The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-12
send Around that SO.

The c1parser begins TO perceive that his
autocratic treatment of the men
to whom he hired himself for so much per
week, and whom be now assumes to own,
does not rebound to the profit of his party
or the fatness Of his purse, and he now
mounts his little chair with only ten
high and attempts game Of bluff, all Of
which is to the effect that he will give $40
for the production of any evidence that he
eyer invited the aldermen who opposed the
opening Of the 10th street sewer to resign,
The Organ of August l7th. has the fol-
lowing:
THE Opera House looks very handsome
on the outside, but the Rock Islanders
will have to be satisfied with the exterior
view until there are several much needed
funerals or another election of city coun-
cilmen.
August oath. is this from the same
source:
And this O'Neil is one of the men who
discommodes the people and drives thou
sands of dollars to Davenport which our
people would prefer to expend at home.
He ought to have the grace to resign -
and tits fortunate for the peoplel that his
time will soon expire"
"All this an alderman should do, and
then carry out the will of the people or
resign"
Comments upon Ben Harpers letter of
Aug. 21st:
There's the plain straight issue, and our
citizens will now teach their servants to
obey their will or resign.
Commenting upon O'Neil the Organ
of August Oath says HE ought to have
the grace to resign, and it is fortunate
for the people that his time will soou
expire"
Now why does the Organ, say O'Nei
fought to have the grace to resign any
more than Cameron and Hitler who voted
the same way, or Schlemmer. Send
around the ten dollars OF own up that you
are on the bluff.
| Again the Organ claims not to know
who called thei court house meeting, from
which ito editor and all of Mr.. Harper's
pretended friends ran away. Don't know
who called It'll This is good. The resolu
tons that were to be presented were
written By Col. j. B. Danforth 10 thu
Harper House parloFs, and the origina
draft, in his handwriting, which w
have seen and of which we hav,
copy, called the names Of tn
aldermen who voted against th,
sewer and demanded their resignation
The writer of these resolution was too BIZ
a coward to present them to the meeting
or even attend the meeting. Bah! Didn'
know anything about the meeting? Th'
Organ of August oath, previous to TIL
meeting contains the following; There j
to be a big meeting of the people il
court house square Monday even
ing to show what they think about il
Let it be rouser, SO there will be no mis-
taking the sentiments of the town"
Don't know who called the meeting
Don't know who wrote the resolution
naming the aldermen and demanding thei
resignation? We will bet ten dollars to
nickle that the Organ lies. We we wi
double the bet that had Mr.. Harper mul
. zled the Organ on this subieC
, from the start, that the sew
err would now be built and the 0per
House opened. And we double the lai
bet that if this question be made an issu
at the next election. that the Organ wi
be beaten three to one. AS an advise
and engineer on the Opera House the o.
gan has been a most lamentable failure
! and has done more to injura the cause
d thought to help than all other things CON
" bined. If you want to damn project g.
the Organ grinder to throw his moral SUI
port in its favor. Even the workingme
= are learning this TO their sorrow, and ii
J. destruction of their party Pure watt
t. never came from a muddy fountain.