The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-27

Jake answered "Your humble servant and
invited the house to drink. We remarked,
in jocular way, that the radicals dare mt
nominate any one outside the pillow factory.
Mr.. Buford Immediately replied: mo one
connected with the pillow factory viii hold q
city Office this year. We have stood that
kind of thing as long as We can" He said
nothing about republicans or democrats, and
his remarks were not more intended to apply
to Jake than to himself, and it was 50 I'M
derstood by those present, for the reason
that Mr.. Buford was then talked OF TOT aiuer'
man in the Third ward. 8~
The Union further says
"Cousidering that there are but twelve regular
meetings of the council in year ana they almost
always held after snight, when workshops are
closed. we fail 10 see how Mr.. Huber's duties as
alderman could interfere seriously with his work
We will inform the. Uaion on this point.
1t is true that the number of regular" meet
ings, required BY the charter, is one each
month. but every person in town knows that
the regular and called meetings number
from two to four month. In addition to
this, many people call at the pillow works,
during each week IN the year, to talk about
some street Improvement, some alley, side
walk nuisance, or something connected with
city affairs. And there are still other him
ORANGES in the work, caused by being alder
man. And all this waste of time is paid for
by the proprietors of the pillow works, and
their hands are numbered more OF less, when
the foreman's attention is called off-besides
his own services are not as valuable as they
would be if his mind was not occupied with
such matters. We presume any business
man can see the point, and that no business
man would employ foreman In any busr
| ness, who was liable to so many hindranees
and interruptions.
There was no attempt or disposition Oh
the part of Mr.. Buford to prescribe Mr.. HUI
Der or any other man on account of his poii-
ties. He has never attempted to do that
and has often censured employers who have
done it. And while he has suffered his fac
tory to be overrun with radical politicians
| electioneering those in his employ, he ha
never attempted to influence their votes 70
his own side--holding all such conduct, oil
the part of employers, in utter contempt.
The radicals have attempted, but utterl
failed to make out case of political pro
scription against Mr.. Buford. His ceurs
had no reference to the political opinions Q
any one, and he applied the rule to himsel
as we'll as to Mr. Huber.
+ But it i'll becomes the radicals, with thei
record, everywhere, on this subject, to rais
that issue. Let them look to their ow
course in Connecticut, when they lost tina
state, and in their rage discharged hundred
of democratic laborers for voting the demo
cratic ticket And let them come neare
home, and look at Moline. where certai
manufacturers have been in the habit {
carrying radical tickets to all their me
while at their work, and giving ont wor
that any man who did not vote the radios
ticket should be discharged. Let them loo
at the discharge of scores of clerks, bosse
and laborers, under the reign of johnson
the halter, at Rock Island military prison
for no other reason than that they WEI
democrats, and Johnson's spies in Rock /:
land had demanded that they be turned o.
These are only few out of the hundred
of cases Of radical prescription of laborers o
account of their being democrats. The lie
radicals say on this subject, the better th'
/ viii appear.