Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
DEMOCRATS TO
HAVE PRIMARIES
Aldermanic Candidates Will Be
Selected Evening of
March IL.
CONVENTION ON THE 18TH
City-Township Committee and Ward
Workers Have Fine Meeting at
Turner Hall Last Evening.

In the absence of a state primary
law, the democrats of Rock Island will
select their candidates for aldermen,
to be voted on in April, at voluntary
primaries to be held one week from
today, the hours to be from to $50
O'Clock in the evening. The ward com
mitteemen, with such assistance as
they may deem necessary to have, are
to serve as judges and clerks Of the
primaries. The convention for the
nomination of candidates for places
on the township ticket is to be held
at Turner hall the evening of March
16. Delegates to this convention will
be selected at the ward primaries.
This program was fixed upon at a
j meeting of the democratic city-town-
! ship committee held last evening at
! Turner hall Chairman Bert COrken
presided. A number of the active
democrats from the several wards of
: the city met with the committee at the
| invitation of the chairman, and there
| was a general discussion of the ap-
! preaching campaign.
All Oppose Caucus.
When the question whether the par
ty should nominate by caucus or pri-
mary came up, Representative H L.
Wheelan was asked to express his
views. He stated that a new primary
law had been passed, but it would not
become operative until July 1. He
was opposed to the old-time caucus.
The primary was thoroughly Ameri-
can and democratic, and he believed
that every fair-minded man would ia
vor it as a means of getting an honest
expression of the party sentiment as
against the irregular caucus plan of
recording the vote. w c. Maucker,
Dan Corken, Joseph Lerch, H. J. Prick,
Charles L. Thompson, Frank Bloch
linger and others agreed with the
views of Mr. Wheelan.
Where Primaries Will BE Held.
The following places for the holding
of the primaries were selected:
First ward-Sixth street and Sew
enth avenue
Second ward-City barn.
Third ward-1422 Seventh avenue.
Fourth ward-Fricks barn.
Fifth ward-Old hose house on Tween
ty-seCond street.
L
ty-sixth street
Seventh ward-Thiesen's shop, on
Fifth avenue and Forty-sixth street.
The basis of representation on which
delegates to the city-township conven-
ton will be chosen will be one delegate
for every % votes or fraction thereof
cast for Bryan in 1908.
Candidates. Announced
The following personally announced
themselves as candidates for nominal
ton:
For aldermen - Third ward, w c. |
Maucker; Fourth ward, Charles L.
Thompson. reelection; Fifth ward, |
Clement P McQuaid.
For assessor-John c.. Aud. reeIec- !
ton
Mr.. Maucker and Mr.. McQuaid prob /
ably will be nominated in their respec- /
tive wards without opposition, mas !
much as thus far no others are known /
to be seekers for place on the party |
ticket for aldermen in those wards /
Both are representative men, Mr.. /
Maucker having formerly served in .
the council, and they would make ex-
cellent representatives of the city. In
the Fourth ward Mr.. Thompson is con-
coded denomination and reelection
in return for the excellent record he
has made in the council
Two Decline.
Alderman Frank BIochlinger inform
ed the committee that he would not be
a candidate to succeed himself in the
First Similar announcement was
made by Frank Lawler of the Sixth
Friends at the meeting proposed Ar.
thur o. Huff for the aldermanic nom
nation in the First and Paul o. Thies-
en- in the Seventh.
Mr.. Aud, who is serving his first
term as assessor, likely will be re-
nominated by reclamation. That will
be the same as reelection. ]
On the township ticket there are
seven nominations to be made: Col {
ector, assessor, one supervisor and {
four assistant supervisors.