Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-09
Are WELL ARMED
Democratic Candidates Coming
Forward for Various
Offices.
FINE ALDERMANIC MATERIAL
HustIng of Petitions for the Last Day
-Ooings on the Republican
Side.

street hose house last evening to act
on a candidate for alderman. Ward
Committeeman James Lamont presid
ed and c. A. Temple was secretary. r.
A. Pender was declared the unanimous
choice of the caucus for alderman.
Aid. William TrefZ, who stated that he
had no desire to stand for reelection if
IanOther candidate was brought for
| ward, and had prepared petition with
that understanding. withdrew Mr..
| Pender is the former alderman, who
during his terms in the Rock Island
council has proven one of the most
capable members of that body. After
| his nomination was made a committee
was sent for Mr.. Pender, who said
that he was in no sense a candidate
for the office. feeling that the party
in the ward had already done him am
pie honor. but if it was the desire of
| his party that he run, he would yield.
and if elected, endeavor, as he had i'll
the past. TO give a good account of his
stewardship. The following ward
committeeman were agreed to: First
precinct. c. \. Temple and William
COrcoran; second precinct, Dan Muir
ply and J. 7. Shields.
berry I'm the Second.
| Edward G.. Berry this morning con-
| scented to become a candidate for the
I democratic aldermanic nomination i'll
| the Second ward. and petitions were
placed in circulation in his behalf If
Mr. Berry becomes the party nominee,
he will make a successful candidate
and a model alderman. He is popular
in the ward as he is all over the city
with all who know him.
George w Henry has consented to
become a candidate for the democratic
nomination for assessor, and petitions
to that effect have been placed in cir
culation Mr.. Henry is an old time
democrat, one of the oldest tax payers
in the city, and is by experience and
otherwise one of the best posted men
on property values in Rock Island.
HOltzhammer i'm the First.
John Holtzhammer, who is a candi-
date for the democratic aldermanic
nomination in the First ward. is being
complimented by the number and char
acter of the men who are appending
their signatures to his petition. indica-
ting the strength of his candidacy
should he receive the democratic nom
ination. He was born and raised in
the ward
F. w. Herges this morning became
an Independent candidate for alderman
in the Seventh ward, and petitions
were started to that end. Mr. Herges
is business agent of the Tri-City Labor
congress and a man of acknowledged
capability. He is well liked by all
who know him. In the same ward
Eugene Ramser entered the field to
contest the republican nomination with
Aid. A. c. Anderson.
Down in the Second. John Carse
came out as a republican candidate to
succeed Charles Oberg as the republi-
can nominee, the latter having had the
appearance of walkaway for the
nomination until now.
Gus Blankenburg is proving his pop |
ularity for the democratic nominal on |
for assistant supervisor in the number |
of names that are going on his peti- |
ton.
Petitions Returned. |
Petitions are being numerouSly |
signed for e. Fl. H:n and Joseph |
Schaab as democratic candidates for |
assistant supervisors.
In the Office of City Clerk Schaffer |
large number of petitions have already |
been returned those in his hands so
far being as follows:
E. c. Robbins, PIG Sixteenth street,
collector. republican; Orrin Leonard
Il
cratic; Henry Lange, 1881 Eighth-and
a-half avenue, alderman, Sixth ward
republican; Louis c. Pfoh, 90S Fiji
teenth street. assistant supervisor, re-
publican; Hugh Clark. 2514 Fifth ave
nue., alderman, Sixth ward, republican;
Morris w. Battles, 729 Seventeenth
street. supervisor. democrat; John F.
1917 Fifth avenue, assessor.
republican: Peter Lage, Twenty-fifth
street and Thirteenth avenue. alder
man, Sixth ward. republican; Junius l..
Freeman, 90S Twenty-secOnd street, as
SCISSOR, republican; John Claussen, 623
First street. collector. republican; +. |
J. Stroehle, Jr.. 1910 Sixteenth street.
alderman, Third ward, republican; r
9. Benson. 1902 Nineteenth street, aid
erman, Fourth ward, republican; |
George Stroehle, 324 Fifteenth street,
supervisor, republican;
George p. Nissen, 1924 Thirtieth
street, alderman, Sixth ward, republ
can: Joseph b. Winters. 712 Fifteenth
street. alderman, Third ward, republi-
IAN; J. B. Johnson, 1925 Eighth-and-a
half avenue, collector, republican; Ar
hur Judson, AT Seventeenth street
alderman, Fourth ward, republican
All candidates must file their nom
nation papers with the city clerk by
night.
Third Ward Republicans.
AT the meeting of the Third ward re-
)ublicans there was an unmistakable i
sentiment expressed in favor of plu- |
'ality nomination at the. primary. Ar
sun in. L