Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-02

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Tuesday.
Vote the democratic ticket-it
gy and push that should characterize
good city government.
NJ. w. Battles will fill the office of
assessor with credit and as in every
thing else will be. found reliable,
trustworthy and painstaking.
Valentine Dauber is making one of
his old-time hustling campaigns for
the council in the Fourth ward. Dau-
Der is already as good as elected.
The people are weary of the same
old ringsters. They may force them
selves on the party, but they can't
come the same dodge on the people.
S. r. Davis is making a successful
campaign for alderman in the Third
ward. He is exceedingly popular in
the ward and will make a model aid
erman. tts
The republican campaign rumor
factory is working overtime circula-
ting all kinds of bunc stories. There
is growing feeling that they are up
against it.
Sporting dope that the Union over
looked. The three good things touted
were McChesney, McGovern and Nc
Conochie. McChesney and McGovern
got ir's-McConochie will get his
next Tuesday.
metropolitan Life Unveiled"
picture show by George W. McCask-
rim, at the Illinois theatre Saturday
evening, April 4. It's cinch some
body will get the bumps. George is
using the heavy sledge.
John c. Aud, for collector, is
man who deserves the support of ev-
cry good citizen that would have a
public office worthily bestowed The
city collectorship will be in good
keeping in his hands.
c. c. Wilson will be the new alder
man from the Sixth ward. He is am
bilious and anxious to serve the peo-
pie of the ward. and when elected
his constituents will know where to
find him every day in the year.
Do you want the city run solely for
the benefit of political grafters? If
you don't, then vote for w. c. Mauck-
err and the whole democratic ticket,
and let the people have city affairs
consciencfously and ably admins
tered.
w. H. Lamont. II. c. Frick, Clar-
ence Christensen and j. c. Davenport,
the democratic candidates for assis-
tant supervisors. are men of sound
judgment, fair. honest and impartial.
and will make excellent members of
the board.
You cannot make a mistake i'm sup
porting the democratic ticket this
spring. 1t is headed by man of rec
lognizcd business ability and one who
will give the duties the same close
attention to detail that he would his
own private interests.
William Beals, the democratic aid
ermanic candidate in the Seventh
ward, is proving a most fortunate
candidate. He is proud of the sec
ton of the city in which he resides,
and if elected will do his part in see
ing that it receives deserved attention
from the municipal government.
Dan Mckinney. the democratic can
didate for alderman in the First ward,
is the type of man that should be in
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forward citizen who has the courage
of his convictions and one who, when
elected, will be found laboring zeal
ously not alone for the best interests
of his own ward, but for the city in
general
In the Second ward the people are
fortunate in having a man of the
stamp of H. c. Wehling in the alder
manic race. practical man of in
tegrity who believes that the citizens
interests should be above that of the
politician, he is meeting with favor
in every quarter and the people have
confidence that he will make n model
alderman.
Another sample of the morning pa
per's disregard of facts in its treat
, ment of all things pertaining to the
municipal campaign appeared this
morning in a statement that there
was a conference yesterday morning
between w. c. Maucker, G.. w. Nc
Caskrin and Chairman Sexton of the
democratic central committee. 1t is
L out of the whole cloth, but it was
: placed in circulation for purpose.
l The republican aldermanic nominee
in the Sixth ward has worked his
' INSTRUMENTATION smile on his con
] stituents for the last time. They
claim up in the Sixth that Gall only
recognizes the people of the ward
about election time, and that the re-
mainder of the two years he does not
, know them. They propose to remind