Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-18

the tickets Of their own color going
Unto the box and imagined they were
Straight. found when the primary
closed they had been switched some
where in the process of depositure
The regular democrats unquestiona-
bly had a majority of the votes cast.
They were simply cheated by trickery.
| An instance of how democrats re-
sent the unauthorized use of their
names by Looney was furnished this
morning. when eX<Ald. Robert Kusch-
mann. of the Fifth ward. came to The
Argus office 10 denOunce the appear
ance Of his name on the Looney ticket
| in the Fifth ward. Il feel that an
outrage has been committed" said
Mr.. Kuschmann. lin my name. and
| think some way ought to be found in
law to reach such practices. Mr..
Locney put my name on the ticket
without consulting me. and when
found il out | worked throughout the
entire time that the primary was open
against the ticket bearing my name
to show that l do not approve of
Looney and that he cannot use me to
accomplish his ends"
Taking the same position that Mr..
Kuschmann does is John Brennan,
former chief of police, whose name
was likewise used by Looney unau-
thorizedly and who denounces both
the practice and Looney himself. Il
am not n Looney democrat" said Mr..
Brennan this morning to The Argus.
land / worked against the ticket on
which my name appeared yesterday
to prove it,"
Three other democrats of the Fifth
ward whose names were used by
Looney. and who are indignant over
the proceeding. are Aid. William Trefz.
Valentine Jensen and Henry Tappen-
dorf.
Ridiculous Act In Seventh.
In the Seventh ward Looney held a
caucus of his own. showing his cow
ardice in failing to meet at the place
selected, as stipulated in the publish
ed official call. He-opened primary
in restaurant opposite the Rock Isl
and depot About a dozen votes were
cast there. The regular democratic
primary was held at Thiesen's black
smith shop. Eighty-seven votes were
received, thus demonstrating the in
significance and righteousness of the
Looney attempt to throttle the will
of the democrats of that ward. His
delegation. of course, will not be rec
ogniZed by the convention.
Looney had the presumption in
many of his own delegations to use
the names of respectable democrats
without consulting them, much less
gaining their approval. There were
| instances where democrats found
their names thus used and voted
against themselves and asked their
| friends to do likewise.
Vsts In the Wards.
| The vote in the First ward was 80
to II in favor of the LOoney ticket.
Frank Blochlinger's name appeared
as aIdermanic candidate on both tick
cts. There was no contest in the Sec
ond. where 1873 votes were east, while
in the Third the regular democrats
polled 81 votes to IL for Looney, re-
nominating Aid. q. ii. Birkel. In the
Fourth IO1 votes wre received for the
regular ticket and Looney marshaled
| !. j. T. Sexton was the aldermanic
nominee. In the Fifth William TrefZ
was the aldermanic candidate on both
| tickets. the Looney delegation win
ming. according to the results an
nounced by his judges, 90 to 80. In
the Sixth ward Frank LAWYER had no
opposition for the aldermanic nOmina-
ton. The regular delegate ticket won
| over the enc put out by Looney % to
s. In the Seventh ward no candidate
for alderman was named.
Looney Has Republican Dele gates
ANOTHER evidence of the Looney
method of political trickery was
shown in the Third ward, where his
delegate list bore the names of f.
Holdorf and William Stroehle, two Of
the Lowden republican delegates. The
| latter, in this mornings issue of the
Union, declares himself a republican.
| thus repudiating the unauthorized use
of his name. Charles Olson. another
Lowden republican delegate, was on
the Looney list in the First ward.
Committees and Delegates.
Ward Committeeman - First ward,
Hine Kale, Charles Smith. Charles
Plog, Charles Olson; Second ward, Os-
car Barth, John Cahail, Edward
Noeckert, Charles Heidemann; Third
ward, &. W. Henry. Joseph Grotegut,
W. ii. Lamont, II. L.Coyne, b. f. King.
". c. Hubble; Fourth ward, Dave
Sharp. Paul Kersch. Ralph Lamont,
DR.. j. p. Comegys; Fifth ward. John
Fimegan, Joe Free. G.. =. Stauduhar.
James O'Connor; Sixth ward, George
Wright. l.. y. BourGeau, Frank Meen-
IN. J. II. {. Buck; Seventh ward, Ec
Ward, w. c. Peck, j. +. Larilin, j. b..
Burk. l.. Funkenstein. \. Shofer.
Delegates to City-TOwnship Con
.ention - First ward. Hine Kale.
Charles Plog. NJ. Weinberger,
Peter Palmer. Sam Dean, Carl
/ Avert, George Freestone. Mic
Mold, William O'Brien. j. HolZhammer,
| Charles Olson. Sam DaXon; Second
ward. Oscar Barth. Carl Naab, Charles
| Heidemann, Alphonse De Witte, VIII
/ III Nasn n.y.