The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-17
rhs 1spudiators and the Counterfeit Money
Gang Beaten.

Tar ARGUS is.sorry to sec the indus
trial Ace and q few other badly Informed
newspapers supporting any plan OF repu'
diating the national debt and flooding Inc
country with counterfeit money. hao mi !;
Gore gone to Springfield, as Mr.. Etter naa
the good sense to do. and given IN MS ~
hesion to the hard money platform Nc
would probably have been nominated ana
elected By over 10000 majority. AS 1t Is
b. ssts only 1880 votes out Of 355,OS6.
In ri, county we printed and distributed
tickets in equal quantities for Carroll and
Gore and made no effort to combine upon
one or the other, for neither could be elect
ed with the other in the field. taking
this perfectly fair course, Carroll received
in this county l,Os6 votes, and Gore Goa,
Had Gore Withdrawn in favor OF CarroIl
we could have given Carroll majority 10
the county. Mr.. Gore ought to have with.
drawn and recommended the support OF
Carroll, in which case one of the lndepend-
emf Reform and one of the Democratic
Liberal candidates would have been elect
ed. ...,-....-...
In this congressional district, had 5. M.
Smith, John Bryant and other members
of the Independent Reform party given
Gen. Elliott hearty support there might
have been some hopes Of his election
even with 5000 to overcome-the majority
against us two years ago. But Gen. Elliott
was in favor of honest money and an hon
est payment of the public debt, and that
did not suit such reformers as Bryant,
Smith e. Co. We know Of members OF the
Ipdependent Reform party in this county,
of Republican antecedents, who voted
openly for Carroll for no other reason IN
the world than because Gore was an 'nna
ZIONIST and held to the wild vagaries O.
BRYANT, Smith, the Age, etc. Had BY
ant been the candidate for congress- with
his currency notions, or any man OF MS
class, Henderson would have beaten him
1000 at least. The regulators aud inha-
tiopists may as well understand first as last
that the people will not indorse their wild
yagaries in regard to the currency. There
must be contraction of the currency anc
a return to specie payment before there
will be business stability and prosperity
The views of Mr.. VIM. c. Flagg, president
of the Farmers State Association, are, II
the main, sound on the currency question
He is, by all odds, the hrainlest man IN tn
party, and had his views been adopted a
the independent Reform State convention
the party would command more respec
than it does to-day. The views of Smith
Bryant, the Age, ct, al, are not SCUM
and they lead only to disgrace and defeat
The Age and its ring may adhere to theil
false notions, but the only effect will be t(
keep themselves in minority, We shall
have no solid revival of business, no per.
manent prosperity, as people, until we
return to specie payment, The greatest
sufferers by an inflated and deprecated
and debased currency, such as we now
have and have had for the last dozen years
are the farmers,--a now that election is
over we ask our readers who have preserv-
ed their files, to look up and read again,
Prof. Perry's admirable address, delivered
at the Nebraska State Fair, and to be found
in our WEEKLY of Oct 10; and also Prof.
seelye's equally admirably address before
the Hampshire Agricultural Society, in our
WEEKLY of Nov. 7th, and then persuade
their neighbors to read these documents.
Future Of the Democracy.
Eroxa The NufiOn.-N. Y, REM