The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-28
CONVINCED.

TO tue Editor of The Argus:
A few days ago two Republicans, one of
whom is Granger in earnest. and the
other Granger If IL front hurt the partv .
had conversation on the subject of the
county candidates, now before the people
as follows
A.-Well neighbor B, how do YOU ike
our Farmers Anti Monopoly Ticket?
DO, | don't know guess they are
well enough don't know them personal
ly, except Der LeQuatte, and | know he
is first class man, a capable, energetic
honest, good fellow. Cook can't run tbe
office if he is elected-he isn't competent
and the county will have to pay clerks to
do the work and pay Cook his salary be.
sides. | know Der can do it, and 80 +
shall vote for "Ber'-but | reckon shall
vote for the other candidates on the Re.
publican ticket
A-Why not stand by our whole ticket
B.-Well kind o hate to give up our
old party, if they put up good men.
A.-But don't We know that neither of
the old parties can be depended on in our
interests ?.
B.-Well | don't know-the Republican
convention passed some good resolutions
/ A-Of course-that's cheap, but hnw
does our old party act? Didn't our Con
gress and our President enact the salary
| thieving law?
| B.-Yes | 5 pose our party have to take
/ the responsibility, as we were in power
| Avery we'll. Didn't our Republican
party pass all the great land grabs in the
past II years
/ B.-We've been in the majority, but Dem
ocrats voted for them as well as our folks
/ A-1es, know that, and | wouldn't
trust them any quicker than | would Re
! publicanS. But we were III majority and
our party must shoulder the responsibility
| Then look at eur Credit Mobilier scoun
| drels-$20, 600, 900 or more stolen from our
! treasury.
b know the old parties are corrupt
and that legislation favors monopolies,
but the Democrats are all going the farm
ers' ticket, aud | in afraid there's some
bite about it,
| A.-Now, look here, B. don't be scared
about that Isn't that exactly what we
want? Don't we want their votes if we
can get them? just let me ask you one
/ thing II there was a farmers ticket. and
and Republican ticket, and Democratic
ticket in the field, which would you vote
+ then?
| 30, I'd vote the Farmers ticket, of
course
! A-And sou would try to get every
/ Democrat and every Republican to vote it,
/ too, wouldn't you?
/ 30; course.
A.-We}t then. as we've got all the
/ Democrats naw, why not tmnin and get all
/ the Republicans we can?
{ r r,tp't
/ Cleland jus; as good for our interest, as
Grenell, and Porter and Maehin?
I 4 No not by long chalk. They are
bound to work in the old party collar:
with them il is party first, and honeyed
words for IL to get our votes. They are
! not pledged a. eur interests and oar orga-
nization ~ against all others and every
man on the Farmers ticket is: every man
on the Farmers ticket is pledged for anti
monopoly and reform and will stand firmly
to his principles, no matter what party it
hurts-and that Is not the case with Il sin
gle man on the Republican ticket
B.-Neh I'm willing To admit that
there's Il pod deal Of truth in that.-but
there's Boss Dantorth - he's supporting
our ticket
Aim GLAD to hear it, and I honor
him for cutting loose from his old party
association, and throwing his influence for
us. Suppose the Democrats. and the Re
publicans, and the Farmers had each Il
ticket in the field. and THE ARGUS should
come ont Ter the Farmers wouldu' You be
glad Of it, Don't we want all the help We
can get2
B.-Look here now, 4, if you keep on
talking that way you'll make me 90 the
whole ticket.
A-Thar's Just what | want you to do.
Haven We been the tools of the old court
house ring, and party rings, about long
enough? Isn't it about time for us to look
out for ourselves for our farms and our
families? let us take bold stand and
strike for Independence. Every farmer.
mechanic, aborer, and all opposed To mo
nopolies and legisating for corporations
and not for the people generally. should
stand solidIy together and in a few years
we will hnd our rights and interests res
pected Let us get help from every voter
we can.n9 matter whether We have agreed
IN the past Ut not. 1t is votes We want
our rights and interests will never be res
pected as eng as we wear the old party
collar. Ler us show our power in the bal
lot box ami then our rights and interests
viii be respected
B.-llere's highland Aim with you
for the whole Farmers Anti Monopoly
ticket and will do all can for it on election
day