Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-31
SQUIBS ABOUT
LOCAL POLITICS

No one should De better pleased
than the Union TO see the end of the
present campaign and with it the end
of Knox politically. The amount of
explaining and prevaricating that the
Union is obliged to do every time that
Mr.. Knox has run for mayor since the
first time is enough To wear its con
science out.
| Unless he makes some particularly
bad break between now and election
day. Henry Schaffer ought to stand
reasonable show of being reelected
city clerk.
Cavanaugh speaks on Market square
tomorrow night.
The funniest argument that is now
being used by the Knox supporters is
that even if Mr.. Knox has not made
the best mayor in the world, he will
have Schaffer TO guide him. Humiliat-
| ing as is this admission so far as Mr..
| Knox's capacity is concerned, and ad-
mittedIy the last plea Of a hopeless
cause. there is just one thing more TO
take into consideration. What if it
were possible to elect Knox for a third
time. and something should happen TO
Mr. Schaffer?
The Knox flying rollers have appar-
| emily moved on to the next town.
My! how the campaign has quieted
down from the Knox end of the propO-
sition. While it is conceded that the
threeterm candidate is no longer con
sidered even a possibility. it was
thought his supporters would at least
keep up the shouting.
AS a fair index to the way the
Knox side of the question is petering
out, it is only necessary to cite the
fizzle that attended the meeting in the
Seventh ward last evening BY actual /
count there were 16 people present.
The unfortunate James +. Witter was
the chief speaker, and the best he
could do in the way of an argument
was to apologize for not having been |
born and reared in Rock Island. which |
was accepted as an explanation for his |
lack of knowledge as to suitable ma
terial for the mayoral chair.
Vote for Simmon for city treasurer. |
The Union takes a column of its |
valuable space in an attempt to eX-
plain wherein Mr. Knox did any Off
cial act that should commend him as
a capable municipal executive. and
in the end does not say anything eX-
cept TO deliberately falsify the record
of his predecessor and successor in
office The Union seems TO be still
imbued with the school boy idea that
the logical answer TO founded accusa-
ton is you're another"
Give your vote to Leonard for col
lector. He is a good man and a de-
serving man, and is entitled to your
hearty support for the office for which
he is a candidate.
The democratic aldermanic ticket is
of representative men
the city. The candidates
are: Blochlinger and Simpson in the
first Naab in the Second, Grotegut
in the Third. Dauber in the Fourth,
Hoare in the Fifth and Wilson in the
Sixth.
If you want to be with the winner
vote for Cavanaugh.
John p. Sexton, the democratic can
didate for police magistrate. is a con
sentative business man of wide expert
ence. His election to that office would
mean close attention to its duties by a l
capable man.
Cavanaugh is making an admirable /
in every respect. His course
throughout has been such as to com I
mend him to the consideration of all S
who stop to think of what is both de
sired and required in the head of a
,ity the size and importance of Rock d
island. c
No brother, the situation is not c
particle complicated 1t is Cavanaugh. ;
hats all. G
For the convenience of those wish s
ng to apply for their final naturali-
.ation papers in order to vote at next
weeks election the office Of the county
,Ierk will be open from 1880 to $50
o'clock Saturday evening.
The democratic mass meeting will
evening. James W. Cavanaugh, can