Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-14
Willy MAYOR WINNER
Turns Trick on His Rivals and
Opponents at the Republic
can Primaries.
HE CLAIMS A SAFE MAJORITY
Bitter Battle Fought, Trouble Be-
ing Narrowly Averted
in Third.
HE CLAIMS A SAFE MAJORITY

ne republican pIlLudIISS ycSIoI-
day resulted in the nomination of the
above named for aldermen and vic
tory for William McConochie over B.
F. Knox and Aid. William Ken
nedy in the contest for the
mayoralty candidacy, which grew
so intense as the hour for the
closing of the polls approached
that it was feared there would be
some crimson spilled. especially in
the Third, where several policemen
were kept on duty all afternoon. The
convention delegates chosen are:
Who Delegates Are.
First Ward-C. Z. Kilmer. John
Trenaman, John Alderman, Her
man Sehnert, John Kolloff, Aug
ust f. Eggert, Albert Seidlitz. j.
H. Gardner, Charles Schroeder. Adolph
Carlson, Fred Bladel, Emil Peterson,
IL. n. Wood.
Second Ward-E. +. Parmenter,
Ii. ID. Folsom, William Gulden-
zopf, Harry Gilmore, Charles Oberg.
NJ. r. Mckinley, John Carse,
Capt j. M. Beardsley, John Burns,
B. S. During, r. c. Chamberlain,
Hugh Conwell, Charles Bergquist,
Albert Sugden, McClelland Snyder,
w. B. Petit
Third Ward Hans Clemann. +.
S. Brough. F. Andrews, j. L.
Hodges. Ed Wilcox, William j.
Ransom. Max Taxman, S. S.
Hull, John O'Connor, George Het-
ter. John D. Freed, julius Mosen-
fielder, w. p. Quayle. George Per-
nv, Charles johnson, j. c. Gruwell,
B. Goldman.
Fourth Ward-Dr. G. G. Craig,
Sr., S. j. Collins. 7. II. Thomas,
Will j. Sweeney, M. M. Stur-
geon, j. I. Noftsker, j. III. Leidtke,
c. f. Hodgson, 6. w. McCaskrin,
Arthur Judson, Harry Campbell. John
Rinck, Sam Arndt, Fred Smith Louis
Allars, Spencer Mattison.
Fifth Ward-J. Frank Robinson. H.
A. Weld, William Reck, Nj. /. Morris
John Grogan, j. G.. Huntoon, William
Herman Hansen, Frank Collins, f. III.
Kelly, A. d. Cox, Nicholas Loge, &.
A. Mcdonald.
Sixth Ward-William III. Edwards,
Phil Weber, P. J. Cary. DIR. S. b.
Hall, George Nichols, +. G. Schnitzer,
George McMaster, z. L. Bancroft,
Herman Beck, Andrew Herman. Jr.,
Herman Schumacher, f. A. Herssg,
Fred Paul. George Mueller.
Seventh Ward-A. e. Anderson,
f. NJ. Sinnet, William Luck
lum, w. w. Scott, o. p.
Olson, Felix f. Renke, Claude d.
Arnold, j. A. Bexell, A. b. Curtis,
Frank Sperling, Ii. S. Bollman, An
drew Peterson, Peter Rasmussen. c.
o. Lundquist, Gottfried Hagen, Henry
Van Houtte Newton Archer, Frank
Widen, ]. r. Brooks, William Fee, A
j. johnson. w. A. LaCouve.
The ward committeeman are: First
ward, Al Tabor, A. b Carlson; Sec
ond, Steve Durling, and William Baker
and John Dahn tied for other place;
Third. w. ID. Gall, G. L. Harris;
Fourth. DIR. f. Nj. Sala, j j. Ingram;
Fifth, G. A. Mcdonald, Russell West;
Sixth, Peter Dethlefs, George P. Mis-
sen; Seventh, w. j. Gamble, w. +.
Sprague-
The "Duke" Has go Votes.
The McConochie forces claim they
will be 90 votes strong in Friday
nights convention, having a safe
majority over the combined vote of
Kennedy and Knox, as only 81 votes
are nc cessary to a choice. McCono-
chic has half of the First ward dele
CATION, the Second, Third and Fourth |
solid, a few in the Fifth and at least
eight of the Seventh ward delegation. |
At least this is the way he has it |
figured.
Aoo ~ Of hn
end of the Fifth, with possibility of |
a lift from the Seventh as second |
choice after Kennedy. Kennedy claims
the Sixth, part of the Seventh and
some scattering votes.
McConochie has won his nomina-
ton despite the protestations of the
leaders of his own party, who have
been predicting his defeat ever since
the spring campaign was first dis
cussed. They made no secret of their
determination to fight him at the pri-
maries and were out in full force yes
terday, when they we're brought to a |
of the effective maneuvers |
of the willy Mac, whose strength was
not so much in the support of the big
fellows as in the votes of the small |
fry, whom he had been coaching for
months, meeting them early in the
morning on their way to work while
his opponents were at home asleep.
has set out to show the |
repu blican leaders that he does not |
fear them or their vo es, and from
now on-providing he does not strike
a snag in the convention-will wage
his campaign Needless of the bowls
coming from all sections of the city, |
from those who have been
watching with alarm the trend of
moral conditions.
Kennedy is the reform candi-