The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-20
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

The ARGUS was Is years old on the
thinst, and is now in its 26th year.
will the pardon of the whisky thieves
bring proper reward to their more lucky
pal, Sour Mash Cullom?
The New York World says 1.-THE
last wind which blew FROM the west
brought with it no end of ''straws" but
very little Hayes" E
The toiling thousands of farmers have
been longing for one of their number to be
elected to Office. The Granger candidate
for governor Just meets their views.
Jack Tarr sends US an amusing
account of the little gathering of kerosen
bearers at Hampton to hear Gen. Hender.
son, and we regret that other matter more
pressing precludes its publication.
The Chicago Times says: Blaine and
lngersoll will Immediately enlist under
Kruger, commander-in chief in the insur-
rectionary state, South Carolina. Blaine
wants to see what war is like, and Bob
thinks he wouldn't get sick and have to
come home this time.
Gen. McC!ellan's opiAion: Put a
stop to the meddling interference of cor
rupt government officials, and it will soon
appear that the negroes will divide them
selves between tho two parties. aud that
the danger of conflict of races has disap-
peared."
The Hayes organs want to make In
diana's majority for Williams appear as
little as possible and the Georgia majority
fol Colqultt as tremendous as reasonable
lying will admit. Solid south and intmi-
dation of the darky you know. Well, the
official figures are 10, and instead of IS, ZOO
Colquitt's majority is 39,737.
The article iu the Union of the Sth,
headed "A Digni6ed Official, we are in
formed is base perversion and misrepre
sentation of facts and does great injustice
to Mr. Kerr, of Milan 1t can do Mr..
Kerr no harm at home, but only raises
him higher in the estimation of all good
people.
We do not see the name of Secor
Robson among the Republican speakers
detailed by Zach Chandler for campaign
duty at this trying time. Why is he
omitted? He is of the same stripe with
Brother Blaine and Schuyler Colfax, aud
a Hayes man through and through. Sure
ly Secor Robeson's voice should be heard
in behalf of Republican reform.
Mr. d. A. Mahoney of the Dubuque
Telegraph is on the stump for Tiiden and
Griffith in the Third Congressional dis
trict and is doing fine work. He has
been rather inclined to go with the green
hackers until a short time since when he
concluded that nothing could be accom-
plished through that party this year and.
he very sensibly concluded to support Mr..
Tilden. -DesnaOtaes Leader oct. 18th.
The Louisville Courier Journal ex-
horts Hayes in the following friendly man.
ner: Come, now, Rutherford, pay old
man Leroy that THOUSAND dollars his poor
boy gave you for safe keeping and be done
with it. For heavens sake, and for your
own sake, purge your soul of that great
sin ere the political damnation of Novem-
Der overtakes you.
The St. Paul Pioneer (Rep,) attacks
Gov Tilden for refusing to aid crippled
soldier or destitute widow" The editor
Of the st. Paul Pioneer Incorporated,
when pension agent, several thousand
dollars of the money designed by govern
ment to aid the crippled soldier and desti-
tute widow, and compelled his successor,
the destitute daughter of a crippled SOL
der. to make good the deficiency. -Ne,c
| York World.
Zach Chandler is besieged with sp,
plications for money and speakers from
the Republican clubs Of New York, Con.
necticut, and New Jersey. He is squeezing
more money out of the oficeholders, anC
trottiug around Bob Ingersoll, Jobbel
Blaine, and Carl Schurz. in desperate
attempt TO save the party. Let the Op
position meet him at every point. With
union, energy, and method they will wors
the enemy, who relies on money and TIL
stirring up of fierce sectional animosities t
get new lease of power.
Isn't it about time for our contem
porary, the New York Times, to stol
making itself foolish by calling Gov Tide
a perjurer? That roorback was explode
long ago, and the Times wastes its breatl
in shouting it out now. 1t must see tina
the story has done the governor no harnI
But the Times has up hill work in thi
canvass, AMI we suppose it does the bes
i can, utilizing such materials as it ca
get hold of,in the vain hope OF succeedin 9
N. T. Sun.