Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-23
FIRST GUN IS FIRED.
The Republicans of Rock Isl.
and Are OFF in a
Bunch.
HOLDING THEIR PRIMARIES TODAY.


tIons-searle Goes Into 1t Alone In the
Several Wards, While Prince and Nc
Caskrin Form an AIIIance-Judge Ha-
necy in Town-POIitIcaI Notes.
The first gun in the republican con-
gressional fight in Rock Island county
was fired at l o'clock this afternoon,
when the primaries were opened in
the several wards of the city, interest
in the nominations for the Office of
representative and the county offices
having been lost sight of pr actically
in consequence Of the turmoil in the
ranks caused by the bitterness of the
rivalry for the congressional honors
and the activity of the friends lined
up in support of their respective
causes.
It's a fight that will not end at the
county convention, either, for it will
remain for the congressional conven-
ton to produce the climax. 1t will
be warm tableauX, too. if pre- sent
indications are to be accepted as a cri-
terion.
All sides are hustIing. They are
hustling as they never hustled before.
Defeat means political death to some,
while to others political Jobs and prom
ised berths are at stake. The prehmin-
AIRY chase will he kept up till O'Clock
tonight, when the polls of the city will
close. Charley Searle has indepen-
dent tickets in each ward. The Nc
Caskrins claim to be running alone in
the First. Second and Fourth, and
Prince has tickets of his own choosing
= ~, ~ 81, /,
But the makeup of the Prince and
McCaskrin delegations is identical.
Thus is seen the com bination. The
evident purpose of McCaskrIn in the
event of hi, tickets winning in the
First, Second and Fourth is to throw
them to Prince at the convention.
SearIe Tickets.
First Ward-William j. Gahagan,
Albert Tabor, John Stewart, ID. p.
Williams, John KelofT, Andrew Carl
son, James Fuller, Adolph Peterson.
William Hillmer, Adoiph Larson. Ju-
Illus Vincent, John Schrader, Fritz
Weight.
Second Ward-E. Z. Parmenter. H.
=. Nelson, Arnold Oswald, Walter
Johnson. b. S. Durling, A. L. Berg
stem, John Runge, NJ. Z. Sweeney,
Max Fishwild. Oscar Apple, a. W.
johnson, Henry Carse, Harry Sage.
l.. V. Eckhart, Jr., II. IL. Holdorf
Albert V. Sugden.
Third Ward-David Don, Il. 4.
Donaldson. W. j.. Ransom, Will Sic
mon, w. II. Jordan, Charles johnson,
l.. X. Eihl, S. 5. Hull. William
Ludolph, G. Ullemeyer. Ben Rinck,
L. Shall.,-
Harris.
Fourth Ward-Edward d. Sweeney,
Elmer Blakesley, A. Ii. Head, Charles
Hansgen, James Peetz, j. F. Martin.
john Rinck, William II. LANCE, S. j.
Collins, Walter Rosentield, l.. S. Nc
Cabe, Fred a. Smith, II. ID. Blake
more. ). NJ. Arndt.
Fifth Wards. F. Knox, NJ. l.
Morris, j. y. Huntoon, II. II. CIeave-
land, Russell West, Joseph ROsentield,
Peter Loge, Louis Stremmel, H. Won
Koeckritz. John Bollman. John Gro
gan, William B. Ferguson, George
Schneider.
Sixth Ward-W. f. Schroeder, W.
II. Edwards, +. e.. Gall, c. j. Larkin,
William Kennedy, II. +. Hartman,
Phil Weber, August Mortier, George
Nichols, John +. Cramer, Fred Chan
non, Andrew Herman, George P. MIS-
sen.
Seventh Ward-C. w. Foss, Henry
Empke, Charles Penn ole, V. o. Peter
son, William Robb, Oloff Atkinson.
.. + Peterson, William Sprague,
Earl Hutchinson, Peter Rasmussen,
j. NJ. Keim, +. p. Maucker, John
Bowes, William p. BARLEY, A. F.
Greaser, Joshua Hasselquist, w. r
Pearson, George Wallick, Peter Ryer-
son.
Prince Tickets.
Third Ward-Fred Schroeder. ST.
mon Lewis, Frank Halves, T. S.
Brough, c. G. Taylor, j. w. Coulter,
W. w. johnson, Joseph Walters, Ed
A. j. Stoy, b. W. Hart
well, Chris Schmidt, Phil Mitsch, a.
II. Hampton.
Fifth Ward-A. c. Dart, c. a. Rose.
DR.. j. L. Hollowbush. +. l. Hooker F.
II. Kelly, j. G. Jacobs, W. w. Street,
NJ. l. Morris, o. +. Mckinley, John
F. Baum bach, Frederick
De Walle, II. a. Merritt.
Sixth Ward-David G. Thompson,
Gus kersch, John SchocsseI, p. II.
Kelly. William Friestat. William w.
Williams. c. II. Church, j. j. Tax