The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-14
The Congressional Situation.

There is absolutely no change. here in
the situation respecting CONGRESSIONAL can
didatcs. There is but one opinion and q
choice among our Republicans, and that is
just as decidedly and firmly for MIR, Haw-
ley as before the Rock Island caucuses.
The Lynde men lost no time in sending to
this place some of their best men, to assure
our people that the Rock Island caucuses
having been carried against Mr.. Hawley.it
of course became the duty Of this county
to drop its preference and accept the new
man presented by Rock Island. This was
uniformly listened to with quiet smile,
and the suggestion that that assumption
seemed a little remarkable, in view OF the
facts that Rock Island formed but a sixth
of the district that Henry was equal to
two of her in Republican strength, and
much the largest in the district and that
Henry's choice was just as decidedly Tor
Mr.. Hawley as the expression OF Rock ISL
and was against him and it might have
been added that the monner of that ex.
preston was 50 remarkable that it seemed
very uncertain whether it indicated the
| choice Of the Republicans of that county or
not. We publish elsewhere some reports
upon that subject, which do not seem to
require any comment from US. 1t is not
the manner in which party expression IN
this county is secured, and we trust will
never be.
Emissaries are equally prompt and busy
in all OF the other towns of this county,
and in the other counties of the district !;
and in each they will use the argument
and pull the strings that seem most po-
tent. In this county the argument is the
fact that we form with Rock Island the
Senatorial district, and have a common in
%terest and the string to pull is the Sena-
torial candidacy -anythimg to be sold to
ANYBODY, on Senator, for Lynde votes for
Congress. No change can be wrought any
where in this county now, exert by such
bargaining, and that n be done if
the voters attend the caucuses and see
that their delegates are such as will rep
resent them. Cambridge Chronicle 18Th.
The editor of the Chronicle is Mr.. Haw-
ley's clerk to the Committee on Claims, at
Washington, but is now holue running his
paper for the campaign.
Hobbs, Mr.. Hawley's post master at
Geneseo, and editor of the Republic, tells a
somewhat different story and seems to be
preparing to abandon Hawley for Tom
Henderson. In his paper, the Republic of
the l4th, he says:
The battle was fought in Rock Island
county last Saturday, and Judge Lynde
won the day. + Y \ 1t is reported
verthe district that Mr.. Hawley is no longer
in the field. For the sake of harmony he
withdraw. from the contest. n X <
Who shall take his place ? is a question
that is now uppermost in the public mind.
+ \ \ The gentleman that looms up
most prominently at the crescent time is
Gen. Il. j. Henderson,of Princeton. Pub
lie sentiment appears to be centering on
him, and from present appearances we
should be somewhat surprised if he were
not nominated"
The Dixon Telegraph, B. +. Shaw, ed
itor, whose son got a cadetship from Haw-
ley, seems to be preparing to abandon Haw.
ley for Lynde,
The Bureau county Republican papers
seem to be mum, and there is no paper
in Putnam.