The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-18
THE OFFICE HOLDERS CAUCUS.
A Bomb Shell Explodss in their Ranks
CONSERVATION Depicted on Every Face.

gathering OF Illinois omce-hoiders at the
Palmer House in Chicago, to contrive how
to gobble the Changers and save their
Offices. The Tribune gives the names OF
the So persons present. every one OF whom
is an office-holde ofice-seeker or contrac-
tor. The Governor was there; the penl-
tertiary commissioners, the canal commits
sioners, county attorneys, U. s. custom
house officers, collectors Of revenue, asses
sors, post masters, and expectant candi-
dates for state Offices and congress. Their
object was to contrive how to save their
Offices, contracts, Jobs and spoils. The first
thing was to set trap for Mr.. Hesing, the
great German American leader in Illinois.
They sent committee to ask him to come
in. He went and when the Third Con
gressional District was called the fol-
lowing took plaice:
THIRD DISTRICT.
Mr.. Brainard, from the Third District,
desired an early convention.
STIRRING UP A HORNETS NEST.
Dan Shepard suggested very quietly to
the chairman TO Call on Hesing." The
Chair said "Mr. Hesing will report
from the Third District, and chorus Of
voices shouted, "Hesing"
Mr.. HESING's SPEECH.
Mr.. Hesing rose, and the audience was
as still as graveyard while he spoke, as
follows:
have come here as an outsider. l
have been invited by half dozen gentle
men to be present, but | do not know
what their object was in inviting me.
am always glad to see old friends, men
with whom | have associated in the past
When the time to hold Republican Con-
vention shall be called is the question be-
fore the meeting. do not know that
can answer it, until | know whether there
is yet Republican party in the country.
IF THERE Is REPUBLICAN PARTY,
and mean by that the party which nom.
mated ticket and adopted a platform al
Philadelphia, all | can say is that two Of
the greatest statesmen that party produc
ed in Illinois have left it. and are now
outside its fold / was a member of the
party when the Philadelphia platform
was promulgated, and endorsed and de
Tended that platform. When the Repub
lican party stood on that platform / was
member of it, but since it has
ABANDONED ITS PLATFORM AND PRINCI
PIES,
am no longer a member, and perhap!
have no right to speak here. | brought
with me the resolutions adopted by the
Philadelphia Convention, and / wish &c
call your attention, gentlemen, to two
paragraphs therein, which emanated from
the newspaper Office with which | am con
nected, and were written by Mr.. Herman
Raster, one of the editors of the Stats
Zeitung, and delegate to Philadelphia
Listen, gentlemen, to the thirteenth reso
luton of the Philadelphia Convention, anC
see how you like it in connection with re
cent events, and the course pursued b,
your representatives from Illinois in tn,
United States Senate Here is
PRINCIPLE soLEMNIY ENUNCIATED
by the party
We denouuce population of the public debt, Il
any form ur disguise, AZ ma ional crime. We
ness " tn pride the reduction OF he principal q
tue debt, and OF the rate of Interest upon tn,
balance, and confidently expect that an cxcclcn
national currency will be perfected by speedy re
sumption Of specis payments.
a speedy resumption of specie pay
ments, gentlemen What do you think q
that in the face Of the fact that YOUR illus
trous statesmen from Illinois, Mr.. Logar
and Mr.. Oglesby,are attempting to rob tht
labOring men, and are
BRINGING THIS COUNTRY INTO DISGRACE
in the eyes OF all civilized peoples by thei
labors to secure the issue of S44. OOO, OO,
more currency. | believe the people nee(
more money, but it should be based OF
something more substantial than promises
TO pay. Where is all this going to stop
Suppose next year they print 81 100000,
900 instead OF $44,OOO.0OO? They would
have precisely the same right to do it
The Republican party, by its statesmen
as they are called will compel people whC
have to buy goods imported from Europe
to pay from . t. 10 per cent more than il
the Forty second Congress never existed
Ii you want to indOrSe Logan, indorse him
but will not. lndOrse Oglesby, too. il
you like. He has
AN OUNCE OF LEAD
IN bis leg, and | suppose he ought to b,
Endorsed whatever he does. ] will not in
dorse him. Your party is torn asunde
gentlemen, there is nothing left of you
Where is your Philadelphia platform
W here are your principles? You hav,
none. What is there left Of the Republi
can party but office, office. office, and VIVA
mission has 1t now but to supply office
seekers with fat places? will not belun.
TO any party that has NJ higher aim or as
piration than office When there is moth
ing left to party but office will not hav
anything more to do with it. | prefer t
be. and shall be, independent without tn
lncumbrance of party ties and lying plat
forms.
PERSONAL LIBERTY.
Let ME read another paragraph of tn
Philadelphia platform, paragraph whic
was also written by Mr.. Raster, and the
let me show how the party has lived up t
II. Here 1t Is; listen now, gentlemen. I
the sixteenth paragraph of the platform
The Republican parry proposes I, respect IN
rights reserved by the people tot enc Ives as car,
lnl y a. the powers delegated by them to The Stat
aud TO tha Federal Government. Ii di approves
me sort TO unconstitutional laws for the purpos
OF ri owing eviis by Interference with rights n,
snrren cred by the people TO either the state {
National Co. eminent.
During the campaign Mr. Raster, VIII
was the author OF that paragraph, receive
bushels OF letter asking him to denounc
the men who construed it as referring
the use OF liquor, and he refused to do Sc
our party has gone back on it, and ha
Endorsed the crusaders, and passed law
supVcrsive OF personal liberty. A slmila
resolution was previously adopted by th
state Convention, after had spent an hou
convincing the Committee that It wa
right, and should be passed, have cal
RED out the principle embodied in tbs
resolution. The Republican party has no
What right has any man in this room !
Interfere with me in my personal affairs
Who has right to dictate to me what an
when | shall eat or drink? have aIwa,