Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-19

For Collector = MARTIN r. RUD-
GREN.
| Leaders of the Lowden camp were
in control at the republican city
| township convention at Turner hall
last evening and took occasion TO re-
ward some of the faithful with NOM
nations for offices to be voted on at
the approaching spring election.
1t was intended to retire Ezra Will
cher, who has been an active Yates
supporter, from membership in the
county board of supervisors. but there
was a slip of a cog somwhere between
the First and Fourth wards, five of
the votes it was planned should go to
Ferdinand Holdorf being received by
him and pulling him through.
/ David Don. whose term as a mem
Der of the county board has expired,
was dropped by the wayside. because
The had been so indiscreet politically
as to favor the denomination of Gov.
Yates. William Kennedy, who headed
the Sixth ward LOwden delegation to
the county convention, was nominated
in his stead. William would have
made the race for alderman again this
|
that he has been seeing in his dreams
these many months. The old line re-
publicans in the Sixth were after
Bits scalp and he thought the sensi-
BILE stunt was to not have himself
mentioned for denomination. His de-
sire to butt into county affairs is with
the manifest purpose of laying wires,
| Through the members of the super
1 IL
for the nomination for sheriff. If
Kennedy happens to land on the cOun-
ty board W. II. Carey. the chairman,
had better look a little out for his
job.
The convention was called to order
by John Rinck, chairman of the city
township committee. He announced
that the committee had requested
him TO suggest c. j. Larkin for tenn
porary chairman. There were no fur
Their nominations and Mr.. Larllin was
chosen by reclamation. Sam Ryerson
was called on to preside at the sec
retary's table. He read the call.
Those In the Convention.
w. F. Schroeder. y. q. Anderson and
Il. d. Connolly were appointed a com
mittee on credentials and found the
following to sit in the convention as
delegates:
First ward - John Bladel. Charles
Sehnert. Joseph Deer, Fred Peterson,
Andrew Il. Carlson, George Wittick,
Charles Starr. Charles Osterman, Al
len Pratt. ID. Williams, James O'Hern,
William Sehnert. Louis Rain.
Second ward - NJ. f. Sweeney, Al
bert johnson, John Mccormick. Thorn
as South, Gus Utke. Oscar Carlson,
William Sugden, Herman Nicholas.
j. w. Carse. Jacob Lefstein. Ed Nc
Kinstry. II. ID. Folsom. Clarence Pratt. |
Ben DeGeer, Fl. d. Wilson.
! Third ward-C. f. GAZETTEER, S. S. Hull, !
f. b. Kreis. George Hill. Add Gest, !
Charles f. Johnson, II. II. Harris, ].
F. Witter. r. ID. Connolly, W. +. Mil |
ler James Johnston. W. 4. Davis, Rob
ert McConochie. William Hause. ID. Il.
Shaw. Hans Clemann. Sam Ryerson.
| Fourth .ward-Dr. G. G.. Craig. Sr.,
James f. Ppetz. Phil Wells. Walter \. |
Rosenfield. II. y. Potter. Thomas Jen-
kins, Louis Moeller. Jerome Appel |
quist. Fred w. Rinck. Bernard Koch. |
w Il. Roberts. Rollin S. Sturgeon.
Harvey ID. Pollard, Louis Livingston
John Noftsker.
Fifth ward - F. Borgolte, d. F.
Noftsker. j. Grogan, II. Stelck. Frank
Collins. l.. Ellinwood, Charles Oswald.
s. NJ. Arndt. F. H. Kelly. a. Myers, d. |
j. Brown. Elmore Stafford, ii. Morris, |
f. Tilleman.
Sixth ward-W. F. Schroeder, c. J.
Larkin, =. II. Kelly p. T. Bancroft. |
Henry LANCE. Frank Welch. Victor
1 Ill ErY.r-
Christ Breiholtz. Robert Lynn. Jack
Carncs. John LorenZ. Peter Morgart.
Seventh ward - George Wallick, |
James Mcbride. Frank Maucker, J.
Kiellberg. F. Miller. G. l. Wenner-
strom. William Smith, William Beck
with. Andrew Peterson, Joshua Brooks, |
Henry Clock. J. Ramser. Joshua Has
selquist. J. F. Kirkman. C. l.. Acker |
| lind. ]. \. Udden, Elmer Gull. A. Il. |
Curtis. Phil Bruchman. John LoudOn, |
Carl Anderson. John Magnuson.
On motion of F. II. Kelly the tenn
porary organization was made perma |
nent. \. II. Gest. T. ii. Stafford and |
d. f. Noftsker were chosen tellers
and the selection of candidates was |
proceeded with.
with His Eyes Shnt.
For supervisor William Kennedy. of |
the Sixth. was presented by F. 7. |
WEIGH. If anyone else had figured on
offering a candidate he had little time /
to think W. \. RoSenfield getting the |
| floor as soon as Brother Welch fell in
TO his seat and moving that the NOM
nation of Kennedy be by acclamatiOn
That was all there was to it.
For assistant supervisors the Sec
ond ward presented the name Of Ezra |
Wilcher. the Third Ferdinand Holdorf.
the Fourth l. c. Pfoh. and the Sixth
Robert Linn. There were three NOM
;raas 70 Ia oboSap The first haIIot