Rock Island Argus., 1902-01-29
MARSH is TO BE 1T
Warsaw Statesman Gets His
Congressional Boom in
Motion.
TROUBLE OVER OTHER OFFICES
Senator Mason Speaks at Love Feast
and Banquet-ConVen-
tion Notes.

neN. or Mercer county. for member
of the state central committee. were
nominations practically determined
at the Fourteenth district love feast
in Rock Island Yesterday. IL was de-
cided also that in the Thirty-third
senatorial district Rock Island coun-
! ty should have the senator and one
member of the lower house and Hen
derson the other. That i'm the Thir-
ty-second district Hancock county
should have the senator and Warren
and McDonough one member of the
lower house each. Speaker Lawrence
Y. Sherman will be the nominee for
McDOnough county.
The congressional convention was
called for April II at Monmouth
That of the Thirty-third senatorial
district for April "a at Rock Island.
The Rock Island county committee
met and decided TO hold the county
convention in this city March !.
The senatorial committee organ
lied by electing W. F. Eastman, Mo-
line. chairman. and j. :. Sexton. Ale
do. secretary.
No Opposition to Marsh.
The agreement that Col. Marsh
should be the nominee for congress
went rather as a matter of course.
The counties of Hancock. McDon-
ough. Warren and Henderson, belong
ing to the old district where he had
won seemingly hopeless fights, came
up yelling for him. and Rock Island
and Mercer. the new ones in the new
district. said they had no objection.
Rock Island had no candidate and
Mercer could not ask for everything.
The main interest in the senatorial
district centered i'm the Thirty-sec-
ond where. through the death of
Senator Harris. a senator is 10 be
chosen this year. The nomination is
conceded to Hancock county and
there are two candidates-former
Senator o. +. Berry and Charles Il.
De Hart. De Hart ran two years ago.
when the old district was democrat
ic. and his friends claim rights for
him this year.
The Rock Island county candidates
for senator who were being intro
duced at the meeting were l.. 5. Me
Cabe and Il. +. Knox. of this city; j.
w. Simonson. Port Byron. and G.. W.
johnson and F. w. Rank. of Moline.
while {. +. Gaetier and w. II. White
side were on hand pushing their can
didacies for nomination for represen-
tative.
William T.. Mason was the only
candidate for United States senator
who was here in person yesterday.
Congressman Hopkins sent represent
atives i'm the persons of the postmas-
terS of Aurora and Geneva. but there
was no one here to speak for Mr..
Dawes. The latter regards this as
sure territory. on account of the
support of Judge Sherman in the
Thirty-second district and Charles II.
Deere. of Moline. in the Thirty-third.
Mr. Deere undoubtedly is doing all
he can for Mr.. Dawes. but it. is
doubtful if the senatorial convention
will instruct.
Love Feast Chin Music.
Senator Mason made an effective
speech before the gathering at the
Harper house yesterday afternoon. in
which he drew forth prolonged APP
plause by his reference to Dewey.
the hero of Manila, and Schley. the
hero of Santiago" and afterwards,
"Schley was in command. and you
and j both know it.
Il. +. Knox. of this city, was chair
man of the love feast at the hotel.
Aside from Senator Mason those who
spoke were o. f. Berry, Carthage; j.
C. Allen, Warren; Capt. w. c. Ben
nett, w. j. Entril<in, w. \. Meese,
Moline; Z. +. Parmenter. c. j. Searle
and r. W. OImsted, Rock Island;
Judge Connell, Aledo; II. b. Camp.
Maccmb: J. w. Gordon, Henderson;
c. S. De Hart, Carthage; j. NJ. Brock.
Aledo.
At the Banquet.
The banquet held in the evening at
the Windsor hotel, Moline, was at
tended by $50 guests. Mayor p. II.
Vessel, president of the Plow City
club, under whose auspices the blow
out was given called to order and
Can't. w. c. Bennett officiated as
toastmaster. The speakers We're:
Charles 5. De Hart, of Carthage. who
spoke on THE Philippines" +. g..
Allen, Moline. on "Our Martyrs" II.
r.. Stafford. Oquawka. on THE Army
and Navy" James Mckinney. Aledo,
ON Our Party" c. F. Buck. Mon
mouth on "The Nineteenth Century"
II. B. Camp. Macomb. on illinois"
There were impromptu remarks by
Senator Mason and Col. Marsh. 1t
was two O'Clock when the bunch dis
persed.
When the midnight hour had been
passed Capt. Bennett called attention
to the fact the day marking the
date of William MeKinley's birth had
arrived. and at his suggestion the
guests stood for moment in silent
Senator Mason is spending the day
in the city visiting his brother.
Would Desert Yates
This is Speaker. Sherman's congress
sional district and his antagonism to
Gov. Yates is well known, says the