The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-15
A suegestio,, or Two,

resentatlVe, aud SherlH are making gal
liant contest. They are doing their part
mautully and well. They are visiting the
people, showing themselves to the voters,
explaining their positions upon questions
of public policy, aud doing all that can be
asked of them as candidates. 1t remains
for the voters to do their part equally well
and to see that they receive full and
hearty support. The republicans have
been losing ground through disaffection and
men going over to the nationals. They are
now aiming to retrieve their losses by
bringing every possible Influence into ac-
ton to get back the disaffected republicans
Their aim is to have those of their party
who have joined the nationals vote the res
publican ticket and leave the democrats
who have gone into the movement to vote
the national ticket. The operation would
be simply a division of the democratic
vote and ensure republican triumph. Al
ready they cleim in private that such will
be the result of the election 10 this county
IF this is true it shows how utterly hollow
and iusincere is the alliance of the diff.
ferent elements which constitute
the third party. There are but one OF
! two points IN common. as everyone knows
between greenbackers proper and the so
called. labor party element, but it was
naturally supposed. they could in large
measure hold together for one contest
The recent elections in other states have
demonstrated and shown that the cohesion
is exceedingly frail. and the moral effec
must of necessity be felt in this locality
but it has heretofore been supposed tina
this republican element of the third part!
would probably hold on and remain tru'
for one contest. If. as before said, repub
lican statements are reliable, the national
are rapidly losing their republican element
and consequently ere swiftly approaching
: condition of helpless minority. Tha
such should be the Gaze is not all sur
! prisiug when the real condition of afsir
s is rightly considered. So much of the de
9 mauds of the greenback- party a
! possess any merit whatever, or can by an.
i possibility obtpin foothoid in politics
= that much cen better be obtained iu oil
lance with end through the success
! of the democratic perty than in an
I other way. When all those, be the
k of whatever party they may, who ar
e opposed TO the republican psrty's polio
6 and its administration of the goyerrmer
: shall make up their minds to leave ths
Il party permanently aud unite with tn
8 democratic party as the only rel
y party of the country capable {
@ antagon'ziug and overthrow ug republica
misrule, then the side shows VIII disappet
and the patty OF the people, the old tin
democratic party, will receive item With
, its rauks and secure taem the rights an
benefits for.which they are now unsucces
re fully striviugthrough the agency of sep
rate organization.
The democratic party has an org~uiz
~ ton 10 every locality throughout the Unit,
R, States. 1t is certainly ald surely gainil
10 possession of the government. 1t is simp
in question of time, The tidal wave viii
ce carried the republican party into pow
has spent its force and the reaction
tending as strongly to democratic suprel
acy. Already it is apparent to comm
=, observation that the republican party is
IL the minority as to the total vote of t
DE country. Tue democratic party
the proper aud the only snbsts
ill tial party which can gather to its
he the SOLD elements Of success. 1t has
ways aud all times kept It's orgaDizati
and been distinctively the democra
,iy party, and nov in the hour of near adve
he to power it has DO intention OF wasting
ne energies or losing its prestige by allyi
itself with matters which can give it
strength or add to the inherent force
its own proper organization, The deu
cratic partyi is the party, and the on y pSr
Is- which comes home to the hearts of t
ay people, as The people, and whose mission
I'D to 81 ,ura the true interests and welfare
n the teeming millions o the common pt
Mt pie.