Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-20
GOES DRY
Anti License Ticket is Elected al
AndaIusia After Two Years
of Saloons.
VILLAGES CHOSE OFFICE
independents Win at MiIaL-ResuIts
in Other Towns in the
County.

! The village elections were held over
the county yesterday. In several
towns the saloon question was the
paramount issue. AnIalusia. which
has had saloons the past two years.
goes dry as a result Of the election
The anti-Iicense ticke; won at Port
Byron and Reynolds. There was but
one ticket in the field at Reynolds and
ii was opposed to the saloon.
The independents were successful
over the peoples at Milan, with Jo-
seph CriswelI for clerk and ID. 5. Fitz-
simmons and W. p. Walker for trus-
tees. Criswell had no opposition.
while there was contest between
George Norton, Independent. and Viii
liam Lowell, peoples, candidates for
trustee.
j. {. Burgoyne. clerk; Theodore
Seefeldt, William Roe and Andrew
Simmons, trustees. and Charles Hayes,
police magistrate. were the successful
candidates at AndaIusia.
The citizens ticket was elected at
Coal Valley: Merit Corners. clerk: II.
X. Martin. W. Barako and Thomas Hi
land. trustees: j. f. Miller. treasurer;
Douglass Gregg. marshal, and j. r.
Patterson. police magistrate. The can
didates on the peoples ticket were
r. j. Knapp. Joseph Sackville. Joseph
Nightingale. Tifel krackIow. James II.
Leas, James Connolly. Jacob Schind-
Ter.
One Way at II Ipids City.
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opposition at Rapids City. They were
William Mummert, Peter Marx and
George Hostetter, trustees. and George
l.. Witter. clerk.
William Freytag, president of the
board; DR.. j. W. Dian. William Lewis.
William SpangIer and Charles SchIue-
ter, trustees. and Alfred Bell. clerk.
were chosen at Reynolds.
Sears elected the peoples ticket
over the citizens: William Pate. pres
ident of the board; {. II. Smith and
David Carr, trustee; +. ID. Fisher
clerk. There i Il tie Between Ira ID.
Whitehead. citizens. ana David Sears.
peoples, nominees for trustee
IL. Il. iuntley. clerk. and +. :. Gates.
John Moody and Victor Johnson. trus-
tees. are the ones selected at Port
Byron. where the license ticket was
defeated by vote of % to 80.
Track Question at Hampton.
There We're anti-saIary and peoples
tickets in the field at Hampton.
Charles Skies, clerk. and John EdeI-
man and John johnson. trustees. on
the anti-salary ticket, were elected
Otto Gucjert. anti-salary. and Charles
Hayes, peoples. for trustee. had a tie
vote. Joseph Benson, peoples. was
elected Il trustee, over Nat Block. |
The issue here was |
whether the Milwaukee road j. to he |
permitted to raise its tracks passing |
through the village six inches. \ re-
quest to elevate the tracks three feet |
was refused by the board wear ago.
Six inches was compromised on. and |
the voters Yesterday elected Il major
ity of the beard which will favor the
modified proposal.
Annexation of the Warner tract was
he issue at East Moline. Annexation
won II to 80. Thomas Bland was
chosen clerk and Frank SibeI, Fred
Schluetcr ana August Deslib trustees.
There was but one ticket.
Half and Half at COrdova.
Vt Cordova the saloon was the is
sue. the license people electing three
rustees. Harvey Reeves, :. :. Quick
md {. i. Wendt, and w. II. Whiteside
Jerk. The latter won over o. {. Han
Eel by two votes. George Bryan. Il.
y. Coll and Charles Sallows were the
for trustees on the anti
license ticket. The village will likely
continue dry. as the president Of the
BOARD and three hold-over trustees are
men.