Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-21
Overwhelming q Democratic Victory

The election returns from Texas are nov
all 10, aud the eyes OF our radical friends art
literally split vide open. Bayonets and
stuffed ballot boxes have been sHeciuAliy
set al bay. The majority rolls up thousands
aud thou ,ands for the democratic ticket.
Even the colored people have gone back
on the oAi pet baggers, aud decent men have
~ length been elected to Office. To the
the whole country answers, Amen We
make the following lengthy extract from
the New York World
Forty Thousand Democratic majority Ano
the whole dele. auon to Congress Demo
cratic is the cheering news from Texas.
Throughout tue enure State the Repuoiloau
majority ou the Cougresslonsl vote ~ III,
last election was 6,Sl7. This has beeI
overcome, aud q majority Of nearly i've
times IhOse hgu'es piled up 10 adiIHon.
Could "Godnuug OsJ tue votes rlghI be
made 70 prevail even this wonderful reVHI-
aioa would DO nullIhsd by Radical Trucker,
but there are some gases so decided ss MOI
" admit Of fraud, and thIs seems one OF
thsm. by the most extreme efforts alone q
Radical majority OF less than one thousSno
IN q total vote Of over eighty thousand Wa
6,nr.d out m 1869, and thsn Ihere were
acme CIRCUMSTANCES favOring that side. b.
psopls we're oAck yard la registering, wer,
diviisd 10 come extent 10 the views as H.
the beet method Of opposition, and had -
their nominee al expectancy candidate
exceedingly disJAstsfLl 10 many to whose
sulfrayss he VAS commended, An eXpe-
rance of Two years Of Republican State gov
srnmsnt changed ell this. Under the spur
or tn.t sans monsIrOus malsdmInIstratioL
which ma, cursed every Southern S'S.e
the Texans learned the necessity OF unity
aud action, aud have accordingly combined
and acted With the triumph noted
From ell indications Ihs registry, hampereC
aud impedsd as Il was in every way by tn
State government, must have been YER
heavy, aud there 10 every reason TO believ'
that the German population, which casts
vote Of some thousands aud has hsretofor
acted with the Republican party constr
tuting, in fact, the only respectable portion
of the orgAuizstion-has been so dismsye'
and di.g1sted BY the wholesale thievory o
the recon struoted authorities as tohAye bolt
ed the Radical ticket en- mdsse.
Inumatons Of this coming disaster seer
10 have been amply received BY the Radios
State government, and, IS We have froE
time 10 time mentioned, desperate mean
were taken 10 avert If possible the threAte'
ed overthrow. As ons instrumentslit
BroIbsr.in-la Casey same worthy VII
purssd the Louisville Republican Stat
Convention With Federal infantry aud Call
runs in the interests OF Mr. Grani-torms
his employees in the New Orleans Custom
house into q brass band, and therswitn too
a minstrel troupe tour throughout Texa
regslIng ths cara Of tns Rroundllngs at H.
publican IN ass mset,nga uith dulcet strain
The idea vas Of course, 20 let II be know
in this way that Grant backed the Repul
HcAu ticket, and bv fear Of new rscoI
a,ruotion 10 terrify tbs people Of the Stat
into An abstention from voting sRAini
the radical candidates. Another rascal
means TO the same end Gas tha eleetIO
order Of the 0ovarnor Davis To renal
n, or about the polls, or even in the tow
where the polls we're, after voting, or
laugh, shout, or cheer at or for any oand
date, were each aud AL made offences, puI
ishable by summary arrests by the standiu
army, kno-n as State Guards. which
kept on foot in defiance Of toe Federal Cor
st'tuiion. To assemble together for 40
purpose was TO be taken as meaning an ri
tempt NJ riot, which attempt the Sta
troops -ere to suppress forth With. and gel
orally the standing army was to rs9ulai
the election IN uay to make the Radi 4
ticket win The prohi6itiou in particul,
on any persons but the military rsmainiu
at the polls vas intended to prevent ar
attempt at such scrutiny Of the votiaV
should forbid ballot Dor stuffinR, bat de. pi
chi. aud al other Of the rascally militia
orders given the dreaded defeat came. tt
Texans not onlv kept the peace, despite ii
provocstion afforded by the presence
armed men ut the polla, but seemed to ha
kept the ballo.-boxss from fraudulsnt prs
tioes. and have spsd the reward Of the
forbearance in the compete victory iu
achieved Four Democrats from Tex
viii come up 20 the next House, and the
give tbs Lone Star State Its only genuil
ssasnsAtisn siaes 1860.