Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-29
NOMINATEATICKET
Socialists of City Hold Township
Convention at Turner
Hall.
P. ]. CARLSON NAMED FOR MAYOR
Candidate for Alderman I'm Each
Ward-Nominees Bound
by Party Law.

The socialists put up a ticket for
the spring city-township election at
meeting held in the dining room at
Turner hall last evening. All the
places were filled with the exception
of city attorney. The convention
was attended by about fifty members
| of the party and their friends and
half of that number participated in
| the proceedings.
The meeting was called to order
about o'clock and effected tenn
porary reorganization by eIecting p. j.
Carlson chairman and Henry Wieland
secretary. w. II. Bragdon, Charles
Bloch and Stephen Marschall were
chosen committee on credentials
and reported the platform of the So
cialist party, as published in the Off
cial paper. This was adopted and
then the temporary organization was
made permanent.
Carlson for Mayor.
The nomination of candidates then
began. j. J. Carlson was named as
candidate for mayor, but declined,
stating that he had already been suffi-
GENTLY honored by the party. A
number of members spoke urging him
to reconsider, and finally he stated
that to facilitate business he would
accept for the evening, or until the
city central committee could find a
better man for the place. The nomi-
nation, as were all the others, ex-
cepting in the cases of city clerk and
city treasurer, was made by accla-
nation.
For city clerk w. Fl. Bragdon and
inIo
on a ballot. the former receiving Is
out of % votes, was declared nominal
ted. Mr.. BragtIon delivered his thanks
and stated that he would at once set
about learning the science of account
ing.
No Attorney In Party.
City attorney came next, and Paul
Henneberg moved that the Office be
filed, stating that it wouldn't be
much of trick for any good social |
list tn scrape up such little additional
learning as might be necessary TO
enable him to discharge the duties of
the office. The vote was put and car
ried, but then the chairman decided |
that the law required the incumbent
of that office to be admitted to the |
bar, and another motion to leave the |
matter of filling the office in the |
hands of the committee prevailed.
For city treasurer there were two |
names proposed, Stephen Marschall |
and Me Huesmann. The former won
out, 81 to p. Then William Ulam was
nominated for assessor; Frederick |
Nary for collector. and Charles NJ. |
Nelson, Henry Wieland and Anthony |
FiXaris for assistant supervisors, all
by reclamation. There were num-
Der of names proposed in each in
stance and always all but one declin-
ed the honor. When it came TO the
aldermen there were none who declin-
ed to run. In one ward the was no
candidate available. but n spectator
came forward, paid his dues, thereby
becoming a member of the party, and
was at once placed in nomination.
The candidates are: First ward, Will
liam Ohrt, ,Ir.; Second, +. j. Schmitt
Third, II. l.. Darby; Fourth, Gust
Lange; Fifth, +. II. Johnson; Sixth,
Paul Henneberg; Seventh, Martin A.
Nerhale.
Committeeman Named
The city-townshiIs central commit
tee was then chosen as follows: First
ward, William Ohrt. Jr.; Second,
Charles Bloch; Third, ii. l.. Darby;
Fourth, Peter Kraft; Fifth. Stephen
Marschall; Sixth, w. IL. Bragdon;
Seventh, c. y. Nelson.
Those who had been honored were
reminded that under the socialist
constitution all candidates were re-
0ueSted TO file with the PARTY man.