The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-27
THE NOBLE PATRIOTS.
"Who Rush TO the Front at Their
Country's Call"

street corners. ibese dusty and oegrlmed
warriors have shaken the hay-seed from
their hair and are getting ready to grab
the spoils of Office with both hands. They
believe the workingmen's movement will
weaken their old enemy to such an extent
as to make a republican victory in the
county doubly sure, and this belief has
awakened the whole hun CRY hord. The
principal place from which this ravenous
band come is the otherwise fair and
prosperous city of Moline. There is Capt.
w. G, Morris, he wants to have the
privilege of holding inquests upon the
dead bodies of poor unfortunates Who have
''shufaed off this mortal COLI 10 a sudden
and unexpected manner, for the balance of
the term for which the late R. H. Yer
million wss elected. The Office don't re.
quire a man of many quali6cations-so
there the Commodore" will be ahead. If
elected, and he chooses to exercise his
powers, he is in good business 1.-THE
drug to make the Office pay. As he is the
Moline reporter for the Gazette, he can
also furnish that paper with the first &C
count of inquests-and, thereby beating
the Union. This will not only be good
thing for the Gazette. but will be personal
qualification to the Commodore who
formally reported for the Union, but who
had little falling out" with one of the
proprietors about certain puff and
threw up the job. With Tillinghast as
superintendent of schools and the com
mo6Ore" as coroner, he would probably have
chance to hold an inquest over the re
mains Of his opponents and the Union too.
We suggest that the jury bring 10 verdict
giving as the cause of its death, too much
Gazette-iu county positions.
The only claims B. i. Tillinghast has to
the position OF superintendent of schools
are that he is a solid republican; has
been editor of the Moline Rerieao, and is
at present the Rock Island reporter for the
Davenport Gazette. He wants the position
badly. and THE ARGUS of the 18th stated
that it could give good reasons to the re
pubhcans how they could be benefited by
nominating him. At present the Union
is badly managed so TiIlinghast thinks
and it has no enterprise, 1t cannot anC
does not satisfy TilIiUghast, and the re
pubIicans of the county. In order to Sc
cure I paper that will suit them they have
been compelled to subscribe for the Gazet
which Tillinghast imagiues has larger
daily circulation than the Union. Blu
this thing can be changed-if TiIlinghast
is nominated and elected lie will, o.
course, establish his headquarters for the
! Gazette in the court house,-ofhce rent a
the county expense. He Will then estab
fish a rule not to give a certificate to AM
teacher who will not act as cauvasser ahC
correspondent for the Gazette in the schoo
district in which he or she may be located
This will be a good thing for the Gazette
and also for the republicaus-towar
getting them good county paper. How
Why, the managers of the Union will the
be placed in the same position as tue DO
digging after the ground-b0g-they wi
haye to make better county paper O
, they will be out Of meat! When they Sc
the enterprise of the Gazette reporter the
.. will have to redouble their efforts to kee
their subscribers-and although they ma
3 lose money by the operations, their sui
scribers will get better paper. An
then, if the Union should go under, the
still have the Gazette to fall back on Tn
c republicans should nominate Tillinghat
, by all means-if they think he can b
elected.
Henry o. Whipple, of Moline, wants I
: be county clerk, in place of the preser
competent" incumbent. He is a mic
feIlOw-but if he can't conduct the clerk
!; Office any more successfully than he di
his grocery store he won't succeed ver
: well.
> H. Fl. Grover, of Moline, also wants I
be clerk He's smart enough to fill ii
e position-and if elected would probab
make good thing out Of the Office
n he has done as executor, assignee and al
|. ministrator of numerous estates.
Rob't Don wants to be county treasure
1t is said that he was lately in the bakel
business in this city-and that about
anybody seems to know about him-exceI
- that he is good republican"
The last, and IL rhis case, the lea
candidate to announce himself as beir
willing to again perform the arduous
:, duties of county clerk is the present int
y ligent and competent" figure head-Jof
- Y. Cook. As clerk, even his own par
friends admit he has not been success
- as an inveterate smoker, he has. 1t
truly touching, even to the hardest heal
. to see the look of anguish which owe
- spreads his intelligent" 'face when d
turbed by some inquisitive individual WI
wishes to see certain papers in the matt
of an estate. He is usually found sittil
- at his desk upon high stool; his we
shaped, but somewhat lengthy limbs e
e tend upward and outward; his body is be
- forward; his elbows rest gracefully up
- his knees; his hands clutch his below
= pipe of clay, which he holds in his tight
= compressed lips; bis hat is either pull
down over his keen. flashing eyes or grac
fully balanced on the back of his hea
you state your business; he signs, tax
~ his pipe from his mouth, and then draw
out, with evident pain, well I don