The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-14
MoDERWELL SHOULD BE DE.
FEATED.
THESE TRICKsTER AND TRADERS SHOULD
BE REBUKED.
The Republican Party will be the Better TO,
Their Defeat.

We copy, below, in full, an editoria
| from the last issue of the Cambridp,
Chronicle, (Sept.loth) aRepublican paper
and the editor Of which (Mr. George c
Smithe).is Mr.. Hawleys clerk of the Com
mittee on Claims. Wehaye italicised Ger
tain portions Of the article in order t,
show that the Chronicle is not committed
to Moderwell's support that it charge,
that the peoples wishes have been frustra
ted in all their conventions; that set o.
corrupt political gamblers have taker
possession of the party in this county and
in Henry county; and that the best thing
for the party is to have all their candida.
ties defeated. The article deserves to be
carefully read and preserved. tits as fol.
lows
We place in our list of Republican NOM
nations this week, for the Information Of
the public, the name Of E. C. Moderwell,
the Republican nominee for senator. In
DOING so zee do not aoish to commit ourselt
to any course ac'tatever IN regard to 1T
Our position with reference to that nomi-
nation is most unhappy, but we shall not
hesitate to declare it. Mr.. Moderwell has
been formally nominated by the Republi-
can district convention, and we regard him
as a man qualified to represent the district
in the senate We have no complaints at
this time to make against the convention
which nominated him. But we have seri-
GUS complaints against the county conyen-
ton which selected the delegates to this
convention, and complaints against some
of the caucuses which gave to that conven-
ton the character that it assumed. Those
objections have been pretty fully stated,
and we do not care to rehearse them now.
Our views of them have not changed
| Their effect has been to mlisrepresent our
people IN all of our conventions and to .tlus
hate their aoishes We do not go so far as
to say that this should invalidate the nom
nation of any candidate when it is not
shown that the candidate participated in
the fraud. Note By the Argus,--1n an
another editorial in the same paper, Mr..
Smithe says: "ModeraceN conteSses to hare
nude a bargain for the disposition Of his
rotes. !" We do say, however, that achen a
set of political gamblers tasten themselves
upon party, and habitudly manipulate
and pe1Tert its conventions by trickery and
fraud, carrying their ends against the nut
jority and nullitying the representative
principle IN our coarentiOns-in such u case
zoe san, there is no harm that can come to
| that pdrty so great as the success Of those
men at tie polls. We do not insist that
we in this county are fully in that situa-
finn hut ,yn arg we'll nm tho roaa toward IL
Those circumstances have occurred this
year; and achateuer is necessary to do to
prerent their recurrence, sh0uld be done,
on behalf of the vital interests-the very
existence--of our party. For ourself, we
desire to do what will best secure the per-
ment success and usefulness of our party,
by the dominance of honesty and prin-
ciple within it, The mass of the voters
are impelled by honesty and by principle
and the official action of the party must be,
or it cannot retain their support. That it
has been in this county this year we do not
believe. TIE duty Of everyone IS to do that
,ohich scW secure tie continued usefulness
Of the party; and what that is we con
fess that we are too undecided to advise
anyone
Upon one thing we are decided, for
ourself, however; and that is that we
should not, as publisher of a Republi-
can paper reporting those conventions, dis
guise or cover up or ignore any improper
practices of our associates in the Republi-
can party; and we have therefore reported
them fully and faithfully and candidly, as
we saw them.