The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-12
A MOLINE JUDGE.

Inc. lake thnt away ana Mr.Urenen mas
majority, in the balance of the county, OF
10 votes. We suppose Moline feels proud
,f her work. Her own candidate for the
Mr.. Lobdell, was defeated by |
Guyer, and it was done by his bought-up
Rock Island whisky gang-and then Nc
line Responsibility turned in and saved
him from deserved defeat at the hands OF
the people of the county. We are inform
ed that Guyer's money bought up several
pretended Democratic saloon keepers in
this city who took from 10 to 20 men each
into the Rock Island Republican caucus
and thus defeated the Simonson delegates
and thus practically secured Guyer's nom
nation. We are also told that certain vio-
lators of the State Liquor Law we're givento
understand, by Guyer himself, and threat
eued by his emmissaries, that they should
be vigorously prosecuted under the State
law unless they voted for him and worked
for him,-and that they did it, We are
told that certain vi0latOrs OF that law,
against whom fines have been assessed,
have been let off by payment of costs only,
provided they would work for and vote fol
Ciuyer,-and that they did it. We art
told that the terrors of the State Law have
been held over certain liquor dealers anC
thus they have been compelled to worl
for and vote for Guyer. lie has person
ally visited liquor saloons in various part
of the county and offered whisky to mel
TO drink, in the expectation Of their vote
in return. He has visited the loves
places, and pand, red to the lowest passion
of men, and toadied to the most DEGRADED
5 and criminal classes,-to get their votes
D He has disgraced the Office, and place.
: himself under obligations to violators 0
. law, for their support That's the kind
$ a man Moline has elected county judge
|. We suppose the respectable, leading cit
4 Gems of Moline-business men; manufactul
II ers; church members; men who emplo
: hundreds of workmen and control the
votes feel proud of their work. The
e have rejected an educated !awy'
and preferred an ignorant bigot. The
q have rejected man who wou
le scorn to do little or a mean act,
- to bring disgrace upon the high charact
Of the Office, and preferred man the ha
+ of whose disreputable acts we have n
III told. We suppose the responsibility
Moline, who are responsible for this resG
- feel proud of their work 1t is very &c
y tain that nobody else can feel proud OF
ell and it is also very certain that the cou
n ty has been disgraced by the acts of pr
oi tended Moline responsibility.
no Up to short time before the election
IN was understood that Mr. Lobdells frien
had made up their minds to punish Guy
for the disreputable course he pursued
get the nomination, and was pursuing
,ds get the election. But it seems that tn
of high sense of honor was suddenly lowe
as to Guyers standard and we are told Il
HE it was done by trade We are told t
Nr. Mr.. Lobdell is ambitious to be a Sena
ter in our State Legislature, and that tn
Sc, ses was made between his friends and Guyt
tnd friends, few days before the election,
which Lobdell and his friends were to b
down from their high toned position
l'eS support Guyer, and that Guyer and
au friends in return agreed to secure L
'Fn dells nomination for Senator when 81
herd 5 term expires 1t remains to be S
iRe, whether the people will ratify this corr
,sed bargain and sale.