Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-01
UP TO CONVENTION
Senatorial Fight Has Narrowed
Down Between McCabe
and Simonson,
JOHNSON BEATEN In THE SEVENTH
County Ticket Almost Lost Sight
of-Who Delegates
Are.

| Now II = up To the county cOnvcn-
ton 10 be held here next Wednesday.
The republican primaries for the Sc
lection of delegates are over. In Rock
| Island they were held Yesterday af-
teTnoon and in Moline i'm the evening,
the folks in our ncighboring city
choosing the old-fashioned caucus
As stated in The Argus yesterday
there were contesting delcga lions in
only two wards in the city. the
Seventh and Third. I'm the latter
ward probably the excitement was
! the greatest. policemen having been
retained there until the close of the
polls to- prevent personal encounters,
several of which were imminent be-
tween the ward leaders. One of the
exciting incidents of the day was an
argument between John Rinck and Ed
Wilcox. 1t looked serious for mo-
ment. but friends interfercd before
they got into each others wool.
McCabe Has Easy CoastIng.
There is no doubt but that McCabe
has beaten Knox and Johnson for the
ScnatorShop Endorsement in Rock Is
land. The pronounced fight ON the
senatorship was in the Seventh.
where Johnson. the Moline candidate.
had delegation headed by Prof. {.
W. Foss. which he hoped to pull
through with the aid of the college.
Influence, but the McCabe ticket.
headed by eN-Ald. \. L. Nelson. won
by the margin of five votes.
In the Third ward the ticket head
cd by David Don, and said to bc for
McCabe for senator. Parmenter for
county judge and Andrews Tor
sheriff. won over the independent
ticket. Of which W. l.. Ludolph was
the top-liner. The vote was 1S9 10
100. The vote in the Seventh was 277
to 272. The vote in the other wards
was as follows: First. -; SECOND.
6S; Fourth. 56; Fifth. &c; Sixth. 80;
The delegates selected were as fol-
lows:
First ward-William Sehnert. +. Il.
McHown. Charles Lindgren. William
Wilkeu. Emil Ostcrmau. II. y. Wood
W. !. Gahagen, John Alderman. y.
Il. Carlson. Foster Coyne. August Vim
cent. Albert Taber. Frank Westbay.
Second ward-W. r. Channon. Louis
V. Eckhart. Jr.. Y. II. Nelson. j. Lep-
stein. Julius Dhooge. John Dahn.
John W. CarSe. Joseph Charles. ID. q.
White, Charles Oberg. Charles Hack
stcdt. Albert W. johnson. VI. +.
Sweeney. VI. II. Mckinley. Gus Utke.
William Bennett
Third ward-David Don. II. {. IIar-
ris. l.. g. Eddy. &. j. Searle. w. j. Ran
son, Henry {. SchafTer. Capt. John
O'Connor. james Johnston. I. II. Sou
ders. T.. VI. Wilcox. +. q. Van Calder,
William ID. Gall, Il. Haversticll. :. S.
Hull. Charles Mott, Frank Skinner.
W. +. Davis.
Fourth ward-Walter Boscnfield. 5.
!. Collins. !. j. Ingram. Il. G. Clarke.
James Il. DarneIl. George W. Meas
krin. DIR. Joseph DeSilva. W. j. Swceu-
ey. John Rinck. Philip j. Miller. VIII
lam II. Lange. James PeetZ, VI. VI.
sturgeon. August Moeller. DR.. G. G.
Craig. ST.. +. W. Wiesler.
Fifth wards. +. Knox. NJ. /. Nor
ri~. Sam Dart. Frank Collins. John
Grogan. George Mcdonald. Charles
DR.. Hollowbush. John Hun
toon. II. W. Olmsted. VI. !. Murphy.
l. NJ Drack, y. W. Ferris, Warren ii.
Rec<.
sixth ward-W IL. Edwards. T. c.
Denllmann. T. Peterson. William Nc
Conochie. II. HerZog. u. j. Cary. II. f..
Bancroft. c. l.. Nichols. II. Lewis. DR..
= y. Hall. William Kennedy, Fred
Gall. / H. Frink, Peter Logo.
Seventh ward-A. T.. Nelson. John
KirIlman, Frank Sperling, Louis Lar
son. f. NJ Sinnet, Felix Henlle, Phil
Bruchmaun. George. +. Scott. III. G..
Brooks. Earl Hutchinson, \. u. Curtis.
Frank Nelson. Henry NanIIoutt. John
V. Wells. Carl Anderson, |. p. Wilson.
!. \. Elm. William Lucl<lum, Siford
Johnson. II. l.. BoIlman. j. f. Shank,
Roy Schofcr.
1IagiII Wins I'm Moline.
Larry MagilI is believed to have