Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-28


his grinning hearers, and retired.
DR.. Gregg then announced the following
ticket:
Thos Murdock, for Mayor; Alex. Steel for
alderman, first ward; Jacob Norris for al
derman, second ward; S. K. W. Field for |
alderman, third ward, and George E.
Downes for alderman, fourth ward
Capt May inquired if Mr.. Murdoch was
in the room and would accept.
''None Of your business" shouted Egg
furiously That's our business"
DIR. Gregg took the floor aud denounced
Capt May as uot citizen of Rock Island,
and called him ".he gentleman from over
the river"
Capt. May attempted to reply, when
Gregg and Egg made q determined effort
to muzzle him. The audience sustained
Capt. May, who declared that he had been
fighting ring of bank shsvers for thirteen
years, in private capacity, and was now
fighting in this campaign against q similar
gang at this city who have designs upon the
public.
Egg called for the police Gregg, Kit
Atkinson, Norris, May, and Payne, all tried
10 talk q, once, and general bedlam sue
ceeded, which was only terminated by
Gregg's Withdrawing his assertion that
Capt May was not citizen, though he re-
pested the assertion in substance, in after
remarks.
jackson then took the floor He stated
that "thers were great many present who
evidently did not endorse the citizens move
men,. de therefore didn't wish them 10
vote. He said there we're fifty who signed
the call for the meeting, and they were
going to have their rights whether they we're
Kangaroos or Spotted Tails. There wes
undoubtedly desire to be,i.,le the move
ment, aud be wanted the house divided"
Egg thought the house could not be
divided, and they had better 20 ahead. He
was satisfied that the house would behave
| frat rate"
! The question was then put as to the en-
dorsement of the candidates. Amid loud
cheers and tremendous applause. TIE
! TICKET WAS VOTED DOWN.
Carried ~ shouted Egg with a grim
smile.
Gregg then took the floor And began q
fierce attack upon the Democratic candidate
for Mayor. Ia the course of his remarks
however, he admitted that Mr.. Davenport
would keep the taxes down. When he had
finished his assault on the Democratic can
didSte, there were incesssnt cries of How
about Lynde ~ you've given US one sid,
DOW give Us the other"
Mr.. Gregg pretended not to know via
was wanted. Norris informed him. Sill b,
couldn't understand it.
"As long IS yon have run down the Dem
ocratic candidate, and Eill say nothing
against Lynds, you lead US to believe yoC
are working in the interest Of LyDde."
"This is no place for such arguments,
shouted Egg.
90, it's one sided, is it?" retorted Luess
amid loud cheers.
An effort was then made to induce Mr.
Lucas to take the floor and address III
house, but he declined, whereupon Jsk
Norris moved an adjournment. The char
man then shouted, "All those in favor G
! aliaurutuO nntN
as HI will let you" The meesn
then broke up with three cheers for th
Kangaroo, three cheers for LyDde, an
three cheers for Bailey Davenport. Nj
{ Eggleston, the chairman of the meeting
was seen to cheer for Lynde.
Whs, is the object OF this Ksngaro
movement? Many think it is mer
, piece of strategy on the par; of the Repub
licans to divide the Democratic vot,
Nothing was palmer, last night, than ths
Gregg aud Egglesson were running the ms
chine, exclusively In the interest of the Re
, publican party, Every man who was read
, to abuse Bailey Davenport was accorded th
door at once. Every man who had wor
, 10 say against the Republican party, wa
promptly muzzled. Ii was an out snd-oC
Republican meeting. Still others believ
that the new Rock Island bank is eudesvo
4 ing TO place a Mayor of it's own in Ii
chair. William Jackson, the paid a
torney of this bank, is toe man who DIRE
1 up the Kangaroo call. he is working #
q his fees. Capt. T. J. Robinson is the ms
Who secured Mr.. Murdoch the nomination
The programme is this. If the Rock Islam
4 Bank faction canno, poll vote sufficient
f large TO get Mr., Murdoch elected, it can
least defeat Judge Lynde. This will not
permitted, however, by the balance of Il
Republican party. We predict that Il
Republicans will either force Lynds
= withdraw, or will induce Murdoch to witt
!, draw. We are positively certain that OF
:, or the other of these gentlemen will wit
-, draw before the day Of election. Which
will be, we canno. to-day decide.
There has never been an election car
pAign 10 this city where our opponents ha'
ever resorted to more desperate shifts
sieze the reins Of power without fair e.
q, preston of public opinion, than this OIL
Aware thst certain defeat awaited them
8 fair contest was entered into, every exp
p dent has been svailed Of TO break dov
the Democratic ticket. If the Democra
stand BY their colors, however, and vo
their straight ticket, TO them will renal
the glory of brilliant and complete So
d cess.
y FACTS FOR VOTERS.
By comparing the financial statements
the last Democratic administration with Il