The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-09
A CANrING HYPoCRIrE,

The paper called the industrial Age,
published in Chicago, professedly in the
interest of the farmers, displays at its head
the names of j. A, Noonan, S. NJ. Smith
and C. E. Barney, as editors-all imitation
lists; men who use their influence to con-
vince the farmers that counterfeit money
is better than genuine money; that the
more our currency is debased and depre-
ciated the better it will be. They might
as well undertake to convince an intelligent
farmer that the more water he puts into
his milk the more cream he will get; the
more saw dust he puts into his Indian meal
the fatter his hogs will get. But, however
mistaken Messrs. Noonan and Smith may
be on the currency question, we believe
they, and the -Age, we're fairly and honest
" DESTROYS of the election of Gen. Elliott.
We cannot say as much for Mr. Barney
We believe him to be canting hypocrte
an enemy of the Farmers Movement in the
pretended garb of friend; a man whose
efforts are devoted to the interests OF the
Republican party, and who sneaks into the
Farmers Movement only to help deteati its
candidates. In the Industrial Age, of the
18th, we find, reprinted, circular which
this man Barney issued before election il
Bureau county (where he resides 1t i,
headed Farmers Clubs III Bureau Co.,
and the Age introduces it by saying:
We And the following ercul in Burtau county
ID per Iii II eircuI Issued by our associate Mr.
Barney, and Is worthy Ol me attention Oh ihf rea
Err
The closing paragraph Of the circular is
as follows:
In the last congress there were 29members eltrfn
Of whom were identified with The farmer! II II
any wonder our Interests were dsr Igardedf Whose
fault is its Are our numbers too smallg We cas
three quarters the entire vote of the Northwest oW
four fths the property pay more Than veh-n1nfhs
of the lakes, and are swi died ne RAJ ned anu soia
out By the men ON yOtls elect t. "ihce' @hn a,e
made the focus OF all the frauds ring-, non pToum
c,ra and dca beats in the land. II we may
ourselves and 20 not, we deserve Inc emu '"' awaits
ur and our vocation.
Brave w0rds--and true. But what does
the cantiog hypocrite (C, h. Barney who
uttered them do? He issued u letter OPP
posing the election of Gen. Elliott, farm
sr and the farmers candidate for congress,
and aided in the election OF Henderson, a
lawyer, lobbyist. and monopoly candidate
There wasn't railroad company viii, h
had an inch Of road in this district, or a
national bank in the district, which did not
stand ready to eXpend $500 to 1000 each
to secure the election of Tom Henderson;
and many of them probably did expend
that amount to aid him, and used all their
efforts to elect him, And Barney played
into their hands, while hypocritically pre-
tending to be a friend of the farmers. And
50 did old John Bryant.
This Barney, IA pretended farmer and
pretended friend of farmers in view of
their prepondcrence Of numbers and power
to elect their candidates, says to the tarm-
ers of this district, IF we may protect OUT
selves and do nor, we deserve the end that
awaits US and our vocation" The trouble
about that matter is that through the
trcachcry of such hypocrites as this Bar
ney all farmers suffer alike. If only he
and those who voted for Henderson were
to suffer by the defeat of the farmers can.
didate we should not so much regret it.
The farmers of this county and Putnam
county were honest and true to their can
didates. Those Of Bureau, Henry and Lee,
we are sorry to say, do notify the returns,
appear to have been honest aud true to
their candidates. II they alone were the
ones to suffer by it, we would not care so
much about it. II the farmers would pro
tect themselves they must kick out such
hypocritical and pretended friends as this
man Barney, and stand up square for their
regardless Of al! old party asso-
Citations.