Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-18
NO DENOMINATION
FOR MRS. WALKER
Moline Woman Member OF the County
Beard OF Supervisors Fares Badly
In County Convention.
SIXTH IN A FIELD 0F ELEVEN
L. NJ. Lethin Named for Town Clerk.
Henry 0Idefest for Assessor and
Mrs. Lind Collector.
SIXTH IN A FIELD OF ELEVEN

Republicans of Moline township
gathered in Turner hall 1863 strong
last evening and in mass convention
selected the following as party NOM
inees for the coming township cleo
ton:
For town clerk-E. NJ. Lethin, in
cumbent.
For assessor - Henry NJ Oldefest,
incumbent
For assistant supervisors - John
Weckel, Charles S. Kerns and Mrs.
Mary G. Ogden, incumbents, and Aus
tin Schaible and O. f. Child
For collector-Mrs. E. T. Lind.
For constable, to fill vacancy-Ira
Pierce.
Of the five members of the board of
supervisors whose terms expire this
spring, three are nominated for re-
election Mrs Alice Child Walker was
defeated, running sixth in field of II,
and E. Z. Nyquist was not candidate
for return to the board.
ID.
convention and o. F. Anderson was
selected as chairman on division of
the house, Mr. Oakleaf being the man
placed in nomination in opposition to
him. n. E. Munson was the selection
for secretary.
Unanimous choices of the conven-
ton were E NJ Lethin for town clerk
and H. NJ. Oldefest for assessor. Then
came the real fight Of the evening. NJ.
R. Carlson nominated Austin Schaible
as candidate for supervisor, and ". A.
Meese secured recognition of the chair
as soon as the mayor had concluded
talking. He offered a motion that
nominations be made without Oratory
or laudatory speeches. The motion
carried.
n A. Larson, county judge. present
ed the name of Mrs. Ogden. Frank A.
johnson nominated Charles Heck, w.
A. Meese proposed William Sundblade,
Jr, A. G. Abraham nominated c. s.
Kerns, r. NJ Johnson sponsored John
Weckel, and L. c. First, B. F. Stowe,
Gus FaIk. Alice Child Walker and o.
E. Child were named in order. Here
| is the ballot, it having been moved and
carried that the five receiving the high
est votes be declared the nominees:
! John Weckel NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 207
| c. s. kernS ................... 2U3
| Austin Schaible ................. 1S2
| Mary G.. Ogden .................. 1I3
! o. +. Child NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Ib3
Alice Child Walker .............. lo4
| William Sundblade, Jr, .......... 15l
| Louis First 14O
! Charles Heck ................,.. 80
I B. f. Stowe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. VI
| Gus Falk oV
Ira Pierce was unanimously nom
! mated for the Office of constable. TO
fill a vacancy. and Albert Carlson.
Mrs. f. T. Lind, j. L. Bengston and
Adrian c. Bell were then proposed for
the collectorship. Mrs Lind was the
choice on the first ballot, the vote be-
ing:
Lind ..-.......''''' '.'...'''..' go
BengSton .................. %
| Bell .............. ~
! Carlson ..-.-....... .'....--. 1900. %
DR.. ". f. Taylor, called on for a
speech. declared that the big turn
out indicated a republican landslide.
Republicans of South Moline town
ship last evening renominated Super
visor Zach Einfeldt, without opposi-
tion. E. G. Jamison was named for
assessor over L K Cleaveland, on the
third ballot. Anton Swenson won the
nomination for collector over Ell
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