Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-19
M'CONOCHIE WINS
In Bitterest Struggle Ever Waged
in Local Republican
Ranks.
MONEY is FREELY SPENT
Knox Forces Charpe a.Rennn tin o.,
MONEY
Knox Forces Charge "Repeating'
Against Other Side-Day
of Sensations.

'hSy hdu the spring teVer. They are
weak in the knees and sick at heart.
but still have the stilletto up their
sleeves. They say the day of reckon
ing is not far distant.
1t was a battle royaI. There was
blood on the political horizon from
sunrise until the close of the primar-
les at O'Clock. Such another strug-
gle had never been waged in the local
ranks of the republican party. The
word that went forth from the Nc
Conochie and Knox camps was to
land the votes no matter the price or
trouble.
Money flowed like water over the
city, being especially plentiful in the
Fourth and Fifth wards, where the
contest was the bitterest. In the for
mer Phil Miller was master of the
having an active aid in John
Z. Looney. The Knox leaders aban-
doned hope of winning there at 5
o'clock, after which hour they pro-
cceded with challenging the right to
vote of number of strange men that
Miller was ringing in. 1t was openly
charged they were being shifted from
one ward to another to vote for the
McConochie delegation.
Ex-ChIefs Meet.
During the afternoon Jim Darneu
and Phil Miller nearly came to blows
in the Fourth. They always have
loved one another, anyway, and when
Pills star seemed in the ascendency
it naturally had the effect of intensi-
flying Jim's admiration for him. Jim
could not support McConochie on ac-
count of his alliance with Miller, so he
was obliged to do the next best thing
and line up with Knox, despite his
falling out with him as the result of
his indictment by the grand jury.
The two eX-chiefs met face to face at
the Fourth ward primary, showed
their teeth, and were both ready for
action when friends got busy with in
reference.
Loses Home Ward.
Up in the Fifth nnox stood guard
from the opening to the close of the
primary, laboring heroically to save
himself in his own ward. F. IL. Kelly
was in charge of the McConochie
forces, and he kept the mayor side
stepping while he was on deck. "..-
McConochie delegations were elect
ell in the Third, Fourth. Fifth and
Sixth wards. Knox delegations tri-
umphed in the First and Second and
Anderson i'll the seventh. This in
sures the nomination to McConochie,
barring the possibility of break to
Anderson or the stampeding of the
convention by the friends of c.. j.
Searle, who is looked upon by many
of the wise ones as a dark horse.
Nominees and Delegates.
The candidates for aldermen chosen
in the various wards are as follows:
First-Frank Westbay.
Second-Louis Eckhart
Third HausG.
FouTth-Robert c. Benson.
Fifth-Frank T.. Robbins.
SiNth-Fred c. Gall
Seventh-Joshua II. Brooks.
The delegates chosen to the city
township convention which meets to-
morrow evening are:
First ward-H " Wood, William
Wilkens, y. Tabor, d. p. Williams, c.
Lindgren, II. Sehnert. \. Bailey, II.
Patton, John Alderman, y. Eggart,
Ben Ransom, Joe Gutzwiler, NJ. f.
Rudgrcn.
White, William Sugden, Charles
Oberg. James Mccormack. John
Swanson, d. b. South, julius Dooghe,
Arnold Oswald, a. w. Johnson, Aug
ust LindbIom, Oscar Carlson, Jake
Lifstein, Phil Wagner, Henry Burris,
Tom South.
Third ward-C. F. Gaetier, Aaron
Anderson, John O'Connor, Edward b.
Kreis, L. c. Blanding, William T. Da-
Wis, William L. Ludolph, Wallace Sou
ders, Williams Ransom, c. j. Searle,
Charles Miller. b. Goldman, John o..
Freed, Frank j. Steele, George Perry,
Carl Sauerman, Henry T. Siemon.
Fourth ward-M NJ. Sturgeon, JOS
eph NJ. Rosenfield, Benjamin Koch,
John T. Noftsker. Paul Brandenburg,
DIR. William II. Ludewig. DR.. Henry
H. Chase, John Rinck, Leo Vemere,
Edward Tremann, John F. Moeller,
Fred r. Pollard, Samuel Willis, Willis
Mitchell. Thomas Jenkins, Harry G..
Lewis.
Fifth ward-A. c. Dart, Frank Col
Inns. c. o. Jensen, NJ |. Norris, L. p.
Cox, c. Oswald, DIR. J. X. Hollowbush,
John Grogan, Robert Bennett, Jr..
Louis Range, F. ii. Kelly, Russell
West, J. Rosenfeld. NJ. T. Stafford.
Sixth wartb-William II. Edwards,
F. C. Denkmann, r. A. Herzog, c. j.
Larkin, William Kennedy, ID. j. Sears,
John MohI, Henry LANCE, George Mil
Ter. George p. Nissen, Andrew Chris
tenson, John Cramer, Frank WEIGH,
George Evans.
Seventh wartB-C. w Foss, +. NJ
Sinnet, A. F. Soderstrom, w. w
Channon. William Lucklum, Andrew
Peterson. Henry ]. Glouck, Peter Ras-
mussen., II. S. Bollman. V. o. Peter
son, Frank Miller. Felix f. Henke-
Norman G. Griffiths. George w. Wal
lick. Carl 4. Anderson. j. NJ. Keim
ICharles Morrison, William Beekwith