The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-10
/. cADETSHIPs
POST OFFICE BROKERAGE
Ferry Attorneyship =!
And The Average Congressman

| The people sometimes stumble upon
| ugly facts in the career of Congressman,
but the average NJ c. is usually a good
! dodger, and the Rock Island district will
average on land grabs, back-pay cadet
ships or post Office brokerage This is
sufficient introduction for the following
actual conversation, which our reporter
stumbled on, about town, to-day,a and which
will be recognized as such by the parties
/ thereto
/. Seen the Union this morning?
>. Yes,-I was on the little fellow ; side
last night, because | thought he was the
under dog in the fight but he has got
IIawley by the ear now, and | am little
interested to see how he will squirm out of
those questions.
l. He hell dodge anything but the
day of Judgment But it is evident Haver-
stick wanted 81 200 and they thought he
wasn't worth it.
Yes,-Or else they are lying about
him
/. Don't you think he can prove that
they proposed to buy him first
, | think Major Jim would have
bought him if he hadn't thought he was
already on his side
]. Hawley's affidavit proves that flaw
erstick was trying to sell Maj Jim out.
,. Say what they may, Hawley treated
Haverstick shabbily in removing him with
out cause, and he will have the sympathies
of the people
/. Don you think Haverstick would
h., 3Y,.+Ttaal IInv-1.,,- Il !
OF that cadetship and his opposition to the
tree bridge and the Island street railway?
. Yes, but they'll scare him out of it.
J. Well they're all in the boat together
and will very likely buy him to keep still
don't think they can do it.
!. DO You remember what Quincy DE
Neil said about thar cadetship last tall ?
. Ies-hc said that when Jo. Comet
came home from taking his son to Annapo-
lis, that he Comet said it cost him l.oop.
!. Did he say that Comet paid Hawlev
that sum?
= No, but he said thar the White
more affair had scared Hawlev. and that
he had 10 whip the devil around the stump
and place the 1000 in Mr. Hawlev hands
for the cadet 10 draw against. This he
understood from MIR Comet and the
family
/. But cadets are not allowed. hv the
rules, u draw money from any source. TN
less 1t passes through the hands of officers
OF the school. Seems TO me that was rather
thin.
>. So it was, for he said he didn't be
lleye any rules Of the school had been
violated, and in fact young Comet told
him he did not expect to draw one cent
Of the $1,000 deposited by his father with
the Hon. j B. Hawley.
/. Do you suppose this could he proven
by Mr. Comet?
=. No, Of course not, for he must keep
On the right side of Hawley. OF Hawlev
might get his son out, rs he mas Haver-
stick think he did have touse his infu-
enCe, after the appointment. 70 keen the
boy there
l. Did you ever hear about lIr Har
'oun giving Mr. IlawIey S50Uto help him
,eat Cable
>. No, Who Harroun?
l. He is dead now. But he was
taving old New York Democrat. partner
nth Case 4 Co, government contractors
Il the rapids here, He gave Hawlev $500
b beat Cable with, because. he said. he
1uld use Eawley and he couldn use
able.
. How do you know he gave him $5on2
l. ] saw the entry on his books. |
= The ID You did? That tight ia
err on Hawley, He must be corrupt
Is anyhow-eyen if he does wear a sane
m0nious face. Did Harroun help him in
he election?
/. Yes he did-and ! believe that $500
wed Hawley from defeat.
=, Ihi, whole business looks bad for
awley.
/. Yes, but he Il use the patronage Of {
Re whole District to control the nOmina- I
m. and by playing sweet on the farmers
anges and with his bogus canal bill which
to run through every county in the dis
let, he II be returned, ] reckon
. Let him 60 out into Iowa and the /
rmers there will sweeten him.
l. The farmers in this county begin TO
e through him. too
> | wonder what THE ARGUS will have
say tonight?
!. 1t will probably be filed with patent ,
edicine notices.
2 You Just look at the UaioB. 1t has
70 bogus patent medicine advertisements q
one in The ARGUS.
l. Perhaps so, but Hawley can be J
ankful he didn' have THE ARGUS to deal
th Whoever uses those fellows has to I :;
" for it, You bet
, Well, why not ? 1t costs money TO
int paper. The Union put Hawley in i
,ngress where he tried to sell out the
PC bridge and has sold out Iowa farmers:
Id out the Street Railways on their !
idge bill sold eadetships; sold himself !
the Ferry Co and Haverstick has
vered it all up,-and for his dirty work
is treated like dog.
I, Serves him right for it, Though it v
a little mean Il