The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-08
HAWLEY OR LYNDEl

sending Mr.. Hawley to Congress again
land the number seems to be very large)
are impatient to have convention called
in this county to appoint delegates to their
congressional convention. But the com
mittee evidently Hawley committee)
seems in no hurry to crafty them. The
policy Of the Hawleyites is-delay give
the people time to consider don't fret or
take any snap-judgements, So far, the
course of the anti Hawley paper in this
city has rather benefited Hawley's cause,
and delay in choosing the delegates will aid
him still more. The contest beyond
doubt, is to be lively one. The hepno-
licans opposed to Hawley are PERSONAL
bitter and vindictive-and they ere numer-
GUS and influential. If they can secure
Lynde delegates from this county they
will probably be able to defeat Hawiey-
though it may be with somebody besides
Lvnde. Bureau and Henry can nominate
their man, against the balance of the dis
trict, if they choose to do so. 1t is sald'
bv Hawley's friends, that if Hawley car
ries the delegates in this county the other
counties will present no candidate; but if
he does not carry the Rock Island county
delegates they will insist that Rock Island
has had the member long enough, and
will then present either Henderson or
Whiting, of Bureau or Dement,, or Ryan,
Office. The friends of Judge Lynde deny
this. and declare that if Lynde carries the
delegates in this county he is sure of the
nomination and the election. How this
may be we are not able to say.
The fight or the funeral I've hope it will
be the funeral of the Republican party
whichever it may be termed, is none of
ours, and we advise all who are opposed to
the Republican party to keep aloof from
it. Let the Republicans have it out among
themselves, and let us keep clear of all en-
connected with it. But upon
one point, as friend of those who wish to
defeat the Republicans, we are quite posi-
tive, viz: Our chances of defeating the
are much less with a new
man than with Hawley. We are, there
fore, anxious TO see Hawley nominated.
He has a record, and pretty bal one, too.
He is vulnerable and unpopular, and we
should have some hope of defeating him.
He can be successfully attacked in many
ways. His bad record on the Iowa rail
road land grab his early opposition to the
wagon-way over the railroad bridge; his
continued and persistent efforts to benefit
the ferry company at the expense of the
people, his very singular course in regard
to bills for horse railroad over the bridge,
his opposition to the bill introduced by
Mr.. Cotton and amended by the Secretary
of War opening the bridge to the use Of
the public and preventing any man IN
charge of the Island from shutting out the
people from its use; his removal Of the
military prison from this point against the
wish of all or nearly all our people; his &C
ceptance of money from members OF the
Moline Water Power Co., for electioneer
ing purposes; his acceptance OF money
from Rapids contractors his course in re-
gard to naval cadetships his promises to
aid the mechanics, artizans and laborers
by securing permanent employment tor
them at the Arsenal his utter failure
to do so; his failure to secure one-half the
amount of money which should have been
appropriated for this point--these and
many other points, can be urged against
Mr.. Hawley with good deal Of force and
effect.
And finally,if Mr.. Hawlcy should be nom
mated we are promised IAN indiscriminate
and general bolt in this county. and pretty
general bolt in all other counties. We
are anxious to see that bolt, because 1t
would help elect the Independent candi-
date, whoever he may be. 1t would be
folly for the people who threaten to exer-
else "the divine right of boiling to vote
for any third man, or TO neglect to vote
Their only way to beat Hawley would be to
vote plumply for the opposing candidate
Let us have that bolt, we say, And the
only way to get it is to have llawley nomi-
mated. We shall then knew how much it
amounts TO- And if it is anywhere near
as formidable as is asserted, we will be
'abe to beat Mr.. IIawley and send an In
dependent man to Congress from this dis