Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-02
Name Committee.

offered Hrary Watsrmsa. whreaac
Harry H Waite aaI Mercer
% D.. Church and ar eeFe accepted
Judge CruFe. aar called t1- and
thanked Ear Le.rEatrs. reversing
briefly a.s career. expressing che bc-
Urf chat Er was tfs luEie1i man t1r
fEs nomination. tr tHe convention as %
ea constituted and are.artue fHat He
Bad HB doubt fr v1llt .r elected.
a vote of thanks vas extended 90
UaaIrraa O.. r. HtIrrE and Secretary
o. iI Ward aEl rEr convention was de-
.e.sTri adjourned
f Several raitclrr Hrrr made iu jhe
. arrruuoa Eaflat.lE Tho Moline dele
gates oErrrd in turn C.. r. Dieta. .. 30.
uaEleaf fl u 1leFEear James 81
. JosEat11 and O.. a. Saal.bers. all nom
Wo,lEr bgt none vas able 90 break
che cgub.ralu1 Whca Elr laEt named
vol. pre- Gated frrrF and WluCEitr
eTlHrfs switched rr0lea votes from
Cagrea fa e.Er saliltf-= g. votes. of
ferilE truFrat.1a toF Mercer to break
90 E.E. aIr tfr-Crr r TODD PAT
From $40 rH $3.50 Che convention
vae oa recess an. H Her dIr.EE tH.T
period that tHr HrErg and Whtrsiie
county -rr ssuc.rrt and agreed ta
break tae teaf.nrE
n. Stafford is Urged
While rr name uf 90 Rock island
mon o-a~r chan judge u'mFted uar .
bF1gslt directly before fer erHErrfiau. .
early .r fEr Afternoon repre-. FufaF.FtE F.
% u~rry aud Wlrrsllr eogufier made .
tentative advance looking CO. thr sl-'
- - q
faesear. Hurst a. stafford irf1 Que.
Ere. 1ir. Stafford aas Eirru .Hr-
are~s t.ar h~ vHl.l have sufficient
support tu nominate E.sa and tfar DO
vpg't t~ done without breaking faith
aafE ans ot tHe candidate already .u
frc field. Don other word. trar l.e cam.
t.feeF u1ltd meet atra approval uy
'H# delegate from Rock Island county
aF ar'i N vas understood chat
judge Ramsay and Graves looked
aifH favor upon h'w. However. Mr..
stafford drcifuet rp permit hir name
9" BE- uErt because HT GAS q member
pr Gro uimrfri delegation ard pledged
.n H.m sries frr aa.t rule. and further.
'n- pTu,esT i1naf reason. |s
Career a. Judge Church.
1ulEe 80 g. Church has for several
years been head Ht tfe Gran uf Church 4 :
q Church. eh.eh Hsa dissolved 'lEl 3
aI when taF tHrtur member vas.
elected county irIEr OF Mcrrer county. 81
The nominee frr Circuit iIdeg grad o
lFfed ron tiftrr.a Wesleyan univer- q
law school in 1901 and located iu /
tiftp ir 1905. becoming tire iur.1- y
Hr@b~r OF tEs arm % Wilson e.
Church
This rartns~EEip continued Tor
H-e~ years and then Ca 1895 Judge
,fgrca became The senior member OF
De- arm % Church a Watson. o. 1898
o. ChsTeh aas elected Co the Office
g county judge ard four year. later
'as reelected 90 tlc same once
Affer retiring from the once nf
gurfv judge tr became associated
Hff tis brother Judge Friend T.. /,
farca. iu the practice % Las when
Efsr o. u Ramsay frst became 4
snfis.alr f1r circuit fudge some
af.s~ years aEu Mr Church came
Fitsin one vote % defeating him Tor
be- repubilcan nomination.
Judge church uas endorsed hy fh~
irresr county har for the republican
osuiratiou Tor supreme justice when
1sticc George A. Cooke ysas nom mated I
b succeed the late Justico GUY e.
cost
Aside frorn bis activities in law
orS judge Church vas mayor o. (
ie'io for ak year. is11 % 1909.
Mercer county has rot been repre- y
-nt~d b. a circuit Judge for about ~
~ years