The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-28

glory and greatness is the farmers pillow
and sickle. and the rich harvest with which
we freight your ships makes your cities
prosper. You in turn benefit US in thou
sand ways. We interlace and interchange
ard bind our interests together when we
properly consider it. We appeal to you
then to give us a chance in this conven-
ton and in this contest, and we will
make a glorious return in October for
your final charge upon the enemy loud
and continued cheers. We have fought
thousand battles with you for Demo
cracy. / would say to our old time breth.
rem of the south, l can look you in the
eye and expect you to believe that l
speak to you with no forked tongue,
Cheers. l ask my southern brethren,
whom l know, do not. in this hour of
national counsel. this hour Of national
preparation for the great contest against
the radical foe, led, as was said by dis
tinguished gentleman from New York,
by the pirates of the bloody shirt arrayed
against you-men do not in this hour
leave us in the northwest wounded and
helpless. We have no personal animos-
tiles to crafty. We have no personal
aims to subserve. If there is one man
who can get more votes than another, were
my own brother candidate, I would
vote for that other man. The times are
two serious, issues too mighty for per-
sonal thought to intervene. Three times
in the last twelve years we in the north
west have charged the enemy's lines.
Let us purify our hearts for t1is great
work that is before US; let us look narrow
ly to our duties and when the sun goes
down upon the finished work of this
convention, pray Almighty God that
it may be so ordered that in November
your country will stand redeemed, dis,
enthraled and re-enfranchised in all the
rights of free people from the tyran-
nical band that has crushed and Cypress
ed us so long. That is my prayer
CHEERS. Fellow citizens of the conven-
ton, thanking you with grateful heart,
over and over again, | will not detain you
any longer. Go on" go on" Ii
would be unseemly and improper for me
to hold this body of men any longer to.
gether, land thanking you and with heart
felt gratitude for this demonstration
take leave. Loud and continued APP,
plause.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Voorhees, speech
HON. S. S. COX
spoke in substance as follows:
Gentlemen. 1t is very hard to follow
MIR. Voorhees, in speech without you have
his size and voice. Laughter. When
lett Washington the senate was endeavor
ing to bring the house into a collision
That collision concerned the money bill:
of the government. 1t is a matter thai
this convention must meet, and desire tC
speak about that most emphatically, if
cannot before the convention at least be-
fore some of the delegations. We have
passed our twelve appropriation bills, aye
we will stick to it. Laughter and ap
piause. Let the thunder of this conyen
ton follow the electric telegraph, and lei
this convention say to congress, BE firm
and stand by the reduction.
The estimates will be reduced
S40,000,0OO less than the appropria
tons of last year, to which we have re
duced the twelve appropriation bills, anC
they will thus be cat down and the people
will see why it is that profigacy, robbery
Kingdom and all the rascally blood O
ragged rascaldom has been let loose in thu
country. They complain on us that WI
have made investigations. Well, we hav,
investigated everything and everywhere
1t is a careful, studious, industrious con
gress, but they say it is an ex-confederat,
congress, laughter and therefore i
should not be honest and find out rogues
} because, perchance, one of those gallan
! men fought at Chancellorville or som
other place on the Confederate side Blu
we might stop the internal revenue sys
; tenn awhile. Well, l would like to max
the crooked parties straight right here i
e st. Louis. L think you have had some eS
9 perience in relation to crooked whisky
t Let no guilty man escape" Laughte
q and applause. The result is a discarde
S ex-secretary of the treasury. and gui
; now roams all through that department
: | think it might have a rest for a while,
would like to have the Washington ring
It all the rings-exiled as far as the rings {
G Saturn itself. What the PEOPLE in thi
i convention should say to their representt
:, tiyes is BE firm to your trust; go on wit
It your investigations; unearth all the fraud
d connected with the administration in tn
i past and then we can begin to build u
!. high places, and we can prepare for tn
centennial year" These men that al
: now being prosecuted and investigated
d how they have learned to love their coul
l. try since Hayes and Wheeler have bee
nominated, Laughter. They think
d conceal under their hypocrisy the crime
n of the past They cannot hide under sue
: respectable names. There is an alias
e Continued on third page.)