Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-18
LICENSE WORSTED
Temp srarce Tickets Win WHARF,
issue is Fought in vi.
lage Elections.
CLOSE CONTESTS IN COUNTY
Many Villages Have But One Ticket
In the Field and No General
Question to Settle.

In the village elections throughout
the county yesterday there were sew
eral close contests on the temperance
issue and the anti-licenSe won i'm every
instance, though generally with little
to spare. The vote was particularly
close at Cordova and at Andalusia At
the latter place two trustees of the
license ticket were successful and they
were the only license officers chosen in
the county where the subject was made
an issue. AT WatertOwn the same is
sue was fought, but the margin was
wider. A full ticket was elected, as
the village officers now serving were
named for a short term when the place
was incorporated last year. In the
majority of the villages there was but
one ticket.
Majority IL.
The anti-license majority at Water
town averaged H. The vote was as
follows. the citizens party being op-
posed to the anti-license party:
President-William NJ briggs, A L..
C1; Josph Geisler. C, 81.
TruSteeS-Henry Hillberg, A l., Ga:
Emanuel Peterson, A l., SO; William
e. Keene, A l., GA; Samuel Pinkerton,
A l., 90; H. c. Newton, A l.. 60; Will
liam NJ Parke. A l.. 81; William Ebel-
ing, c, 40; Ed AXelson. C, 81; F. P.
Cosper. C. As; A. w. Dawson, C, so;
William Pauls, C, 81; A. j. Lavine, c,
81.
Clerk. c, Hawkins, A L, 60;
George Norton, c, 81
Treasurer-D. Y. Allsbrow, A l., 81;
George Allsbrow, c, 81.
Police Magistrate-J. NJ Corbin, A
l., G3; NJ. c. Coburn, G, 40.
Andnlusia Contest Warm.
In Andalusia, which is already dry,
there had been strong effort made to
elect a board of trustees that would
license a saloon. The results give the
license party two members of the
board of trustees, including the hold
overs. and an anti-license president.
The vote was as follows, the parties
being known as temperance and cit
liens:
Clerk E. Lee, T, 81; Jesse West,
C. So.
Trustee for one year-George Spick-
Ter. T, so; George Britton. C, 81.
Trustees for two years - c. l..
Wenks. T, So; John Slopes, T, IS: n.
p. Phillips. T, 333 :. Gilpin Moore. c, "a
William Strohmeier, c, 80; Thomas
Cole, c. So.
Majority of Z at Cordova.
AT Cordova the temperance people
won by a uniform majority of votes,
those elected being:
Clerk-A. c. Handel.
Trustees-C. r. Cool, Alfred Smith,
c. c. Updyke.
No Issue at East Moline.
There was no issue at East Moline
where the citizens candidates triumph
ed over the peoples candidates to the
following tune.
Clerk-Frank Clendenin, c, 1874;
Henry e. Mattison, P, g.
Trustees-Ferdinand Sc;llueter. c,
1877; Frank Sible. c, AS; T. F. John
son, G., 166; Charles Dralle, p. 107 :.
William c. Dilley, P, SO; R. C. Letsch,
p, 49,
Single Ticket at Hampton.
ton and the vote was light, those elect
ed being:
Clerk-Albert BOwles.
Trustees-Jason Willis, Harry Lee
Bert Lagrange.
Fifty-fivc Vote at Reynolds.
Fifty-five votes were cast at Rey
nolds, but one ticket being in the field
| The following were chosen:
Clerk-W. J. Mcintyre.
Trustees-Charles Schlueter, R. l.
Mallette, James B. Vance
Police Observation-Disclosures Haevele
Few Vote I'm Sears.
| Sears had but one ticket up and
| there were only IS voters who regis
| tered their endorsement. Those elect
ed are:
Clerk-Frank Fiebig
Treasurer-Emil Luchmann
Trustees-C. H. DIBBERN, E. ID
Fisher, w. p Barnett.
No Excitement at Port Byron.
single ticket at Port Byron, which was
as follows:
Clerk-Bert Huntley.
Trustees-W W. Shreve, Alden
Switzerland. j. w. Moody.
Police Magistrate-John McAllister
Close Fight without an Issue.
Milan had a close and interesting
contest, though there was no general
issue before the voters. The result
follows, the parties opposed being the
peoples and independents:
Clerk-P H. Philebar, P, 60; D. c.
Davis, Ind, 81.
William Brandenburg, p
G5; George McMichael. P, IS; William
Lowell, P, Co. Perry Walker. Ind, 55 !;
d. S. Fi.zsimmOns, Ind, 81; Joseph