Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-12


W. n. Phillips and former Mayor
Harry NJ. Schriver were nominated
for mayor at the municipal primary
yesterday.
Unofficial returns give Phillips 4
margin of 453 over Schriyer, which,
other things being equal, would
make him a favorite at the begin
ming of the race. However, there
are other factors which in the opin-
ion of many throw the scale the
other way. Much depends upon.
who lands the bulk of the support
which went to John T. Campbell
and Mayor William McConochie
yesterday. Then, the vote being
much lighter than is expected at
the election, the preferences of yes
terday's stay-at-homes must be
taken into consideration.
Newspaper returns last night
showed Phillips to have received a
larger women's vote than mems,
despite the fact that the women S
vote in the primary yesterday was
only three-fifths as large as the
mems. Phillips secured 1915 wOm-
ems, and 1,214 mems votes, a total
of 1855, as against a total of 2.092
for Schriver. Campbell finished
third with 1,707, Mayor McConochie
fourth with 1913 and John Doering
fifth, with 236.
Phillips had the endorsement of
the Churchman'S federation anu
was sponsored by the Citizens Civic
association, which no doubt helped
to swell the vote for him and so got
out more nearly his ultimate
strength.
Two Commissioners Out.
Commissioners Martin T. Rud-
gren and John A Murrin are the
only two of the present administra-
ton to be re-nominated, both Com
nissioners Nicolai JuhI and John
H. Liedtke being defeated. Com
missioner Juhl ran 18th and Com
missioner Liedtke 18th. Both Com
missioners Rudgren and Murrin
received a larger vote than Phil
lips who led for mayor. Rudgren
received 3,049 and Murrin was sec
ond with 2,734
Frank Wichs showing was one
of the surprises of the primary. Al
though it had been figured he
would make a heavy run, it was
not thought he would come out OF
the primary with as large a plu-
ralitS as he received He was
given 1850. William H. Fitzsim-
mons also ran with a heavy plu-
rality, receiving a total vote OF
1886. The former traffic officer
had been counted on by many to be
nominated, but his plurality was
much larger than many had antici-
pated. Frank l.. Patterson. who
ran fifth received l 1872. ]. d. Sears,
who ran sixth, received 1850. H. c.
Hinrichs, who ran seventh, received
/ ,232 H. II. Harris. who ran eighth,
received 1,134. Ben Jacobson for
d time seemed in a fair way to he
included among the nominees, as
was Cornelius Donovan, the two |
being ninth and tenth respectively.
Easy for CIeland.
One of the features of the pri-
mary was the close race for second |
place in the contest for police |,
magistrate. D. J. Cleland, who |
received nearly double the vote OF
his closest opponent, was never in /
doubt, as returns from the begin
ming gave him the lead. But the
contest for second nominee was
close and exciting from the begin
ming, being a three-cornered one
between Joseph P Kelly, Charles
J. Smith, present incumbent, and
Walter H. Flanagan. Returns from
each precinct as they came in
would change the standings of
these three men and it was not until
the very last number was in that
the issue was settled. Kelly ran
second with SOS, while Smith was
third with $50, Flanagan fourth
with $40 and Mold fifth with 373.
Official returns may change the to-
tai as there is a difference of but
five votes between Smith and Kelly
Police Magistrate Smith said last
night that he would await the Off
cial count and would abide by that,
whatever it might be.
Early returns in the mayoralty
end of the primary gave Schriver
q lead over Phillips and it was not
ruatiI 10 precincts had been heard
from before the Citizens Civic as
ISOLATION candidate took the lead.
He maintained it from then on, at ,
one time being more than 500 ahead
Of Schriver. this lead being cut !
down with the returns from the
last precincts. Schriver at no time
seemed in danger, maintaining a !
lead of from three to four hundred
over Campbell from the time the
first 10 precincts were heard from.
TWO-Thirds Vote POlIed. II
The total vote in the primary t
yesterday as indicated in the re-
turns on mayor, was 8,143, COM {
light, as The Argus t
stated yesterday. There are mort |
mally more than 1900 electors NTH