Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-13
slate is NAMED
BYREPUBLICANS
o.,didates for Township Offices
nacidpd Iron at Delegate Con-
yent.on Last Night.
,oHy CARsE FOR SUPERVISOR
p.soIutIon TO Provide for ChRl-
hangers fer Vets and DTys ON
April : Is Adopted.

,, the delegate convention in the
---na- hall last night the Repub-
sans Of Rock island township
minated the following candidates
~ the coming election, April 2
ro- Supervisor John ". Carse.
For Assistant Supervisors Hen
- Hendren. II. II. Unverforth, ".
y Mitchell and ]. b. Johnson.
ror Assessor Albert +. Nelson.
For Clerk-W. a. Frewert.
Far Constable W. II. Johnson
nd H. H. Robh
The wet and dry Issue was inject
Il into the meeting at the very
lose when Y, y. Phillips offered
sr adoption a resolution providing
hat the Republicans appoint two
.saIlengers In each precinct for
~ coming election, one for the
nv faction and one for the wet fac
tan. strenuous objection was rails
4 10 the issue until Il was learned
hat neither the vets nor drys
o,uld legally name their own ChaI-
jz1ge-s and that # was advisable
:, NAV fair IN the matter. The res
5Igtion was finally adopted with a
i,w dissenting votes, Chairman s.
! Searle named a committee of
i've. which will pass out ereden-
fals 10 the Chal!eugers,
The third ward delegation NOM
-ated Mr.. Carse for supervisor
md his nomination was made unan-
NOUS
A contest developed for the as
slstant supervisors. The first ward
dominated Foster Coyne. the sec
snd Henry Hendren. the third Har>
y UnverfOrth. the fourth. ", NJ.
Mitchell and Ezra Wllcher, and
he sixth J. B. Johnson. On the
first ballot Mitchell received ia
votes. Unverforth 104. HendTen 95,
Johnson So. and Wilcher Il, Coyne
lost by only one vote,
Three ballots were necessary be-
tore q candidate for assessor was
determined upon, the third ward
delegates making an effort 10 STAN
psde the convention when It with
drew its vote en- the third ballot,
ilst before the secretary read the
results. After reconsideration.
however, the third ward allowed its
vote to stand. The names of John
T MOeller. Charles Oswald and
John T, Stephens were withdrawn
and the selection of Albert z. Mel
son was made unanimous. In the
second ballot Moeller received %
votes, Oswald, 3, Stephens. "A and
Nelson IS. Sixty-seven were nee
s5saTy for q choice.
The selection Of ". A. Frewert
IS candidate for town clerk was
unanimous.
-Four candidates for two consta-
be Offices were named. H. II.
R0bb William II. Johnson. Thomas
u Smiley and William Painter.
R9bb ard Johnson were named on
ne first ballot. the votes being cast
a follows: Robb. So; Johnson, III ;
Smiley. .. and PalmeteeT. 10.
To Avoid Big Issue.
". y. Phillips in introducing his
FssolutiOn to name challengers fol-
he precincts explained that two
ears ago the Republican candi-
.stes were caught between the
f0llers OF the wet and dry faction
9TH the result that some of them
we're beaten. He maintained that
he adoption of the resolution
Eould place the party candidates in
he proper light, being fair to both
Edes
C. J. SearIe presided as chaiTU@~~
q the convention and c. G
bsnger was named se-vtary- A
meeting Of the township commit
lee viii be held next Tuesday nigh
Il the Daily Union office, at which
tine the candidates would be ex
pected to be present, It was an
lgprcnd