Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-19
AWAIT THE DECISION
Hearing Of the Democratic Sena-
torial Contest Concluded Be.
fore County Judges.
henry CHARGED WITH VIOLENCE
In Attempting to Defeat the Will
of the observation-disclosures
in Detail.

The much-aired contest between NJ.
j. McEniry and j. II. Andrews for
the place on the ticket as democratic
candidate for minority representative
in the Thirty-third senatorial district
of Illinois was placed in the hands of
Judges Adams and Turner, of Rock
Island and Henry counties respec-
lively, at 9 O'Clock last evening, at
which time f. D. Sweeney made the
closing argument for Mr.. McEniry.
The judges were in session till
midnight and met again this morning,
but failed to come to a decision.
Judge Turner was compelled to 90
home today and left on the sos train
for Cambridge. A meeting will be
held before Monday, which is the last
dav on which a decision can be handed
in, and Judge Adams feels that there
will be no difficulty in arriving at a
decision.
Jahns with Henry County.
The Henry county faction failed to
locate Leo Deisenroth yesterday after
noon, so L. o. Jahns was put on the
stand. MIR. Jahns had Deisenroth's
proxy. On cross-eXamination he adj
mitted having attended the populist
congressional convention at Galya,
but said he had taken no part in the
proceedings and had urged the aban-
donment of the attempt to run a pop
ulist candidate. He declared he had
no aspirations to be a candidate for
minority representative on the demo-
cratic ticket when he felt that Rock
Island county had no right to the
office.
After Mr.. Ryan had been recalled to
testify on the Henry county eonven-
ton, Judge Wilson announced that
the evidence of Henry county was all
in, and William McEniry was put on
the stand in rebuttal. He explained
how the delegates had been selected
a: the Rock Island county convention,
and was followed by Mr.. Waller, of
Kewanee, who said that no alternates
had been chosen at the Henry county
convention. Judge Adams ruled
against an attempt to bring in further
evidence in regard to the senatorial
convention, and Mr.. McEniry's attor-
neys said they had nothing further to
offer.
Majority Should RuIS.
1t was then o'clock and a quarter
of an hour later William McEniry be- |
gan the pleadings. consuming half an |
hour and covering the salient points |
of the contention of his side. He con- |
tended that the question was whether
the minority had the right to thwart |
the will of the majority by fraud and |
sharp practice and read from various |
authorities to show that the will of |
the majority is supreme. Mr.. Pleas |
ants here interrupted to admit that |
the majority should rule, but said |
Rock Island delegates were not in the |
majority. Mr.. McEniry concluded |
with the declaration that violence had |
been used against his colleagues and |
that they were not bound to face |
danger to complete their business.
Mr.. Peasants, in presenting Mr.. |
Andrews case, insisted that the |
proxies should not be considered as |
delegates and claimed that one of |
Rock Islands regular delegates was for |
Andrews. This would give each man |
Is supporters in the convention. He |
declared that Mr.. McEniry's followers
had bolted from the organization that |
they had recognized in various ways, |
that they had started all disorder and
were legally suppressed.
An Evening Session.
The arguments of Judge Wilson |
and Mr.. Sweeney were heard at an |
evening session. The former took up |
his half hour in a general review of |
the case, bringing out few new points,
and indulging in good deal of chat |
at the expense of democrats in gem
eral and the contestants in particu
lar. He felt moved to explain. his con-
nection with tie case and his action
in taking a seat on the platform at a
democratic meeting in Moline We'd
nesdav night.
Mr.. Sweeney made the closing ar
gument. After Gliding Judge Wilson
for his light treatment of the case he
reviewed Mr.. McEniry's contentious,
adding point here and there, and
closed urging the necessity for care
full consideration by the judges.
The official ballots sent out by the
secretary of state bear the names of
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