The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-29
Reasons Given BY Moline Republican Why
Jshn MeCandless Should be Eleeted.
lRepublished, with some few correction
BY requeStl

What has been his success in the past, whe
he attempted to do business2 lie ha
managed to make dsgrReeiul failure {
everything he undertook, and he is now
worthless losler, hunting for any it'll
scheme which will give him living withou
work. 1t he goes to the Legislature he wi
be the butt Of ridiCule and the easy prey {
every sharp lobbyist who wants TO buy mem
beers for his private use, and will bring dis
grace upon the people Of the county, an
especially upon the party which nominate
him.
Let me refer to one little transaction 0
his as a sample Of bis character: Duriul
the days of Florence money, and Illinoi
stump tail, no was supervisor from GU
town, and he drew the road money for ouI
township. He had no right to touch it a
all. The money should have been drawn b,
the treasurer of the road commissioners.
But SiOkles drew the money in curren
funds, used It in his business, and wher
compelled to pay it over to the road com
missionsrs charged, as discount, the differ.
ence between the price Of "stump tail" when
he took It and when he paid it, thus cheating
the township out Of the difference between
"stump tail" and gold, or currency worth
gold. in the first place, he had no right tc
touch the money and if he did take it he
had no right to take any but good money,
and should, at once, have paid it over to the
treasurer Of the road commissioners. As it
was, the township suffered loss whether
he did or not; aud by his bad management,
TO say nothing harshsr.
Take another transaction Of his: He held
a commissioned office in the volunteer ser.
vice when our township was paying 800
each for volunteers in order TO escape q
draft. He managed to arrange at headquar-
tors to resign, one day, then volunteered as
a private for the purpose of getting the $500
bounty, then got reappoDted TO commits.
stoned office the next day, and thus escaped
any service as private. lie claimed the
$500 Of our committee, at the time but they
would not allow il to him, SO disgusted were
they with the scurvy trick. But now simply
by our carelessness, he il supervisor again.
and | understand has paid him self the $i0O
with 800 more as interest on it !
Look at another fact and this one shows
the exceeding greenness of the man. After
he was mustered out Of the service and be.
came again private citizen, he, one day,
rugged himself up in his old uniform, and,
with all his "longtogs" on, went over to the
arsenal to call on Gen. Rodmanl Was any.
thing ever more ridiculous?
Don't you remember, when he was an off.
Ger in the 9Th cavalry, that he had his negro
servant with him when he was home on a
visit, and one day rode down TO your city in
full uniform, his negro riding another horse
at a respectful distance 10 the rear ? Why,
the very boys in our streets laughed at the
performance.
And this man Sickles really has the van
ity TO suppose that he, private citizen, can
supplant Gen. Rodman and get command of
the arsenal, and the improvements there
With this idea he commenced writing letters
to Washington, charging Gen. Rodman with
wastetul and extravagans use Of the pub.
lie money, &c., &c, and urging that con.
gress refuse to make any more appropriations
for the Island until change of commanders
should be made. think you published a
communication from some one, about that
and other matters, some time ago. Please
look it up and republish it.
This man Sickles is disgrace to our par.
ty, and procured his nomination by the most
shameless bargain and sale. In the first
place, from want of vigilance and attention
on the part of the better class of our party,
he succeeded in getting delegates appointed
from our township who were nearly all un.
der his control. The delegates, or nearly all
Of them were pledged for Capt Morris for
clerk but Sickles attended the county con-
yention with them, where he used them to
sell Morris out and procure his own nomina
tioa. And in doing so he also prevented the
nomination of S.R.Allen,or John BuFum, or
Capt Jordan for the legislature; and ! now
appeal to my republican friends to vote for
John McCandless, the democratic farmer
and honest man, and defeat the trickster
Sickles. | believe that nine. tenths of the !
republicans of this TOWNSHIP --and of the |
county, too-would rather have John Nc.
Candless for their representative than this |
man Sickles, and appeal to them to show |
their Independence Of party drill and party |
by voting for him. Mr.. McCan. !
dless would be a respectable, honest and in.
e!igent epresentative--a man that no citi.
zen of our county need be ashamed of; a
nan who would fairly and honestly discharge
he duties of the office, without Partially or
There is no senator to elect,
his year, and no question of republican
,arty politics will be at all endangered by
he election of Mr.. McCandless. The re.
'ublcans will have large majority in the
legislature, in any event, ard the best way
for us to rebuke such truck and dicker
ellows as Sickles. He has not the first
equiSite for the place, nor the slightest
lams on the people for an election. As a
older he was the laughing.stOck of his regi.
lent, never having been engaged in any
attic, and often denounced by his officers
nd men as coward and poltroon. As q
tizen, no man feels any pride in claiming
is acquaintance. Look at his history: A
equenter of Sam Carrs house of i'll fame
ldlcted by our circuit court for perjury; a
city Spectator on towu.funds q bounty
Imper, who resigned one day to get boun.
:, and jumped back to a commission the !
ext; a failure in every sense, as business
an; coxscomb who seeks las ridiculous s
it may bel to suppant Gen. Rodman,a and o
no worked to prevent appropriations for s.
10 arsenal truck and diCker politician q
no sold out man he pretended to be d
lendly to in order to secure his own nomi. a
alton; man utterly unfit to be a repre-. P
NATIVE Of virtuous and intelligent PEG. e.
e and a man whom no republican in our Je
unity could feel any pride in claiming as IL
5 representative, Let my republican hi
lends strike his name from their tickets q,
len they vote and put John MeCandless 8
me in its place, as l shall do, and many to
hers Of my acquaintance also. We shall te
en- have a respectable representative, lose 81
point politically, and thus rebuke and tn
uelch out the little trading creatures who eT
ntrol our nominations and keep our best be
IN in the background. IN
A MOLINE RADICAL. Nj
Moline, Oct 20, 1868. =.
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