The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-30

Tn the history of our State, this IS the nrs'
,aI.oa and this suspicious day the hrst occa- =
a;oT when the people have presumed u
-, q voice or even recognition In se.ecc,,
;nn man 10 fll this lofty place. Snul
.Lis honr Senators from California nave
.nnrasented in most cases anything gu. tue
naponle What they have done, has oeen
zoo often 10 hold their seats, ara" .hell
nav and mileage, and TO post OF soea1
hack and forth from this coast 10 the lou
eral Capital once year, In luXurlo S 1ans
ar steamships, the attorneys ana 1u1 1
of those who carried them up anu uoMh
the country, They have not peeh leptS
sentatives of the people IN any sehso'
with the great majority OF Tne p"sI thov
: TORS from other States. what 90 Ihey
= renresent? They too often represent
e staomshin companies, iobbing contract hun
ters and political spectators. Some rep
resented one ring of corrupt politicians anI
IS ao,,,e another. Some have represeuV'S
ir he railroads. some have represented ianu
b. grabhers. and some chques OF wa.ei Ior lI.,
- s,Isls some have represented lhe pauNS
IL e., Eroncisco. and some the schehe1s
a 1,,,ooulotnrs who tatten upon the pun
D. auu pas,,ry in the shape OF bands OIL
,;r nc uo" ofhce-holders, their bankers
huns,g and go-betweens. In the mean
Nh luz industry has been unrepresented, e-
'I;t,note commerce has had no one 10 urge
~, r. demands, and above all things the bone
all and muscle and sinew of the masses nave
,c been absolutely voiceless and tongueless
y" The delvinp miner has been recognized
only TO be oppressed by taxation. lh'
de, to;iipg farmer has sunk down to be tht
MOI mere servant of the taX-gatherer, tl'
'lic hondsmap of the land and water monopo
ing list. the human chattel OF the Supslul1o'
ele- corporation that controls the ROAD 10 .ial
an, ket, the iron rail, and the commuhca'iop
NAL by land and by water. Ihese Wei w
0ia. constituencies OF too many lnoueln oJ n
, n' a. mon These powers they represented; l
Iote do their bidding they travelled elegantly I
Woehington and back twice year. G IT,
ed tlemen there has been a revolution. In
hen neonIe claim its fruits and have sent 20
rri. hitber To gather them in. See that you =
< NOT forget your errand. Gov Booth
vi nrivate as well as in public, was always
as tba side of the right. When Democrat
as meant equality to men of all nations, VINE
f,r i meant antagonism to Capitalization
nower when it meant what its name slgi
run fos tben Gov. Booth was a Democra
tive Republicanism meant PATRIOTISM anu uoN
ssed ,;on to the Union, when it meant reslstan
tbe 70 treason and progress, based upon Ire
"a dom to all men, then Gov: Booth was
ioe ,u Republican And now that Democra
tell and Republicanism have passed into
por- hands Of the peoples enemies and ma
ublic come to mean subserviency TO organlz
many corruption, when they mean deeaucnery
thing go 49, tbev stand for monstrous schen
II oc- national in proportion, ramltylng ana L
and tering from ocean to ocean, the intamt
Lon, nnrnose of which is to bind the people
n utI this nation hand and foot and deliver tn
table M to the Incorporated monopohstsfor be
what slaves, to fetch and carry at the comm'
Haw- of these lords of the rail and the locoI
tive. then Gov. Booth is no longer eitht
Democrat or a Republican. He is an
Rock dependent man of the people; and 1t i
a man Of the people, Endorsed by the,
born in ple and demanded for them, that L
; stud. your votes.