The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-25
Puts his Foot In il Again

Nfu1NA A4leAtO DAOhAS soy . VIC 5lluukGSI
opposition to township organization, in 1858.
came from Democratic townships, and to
prove the assertion he quotes the old Dem
ocratic township of Goa. Valley as giving
90 for and 6 against, at that time Pears
to us that that proves the very opposite of
what he claims. Then he quotes Rock Isl
and as giving IS6 against and 1873 for.
Rock Island elected the Republican ticket
by over hundred majority at that cleo
tion,-which proves the opposite of what
he claims He then quotes Hampton, 100
for and 80 against, to prove that Demo
cratic towns went against the system
which also proves the very reverse And
then he gets kind o confused, ike, and
fzzles out by saying: In fact township
organization has always been approved by
the Republican party while the chief op-
position to it has come from the old fogy
anti progressive Democracy represented
by THE ARGUS" OF course everybody
knows there is no truth whatever in his
statement And everybody knows that
! Quincy Mcneil, then circuit clerk, and A.
l.. Wait, then ex.county treasurer, with
their court house ring, were the head and
front of the opposition to township organi-
cation and wanted 10 break down the sys-
TEN because power and fat pickings would
thus be concentrated in their hands. That
was the reason the ring tried to break it
down last fall And that is the reason the
Guyer clique want to break it down now ;
that's the reason why the deputy clerk OF
Guyer's court(Quincy Mcneil got up the
petitions for another trial this year. Both
petitions were written by him; names were
solicited in Judge Guyer's Office, and they
were signed by leading members of the Re
publican party in Moline and Milan, in the
proportion of about ten Republicans tC
one Democrat Geo. D. Gould, present
Republican circuit clerk, is one of the sign,
, ers. J.W. Morey, late chairman of the Re
| publican county committee, is another sign
, err, VIM c. Morris, the Moline editor o
, the Upioa,i is another signer. B. I. Tilling
| hast, editor of the Moline Rccieeo-t Guyer
t Hawley organ is another signer. D. j
Cleland, brother of the present Republican
= candidate for county treasurer, is another
t signer. A. J. Cook, brother of the pres
$ ent Republican candidate for county clerk
5 is another sgner. r. B. Olmstead
candidate before the late Republican eoun
ty convention, is another signer-besides
n host of Republican Office holders, and ex
E office holders, and expectant Office holders
among whom are C. ". Lobdell, J. T
D Browning, NJ { FolIett, A NJ. Gould, ]
S. Heater. J. NJ Christy, C. 0. Mason, c
n II. Deere, SAM Hammond, and hosts o
It others who want a chance at the picking
IS which central ring would inevitably hav
e by the adjustment of township organiza
Il ton. Guyer' clique isn't working so har,
/ to abolish township organization unless tn
ring has an axe 70 grind by getting rid q
:. the system and getting things under thei
|. control
a And the Uaoa lGuyer organ does a
e it can to help the ring, by trying to rende
B. the Board of Supervisors unpopular, b
u opposing its Efforts for economy, retrench
is ment and reform, and then says; NJ
Is much lcoHder IN ristc OF this action Of n
/, Board, and in cje,r of the uneqam asses
e 'ments made IN the couaty,that men shout
1t prefer the old system.
Now, everybody knows that the evils
. ring corruption and extravaganza woul
:, only be ten times aggravated by abolishin
l. township Organization-and that's til
a very reason why the Guyer ring want I
l. abolish it.