The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-15
The g 9aiIg Argns,
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NSOutIuucu lIOLu ScCOuu pdRG.I
a bitter feeling and positive evidence of
fraud and Illegally. Grant is endeavoring
to carry things with high hand, and cares
little for consistency or fairness--Ne,o Hd-
zen Conn. Union Dem. a..s,..-.
The president proposes to reopen the
whole controversy OF course this means
mischief Does the president seek new
excuse for the employment of Phil Sheri-
dan in organizing state legislatures?
Can't he keep his hands off?-Syracase IN
y Courier fDenal
We trust that congress will not under
take the interference which the president
thus stulti6es himself to recommend.
What does the man meal? Has he not
trouble enough ON his hands ?--BatdtO(N
~ Courier (Den,.) 7sg a7ra Ia
The people of the country at large will
be inclined to agree with the committee
that it is entirely unadvisable to reopen the
Arkansas troubles. Boston Transcript
Rep
Such a demand for dictatorial power
would alarm every man in the country it a
miserable partisanship had not so thor
,ughly usurped the place patriotism should
h Id. : Wilmington (Del.) Ecery Ereniag
(Ind.) .....
Unless more light upon the subject be
vouchsafed to the people We rather incline
to believe that public sentiment will agree
with the opinions Of the committee,-PhI-
adelphia Bulletin Rep
Under the new constitution the Demo
Gratis came into power, and President
Grant now says there were frauds in the
election of 1872, in the returns which gave
to him the vote of the state. But he does
not claim that there were frauds in the
adoption of the new constitution. That,
he says, was revolutionary We do not
think the man is an imbecile, but he ex-
hibits bad traits of character when his
'wn interests and his reelection are in
volved, Hartford { Conn, Times DENY
If establishment at any action of the
president has not been rendered imposs;.
BILE by the extraordinary course he has
been pursuing of late, his message respect
ing affairs in Arkansas sent into the SEN
ate yesterday would have excited un-
bounded surprise. The circumstance
attending the forwarding of this message
are peculiarly aggravating. and its tone is
dictatorial and Objectionable in a singular
Iy high degree 1t is most devoutly to be
hoped that congress will turn deaf ear
to the message; that it will not SO obsti-
nately persist in driving the Republican
party to ruin as to yield moments con-
sidpration to it's peremptory instructions.
philadelphia Telegraph (Rep.)
The Forty third congress in its dying
days seems to be weak and wicked body,
but its members will not dare to face theil
constituents if they do not rise equal te
the duty Of condemning this last move
ment toward usurpation on the part Of
| drant. -Ltico IN, ~ Observer DEM
| We do not believe that after the report
Of the house committee adverse to inter
ference, aud the very general concurrence
in it by the Republican press, there is any
chance of action undoing the present Ar
kansas constitution and government. Tit
whole matter ought to be quietly dropped
Philadelphia Press stand By the I resi-
dent Republican.
The organs are absolutely dumb found
ed by the presidents unexpected mes
-age on Arkansas affairs They had al
accepted the report of the committee ad
vising against any interference as conclu
sive, and had signi6ed their approval II
that Recommendation, and no& the presi
lent, without noticing the report at all
cnmes out against the existing govern
ment. L. is a dreadful hard time for al
organ; there is no mistake about that
lu this instance it is encouraging to motto
that several prominent organs which hav
lchanged their tunes abruptly severa
simes during the past few weeks refuse t
do it now fur the president, and maintai
their position against interference. Ne,
/. York Tribune, Ind