Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28
De NJ OCRATS TO
MEET AND NAME
4 TOWN TICKET
Convention Will Be Held This
Evening at Turner Hall at
8 O'clock.
CAPABLE MEN TO RUN
Party Looks for Victory in April
Republicans Hold Caucuses in
Each of Wards.

A democratic township convention
will be held this evening at s o'clock
at Turner hall in response to the Off
cial call issued by Chairman Bert Cor
ken of the township committee. At
this convention candidates TO make
up township ticket at the approach
ing spring election Will be named
With the republican court house
ring broken into at the last election.
the democrats have reason 10 feel that
they can make a sweep of the April
election and with this end in view
they will put up a strong ticket with
q capable man for each position.
REPUBLICANS NAME DELEGATES.
Republicans or rather what is left
Of the once 2. @. p. in Rock Island
gathered in caucuses in each of the
old seven wards of the city last night
and named delegates to the township
convention which is 10 be held Mon
day evening at o'clock at Turner
hall. In making out the basis Of rep
| resentation for the wards, it has been
completely forgotten that there is a.
( bull moose party and the b. mooses
are included so as to permit of a good
showing. Under this plan there will
/ be delegate for every 20 voters. The
republicans will have a complete
township ticket in the field including
/ five candidates for assistant super
visor, five for justice of the peace and
five for constable.
Following are the delegates named
in each of the wards, excepting the
first. where the names could not be
secured:
SECOND WARD.
Walter Oberg. Ben Schriver, William
Sugden. Dave Cleland, Ed Young. B.
G. White. Ezra Wilcher. William Barth.
Herman Heimbeck, John Kramer, c.
B. Johnson, George Dufin, Albert Nc
Innis, William Carse, F. A. Leightner,
Charles Strait
THIRD WARD.
W. L. Carsten. G. P. Nissen. 4. l..
Larson, Simon Goldberg. A B. Sug-
den. S. S. Hull. George Siemon. Hugh
Lamp, ]. c. Simser, J. B. Winter, f
FickingeT s R Wright, Ben Rinck,
L. c. Pfoh. w. T Johnson, w. A Cor
coran, Charles Hedberg. \. n. Klove.
George B. Shaw, J. F Moeller. Phil
Miller, Henry Thoede, Charles Hack
staedt, Fred Larson, NJ. f. Lister.
FOURTH WARD.
NJ. NJ. Sturgeon, r. c. Clark, Ed
Brandenburg, Walter Killian. Charles
Willis, H. H. Harris, Henry Carpenter,
X. T Anderson. William Schaarmann,
Joe Charles. Fred Applequist. Gabriel
.Mosenfelder. f. E. Reynolds. R c. Ben
son, G. c. Wenger.
FIFTH WARD.
B. F. Knox. y. VI. Moore. VI. l. Nor
!; ris, c. H. Castetter. H. A. Mcdonald
IT. J. Oscar Swanson. William a. Por-
ter. Charles Oswald, c. y. Isaacson.
Samuel Ransom, Robert McConochie
= J. K. Scott Charles Schenebricker, J.
. G. Miller.
SIXTH WARD.
p J. Carey, William Kennedy. ". H.
Edwards E. P WEIGH, Wallace Sou
ders. J. c Kinslev, ". H. Brough. /
Livingston. Dr. J. F. Meyer Martin
3EcNealy, Charles f. White. F. c..
Spencer. c. J. Larkin. P. 5. Bancroft.
J. b. Johnson. ". n. Schillinger. II. H.
ROob, Henry Koehler, Hum Bresua-
han.
SEVENTH WARD.
4. q. Anderson, Oscar Oberg. A.
kempe. NJ O. Griswold, Jack Russell.
John \. Mcclellan. Dave Rickstrom.
Ed Iundberg. J. R. Brooks. {. l.. Ack-
erlund. J. Z. Larkin. Archie Hart, J.
s Mcbride \. + Nelson. r O. Film
wood Frank Beranck Lawrence EihI.
Charles Nelson. Phil Brookmaun. Viii
liam Johnson. Charles BoTst
THIRD PARTN MAY RUN.
l Unless the powers that be in the
? republican party can prevent it. there
D will be a bull moose township ticket
in the field at the coming election The
- progressiyes. following the edicr of
I the one and only Teddy, like TO think
, that they are separate and distinct
! from the corrupt republican machine
: OF which they so recently dropped
out. and being distinct they feel thai
they ought 10 have their own ticket
The matter has not definitely beer
p, decided. however. and there Is an at
tempt being made 10 get the bull MODS