Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-21
ROWDIES and THE POLICE
BREAK UP A CONVENTION

j. }. LaNelle, William Dunavin.
Fourth ward-T. j. Medill, Paul
Kersch, j. p. Sexton, Charles McHugh,
John Blake. NJ. w. Battles, William
Weinrich, s. II. Kenworthy, P. Cor
coran, Allen Welch. Henry Lemburg.
V. Dauber.
/ Fifth ward-J. W. Welch, G. 3. Ca
node, H. L. Wheelan, james Lamont,
J. NJ. Albrecht, V. Jannsen. William
Cochran, Robert Kuschmann, T. \.
Pender, John Greve, j. NJ. CoIligan.
Charles Hayman, James Hansen.
Sixth ward-C. c. Wilson, C. w Ba-
ker, Fred CalIlins, John Schnitzer,
Frank Meenan, George Wright. l.. y.
BOurdeau, T, j. O'Brien, Frank EntIer.
Fred Won Horbeck, Albert Burton, j.
c. III. Buck. +. Wich.
Seventh ward-L. Funkenstein. Paul
Thiesen, j. f. Larkin, Miles Mckinney,
c. Christensen, w. c. Peck, Ed Ward,
\. c. Hanson, j. III. Kerr, \. Schofer,
William Beals, G. \. Schumacher, John
Hill.
All the foregoing were present in
person excepting Martin Weinberger,
Samuel Dean Edward Murphy, Charles
Carlson, Henry Borrel, w. L. Aster
and Herman Vogel.
Regular Committeeman Recognized.
On motion of Charles McHugh a roll
call of the delegates was taken and S5
answered to their names. The whole
number of delegates is 9S. The tenn
porary organization was made per-
manent on motion of Robert Kusch-
mann. The committeeman on the reg
ular democratic delegate tickets in the
First and Fifth wards were recognized
and declared the democratic commit
teemen TO serve these wards the ensu.
ing year. In the Fifth ward the
committeeman are Il. Il. Reidy and
G. \. Temple in the first precinct and
James Lamont and John Greve in the
Second, and in the First ward Robert
Beck and Dan Mckinney in the first
precinct and Samuel Dean and George
Simpson in the second precinct. On
motion of Carl Naab w. G.. j. Kurth
and +. c. Berry, in the first precinct,
and Henry Kinner and j. L. Sexton. in
the second precinct. were declared the
regular committeeman in the Second
ward.
The nomination of candidates on the
city-township ticket was thereupOn
taken up. j. W. WeIch. Aid. o. II.
Birkel and NJ. W. Battles were APP
pointed tellers. For supervisor, NJ. w.
Battles, of the Fourth ward. was pro-
posed by Charles McHugh and he was
selected by acclamation, as were also
the nominees for assistant supervis-
ors, James Lamont, of the Fifth ward,
who was presented by T. f. Burke: L.
y. Bourdeau. of the Sixth ward, and
Edward Ward of the Seventh ward.
who was placed before the convention
by j. G. Kerr.
George w. Henry. of the Third ward.
was the only candidate presented to
the convehtion for the assessorship
He was proposed by
Louis Ohlweiler and he was chosen by
acclamation.
For collector David BeiSwenger. of
the FIRST ward. was proposed by JOS |
eph Lerch, and John c. Auld. of the
Third ward. by Charles McHugh. Mr.. |
name was wothdrawn in |
favor of Mr.. Auld and the latter was |
given the nomination by acclamation.
The city-tOwnship committee was
on motion of Aid. c. {. |
Wilson. to fill any vacancies that may |
occur in the ticket.
Looney and Police Condemned.
The committee on resolutions. Il. f. |
King. p. J. Lee and T. y. Pender. re-
ported the following, which was adop-
ted by a rising vote:
Resolved. That this democratic con-
yention of the city of Rock Island |
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voice of true and regular democracy
Of said city of Rock Island, after a
,lear-cut expression on the issue as To
the part and position of John p. Loon.
ey in the affairs of the democratic
party of the city of Rock Island here
Dy declares
That by his methods of conducting
,aucuses in the democratic party. by
his open and active efforts against the
regular nominee of the democratic
party for the judgeship of the of su-
DTeme court of Illinois in the last
election in which the democratic party
expressed itself. further by his open
lffiliation with and active partieipa-
ton in the affairs of the republican
party more recently. sand John =.
Looney. formerly a member of the
party, has by his own acts
placed himself outside the pale of said
party and has thereby forfeited all
rights and consideration due to n
of the democratic party in
good standing.
Resolved, That by his overt and an
lrchistic act at TURNER hall this even
ng preventing the convention from
rOicing the expression. he assuped the
role under which he has of late gov
srned political meetings and appeared
before the public as bold representa-
i've of lawIessness and anarchy.
Resolved. That this convention
condemn the course of the police il,
John z. Looney in his acts
IF lawlessness and refusing TO restore
order Ia enable the chairman and