Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-25
Democrats of City Elect Dele
gates to TomorroW's
Convention.
NOME OF TICKETS OPPOSED
Rank and File Turn Out in GoodIy
Number in Several
Wards.
CoNvEN ZION DELEGATES.

lei Mckinney, Harry kale, William
Mold, George Simpson, Samuel Dean.
VI. Weinberger.
Second ward-E. c. Berry. Henry
Kinner, Carl Naab, John Cahail, Henry
Deisenroth. W. c. j. Kruth, George
Banker. Frank Curnyn, II. II. Robb,
Anton Kick. Andrew Lerch. John z.
Sexton.
Third ward-W. II. Lamont. b. f.
King, w. c. Hubble, II. L. Coyne.
Joseph Grotegut. Eugene Doyle, John
Britton, John Stroehle, p. J. Lee
Charles Walker, Z. f. Lamp. G.. W.
Henry, Guy c. Pinkerton, T. f. Burke,
W. c. Maucker.
Fourth ward - George Lamont,
Charles McHugh, John =. Sexton, 7. j..
Medill, s. Il. Kenworthy. David Sharp,
Valentine Dagber, l.. \. La Vanway,
Harry Battles.
Fifth ward W. Cavanaugh. Rob-
ert Reynolds, James Lamont. George
p. Stauduhar, II. L. Wheelan, c. Il.
Marshall, Ike Hoare. Robert Kusch-
mann, William Cochran. c. \. Temple.
Sixth ward-F. W. CaIIlins, G. H.
Wright, L. y. BOurdeau. c. c. Wilson
Frank Lawler, Frank MeenaR, Albert
w. Burton. J. II. c. Buck, T. j. O'Brien,
Frank Entler, Herman Detiens, John
Snitzer.
Seventh ward-J. f. Larkin, NJ Nc
Kinney, Al Schofer, Aug. c. Hanson,
Chris Christensen, Louis Funken-
stein, Philip Thomas, Peter Olson,
Paul Thiesen, Hjalmar Carlson.
IL
| tern caucuseS conducted during the
week by John p. Looney and his CO.
horts were the democratic primaries
yesterday in the city of Rock Island
for the selection of delegates to the
county convention to be called at >
| o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Rock
Island Turner hall. when delegation
TO the state convention will be chosen.
Considering that there was no OPP
position to the ticket placed in each
ward, the vote was above the average
strength. There was total of 376.
distributed among the several wards
as follows: First ward. 81; Second.
p; Third. so; Fourth, So; Fifth, so;
Sixth, SO; Seventh, so.
Names of Voters Record. d.
been denied the enjoyment of since
the Introduction of trickery and guer-
lila warfare into their party affairs to
be permitted to walk, unmolested ana
unintimidated, to the primary in their
respective wards, and east their bal
lots, placing them in the hands of men
who were not ashamed to show their
faces; nor did they attempt to deny
the voter the privilege of seeing whe re
his ballot went. Spread before him
also were books on which were kept
a record of the names of every man
participating in the primary. And
these men who voted are known to
the people of the wards where they
live. They are the rank and file of
the democratic party. and are opposed
to the methods of Looney and his
rapidly dwindling following.
Voluntary Expression of Party.
The primaries were open from un-
til 7:3O o'clock. and those who took
part in them did so of their own free
will. In each ward it was the volun-
tary expression of the democracy.
There was no beating the bushes or
securing the saloons. The men came
from their homes or from their work.
1t was not necessary to carry on
campaign of education at each pri-
mary. The men who came knew what
they were there for. They were citi-
zens and legal voters. Republicans
and floaters were barred. A Hearst
delegation was chosen in each ward.
Convention Meets Tomorrow.
The democratic county convention
will meet at Turner hall at ? O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon to select dele
gates to the state convention and to
discharge such other business as to
the convention may seem proper.
Despite the attempt in some quarters
to create an impression to the con-
trary, there is every prospect of
well conducted and entirely harmoni-
Gus convention. The only issue being
Locneyism. and that having been al
ready eliminated as far as influence
goes in Rock Island democratic poll
tics. the assurances are already amply
sufficient that the county convention
viii show its appreciation of the good
work that has been accomplished by
the democrats of Rock Island.
\ few evenings ago Moline paper
printed what purported to be a story
of the democratic situation in Rock
Island county. the manifest design of
which was to occasion discord in the
ranks of the party and draw their
minds away from the main purpose
to insist upon the routing of the ele-
ments of disorder and destruction
The earmarks on the article were so
conspicuous and the purpose so well
lefined that no attention was paid to
it. The fact that marked copies OF
the paper are now being sent to vari-
Gus democrats in Rock Island. who
are too familiar with the condition Of
affairs TO be fooled by the article. but
strengthen the original suspicion as
10 the authorship. Sufficient TO say
that it Is a tissue of falsehoods from
beginning 10 end, calculated to ac-
cOmplish but one result, and that to