The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-06
Bulldosing in the North.

Talk about bull-dozing! Wehaye had
taste of it right here in Davenport. In
the late contest between Price and Muir
ply for congressional honors, a colored
man came out and avowed his preference
tor the latter. used his influence for him
and voted for him. He was engaged at a
fashionable barber shop near the center
of the city, but after the vote his yoea.
ton was gone. Although prince in the
tonsorial art, his employers, who are
Republicans, had no further use for him
and ne was told to go. No Democratic
suDordlnates were wanted around them
and the eolored man who had the manli-
ness to assert his principles and vote for
them was discharged. Don't go away
from home to find bulldozers.- Fri Cttl
Times.
In this city colored Democrat was
driven away from the polls by colored Re
publicans, and did not vote. He said the
negroes threatened to kill him if he voted
the Democratic ticket, and he did not vote
| at all.
In the great dry goods house of J. Y.
Farwell Il Co. Chicago,a notice was posted
in the store which meant, "AlI our en-
ployes who fail to vote for Hayes and
Wheeler will be discharged" The Chica
go Tribune of the l4th uIt gives the follow
ing as the exact wording of the order posted
prior to the election in the store J. V.
Farwell & Co.:
CHICAGO, November 2, 1873.
Tfose OF our employees who have our interests at
heart' we hope will vote the Republican ticket.
Ihose who have not we expect will vote the Demo
cratic ticket, c. B. FAkwEIL
Had that thing occurred in any southern
state congress would have sent out com
mittee to investigate it and would have
made 1t pretext for throwing out the vote
OF the entire state. We hope that people
who go to Chicago to buy goods will avoid
the house of. V. Farwell & Co., as they
would pestilence.
In Michigan lumber firm employing
400 to 500 men called them together and
one of the firm publicly announced that
every man in their employ who failed to
vote for Hayes and Wheeler would be
discharged-would set no more work from
them.
These are only sample cases. Thous-
ands of such occurred in the northern
states. We need not go out of our own coun-
ty to find several hundred employees who
knew very well that if they did not vote
for Hayes and Wheeler they would have
to look elsewhere for work.
These things occur in every state in
the union-in the south and in the north
and probably not more in one section than
another. They always will occur. They
are consequence of the power of money in
the hands of INSCRIPTIONS men.
Now, what we contend for is this: Votes
cast under such circumstances, whether of
direct or indirect intimidation, are valid,
and should be counted. One side will do
Just as mean things as the other, to
get votes OF to keep them out
of the box-but when the sun
down OF election night comes and
the boxes are closed, let the votes all be
counted and let THE longest pole knock
the persimmons. =" That's the only way
to keep peace and end the contest. Pro-
vide by law for Furnishing the intimida-
tors but count the votes and end the
strife. The Republicans are always will
log to do this-when they are ahead; but
when they are beaten they demand that
those who count the votes shall count al
the Republican votes and only a portion
of the Democratic votes-iust enough to
leave the Republicans ahead. That
mode of counting don't suit the people and
will not be submitted to.