The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-12
HAWLEY'S HATE.
he Objected to Bailey Davenport's
Name in the Horse Railway Bill.
HIS FRIENDS OBJECTED TO HIS NAME BE
ING CONSIDERED ON A UNION TICKET
FOR MAYOR.

last February, when an effort was made
and desire generally manifested for
union ticket for city officers, the managers
of the Republican machine defeated it by
proposal to agree to take any Democrat
for Mayor, except Bailey Davenport At
that time Democrats were not pledged or
bound to Bailey Davenport, in any man
uer nor were they even asking for his
nomination He was himself, endeayor
ing TO avoid being candidate if he could
do so consistent with his duty to the PEG
pie and the friends who had 50 long and
solidly stood by him He really desired
to avoid being a candidate-and the Dem
ocrats at that time were not more anxious
for his nomination than for the nomination
ofCable Burial Staddard, Warner Mitch
ell, Connolly, Negus Burgower b, u.
Bulord, Fries Tegeler. or others. But
when the Hawlcy-l'rant managers INSIST
ed. as condition precedent to umon
ticket thar Bailey Davenport should be in
suited and prescribed by his own party
from that moment it would have been an
impo,siblity to have chosen any other
man. Il was Mr. lIawley friends, and his
and their hate that were u blame for this,
and for the concentrating of the Republi-
can vote upon Reynolds, who was a partie
ular friend of Hawley and Robinson.
Another evidence of Hawleys hate of
Bailey Davenport is found in the history
of the bin for a horse railroad across the
Island. Hawley, on the 10th Of May,
. 1870, in letter Just now made public
wrote to Ilaverstick that
"A Hill was introduced early in the se-,
sion by Smyth Of Iowa making the grant
of horse railroad across the Island to
/ Bailey Davenport and others. It lay in
/ the committee room for some considerable
/ time until one day Smyth showed me a
substitute for the bill in which the names
Of Mitchell, Trucsdale, Huber and Boards
ley were named a. corpnrators from Rock
Island Still the matter lay in the com
mittee. without any effort upon the part
of any one, So far as know, To push it OF
de- anything with it Finally. when DIR
Truesdale went to Ohio t. see his father
iu-law. who was sick, he came on here to
see me and asked me To 90 for the bill
as il stood | told him | did not think
there was any show for doing anything
with any bill at this session As ! was As
Sured by Dawes, chairman of committee
on appropriations. that the miscellaneous
appropriation bill in which the bridge
appropriation would he, would not be
brought in until the close of the session
or near that Truesdalc inquired around
a little and thought there might be some
show for the bridge bill after the appro-
priation bill was through. at the present
session. and still expressed his earnest
wish that ! would 90 for the bill | told
him frankly that did not think | ought
to support it in its then shape as it would
be open o. the charge OF monopoly and
told him also that | wanted more of my
friends in it. He asked me who | wanted.
| named yourself HaverStic6 jackson.
Guyer, GeSt and Capt. Robinson, stating
that ] named Robinson because he had
always been my friend. and would think
himself badly treated If left out He Trues
dale asked me if would then support
the bill, if the men named were put in
| told him meqUlyocally | would wheT
the appropriation was made.
The bill alluded to by Hawley was got
ten up by Gen Sanders and others, over
the river and they wanted the names o.
a few strong men on each side of the river
and, among others, they used the name o
Geo. l.. Davenport, over the river, and hi.
brother Bailey DavenpOrt. on tins side