The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-10

ATTENTION SUPERvIsoRs.-The voters of
this city, and moro especially the laboring
class, we're forced to stand for hours at the
polls on Tuesday last The poor man, who
has q family to support, can i'll afford to
waste half adAy's work and wages, while
waiting on the Recommendation at the
polls. For hours Tuesday did the citizens
of this place stand in the Court House
waiting an opportunity to deposit their vote
and get back to their work and business. For
hours they stood, and pushed, now q man
on vopr toes. then you on theirs, shove, push
~,.,.ia. was the order of the day.
Now we ask the public if the registered
Der of votes in this city can be deposit
ed in one ballot box in the short space OF
one day if the workingmen OF this vicinity
ara TO be forced to walk from one end of
the town TO the other. and there be forced
also to lose half a days pay, which they
need so much, in order to support their
candidate if our business men are to be
kept from their Establishments by the houy,
simply for the want of more voting precincts
in this township.
We all desire to do our part as far as
voting is concerned, towards advanc-
ing the public interest and welfare, and
we all do it, but when our head, our feet, our
body, our pockets are imposed upon, and we
are not treated as men, as fellow creatures
we ask for q change. The judges and
clerks of election are protected from the
eager throng without BY walls, and they are
safe from the impositions put upon the men
who do the hard work. Why not accord
some such privilege to the voters.
At Coal Valley, two voting precincts were
in operation for the benefit of both towns
men and farmers. The work lone by the
| Coal Valley voters shows with what facility
the system of election can be reduced by
enabling all to reach the polls through
having them brough. to the people and moi
being compelled to 60 to them.
At Hampton the Board of Supervisors
also established two voting precincts for the
accommodation of the voters. One in each
Ward should be authorized here.
We want all our citizens to watch US. snd
when the time comes for the broaching Of
this change to the Board of Supervisors
next September, lie, them remind us Of
this necessity.
In order to show the unauimity of feeling
on this subject, We publish the following
from the Onion in reference to this matter
MORE ROOM.
For years we have urged upon the Super
visors the necessity Of dividing the poll il
this township. At every general election
voters are compelled to submit to q promis
cuous iammlng. %orowding and %tramping, for
from one or two hours. Many men haven
The time, many haven't the patience to sub
NIT to such business. The hardest day.
work many have to do during the year, is to
get their ballots worked into the ballot box
The result is that our vote is always from
one to two hundred less than 1t osherwis.
would be. No man, no matter what hi
occupation or disposition, cares to g.
through 'the mill" 1t is simply an outrag,
and we call upon the citizens of Rock Is
and to make up petitions to the Board O
Supervisors demanding a division of this
poll. The voting places atgeneral elections
should correspond with the voting places al
city elections Onion Nor. oh.