The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-04

THE Democrats Of Rock Island were pau.
" beaten yesterday, and are served Juss
RIGHT. For months they have been di'l9eu
into factions, each playing into the hana q
the enemy for the purpose Of inJur'ng eaca
other and the result is, they have been peA'
en-. The 80 called Democratic ticket was
miserable apology, and those who permitted
their names upon it have probably learned
a lesson by Acknowledgment Democrat q
Wednesday.
If the writer Of the above were not grossly
ignorant, a. well as Indifferent to the truth,
he would not thus have exposed himself not
merely to ridicule, but to contempt. The
Young man whom the Messrs. Richardson
for some inscrutible purpose permit to DC
up the locals on the Democrat, on severa
occasions during the canvass in this county
conceived the idea Of making series ot
misstate tnents about our local politics, anc
about this paper, which could be accounted
for only on the supposition that, being mean
ly unjust they would be readily copied int
the Union Of this city. The above, togethe
with the whole article from which it Is a
extract, seems to have been written tor tn
same purpose, and to have originated IN tn
same contempt for facts and fairness. On
would suppose from reading this ignora'
, Intermediates dwelling comments on koc
Island county politics, that the Democrat
n of the county had heretofore been in the a
2 cendancy, and had By its division bee
- paced in the minority. II the local scrl
. bier for the Democrat has any room IN
II noodle for facts, we will state for his bene
9 that the Democratic party Of this county,
j. n foil vote and with united action is, al
~ has been for years, largely in the minorlt
II that the average majority in the coun
20 AGAINST us is about 500 or 900, and that tn
u have not fought a campaign for sever
u years in which they had reasonable no
- Of success.
10 The statements as to the character OF
Democratic ticket emanate from the gro'
est ignorance OF HAou
u the writer's mind to do injustice not only
g the party of the county, but to its Indiyid'
Id members. The county never had oet
& ticket. Every man on it was worthy
d full vote Of the party. The campaign v
made without even a charge being brouI
~ against them, either as to their character
- men or their capacity to discharge the
,xo ties of the offices for which they were c
,ty didates. AS to Messrs. Thomas and 81
IA dard it was not pretended that they "
Democrats or formed part OF the I've
rg cratic ticket; they were designated as IL
: nandent candidates. and were so regar
by everybody who voted for them
lld more competent men ever filled the OIL
An. for which they were candidates. None
of these statements will be denied now,
1r. we're questioned during the campaign, e
ID. by the Republican newspaper of this {
n which is not fair representative of
NJ. fairness and decency of the party. 1t I
10 become q Democratic journal to thus sp
ro of men who have been put in nominal
and voted for BY the party of this cou
but it is quite certain that only those
oil. think so who are made after the patter
az, the writer of the above extract, and we
es. tainly hope there are very few such