The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-17
The Democratic Candidate for stave


Can't Lewis Wilson be induced to make
a speech in Rock Island. No doubt the
republican committee could be easily in !
duced to pay all the expenses. Lewis
talked to the democrats of Orion the
other night. But there is no report that
he SAID anything. - Gazette.
Speaking of that same meeting at Orion
correspondent (?) of the Union says:
McKinnie put in his appearance on the
2 AS train, but was promptly sent home
by the united efforts of johnson and
Lloyd, on what grounds we know not. un-
less they thought home talent should have
man of Pats, VIM. Smith, wished to air
their lack of knowledge and held forth to
tired and careless gathering for an hour
or two. Then Mr.. Wilson, democratic
candidate for the senate, took the place
and demolished all their sayings in few
words.
Knowing very we'll that Miltiades Me-
thusaleh Ford, although candidate for
the important and responsible Office oil
State Senator, and very powerful mar
among money lenders. brokers, and sharp.
ers, could not make a readable speech tc
save his life, 1t is safe to say the republ
can committee will not be induced t
spend any money to have him talk al
Orion or anywhere else. Under such
circumstances it is a good thing that Mr.
Wilson volunteered to give the republi
cans plain sensible address such as he il
unbundantly qualified to make, and if W.
may take the Unions correspondent a
! authority he did himself credit on th,
occasion. True, the said correspondent
goes no further than to represent tina
Wilson demolished all the sayings Of tn
nationals johnson, Lloyd and Smith. but a
> Miltiades NJ. makes no speeches there wa
OF course no opportunity or occasion {
say he demolished all of his sayings.
: Public speakers are sometimes repre-
: sented as setting ap man of straw for tn
pleasure Of knocking him down. Accord
ing to the foregoing republican authority
Mr.. Wilson did infinitely better than tina
q for he entirely demolished all the saying
! of live men;-and as his republican or
= ponent never attempted to speak in public
+ or to let the people know whether he hs
# auy political ideas or not, in that respet
8 he is not equal to man of straw, and MI
Wilson could hardly be expected to strik
4 at vacuity.
The trouble with some of these youn
o men who try to write smart paragraphs
that they are long ways inferior in goo
sound practical common sense to Farm,
: Wilson, and if they possessed only reason
able per csntage of his amount of brair
. their smartness would manifest itself
e some other manner than 10 ridiculng II
d utterances of strong natural good SEM
p because they lacked a little in rhetoric
o. polish. 1t is thinking which makes gre
man, and Farmer Wilson'S much nearer Il
standard of true greatness than the who
lot of such smart young men tied in blu
70 die together.
n Well engage that if the republics
committee want to pit their man Miltiad
re NJ. against Mr., Wilson on the stump tn
will have need of all their funds to p
D. their own expenses. and will need some
ou the old money brokers' ducats besides,
IS hire their party to stay and listen-aft
in Wilson has got through with him.