The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-09-30
The @lailg Arsns.
Tuesday. September 80, 1878.
whats in a Name.


Mr. Samuel r. Porter, whom we are
Iod N believe is on excellent and we'll |
meaning citizen, has accepted the nomina-
ton Of the opposition party for the office
of county treasurer, Before investing in
tbepolitical game Of chance, especially when
The chance is so small as in the present
instance, he should have counted the cost,
as he doubtless did not. We use his name
here to say that he has called upon us and
requested that we withdraw from the tick
ct in this paper wherein his name appears,
the offensive word Democratic and sub
stitute the milder adjective " Anti-monop-
DIV" To Mr.. Porter and to those associa-
ted with him, we have only TO state that 1t
would afford us pleasure to do so whenever
he or they will furnish us with a good and
sufficient reason. (al We judge the
movement by the men and the newspapers
that support it, and from these premises
we can form no other conclusion. In the
first place the secretary Of the executive
committee of the so-called Anti-monopoly
movement neglected, intentionally or 9th
erwise to send us copy of the call until
four DAYS after il was furnished the Rock
Island ARGUS; we did not receive 1t until
after the hour Of going to press Friday
whereas THE ARGUS published it on Tues
day. (b) Secondly, the secretary of the
convention has not furnished US with line
of its proceedings, rs II was his duty and
business TO do. (c) Thirdly, the Rock
Island ARGUS, paper long and avowedly
an uncompromising Democratic sheet, has
been the spokesman of the movement IRON
the beginning, it has championed the
cause, united It's sympathies with it, anC
claims 10 be its recognized organ. tdl Ii
all candor and fairness we ask our aggriey
ed friend By what we should Judge him j
not by his company. Moline Repieto Sept
l9M.
ta) The reason is, that the people VIII
belong to that party so named it. Why'd
cwall the Republican party the Republi
can party? Because the people VIII
formed that party gave it that name. Thi
is true of all other parties that ever existe
or ever will exist.
lbl You had ample opportunity to pull
lish It if you desired, for it was publishe
in the DAILY ARGUS four days before you
DAY of publication, and copy Of the p'
permdiled 10 goa ne same day, so that yo
could have It in time for your issue.
(e) Nor has he furnished us with lin
and we presume that he furnished no OF
or paper with n line. A professional r
porter, uuconuected with the party or Il
convention, reported the proceedings al
from him we obtained the report PUBLISH
IN THE ARGUS. You could have done {
same By using a little effort
i'd Ii never made and does not ma
any such claim. The Argus never 3
vised or urged any convention or nomiI
ton, or had anything whatever to do wi
It. On the contrary, it gave notice befol
hand that it would not be bound by al
thing the convention might do.
The convention was called by comm
tee composed of fire Republicans and ,
Democrat. 1t was called 10 order by
Republican its President was Reput
can its Secretary was Republican m
Of its committeeman were Republican
and al IT, candidates Republicans ere
one. and Re long since ceased 10 be an act
Democrat, being pretty Thoroughly DISCUS
piM all parties.
The Moline paper has no grounds VIII
ever tor its unfair course towards
farmers. Certainly Mr. Edwards wo
never have denounced the Moline paper
he has, over his own name unless tn
was very general feeling of indignat
among the farmers a feeling that
Rsrier had treated them unfairly J
Edwards is President of the Farmc
County Association, and is likely to ku
the feelings Of the people for whom
acts-and he says the editor of the Rec
is either an unmitigated scoundrel or
unsophisticated iackass."