The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-21
MOTTNE.

MOLINE.
a. Marshal Fish has nine warrants for
parties who have refused to pay their dog
tax.
1GrCapt Gregory returned to-day from
q two weeks visit to friends 10 Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. bt
D0rThe Abt Quartette serenaded Rev.
Lnfeld and his bride last evening with
some very excellent vocal selections.
eG-Mr A. Waldron, carpenter and
respected citizen of Moline, will start for
his old home in New York tomorrow.
where he will spend the winter and return
here next spring.
gGrThe pastor Of the Baptist church
has returned from his vacation and will oe-
cupy his own pulpit tomorrow morning
and evening. Bible school at II IN. To
fthese services all are welcome. "a
/ John Woolsencroft's wife presented
him.with IA pound democrat yesterday
who will be voter in just 81 years. John
was as happy as dad could be and set up
any quantity of cigars and things.
pGrThe flag purchased for the Sylvan
4 Boat Club by the young ladies was hoisted
over the boat house this morning. It /,
thing of beauty" and should be a 10y
for ever" to the recipients. 1t is blue, tht
lemblematic color of the club, and length.
wise across it is printed the words: "Syl
van Boat Club"
D6rAre the militia companies politica
organizations? This becomes serious
i question when the commanding officers or.
der them out to receive republican ora
tors and augment their audiences, as die
the captains of the Zouayes and Rifles yes
terday, If Gov. Cullum comes here az {
visitor the companies viii gladly greet and
do honor to him, but when he comes as {
politician they are under 10 obligation t.
do so. . e-~ ..-
| 1JA And now the hard money aud ma
tional bank wing-the majority-of the re
publican party have again assumed con
troll ofthe campaign and will trot Hon
John b, Hawley out here next Monday
evening to try and counterac: the demora
lizing effect of Col. Pearce's soft money
speech. They are indeed desperate. What
is the republican party? Who and where
are its adherents2
1 a~--- -~-~ s-s Notice. @--iH-t- +s. s.
Parties having left pictures with me fol
framing previous to the LIST of May last
and have neglected to call for them, are
requested to come and get the same be-
fore Oct. lst, as the room is wanted fol
other goods. A failure to comply with the
above request may make the ownership
doubtful. ..e'-.
Respectfully. EDWIN B. KNOX.
A Greenback Republican--Ths Repub.
cans Demoralized and Dumb
founded.
Notwithstanding the persistent adVertis
ing to attract q crowd to hear the cover
nor by the local republican press particu.
larly the Dispatch, which had eight notices
in last evenings issue-that important
parsonage did not appear. but in his stead
came the editor of the Inter Ocean, Col
q, A. Pearce, the only republican editor
in the union who favors the retirement oil
natioual banks and an increased issue oil
greenbacks by the government
1t is somewhat singular coincidence
that the governor should have determined
not to come and arranged with Col. Pearce
to fill the breach, and the republicans here
know nothing of the change Of base Until
late Yesterday afternoon. Such is the I'M.
preston intended to be conveyed but te
intelligent observers appearances would
indicate more of desire to use the Cover.
nor's name than any expectation of his
actually coming here to make speech
They were shrewd enough to interpret the
reception that Hawley's hard money
speech received here as an indication thai
the key note" sounded by him was
several octaves above the register of the
voters hereabouts aud that il they hoped
to preserve the tattered fragment of this
once banner republican township they
must about face and present more pliable
front. In looking the field over for an &C.
| :ompiished straddler the financial editor oil
the Chicago Inter Ocean seemed to be the
only available victim, But they knew il
would not draw the crowd they wished &c
reach to advertise him, hence their subter.
fuge.
Reese's Hall was filled to OVERLOOKING
The colonel entered into an explanation oil
the absence of Gov. Culiom and apollo.
gized for the presence Of himself. He
claimed 20 be greenback republican and
attempted to explain what that was, bul
as the audience had never heard of such q
phenomena his explanations failed to clear
their clouded minds. As nearly as could
be Judged from his explanation, il is kind
of cross between fiat money commun-
Isl" and bloody shirt" republican. Il
retains all the errors and few Of the vir-
tues OF it p.ogenitors.
The speaker made lengthy defense
in fact that was the burden of his speech
-~of the republican party. He gave the
sanguinary shirt Q few waves; acknowl-
edged that their leaders had erred, and
reiterated the sixteen year old plea for
another trial He was opposed to nation
al banks, portion of his remarks upon
which is the following from the Union:
The National bank notes are good mon
ey, but it costs the government from six
teen to eighteen millions of dollars to al
low the banks to issue their notes, This
might be done away with by government
issue of non-legal tender notes, The rspub.
lieans who were banking are men of suf.
ficient liberality and patriotism to retire
frem the business when they are shown
that the best interest of the country can
be reached only by change OF policy"
a more detected discouraged and dis
gusted crowd of republicans never assem-
bled in Moline than were to be seen quiet
~ making their way homeward at the close
OF the speech. If that was republican
doctrine they are at a Il s. to know to what
party they rightfully belong. Consterna-
ton is very plainly visible in the ranks to-
day. s The nationals, however, are jubilant
oyer it, and the democrats are looking
quietly CO, enjoying the sport and making
ready to receive the respectable portion Of
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