The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-28
oUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS,

oopeFSsulelons Ior the Democracy of Rock
Island County, on their recent Splendid
Victory over caiism----Demoorati attic
Government restored to the People of New
York and Brooklyn-The People generally
rsjoic,-The AcFarland Trial--Probabih-
ties of his acquittal-A hard rap on the
Tribune Frse-Love Radicals.
New YORK, April 25, 1870.
| congratulate you, and the noble Democ.
racy OF Rock island county, upon the
splendid victory in the election of Supervls,
oEs and township officers. l, is evidence
that the people are beginning to tire of the
outrageous extravsgance of the tax eating
clique about the court house, and of the
genera! corruptlons OF the Republican party
'Rufas Nj. Grinnell, Char es B. Marshall
EphrAim Warren, Lewis Wilson, John
Dickson, James W. Ballard, james Baker
John Edgington and Silas Drury, are men
OF whom any party may be proud. They
are Democrats of no doubtful nd. Nor
will any one question their honesty, then
patriotism, or Intelligence. Upon these nine
good aud true Democrats devolves the re,
affairs for the coming year. If they act
together, solid, on every question OF appro
priating the peoples money, and upon al
questions OF county policy, aud upon ali
uuestions calculated TO affect party polihcs,
thew can introduce many needed reforms,
snd accomplish much good. | have no
doub, that they will so act, and thus deserve
and receive the appreciation of the people
who elected them. The traps set by the
court house barnacles, and Radical rats
generally, to ensnare them into positions
which will render them and the Democratic
party unpopular, will be many and ingen
ious, To prolong their sessions and make
them appropriate money for various and
unnecessary purposes, in order to keep
county taxes up to the old court house
rates, or higher, If possible, will be The siu.
and object of the harnaoles. Unless the
new Democratic Board shall be proc
against tine arts and devices of Radicals, III
and out of office, and succeed in reducing
county expenses and taxes. the barnacles
wi! claim, and very properly, too, that the
people have gained nothing by calling Il
Democratic Board to power. But, If the
Democrats will act solidy together, make
their sessions shorter than the Radicals
cursions and junketings, appropriate less
money than the Radicals, and thus reduce
county taxes, they will receive the applause
Of the people, and show that Democratic
economy in public affairs ia no meaningless
phrase 1t is quite different thing to be il
power than out. Tae ins have all the re-
sponsibility, while the outs have little to d.
bat oppose and ceBsure hope and be
cratic Supervisors viii fully appreciate the
position.
The absorbing topic OF public importance
here, for weeks past, has been as to ths
probable action of the New York Legislature
in regard 10 restoring to the people of THU
city and Brooklyn the right of local sci
government, which, little By little, they wer,
deprived of by Republican Legislatures
during the past fifteen years. The Repub.l
cans, knowing they could never receive the
endorsement Of the people Of these cities, a
the ballot box, went to work, through
their Legislatures, and took from the
people nearly all control over
their own affairs. First, they established
what they called the Metropolitan Police,
By which they took control of the police
department for both cities, the Legislature
appointing set of commissioners, and
these commissioners appointing chief aud
subordinate policemen to the number OF
several thousand, thus thrusting kepublI
cal police board and thousands of Repubi-
can policemen into office over people
whose SURFACES for any office they could
never have obtained Then came, one by
one. park ommissions, health commissions
school commissions, public dock commis
sioos. street commissions, sewerage com
missions, excise comnissions-in fact
commissions created at Albany to manage
the loca affairs of the people of New ! orb
and Brooklyn, until almost every office Was
filed with Radicals to manage the affairs Of
people who would repudlate every one o.
them if they could get chance to vote Tor
or against them. 1t is true that they lief
the form of local government ust as the
same usurpers in Congress have left the torn
but destroyed the rights of Ststes) aud per
mitsed the people to elect Mayor anc
Board of Aldermen, but they took from tbs
Mayor and Aldermen nearly all power owe
the affairs OF the people who elected them
and filled nearly every Office of honor anc
profit in these cities with their own parti
zsns, BY their Legislature at Albany-eveI
controlling and deciding there, By party
majority, the amount of taxes the people o.
these cities should pay, thus putting it out
of The power of the people to say how much
they would pay for being governed by off,
GERS placed over them without their consent
and putting 1t IN the power OF corrupt
Republican Legislature to tax these Demo
cratic cities 10 any extent they pleased for
the benefit of Republican officials placed
over the people against the will of the very
people who were compelled to pay the taxes
This mas been the condition of the Demo
cratic cities of New \ ork and Brook yn for
many years. This year. for tn first time
in about twenty years, Democrats have full
power in the S,atA-a Democratic Governor
every State office filled by sterling Demo
crst elected by the people. and Democrat
ic majority in both branches of the Legisa
ture Il was natural then. that Democrats
everywhere, in and out of New I ork
should look with anxiety, to Albany, to see
whether q Democrat State government
would restore to the people the rights which
they had been robbed of by Republicans,
am happy to say that the Democratic State
government has wiped out of existence every
one of the Republican commissions and
restored to the people the right to manage
their own affairs. There was g difference
Of opinion here, among Democrats, es tothe
form of arriving at this result-some prefer
ring TO legislate the present Mayor and
Aldermen ont of office now, and elect ne "
MAYOR and Board Of Aldermen before the
heads Of the new departments should be
filed. Others preferred to retain the present
Mayor till fall, and hereafter, com mencinP
With next month, elect Aldermen In
the spring, and the Mayor
at the regular state elections in the fall.
The latter policy prevailed, aad seems to be
very generally acquiesced in by the people.
The news of the final action of the legisia-
ture was received by the people here with
great enthusiasm. Great bonfires blazed ia
front of Tammany Hall and at other points
in the city, cannons roared, flags waved,
club houses we're illuminated, and congratuia
tory speeches were made over the downfall
Of republican commissions, republican usur-