following committee
to choose delegates TO the congress
| sional convention, the delegates to be
approved by Mr.. Searle: W. f East
| man, George Heider. S. j. Collins,
Phil Weber, +. A. Wood, a. L. Free
berg and F. S. Cool.
johnson RenomInated For Representative
For representative, S. j. Collins
| presented &. F. Gaetjer, of Rock ISL
and, and II. A. Ainsworth nominated
George W. Johnson, of Moline. The
| formal ballot resulted: Gaetjer, 125;
johnson, 100. johnson was declared
| the unanimous choice of the cOnven-
ton on motion of F. q. Allen, of Mo
line. johnson was authorized to
select his own delegates 10 the sena-
| toIial convention.
a committee OF seven, as follows,
was appointed to choose delegates to
the state convention: V. .. Peter
son. &. l.. Walker. l.. S. Pearsall. ..
l.. Bruner. G. +. Reynolds, NJ. r.. Me
Kinlev. DIR. +. l.. Kerns.
As was expected. Circuit Clerk
George w. Gam BILE, of Moline, was re-
nominated by reclamation. His name
was presented by Capt. W. c. Ben
nett. of Moline. On motion of W. +.
Schroeder, of Rock Island, his nomin-
alton was made unanimous.
For states attorney, l.. NJ. McGill
presented B. F. Peek, of Moline; f. ID.
sweeney nominated II. A. Weld, of
Rock Island, and V. .. Peterson nom
mated j. X. Scott, of Rock Island, and
George ii. Edwards nominated s. w.
Odel, of Moline. The first formal
ballot resulted: Weld. 10; Peek, 125;
Scott, 81; Odell. Is. As 15S Were
necessary To a choice. the convention
proceeded with another ballot.
Scott wIthdraws Weld Nominated.
j. X Scott Withdrew in favor of
Mr.. Weld. Result of second ballot:
Weld, 17y; Peek, 129; Odell, Z. Mr..
Weld was made the unanimous nOmi-
nee on motion Of IL. a. Ainsworth, OF
Moline While the vote was being
polled on the second ballot, Mr.. Odeli
Withdrew his name. but as someone
from the Moline side of the house re-
minded him. il was ''too late
For coroner, John Duden, of Moline,
and l.. V. Eckhart, ST.. of Rock Island,
were nominated. Eckhart received
the nomination on the first ballot.
He had 17j votes to 142 for Duden
On motion of Duden. Mr. EcKhart's
nomination was made unanimous.
Walter Treichler, of Rock Island,
aud Nj. A. Gould, of Moline, were
placed in nomination for the office of
county surveyor. Gould was chosen
on the first ballot. The vote: Gould,
202: Treichler, 113. Mr.. Gould's
nomination was made unanimous
b. +. Knox, Of Rock Island. was
elected chairman, and George Heidcr
of Moline, secretary OF the county
central committee.
The resolutions adopted indorse
the administrations of President No
Kinley, Gov. John r. Tanner am
Sc lator Shelby NJ. Cullom.
Delegates were named as follows:
State Convention Delegates G. w.
FoSs, William Baker, c. l.. Walker,
Hugh Mcdonald, Charles johnson,
W. Ii. Ebersole, DR.. u. ii. Yves, el, l..
NJ. Magill. DE-. c. f. Whiteside, q.
w. johnson, w. A. Meese, o. l.. Bru
ner, John Eckhardt, j. b. Clarke,
Robert Bollman, James Mills, l.. S.
Pearsall.
Congressional Delegates-E. D.
Sweeney. Il. W. Entriken, Prof. V. y.
Peterson, Il. +. Knox. p. II. Vessel.
Frank Wood, Foster Armstrong. j. h.
Oakleaf, Ira BufTum, c. II. Deere,
David Lyons. George Heider, Philip
Weber, Nat Munson, William Pep
pers, a. II. Kohlcr, II. \. Ainsworth,
F. a. Andrews, Frank Rogers, James
Hutchinson, Max SNYDER, II. b. Hub
bard, j. II. Duden Elmer Blakesley.
John Kollof. O. F. Anderson, H.
Bru baker. Walter johnson, F. II.
Caldwell G.. w. Gamble, S. j. Collins,
NJ. ID. Rosentield, +. S. Cool, r. A.
Donaldson. p. A. Merryman, S. S.
Hull, Fred "hiteside.
Senatorial Delegates-H. a. Aims
worth. a. p. Fiske, q. l.. Peterson. c.
F. GAZETTEER. L. S. McCabe, William
Payne. William Butterworth, W. F.
Eastman, f. f. Reynolds, Fred Rank,
Oioff Atkinson, q. w. Wood, Gus
Ford. John Rinck NJ Schoonmaker.
a. II. Wendt, James Clegg. o. L. Pc
tsrson.
A delegation of ladies from the