Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-02
THE GRANT-BoURBoN MOVEMENT A
DEAD FAILURE.
Let Every Democrat now Work for Greeley
and Reform, and Success is Certain.

IL almost makes one melancholy TO think
how much hard work the Grant Committee
threw away in getting up the Louisville Con-
ventiou. Here is letter which they wrote
to postofice employe on the subject, and
We have no doubt hundreds of postmssters
have received copies of the same, or sim
liar missive
wAsHISGrOs, D. c., August Il, 1874
I--, Esq,
| DEAR SIR: I AN directed by the Postmaster
General TO say TO you that any assistance you
can give to the Louisville movement will be con
sIdered done for the AdministrAtion. Nou are
expected TO see that their meetings in your dis
triet are nu msrouSly attended, and rendered en-
thusiastie; bring Cbas. 0'COnor's name forward
as candidate for President; there must be con
cert Of action throughout the country to meet
With any success, and all the employed of tn 4,
Government are looked to 10 sustain this move
N Mt by every possible means. lam, very re
sps stfully, &c,
! J W. cHASDLER, ChAirman R. N. C.
1t was dangerous to write such things, Of
course, therefor the pre- Au,ion of signing
them with the name of J. W. Chandler,
who iS not Chairman of the r. n. c." but
a very useful aud active person in that con-
Germ Notwithstanding. The document be-
fore US, however, carries its authorization
on the outside, for it is franked BY the Hon
H. Chandler, who writes enough like J. W.
Chandler to be bis twin brother. And to
thick that the only result of the Louisville
Convention, after all, should have been to
promote the chances of Mr.. Greeley
Colonel Mcclure, in a recent speech al
heading, Pa, said that be received, before
the Louisville Convention the following cir
culsr from J. NJ. Edmunds, Postmaster a
Washington, and Secretary of the Gran
Congressional Committee
wAsHISaroS, D. c., July 80. 1879.
7 GEAR sra: Please send the inelossi circular Il
active Democrats in your district who do no
Louisville Convention. Send me a list OF suel
men Ia your county Immediately.
J. N. EDMUSDI, Secretary.
He thereupon sent friend to Mr. Ed
! munds, who spoke most hopefully of III,
= Bourbon movement, sud gave his interview
er two documents, in envelopes frsuked b.
Harlan, Of Iowa, aud Foster, Of Ohio. Thes'
documents began as follows:
= DEAR Sis: VIII gu he kind enough to plae
this circular in the hands Of active Democrats il
your county, wb0 will at once co N mence an or
= ganiEation for the purpose of supporting Ii
principles OF our party; as they vi be pro
. claimed BY toe Convention at Louisville, Sept
9 They were of great length, and were signet
j 'Blanion DuucaD" This is bat one Of tn
J, long chain of facts that proves that Louis
e vile, on the 81 of Septe N Der, Wss the seem
d Of the most shameless bargain and sale tina
( has ever disgraced American politics.
' Blsuton Dancsn's paper has collapsed
like the movement Of which be olsimed Il
be the father The Louisville Journal say
be offered to give the paper away to aDybod.
who would accept ii; but nobody wanted 1t
. and it died of what the faculty term mAlig
uant inability to give itself away. Tn,
g Bourbon movement is just about as dead a
( Uuucan's Tr1e Democrat. No Democrat
. With 40 ounce of brains ia his head, CAT
E fail 10 see that the only way TO beat III
I Grant ring, drive their corrupt othee-holder
oat Of power, and place the GOvernmeu
under the control of Democrats and Liberia
a Republicans is to vote for and work 70
- Greeley. This is ouF on Y hope.