Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-15

deplore Hanna's death. and indorst
Congressman B. F. Marsh. Represen-
tative l.. NJ Magill. and the candidacy
of NJ NJ Sturgeon for member of the
state board of equalization. The res
olutions declare the practice of levy
ing assessments upon state appointees
to be un-American and disastrous 10
/ the efficiency of cur institutions; that
contributions should be entirely vol
untary and should not be made until
after the nominations and should GO
into the treasury of the state commit
tee instead Of being used for the adj
vancing of personal ambitions and
for the disruption of the party; and
demands that the state committee
confine its efforts to eIecting nominees
rather than to the controlling of con-
ventions. 1t protests against the eff
forts of non-residents to control the
politics of the county. 1t demands.
in order that efficient and experienced
employees may not be displaced for
political reasons by those inefficient
and inexperienced, that a state civil
service act be passed by the next gen
eral assembly.
The committee on resolutions was
composed of =. w. Parker. y. F. Peek.
John Sundine, B.. ID. Connolly. Il. s.
Dart. F. +. Robbins. Cyrus Miller and
George Richmond.
Lowden Talks.
Col. F. o. LCwden addressed the
convention while the committee on
credentials was preparing its report
He did not touch ON the fractional
fight.
NJ. NJ. Sturgeon, in accepting the
nomination conferred on him by the
convention, took occasion to arraign
the county committee for what he
termed an action unheard of in the
political history of Rock Island coun-
~. He congratulated the delegates
on asserting their independence and
manhood. and had no doubt their ac-
ton would be recognized by the state,
congressional and senatorial conven-
tiOns.
The committee to select the state,
congressional and senatorial dele
gates was composed of the following:
C. u. Skinner. O. +. Anderson. Joe
Hirsch. W. \. Rosenfield. William Ken
nedy, f. II. Kelly, Charles Hawley,
John +. Murray and j. y. Carpenter.
After Il period of speechmaking to
hold the theatre till the time set for
the opening of the Yates convention
was passed. u. j. Cary's motion for
the appointment of a committee of
three. lawyers preferred, to assist the
secretaries of the meeting in prepar-
ing the minutes of the meeting to pre-
sent to the state convention. passed,
and the chairman named VI. NJ. Stur
gecn. j. w. Parker and AXel Kohler.
Adjournment was taken after the
adoption of the following lists of del
egates:
State - George Richmond. Walter
zimmerman. ID. F. SchaibIe. r. j. Ash.
W. +. Parmenter. l.. c. Banding W.
\. Meese. c. u. Skinner. o. f. Ander-
son. II. q. Gripp. w. {. Bennett. J. w.
Parker, Sol Hirsch. +. \. Landee. DR..
G. G. Craig. ST.. W. y. Resented, Il.
ID. Connolly, William McConochic. f.
II. Kelly, y. &. Anderson, f. +. Rob |
bins.
Congressional-T. ii. Thomas. Viii |
liam Edwards. p. j. Cary, c. f. Gaet |
jer. DR.. j. II. Hollowbush. James Nc
Namara. j. f. Murphy. o. p. Olson,
William Herzog. Sam Dart, William |
Kennedy. Frank Andrews. Edward |
NJ. \. Titterington,
BoPes, II. b. Carpenter. Hum
phrey Brubaker. Robert Mcintyre,
John II. StuItz. T. |. Stanley, p. Car
stems. Walter Peterson. ID. w. Parrot,
o. p. Gibson. George Schaible. VIII
liam Farber. Dan Larson. j. +. Muir
ray. Henry Sellmer. Fred Peters. c. Y.
Johnson, {. T.. Battles. Il. W. Hamil-
ton. John Hammerich. i. y. Merri-
man, j. p. Pearson. Fred Frisk, Frank
Young. Bert Malcolm, Il. \. Miller, Jr..
{. +. Whiteside.