The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-27
The Five Charges Admitted to be True:

AAS ASSkOuS1bAC C02toA VIVA SVfSA
years experience, when everything was
still, not word having been said about
our coming city election, challenged a
talk" on the subject. We gave the or
gan FIVE little pills which produced such a
gripping of official bowels that it refused to
talk" We repeated the dose. and all it
could do was to make show of asking for
figures. We had given the figures three
weeks previously, but in order to be ac-
commodating we repeated them last |
evening, with some reasons in support OF
the FIVE charges. The responsible etc,
then had to take water" or make show
of answering,-and such show! 0, my
A sloppy three-fourths of a column which,
in effect. admits the five charges to be true.
In relation to the charge of Increase Of
taxes, the organ says:
The annual taxes for 1873 amounted to $40 759. A,
and for 1874 $54 72O51. Neither the past nor the
present administrations are responsible for either
OF these amounts.
Who, then, is responsible for them?
In relation to the charge that, with an
increase of taxes, no improvements of note
have been made, the organ says:
| True.
In relation to unnecessarily annoying
licensed saloon keepers, the organ makes a
show of denial, when it is perfectly noto-
rious that the present administration made
its boast that no front or back door in any
saloon in Rock Island should be opened on
Sunday during the year, and the Marshal
and his force are known to have used ex-
traordinary and unusual means to more
vigorously enforce the unconstitutional
Sunday law than ever was previously done
in this city, and to have driven thousands
of people and thousands of dollars away
!, from the city on Sunday. This is no,o
rious fact and cannot be successfully de
MED.
| In relation to the street supervisor bust
ness the organ admits the change but
claims it to be lone of the best administra
. tive reforms ever made in the city. an.
that the people are abundantly satisfied
with the result" The organ will see it
D mistake on this point before election day
c In relation to broken treasury and tim
Eorders the organ admits that to be true
d but says that course is preferable to pay
ing interest. We deny it. The injustice
of putting people off with time orders
seen in the fact that they are compelled t
= submit to an outrageous shave to realiz
o their money. 1t is precisely like the oil
Republican system of county order shay
ing. The treasurer would not pay casl
and thus he and his ring could shave tn
to people by purchasing orders at discount
D. We fought that system always, and tn
first Republican who rebelled against
ID and paid cash for orders was Treasure
Thomas. And he was thrown overboar
and out of the party for doing it. Is thi
e Republican city administration going I
&c play the old county shaving mill game o
ID the people? A man who has city orde
'e is entitled to his cash on presentation.
~ the city has no money it is the duty of tt
y, administration to get it and pay its debts
u, not repudiate. And it is equally the dut
III of the administration to cut its expend
j" lures down to the sum of its revenue. TIL
administration has done neither.
And now, the organ having, in effec
es admitted the charges, there remains I
ed reason why a change of administratio
se should not take place.
~ A splendid stock of irst-class furnisl
~ ing goods, Sine underwear, hosiery, glove
- scarfs. ties, collars, etc, etc. Everythir