Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-18

he did not know of any, although he
pleaded ignorance of the identity of
number of the delegates in attend
ance.
Arguments Are Begun.
This afternoon r. 1. Stanley. of No
line, took the stand and was the last
witness presented by either side. He
was brought up by Mr.. Searle to tell
what he knew of the legal residence
of Myron Jordan.
The case was here rested and the
court and Mr.. Cookies attorneys de-
string to get through with the case
as eXpeditiously as possible. the ar
guments were at once begun.
James w. Gordon, of Oquawka. who
is assisting Robert Greer, of Mon
mouth, and L. ID. Sweeney. of this
city, in Mr.. Cookies case, opened the
pleadings. He maintained that there
had been no conspiracy on the part
of the supporters of Mr.. Cooke: that
neither Mr.. Looney nor Mr.. Mullane
had any authority to act in calling a
convention. on the ground that Meth
err of the proxies they held were fur
nished by residents of this state. and
constitute majority of the senator
ial committee in the district The let
ter from Secretary Brennan, of the
state central committee, advising the
Mercer and Henderson county mem
bers to disregard the faction in Rock
Island and call the convention was
cited as iustifying the action taken
by Messrs. Henderson and Cooke. Au-
thorities were cited to show that the
mass senatorial convention was legal.
Yesterday Afternoons Testimony.
Following Mr.. Schafer yesterday af-
ternoon, l.. ID. Nudge, of this city.
who was u member of the senatorial
committee of 1898 and who accom-
panied the Rock Island party to Ale
do, Sept 4, took the stand. Mr.. Nudge
told much of the same story as his
predecessor had done.
William McEniry. who followed.
stated that he had never known of Il
candidate being given the power to
appoint delegates who were instruct
ed for him without the convention
having the privilege of confirming
them till the Rock Island county CON
vention of this year. He admitted
having advised the democrats of the
lower end of the district To hold
mass convention. and gave as his
reason for the position taken that
the delegates from this county would
not have attended a delegate CON
ventiOn. and il would not he legal il
the absence of the majority of those
qualified TO sit in it. The mass con
l. II
not he called unless there were reas-
ons why a delegate convention could
not he legally held. On cross eNami-
nation he admitted. as the others had
done. that he never heard of an in
stance in which the democratic party
had held mass convention of Il
greater scope than for the nominal
ton of county officers. His testi-
mony ended with an interesting
brush with MIR. Searle upon the rights
of maiorities.
Mr.. Scott's Version.
Guy c. Scott. who followed, both
from his position i'm the case. and
from the nature of the testimony.
was perhaps the most important wit
ness i'm Mr. Cookies behalf. Never
once i'm cross-examination did he fail
to- see his way through, and he got
out of some rather trying situations.
He told about the state convention,
at which he was displaced from his
place on the state central committee
by Mr.. Lusk, of Monmouth. insisting
that the incidents of that occasion
had not caused him to bear any per-
sonal i'll will toward Mr.. Moore.
whose defeat in his effort to secure
the democratic nomination for ma
iority representative, he described
as an incident of the course he had
since pursued, but not the object OF
it, He admitted having been the faith
er of the call for the meeting at
Aledo Sept. 4. but maintained that
his prime object at that time was not
Moore's undoing, and that he never
told anybody it was. At that meeting
he said he had insisted merely upon
an agreement by which the lower
end of the district should be assured
the privilege of having candidate
for minority representative some
time during the continuation of the
present senatorial arrangement.
Pressed by Mr.. Searle as to whether
arrangements had not been made f"
bring in republicans enough to run
the mass convention at Aledo Sept. 81
i'm case Rock Island county was
strongly represented by Moore SYM
pathisers, he fatty denied that such
was the case.
Mr.. Scott was followed by 5. H..
Spear. the messenger from Secretary
of State Rose, who took the stand to
testify as to the identity of the
papers he had brought. and when Mr..
Greer placed in evidence some of the
documents connected with the Nc
Eniry-Andrews contest of two years
ago.
Details by Mr. Moore.
w Il Moore was the last witness