Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-04
IS WAKING WARM
The Struggle in the Republican
Party for MayoraIty
Nomination.
SCHAFFER AND DR.. CRAIG
Samples Of the Charges That Are Be-
ng Made-Movement of DEM
ocratic Party.

At the opening of the last week Of
the preliminary campaign, the fight IN
the ranks of the republican party Over
the mayoralty nomination is becoming
warmer every minute. Not before IN
the history OF municipal politics has
there been so much mud Singing be
tween the opposing factions as is cha
acterizing the struggle now for the
control of the convention to be held a
week from tomorrow night.
The Craig people are charging the
Schaffer side with representing all that
is odious in machine politics, as haT-
ing every Objectionable element in the
party enlisted in its behalf, and SchaI-
fer himself of being interested in
monopoly 10 control not only the banks
OF the Mississippi at Rock Island, bat
the bed of the river as well.
Claim an Alliance.
The Schaifer contingent, on the 9th
er hand. alleges that the Craig
cohorts are in political alliance with
the present administration for the
domination of primaries. and point
to the fact that Mayor McCask-
rim has not yet rut his petition in cii.
culatfon as evidence OF the disposition
of the heretofore self-Iominated candi-
date 10 give such followers as he may
have and such Influences as he may
control free reign 10 participate in the
republican primaries before tying
themselves mp through petition sigma
ture: that just as soon as the repubI-
can primaries are over. the McCaskr:n
petition will be started under the CAP
ton of greater Rock Island or some
other title. and that the present mayor
will then be in the field That, in a
word. the party of McCaskrin by Nc
Caskrin. and for McCaskrin is just.
playing with the Craig forces now and
will dump them good and plenty when
the time comes. although expecting
Craig support at the polls should the
doctor fail Of the republican nOminG.
ton
With an idea thus furnished of the
kind of campaign broadcasts that are
being fired across the bows of the con-
fiicting political fleets, the average citi-
zen may readily reach a conclusion as
TO the state of feeling that it being en-
gendered within the ranks of the party
The Democratic Party.
Wednesday evening of this week the
democratic city committee will meet
again at the Rock Island house 10
complete the details of the primaries
and convention, the former to be held
Friday evening of this week, and the
convention one week from tonight.
The Third ward democrats are to
hold a conference at Titus shoe store,
on Seventh avenue tonight to pre-
pare for the primaries. as set forth in
a call from the ward committeeman
appearing elsewhere in this issue OF
The Argus.
The democratic city township com
mittee has authorized the democrats
of the various respective wards 20
meet tomorrow night in their wards u
select suitable lists of delegates to su1-
nit to Wednesday nights meeting.
Out for Alderman in Third.
Thomas S. Dunning of 1902 First
avenue today formally announced him
self as independent candidate for aid
erman in the Third ward, basing part
of his claim for political recognition on
the fact that he has been a resident of
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