The evening Argus., 1869-09-15
. Dailp Argue.
rur couRr HOUSE RING.

I,bas hoor wall known for years, IN inc
city OF Rock Island, that a S~"'' "e
c,ioos at the Court House, has peen "0'o
I.,1I. oortroIliug the whole republican party
ar,hs cou,ty. And in controlling that par
:. ,his ring has taken good care to monop'
ol;zs all the Offices to be bestowed, to the
almost entire exclusion of deserving men
from other portions of the county THIS ring
ha. swallowed up every Office of emolument,
and has never allowed one TO be nIIed by
any one outside OF this city, as long as "
could be decently or indecentIy preVen'eu'
E,,rovaosnt nav and an undisturbed OPP
portunity to punder, has furnished " WIN
,bo "sinews Of war" to carry through any oi
i,s wire.pulling operations, aud has gwen "
;.a.oroo enough to almost set the country
constituency at defiance. Every ONCE eiec.
,iro or .ppoiuted, which the Republicans of
Rock Island county are accorded, is at once
taken care of by this ring. We have Rock
Island member of Congress, Rock Island
Collector Of revenue, Rock Island Circuit
Clerk a Rock Island County CLERK, until
las, fall and until the next election for it--a
Rock Island Sheriff; we have Rock Island
Deputy Sheriff who tranSacts all the duties
Of the reputed Sheriff, and who will proba'
blv eventually be q Rock Island Sheriff him
sef-and yet the end is not. From the
member of Congress TO the copyist at the
Court House, Rock Island has monopoized
the whole radical bill of fare, and yet the
Court House Ring holds its country support
ers in such supreme contempt that 1t pro-
noscs TO swallow the remainder of the busl-
ness. if the democrats do not prevent it. 1t
proposes to take entire possession OF the
nublic crib, and gulph down the contents.
Atthe Convention on Tuesday, the Ring
proceeded to look after its interests by nom
mating Mai. Beardsley, Of Rock Island, for
county clerk; D. o. Reid, of Rock Island,
and formerly city clerk of Rock Island, for
county treasurer; NJ. NJ. Sturgeon, of Rock
Island, for county superintendent of schools;
and DR.. Truesdale, Of Rock Island, for del
eeste to the constitutional convention. G.
II Stoddard, Of Rock Island, received the
heaviest vote for surveyor at the first ballot'
and WAS only prevented from being nomi-
mated, by being denounced as g democrat
on the floor of the convention by persona
enemy. Gordon, of Moline, was nominated
in his place, but had the Office been worti
anything, the Ring would have taken carr
of it. Nobody wanted the judgeshiP, SO /
was pitched over to Wilson. Mr.. johnson
Of Port Byron, and Mr.. Hoke, Of Cordova
are both old citizens and faithful politician
but were utterly ignored. In fact, the
were treated in manner which the
friends will not soon forget. If the Repu
lcans elect their full ticket, which We We
much doubt, we shall then have an array
Rock Island officials, partly CO..
posing and partly subservient to
Ring, which will be astonishing.
We will have Rock Island Congressman
Rock Island Revenue Collector, a Rock
land Circuit Clerk, Rock Island Cou'
Clerk, a Rock Island Treasurer, q Rock
land Superintendent of County schools;
a Rock Island delegate to the Constitute
Convention.
As citizens of Rock Island, of course
are pleased to see as much aggrandizen
as possible carried on for the benefit Of
neighbors. But the honest and unwary
publicans of the country townships are
coming disgusted with the manner in VII
their representatives have been wheeded
trhed with, and We are disposed to give
preston to their dissatisfaction. They
aware of the existence of the Ring Of VII
we write, but they are power'ess to obv
its intrigeus. No matter how good n
they propose for any position, the Rock
land Ring has some favorite to defeat
with. 1t is none of our funeral, but
country opponents have good reason to
indignant, and should try the little exp
ment Of allowing the kock Island Ring
to elect it's ticket few times without
aid of the men 1T has treated so confer
uously.