The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05
He said HE Would Answer the
Argus Through the Ballot
Box T"
He DRAGGED THAT HE WOULD
HAVE A BIGGER MAJORITY
THAN EVER
THE ANSWER rs GIVEN
A Victory for Honesty !.
Krell Has Leave to Go to Germany


Rock Island by AZ majority, over E. Krell,
on vote of l,409-the largest vote ever
polled at a town meeting in Rock Island.
The excitement at the election for mayor
did not approach the interest felt
by the people yesterday in relation to the
Office of supervisor. Charges of misman-
agement on the part of Krell were quite
current, and have been for months. Krell
refused to answer them. He refused to
make any report of his doings as overseer
of poor. The board of supervisors stupid
ly permitted his delinquency to pass I'M
noticed. He had allowed himself more
pay than the law authorized. He had re-
fused an ARGUS reporter access to his
books And there were grave sus-
picions that his management of matters in
relation to the poor was not what it should
be. He had declared that he had not in
tended to run again, but intended to visit
| Germany this summer,-but since THE
ARGUS had attacked him he would run
again; that he would not answer sanything
that paper could say, but he would run and
permit the ballot box to answer for him
that he would be reelected by bigger
majority than ever. The ballot box has
answered, and has condemned him. He
has leave to go to Germany.
In the meantime the new board OF
supervisors will do well to require lie.
tailed report of his poor matters and pub
fish it, and let the people have chance &c
see whether the people to whom relief il
claimed to have been given really exist
J and really had the relief charged. Hi
refusal to make report excites unfavora
BILE comment.
The poor farm management should ais
be Investigated by the new board-not b,
Krell.
The election OF Mr. Sweeney is also al
= evidence that the people want men wb
will hunt out and expose rascality, and
: there was any man on any ticket who is
:, good man for that it is W. l.. Sweeney
II He amt afraid of anything, and if there
any ''skulduggery" going on he is a goo
u man to find it out.
Mr.. Aster was the regular Democrat
a candidate and Mr.. Krel the regular r,
y publican candidate-but we do not clail
IL Aster's election as Democratic triumph
50 1t is not. 1t is a triumph for honest
IL end fair dealing. Mr.. Aster don't clai
e. to be great man nor does any friend
his set up any such claim. He is g
honest, fair, upright man. and will work
g the interest of the people-not of party.
The collector was the only other Off
. for which there was any serious contes
aud the, election of Henry Heitahren.
gives it to an excellent and deservir
* young man.
At the court house B. H. Kimball W
chosen assistant moderator, and Robe
"a Koehler. assistant clerk.
- At the school house in the Sixth distri
he Adolph Dunlap was chosen moderator, al
N. in the absence of Charles Walker, I
to town clerk, John c. Young was appoint
a town clerk pro tenn, The polls at be
IN voting places were opened at o'clock a
rs continued open until o'clock, except
lie the school house. There the voting W
to suspended at 2 o'clock and about an he
nd consumed in town business. but the M
if utes of what was done have not yet be
G. sent to the town clerk.
nd After the polls closed, the clerk a
of modera tor at the court house ''mov
&C. out to the school house and there co
ne menced the counting of the votes, viii
was not completed until about o'clock
day.
The result of the canvas is as follows
lLS SUPERVISOR.