The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-28
THE GREAT POLITICAL REVOLUTION.

4
The prospect of an Opposition majority
in the next Federal house OF representa-
tives is cheerful The Opposition OF the
states which are about to hold elections
have but to buckle down to their work as
re alously as did their brethren in the
states which have already voted and there
will be a handsome working majority for
the right side in the popular branch Of
congress from the 4th of March next. The
Republican leaders regard with horror the
possibility of an Opposition in the next
house. They know that the day they lose
their supremacy in that body series of
investigations will be set on foot which will
expose the hidden rascalties of the past
thirteen years to the light of day and the
INDIGNATION of the people. They will turn
tho country upside down next Tuesday
70 nreyent so dire calamity to them
s 60 % but the victorious Opposition
marching from the well-fought fields OF
Ncw Hampshire, Connecticut, Oregon
North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Ono
Indiana, Iowa and Arkansas, have but to
present a steady front and strike such
blows as they have already given and the
enemy, horse, foot, and dragons, will go
down before them. .,
We have shown, by posting the books
70 October -, that the states which have
already held elections have chosen 80 OPP
position members and so Republicans to
the next congress, an Opposition, gain OF
rs. These states represent little more
than a fifth of the whole. Let the gains
in the remaining states be in the same pro-
norton, and there will be an Opposition
majority in the next house OF not less than
| 80. m
So, too, with the senate. The anti Ad-
ministration gains SO far have been 6. Let
Onposition legislatures be elected in Flor
ida, Nevada, Tennessee, and Wisconsin
and the whole number of anti Admlnlstra,
ton gains will be 10, and the Republican
majority in the senate will be reduced tc
6, which will itself be rendered worthless
by the independent action OF such luke
warm Republicans as Alcorn, Of Missis
sippi Robertson, of South Carolina, anc
Ferry, of Connecticut. This estimate sup
poses. of course, that New York and New
Jersey will also choose Opposition leglsla
lures, but that will insure no gain in anti
Administration senators, as they are al
ready represented by anti Administration
lists Fenton and Stockton. But at any
rate, the Opposition can nearly wipe GU
the Republican ma ority in the senate thl
year if they have the will to do so, anC
that will help to clear the way for an Up
position senate two years hence to supper
the incoming Federal Administration.
| Look at the elections held this year an(
it will be found that 10 states have beel
carried by the Opposition and by the he
publicans. OF the 10 Opposition states,
we're carried by Grant in 1872. In the
states which were carried by the Opposil
ton in 1872, there are now heavy Opposl
ton gains. In the states carried by tn
Republicans, their losses are large compar
ed with 1872. Thus, the Opposition hav
gained in every one of the IA states whlc
have voted this year. What does thi
mean but that the drift is all one way
that the revolution is making irresistibl
progress; that the people have arisen i
their might for the destruction of the mos
corrupt and unpatriotic political party tina
has ever cursed the earth If the Oppo
sition has gained steadily in every stat
election held thus far this year, is it no
reasonable to suppose, since the revolution
has been gathering force all the time, tina
the gains will continue to the end OF tn
wear. and that November will record eve
more brilliant Opposition Victories tina
those celebrated by October and tn
months that have passed? Let US all tur
to and speed the suspicious moment whe
the country shall be disenthralled.
Look at the figures The net Opposition
mojoyitv of the popular vote in the twenty
four states which have held elections sine
the close of the presidential contest
1872 is 363,657, The same states In nc
, yember, 1872, gave Grant a net maJorlt
of 529, 2O9. Thus the Opposition gain
less than two years has been nearly 800
900, and when the elections take place o
the Sd proximo, it will be shown that IN
gain is as much as l.25O,0O0. This IS tn
most extraordinary political revolution
record. There has been no such chang
in public sentiment in so bret a time
our political history. 1t beats the Harr
son upheaval all hollow.
If the elections are any crlterlan wha
ever, the Grant administration is support
ed by but a small minority of the pee
pie. An Opposition net gain of millio
. and a quarter of votes demonstrates tia
the Radical party has run its race, an
that it stands at last beneath the gibbe
o upon which an indignant peorle will stral
C gle it on the third day of November mex
0 With these facts in view, what man WI
c desires to see change of administrator
c can absent himself from the polls ne1
B Tuesday 1t should be the duty of ever
d such man to work from now till the baIl(
boxes close, to get every friendly voter
e the polls.
q A splendid stock OF first-class turnlsi
a ing goods, find underwear, hosiery glove
< scarfs, ties, collars, etc, etc. Everythin
at popular prices at Loebs.