Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-18

ticket.
| For city treasurer, H. B. Simmon
Carl Hslpenstell. H. Z Casteel and
Paul Hamilton were proposed. The
latter was chosen on the first ball lot
Ireceiving 81 votes.
John P. Sexton, j. W. Cavanaugh
and Peter Schlemmer were presented
as candidates for the police magis'
tracy. Mr.. Sexton was nominated on
the first ballot. His vote was 50 to
43 for Cavanaugh and l for Schlem-
mer.
Ferdinand Nachbaur, Ferdinand
Bien, G. II. Seidel, Henry Kinner
and G. C.. Wilson were nominated for
assistant supervisors, the secretary
being instructed to cast the full vote
of the convention for each candidate
George w. Henry was chosen by
Reclamation as the party's candidate
for assessor.
reclamation as candidate for collec-
TOR.
John Boro. M. M. Briggs, Henry
Reuben. Paul Bark and j. A. Logsdon
were chosen by reclamation as candi-
dates for justices of the peace.
The city-township committee was
authorized to nominate five candidates
for justices of the peace and fill any
vacancies that might occur on the
ticket.
Egsn City Chairman.
j. F. Egan was elected chairman of
the city township committee. receiv-
ing 20 votes to 10 for Joseph Kerr and
6 for W. C. Maueker.
During the evening the convention
had the pleasure of short address by
j. w. Welch, who said he could not
remember when the democrats had
convention and he was not in attend
ance. He was proud of his party,
proud of the ticket and was confident
it could win through good hard DEM
ocratic work.
Chairman Egan has called meeting
of the democratic city central commit
tee and all candidates at Turner hall
at 1880 tonight to fill vacancies on the
ticket and transact such other bust
ness as may be brought up.
Nominations Elsewhere.
In Moline the republican and peo-
pies parties held their city-township
conventions Saturday night. The
nominations are: ublican-Mayor,
DIR. P. H. Vessel; city clerk, G. G.
Carlson; city attorney, A. II. Kohler;
supervisors, Robert Pears, Perry Mer-
ryman, DIR. G. E. Whiteside, Henry
Van Paucke; assessor, Charles G.
Thulin; collector, B. B. Crowder; JUS
tices of the peace, Peter Ingelson,
Mapes, w. H. Crawleyi constables, G.
Nj. Stoddard, T. w. Renoe, Herman
Milde. Jesse Eastman, d. w. Gould.
L. M. Magill was reelected chairman
of the city township committee and
N. E. Munson secretary. Peoples
Mayor, DR.. j. w. Morgan; city
clerk. Frank Gustafson; city at
torney. S. w. Odell; assessor, Frank
Samuels; collector. D. F. Peters; SUI
pervisor, l.. D. Edwards; assistant
supervisors. Albert F. Benton, Ben
ton Davis. Fred Daebelliehn, Charles
Bloom; justices of the peace, j. G..
Beatty, II. c. Pierce, G. W. Meckling,
w. F. Shellenberger, R. N. Odell.
South Rock island repu blicans held
their caucus Saturday evening. The
ticket: For supervisor, Thomas
Campbell; town clerk. Charles Schleu-
ter; assessor, William Pape; collector,
Ralph Young; highway commissioner,
George Richmond; justices of the
peace, H. S Case and j. G. Young;
constables, William Donaway and A.
F. Schmidt.
The democrats of Black Hawk held
their caucus at the Milan town hall
Saturday evening. D. w. Matthews
was chairman and II. L. Framing Sec
rotary. The nominations were made
as follows: For town clerk, Martin
Weaver; assessor, D. G. Davis; col
lector, ID. w. Matthews; road COM
missioner, G. E Kyle; justices of the
peace, B. F. Thompson and Perry
Walker; constables. G. w. Griffin and
p. j. O'Connor; poundmaster, John
Whorton.
Black Hawk republicans have nom
mated this ticket: Town clerk,
Charles Lowell; assessor, Wilson
Matthew's; collector, Charles McMi-
chael; road commissioner, Lawrence
Martin; justices of the peace. NJ. l..
Pinkley and E. P. McMichael; consta-
bles, D. &. Smith and S. w. Sutton;
poundmaster, w. A. Johnson.
An Honest Medicine for La Grippe.
George w. Watt, of South Gardi-
ner, Me-, says: 81 have had the
worst cough, cold, chills and grip and
have taken lots of trash of no account