Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-12

scented for the Office of coroner: Her
| man -NIiLde, by c. f. Battles; c. F..
| Processing. by ]. W. Parker: G. NJ.
StOddard. by y. z. Larson, all of Mo-
line; l.. V. Eckhart. by NJ. f. Sweeney:
Simon Goldburg. by Il. ID. Connolly;
ID. Il. McFarlane. by +. Borgolte. and
DR.. y. NJ. Moore. by II. NJ. McCaSkrin.
Mr.. Connolly. when the nominati ions
closed, suggested that the door be
locked to prevent the escape of any
of the candidates. The first ballot re-
suited: Eckhart. 15T; Processing. 16;
Milde. 80; GoIdburg. 10; McFarlane.
Il; Moore, l6; Stoddard. 81. One hum
dred and seventy-seven votes were
necessary TO choice Eckhart was
selected on the second ballot by vote
of 270 to 53 for Processing. ~ for Milde
and 10 for Stoddard.
Gould Renominated.
VI. y. Gould. Moline. and Wallace
Treichler. Rock Island. were propos-
ed for surveyor. Gould won on the
first ballot POI to 149.
Resolutions of Convention.
The resolutions adopted indorse the
administrations of the county off
cialS recommend the increasing of the
county committee 50 that each ward
in the cities of Rock Island and Mo
line be represented by one member;
pledging hearty support to the whole
ticket nominated today. and thank
Sheriff W. &. Heider for the accommo-
dations provided for the convention.
KOhIer Elected Chairman.
y. II. kOhlcr. of Moline. was elected
chairman of the county committee by
reclamation. His name was present
ed by +. G. Allen, and the nomination
was seconded by {. j. Searle.
New County Committee.
The new county committee is com
posed as follows,
AndaIusia-George SpickIer.
Black Hawk-H. :. Myers
ling-Cyrus Miller.
Buffalo rairie--George Blakely.
Coal Nalley-R. l.. Wilson.
Canoe Creek. F. Giles
Coe-George Genung.
CorGova-CharleS George.
Drury- Joseph Watson.
EdgingtCn-O. l.. Bruner.
Hampton-Dan McNeal
Fort Byron. w. Simonsun.
Rural. NJ. Hutchinson.
South Rock Island-E ID. Fisher.
Zuma-F. j. Whiteside
Rock Island-W. y. Rosenffeld. Will |
liam Kennedy. ~ c. Anderson. F. II. |
Kelly, Il. d. Connolly. J. w. Carse. Will !
liam Gahagcn.
Moline-W. J. Davis. y. H. Kuhler. F. |
II. Guessing, G. w. Wood, \. &. Abra-
ham, Harry SutleY, F. =. Hall.
Knox Loses In Caucus.
In the caucus Of the Rock Island |
delegates. held before the convention. |
John Rinck was elected delegate-at- /
large. w. y. Rosenfield and y. G. An |
derson were chosen for county COM /
mitteemen and the former was in /
dorsed for chairman. Il. +. Knox was |
but received only 30 votes /
to III for ANDERSON and % for Rosen- /
field. Mayor William McConochie was .
chairman and II. NJ. McCaskrin was .
secretary of the caucus.
Scott is the Winner.
In the primaries Yesterday delega- !
tions favorable to j. n Scott for
states attorney were elected i'm all /
seven wards. There were contests i'm
only the First. Third and Seventh. mi
the First the caucus ticket won 12S to .
1O1. In the Third the Schriver ticket
was defeated 267 to 1913. In the Sev-
enth, Scots home ward. his delega-
tion won over that put up by Schriver
and his friends by vote of 43G to ISIS.
The Moline delegates caucused last
night. electing l.. {. Banding delegate
at-large. selecting y. +. Kohler and
Frank Han for members of the county
committee and indOrsinp the former