The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-01
ON THEIR KNEES.


The Haverstickers, who could find NJ
words vile and mean enough to use in de
nunciation of Horace Greeley and othe
Liberal Republicans who refused to wea
the Grant collar, are now on their knee
piteously imploring the Liberals in thi
District to return to the party and hell
them fight Hawley. In the Union O
Thursday morning. the 25th, under thu
head, Come Back" that paper bewail
the weak condition of its party, and in /
labored editorial abjectly appeals to Lib
eral Republicans as follows
''The mismanagement and corruption O
certain Republican leaders laid the foun
dation for the Greeley movement of 1879
Many Republicans went into that move
ment because they had lost confidence il
the men who assumed to be leaders in the
old party. The proper course for the meI
who abandoned their party two years ago
is to return to the organization. The Re
publican party wants their aid TO correct
abuses, accomplish reforms and hurl from
power men who have disgraced its record
Take such men as DR.. Truesdale, of Rock
Island, 5. w. Wheelock, William Kerns
and Geo. w. Vinton, of Moline" ETC., etc.
And then the Union proceeds, in the
conundrum style, to ask why these men
should not return, etc, etc, and join the
Haverstickers and help them carry out
their plans. After the foul abuse the In
ion heaped upon the Liberal Republicans
in this county, and State, it would be an
interesting sight indeed to see such men as
DIR. Truesdale, S. w. Wheelock, VIM.
kerns, Geo. W. Vinton, and others hang
ing on to the coat tails Of the Blonde Little
Sheet, -wouldn it?
We do not care how much the Haver-
stickers fight the Hawleyites--the more
the better-but let them fight the Haw-
leyites on their own strength--if they have
any. No appeals to the German element"
will do them any good The German
Americans, all over the country, have left
the Republican party for keeps" Nor
will appeals to any other clement of Liber-
al Republicans be of any avail to the Hav-
erstickers. They must do their own fight
ing, IF the Liberal Republicans, >'the
German element, the farmers, the Anti
Monops, and the Democrats will join to-
gether, by-and-by, and nominate the right
men for Congress and the Legislature, they
can lay the Haverstickers and the Haw-
leyites out as cold as a wedge.
The Union wants the Liberal Rcpubli
cans to 'join with" its element" to carry
out its plans What are these plans A
corrupt trade was made last fall to put
iuyer into the office Of County Judge and
thus beat the farmers. In their county
Lobdell, of Moline, was a bit
Ter opponent of Guyer Lobdel wanted
to be the County Judge, So did Guyer.
Lobdell was beaten, and for weeks after
wards, and nearly up to election, it was a
we'll understood fact that Lobdell and his
friends were going to support Grenell, the
farmers candidate for County Judge, and |
hat Grenell aud Porter would carry Mo
inc. Guyer and his friends were alarmed,
md very short time before election u
rade was fixed up by Guyer. Beardsley q
90, by which Lobdell was won over to
tuYer with promise to pay him by send.
ug him to the Legislature this fall. The
rade saved Guyer from defeat-and moth
NJ else would have saved him. What do
We see now? Lobdell, who was doing
1awley's dirty work two years ago, show
ng Jim Beardsley's private letters, and
working against Jim with all his might, is
low cheek by jowl with Jim, and Guyer,
nd that element" doing his level best
o beat Hawley. Why? Because he has
got to do it or they will not get him nom-
'ated for the Legislature. This is one of
he corrupt trades which the Union wants
Or. Truesdale, Wheelock, Vinton, kerns,
nd the Liberals to come back" and help
t carry out.
In its come back editorial TIayerstck
'egs them to return to the better elements
f the party" Chat is Haverstick, Beardsley
nd Guyer, and the pap-suckers'r and
Ills them that whore they now are they
ave hope neither for honor or recard!'
laverstick 5 only principle in politics is
reward 1t was that when he attempt
d to black mail llawley to the tune of ST.
90. 1t was that when he bullied Hawley {
lto giving him the post Office. And in {
'ecksuiillan tones he now winds up his APP 1
cal to Liberal Republicans as follows: |
why should they continue TO occupy |
leir present anomalous positions and i
aste their strength for naught? Why &,
ct Join with that element of the old Re
ublican party The Blonde Black Mailer, '
VI Beardsley and Guyer which is hon i
silly and earnestly striving to overthrow the y
lrrupt men in power aud to fill their pla- Il
IS with others, fresh from the people, and
nstaincd by suspicion of corruption p u
Jesse, Mr.. Winslow." Why shouldn t t
ley? 1t would be an extraordinary spe-
cle indoed-but why shouldn't they ?
an anybody tell? c
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