The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
D9-The socialists are waneing fast here.
s6Wili Clendenin is visiting at Nor.

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DarWill Clendenin is visiting at Nor.
rison. -
e@-Gilpin Moore is expected home to-
morrow.
hS- Marshal Fish was serving the black
list this morning
D6rD, o, Reid is at Geneseo where he
has q contract for cornice work.
s@No police cases To- day not even q
travelling vagrant in the calaboose.
aGrIt is stated that the republicans
are trading off Henderson for Perkins,
g6rThere is an air of cleanliness about
the post Office which adds largely to its ap-
| pearance.
D@When entirely arranged, D. w,
Gould & Co., win have one of the finest
stores in Moline.
| B6 The streets were undergoing a
cleaning process this morning, and the de-
| fective places macadamized.
D6rD. w. Gould is ons of the jurors in
the case Of Rapids City Coal company, VS.
Vogele now on trial 10 Rock Island.
nGrThe Dispatch should be call ed the
Echo Judging from the alacrity with which
it echoes the sentiments of its Davenport
colleague-the Gazette.
B@Deere & Co., are shipping car loads
of implements. The demand seems undi
minishsd. 1t is expected that this year
will equal if not exceed that of last season
SG-The appropriation for school pur-
! poses, or rather the estimate of the board
of education is considered by many as en-
tirely too high. The board claim, how
, ever, that lower estimate would be mad
equate to the requirements of the schools
The schools have an enviable reputation
at present which the directors seem I'm
, willing to endanger by mistaken economy
Compared with past years the estimate
does not appear exhorbitant-indeed, b!
7 some well informed parties 1t is considere'
/. as barely, if quite sufficient for the prope
maintenance of our present admirabl
school system.
The Political Field.
Although on the surface there does nc
: appear to be much activity in politics ye
| it is nevertheless true that good deal Q
quiet work is being done, especially i
the Republican and Soclalistic camps
The former are really frightened at tn
out. look and are chagrined to realize thai
instead of quietly figuring up how large tn
majority will be, they content themselve
/ by figuring how they can reduce the ma
ljority against them,
i Two years ago the idea Of anybody bu
republican being elected in Moline, o
q q straight issue, would have been receive
s with derision and the man who dare
prophecy such a result, called visionar
IL %
!. result. the grand old republican party(O
grand" no more. Its trlunphs al
:. events of the past, they belong to an III
ressurrectabIe past. The defiant loo
, which the average republican was wont
wear. has given place to one OF anxiet.
- In place Of the loud mouthed bravado {
the past, we find a meek humility trul
,. pitiable. Where they formerly com msnd
ed, they now entreat. Where confdenC
# reigued, doubt succeeds, and in place {
the old time war whoop," We notice
n trembling, patroniZing, an undisguise
fear, a certain look which to the close oil
4 server carries but one impression, the d.
feat of the republican party and tt
/ triumph of the democracy. In the NEAR
time quiet and effectual organization b;
"a been effected by the democracy, who t
day are 10 better condition than ever b
) fore in the county. Democrats stand /
" your men, stand by the principle
you have maintained for years =
which mean prosperity, reform an
4. better times, Let every democrat re
member that not1 is our opportunity, thi
t. while the others are divided, we rema
firm. The nationals cannot possibly su
ie coed, the republicans are 10 hopele
minoritg-but democracy stands on Il
broad platform Of spotless record, q
h. lllustrious career, a record of economy, r
form and legislation which leads to bett'
- times. The nominees of the national par
are all republicans, so that every vote ca
h. for any of the national candidates is but
vote to continue in power the most CORFU
h administration that ever existed on cart
an administration secured by fraud, su
e. tanned by fraud and presided over by an e
ecutive who holds his place as chief magi
: trate by the most barefaced perjury al
scoundrelism ever practiced in an enGigh
e. ened community. Democrats, stand fri
Be true to yourselves, true TO the par
err that has always opposed corruption in I
forms and who is to day the ouly par
o. that can bring relief to the whole peop
Stand firm.