Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-16

izatiOn, the climax Of which came in
the holding Of two conventions yes
terday and the selection Of contest
ing state. congressional and senatorial
delegations.
Three weeks ago. in the mind Of any
one at all familiar with the political
situation, there could not have existed
the slightest doubt that in the matter
had the advantage three to one. The
Yates followers were cast down and
in despair. They had practically
abandoned the ship, but were, of
course. determined to make a stand,
flor appearance, if nothing else.
Then came the first outward evil
dence that the Looney alliance with
the McConochie administration form
ed in the city election Of one year ago
was to be employed as factor in the
/ interest of the candidacy of Lowden.
The exposure by The Argus Of the in
ner purpose Of the sporting event
pulled OF in the Black Hawk club
| house, in which Locney is master and
| owner. as a Lowden rally. came like
thunder clap in the ranks of the re-
publican party and scattered the
! Lowden forces in hopeless dismay
! Republicans of long standing who
were opposed to Yates declared They
would rather be on the side of the
| governor than follow the lead of any
contingent dominated by JOhnLoOney.
The indisputabIe evidence of the
part Looney was openly playing grew
from day TO day and furnished the
e I
sonaI presence and efforts at the
Fourth ward primary and the energy
Of his most conspicuous lieutenants
at the Fifth ward. To substantiate
this, affidavits were presented yestcr-
day TO the county committee showing
the presence and participations Of
Looney and his gang in the First ward
caucus in Moline.
Take Every Possible Advantage.
Despite the fact that the Lowden
following dwindIed on this account.
on the face of the returns from the
primary proceedings Lowden seemed
to have aiority in the county of
from nine TO II delegates. Encour-
aged and spurrcd on by the unusual
strength that they had developed
through the efTarts of Looneyism on
the Lowden side. the Yates men. feel
ing the desperate and unprecedented
tactics resortcd to by the opposition.
were determined To exercise every pos
sib,c advantage that reposed in the
possession Of the county orSaniza-
ton. This widcned the breach. The
Lowden men. regardless of how far
the county committee. in their judg-
+r-ap-rapT:uo Tp,yar
made the first overt act. and really
played into the hands OF the other
,'Ie rs their ilI-considcrcd perform
arcc At The Illinois theatre yester-
day.
How far the county committee over
stepped its authority; how far il vio-
lated the right course in such pro
ce"dings. or how closely il adhered to
the r"eo"dnnts Of the national and
'g.c aert-aI -osamitters. it remain:
for the future to disclose. Al all
events. the gubernatoriaI candidate
who has the ma iority in the state CON
ventiCn may admit the delegation OF
his choice. And Yates has the same
advantage at Springfield that he had
locally-control of the organization.
state Delegation is Divided.
The delegation to the state conven-
ton chosen at the court house CON
yeution yesterday afternoon is djvid-
ed. II for Yates and 10 for Denecn.
Il is composed As follows:
c. !. SearIc. {. w. Foss. {. /. Wal
ker. II. i. J. Mcdonald. L. :. McCabe,
c. F. Lynde. William Sehnert. &. ".
Johnson. II. w. Cooper. j. \. Godehn.
u L
FL. Dr.. Il. II. Vessel. Charles George.
Il. \. Smith. James Hutchinson, G. II.
Gcnung. Walter Black. John Eckhardt.
G. +. Srickler; alternates. J. F. Wit
ter V o. Peterson. F. q. Van Calder.
Il. F. noX. :. j. Collins, William Ba
ker, James NcGarvey. j. b. Oakleaf. 6.
". Wood. C. II. Perrin Henry kuchl.
r. O. Nelson. ". J. David. f. w. Gould.
Joseph FoTsythe. G. /. Peterson. VIII
liam Gabriclson, William Ashdown,
" r. Carey. w. +. Crawford, John
Ballard Those who are said to favor
the nomination Of Deneen are Messrs.
Fcss. johnson. COOPER. Godehn. Ed
lin, Hcfdcr, Ed. Hutchinson. George
and Smith.
The other delegations chosen are
made up a. follows:
Congressional. :. McCGbc. III. y.
j. Mcdonald. {. j. Searie, F. q. Van
Calder. 4. f. Knox. Frank Collins. DIR.
J. + Myers. II. ID. BIakemore. II. n.
McCaskrin. DR.. Joseph De Silva. {. w
FoSs. II 3. Hubbard. John Kollotf,
William Baker. G. W. Johnson. w. ID.
Gall. Albert Ed. John Condo. Jr.. j. Il.
G.. W. Wood. W. 6. Hcidcr-
I H9us w NrEgrh Dir j j
Tremblay. {. II. Perrin, J. W. Simon
son. 6. II. eager. f. L. Wake. l. +.
Giles. George Tucker, VI. y. Clement
son. &. Z. Spickler. Frank Gillett. II.
Il. Martin. William Whiteside. j. j.
Ingram. r. !. Murphy, Alex Campbell.
" J. Murphy. X. r. Anderson.
William Ashdown, F. N. /
Sinnct. IL Il Martin. I. j. Murphy. |