Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-26
NEXT MOVE
Is AWAITED
In Carrying Into Ef-
feet Looney's
Threats
TO KILL TICKET
Nominated by Regular
KILL TICKET
Nominated by Regular
Observation-Disclosures
Decision.

ing far beyond party lines have been
heard on every side Of the action of
the town board that passed upon the
contention yesterday to the
democratic ticket rightly emit
tied to place ON the official
ballot in the forthcoming township
election The attitude Of Looney in
the democratic city-township cnnven-
ton a week ago, together with the
revelations of his alliance with the
republican party and the seryitUde of
the police To his cause as conse-
quence of that alliance, has all con-
tributed to so arousing the people ir
respective of politics THAT there is but
one cry ON everybody's lips. and that
Is for Justice. The fact. furthermore.
that LOoney made his boasts in adj
vance that he would control the dem
Ocratic y-township convention or
there would be no lawful convention,
supplemented by the fact that before
the town board yesterday he adopted
the same tactics by declaring that il
that tribunal took upon itself to pass
upon the merits of the recent demo-
cratic convention and his rOwdy gath
ering there would be no democratic
ticket to he voted for in the coming
election. has naturally intensified the
feeling already prevailing all over the
city. LoOney, having been thwarted
in his desperate purpose with the po-
lice at his back 10 dominate a conven-
tion of respectable democrats. and
the proper returning board having in
the face Of his threat exercised its
statutory province and sustained the
regular democratic convention. the
public * now anNiously awaiting the
next development on LOoney's part.
The people have discovered To their
entire satisfaction. but great amaze
-Inent. how far the machine with
which Looney is affiliated goes into
the control of the police force Of the
city. They are now waiting to see
how far the Looney pull extends into
the machinery of justice. There have
been TumorS since yesterday of mas
ter-in-chancery Injunction proceed
ings sprung at such Il moment As to
make IL impossible to dispose Of them
in time To get the regular dem
o:ratic ticket on the official
ballot The effect would Ice the dis
franchiSement OF the entire demo
cratic vote i'm the city so far as rec
ognition ON the official ballot i CON
cerncd. But the main object. and the
one in which Looncy is more interested
now than the success of any demo !
cratic ticket. would he the election of
William Kennedy To the Office of SUI
pcrvisor in furtherance of the pro-
gram cf the Looney-republican ma !
chine. whose object is the control of |
all things political within the con- |
fines of Rock Island city and county. |
federal. legislative and municipal.
An Awful Precedent.
Still beyond all this would Ice the |
success of the Looney methods in
controlling conventions by hoodlum |
practices over decent procedure, and |
the baking. of the process of law in
every Legitimate undertaking that has |
for its object order in convention |
methods. l. i scarcely To be believed |
that the outrage which. according to
common rumor. i To he the next move |
ON the Looney program can be car
ried into effect. The Argus. for its own |
part. despite that il realizes haw far |
and how deep laid i the scheme that |
has been formed 10 control local pol |
tiles Of both parties. still believes thar |
the move will III checked nj the door |
Of the courts The bold as ertinn that |
lawicSSncs> must be rcCo guiZed has |
not Yet established itself i'm the peo- |
pies most sacred tribunal.
The Boards Action.
The verdict of the town board on |
the democratic election contest. given /
In substance in last evenings Argus. 1
as IL appears ON the record of the /
board i a. follows:
We. the members of the auditing |
board of the town Of Rock Island. |
Rock Island county. Iliinos. find that
the nomination papers filed by T. !.
Medill aS chairman and John Z. Sex
ton. secretary. 81 the democratic
township convention held March 10.
1904. contain the names Of the legal /
nominees, and hereby instruct the
town clerk of said town. county and /
state To place said names on the Off
cial ballots for the various town Of
fees, to-wit:
Supervisory. w. Battles.
Assistant Supervisors - Louis y |
Bourdeau. James II. Lamont. Edwin
Ward.
Assessor-G. W. Henry.
CoIector-John C. Aud
The decision III effect. approves and |
declares regular all the proceedings |
of the Medili-Sexton convention.
The proceedings developed what |