The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-28
Ghe 99ailp Argus.
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communists, and SO for an ultimate
| victory OF the Cameronians by a majority
OF million or two. Conventions. after
all, are useful safety. valves. especial.
ly In the democratic party. Hug
germuggering politician can always be
known by their fear of conventions.
and it is q sign of health whens a
democratic convention brings out full
muster and keen fight Boiling ia not n
democrat aabit. especially in states where
the party is temporarily out of power and
where much depends on the canvass to
come. The Executive of the second state
In the union. the Legislature, a senator
ship and the congressional delegation are
all at stake, and as Speaker Randall is
supposed to have national aspirations and
Senator Wallace is not likely to have taken
so much pains only to put an army into
the field to be beaten. we may reasonably
expect the friends of both leaders to work
heartily and tremendously for the success
OF the ticket which was put in nomination
yesterday. The work before them is ar.
duous, but democrats outside of the Kew
stone state may assume that the state
convention has settled for the time all local
dlsagreements, and many expect, there
tore, her democratic voters to quit them
selves vallantly next November.
The platform, as we have
SAID, Is strong and outspoken.
1t puts the responsibility for the exist
ing distress OF the country where it ought
to be put-on the party which took us as
great and prosperous people seventeen
years ago into tremendous civil war, and
which after an unbroken lease of power
during all that period has landed us lu our
present straits and shadows. 1t demands
a thorough investigation into the electoral
frauds of 1876, that the truth may be made
clear and the guilty brought to punish
ment; bat it formally and distinctly
denouDces as dangerous to our institutions
and fruitless in its results any attack on
the title given to President Hayes by the
electoral commission. On this point the
Democrats of Pennsylvania stand BY SEN
ator Wallace, who voted for the commits
sion IN the Senate, and by Speaker Ran
dali, who came down from his chair
expressly to vote for it in the House. The
conservative sentiment of PENNSYLVANIA
and of the whole country will
contrast their course with that of
the Republicans of PENNSYLVANIA,
VINO maintained revolutionary silence,
so to speak, on the same subject, aud with
that of the Republicans OF New York, who
under the revolutionary leadership of
Senator Conkling. emphatically refused by
a vote of 295 against 100 to recognize the
title of President Hayes as valid. The
consecutive sentiment of Pennsylvania and
OF the Union will also contrast the plain,
explicit declaration of the Democrats of
Pennsplvania-that violence aud breach
es OF order 10 support of the real or sup
posed rights either of labor or of capital
Should be promptly suppressed by the
strong arm of the law'-with the direct
bids made year ago in Ohio for Commu-
nistic favor by Secretary Sherman, Sem
stor Matthews and Mr.. West. Let it be
remembered that these declarations of the
Pennsylvania Democracy were made 10
city where fragrant Communism only
year ago ragged and ruled the hour, and in
a State in which the National party is
looming up as an unknown and therefore
possibly ominous factor in the political
situation. In regard to questions of finance
and of the tariff, no sensible person out
'lde OF Pennsylvania ever expects more of
either party than that they should agree
among themselves as to what they want
and as to how they are to come at it.