The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-22

| the days Of Florence money, and Illinois
stump taib' he was supervisor from our
town, aud be drew the road money for our
township. He had no right to touch il at
AL. The money should have been drawn by
the treasurer Of the road commissioned
But Sickles took it aud kept in in his pos.
session, and then charged the township the
difference between Stump tail aud gold, or
currency worth gold. In the first place, he
had no right 10 touch the money and if he
did take it he had 20 right TO take any but
good money, aud should, at once, have paid
il over to the treasurer Of the road commits.
slOneT. AS 1t was, tho township suffered a
loss whether he did or not aud by his bad
management, TO say nothing harsher.
Take another transaction Of His He held
commissioned office in the volunteer ser.
vice when our township was paying 500
each for volunteers in order to escape a
draft lie managed to arrange at headquar
ter9 to resign, one day, then volunteered as
private for the purpose Of getting the 800
bounty, then get reappointed 70 a commits.
stoned officer the next day,a thus escaped
any service as a private. He claimed the
500 Of our committee, at the time, but they
would not allow It to him, 30 disgusted were
they with the sCuryy trick. But now he is,
simply by our care.essness, supervisor again.
and | understand has paid himself the 500
with 500 more as interest on it
Look at another fact and this one shows
the exceeding grcenness Of the man. After
he was mustered out Of the service aud be.
came again private citizen, he, one day,
rugged himself up in his old uniform, and,
with all his "long togs' on, went over to the
arsenal to call on Gen. Rodman! 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 respectful distance in the rear2 Why,
the very boys in our streets laughed at the
performance.
And this man Sickes really has the van.
ity to suppose that he. private citizen,
can supplaut Gen. Rodman and get com.
mand Of the arsenal and the improvements
there. With this idea he commenced writ.
ing letters to Washington, charging Gen.
Rodman with a wasteful aud extrayagant
use Of the public money, &c, ne, and urg.
ing that congress 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 aud other matters, some
time ago. Please look it up and rcPub.
lish it.
This man Sckles is disgrace to our par.
ty, aud procured his nomination by the most
shameless bargain aud sale. He was a del
cgate to the county convention where he
procured his nomination by selling out
Capt. Morris chances for the nomination for
circuit clerk. lie and the other delegates
from our place we're instructed TO vote for
Capt Morris, and had they obeyed their in-
structions Capt. Morris would have been
nominated for circuit clerk, aud either s..
K. Allen, John Buifum or Capt. Jordan for
the legislature. But Sickle5 managed, by
selling out Morris, to secure his own uomi
nation, and / now appeal to my republican
friends to vote for John McCaudess, the
democratic farmer aud honest man, aud de.
feat the ttickstcr Sickles. | believe that
ninetenth5 of the republicans Of this town.
! ship-and Of the county, to0-would rather
| have John McCandess for their representa-.
| tive than this man Sickles, and | appeal to
them to show their independence of party
drill aud party tricksters by voting for him.
| Mr.. McCandless would be respectable,
honest aud intelligent expenditures
man that no citizen OF our county need be
ashamed OF a man VINO would ialry and
honestly discharge the duties OF the ONCE,
without Partially or partizanship. There is
no senator to elect th's year ana no ques,
u2n OF FePa'Hcan parry Poa"cS vii, De al