The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-26
Cor the Argus.)
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Certain Of our fellow citizens (using
their own phraseology in the notice to the
public signed Charles Nj. Kinskey, chair
man of the county committee, and pub
lished in the Rock IslGnder,) having long
felt the need of . newspaper through the
columns of which the humblest individ-
"ual can be heard.
''favoring no class at the expense of the
many, but aiming to promote the welfare
"of all honest producers, The Working
mems County Central Committee have
made FINAL arrangements for the publ
cation of such newspaper, under their
general Gdvice; :
I'VE therefore designate and sanction its
publication under this arrangement.
Now.
Instead of having an Organ favoring no
class or person at the expense OF the
many, these same citizens find it necessary
to send committee to the editor of their
paper to demonstrate against the course
which he has adopted in deserving their
cause and espousing that of capitalist.
No person says aught against Mr.. Har-
per as a citizen and an individual, but it is
deemed a little out of character for the
special organ of the workingmen to charge
that their representatives in the city coun-
Gil are either "ignoramuses or hypo-
critics"
Personally it is good fat raise to get up
a paper ostensibly in the interest of Ger
tain party and make money enough out OF
| it to live sumptuously at the finest hote
west of Chicago" and to crafty the
luxurious tastes of abon. vivant with smell
aristocratic surroundings, but it is rather
| cheeky to do all this at the expense o.
former promises and the honor of implied
obligations.
II will be your editorial servant anC
give you just such a paper as the com
mittee of supervision want" says th'
editor when bidding for chance to be
come the publisher of the Organ.
You had better resign and give place t,
others, if you can't do as tell you, is tn
language with which his astonished patron
are now saluted.
AN alderman is only the servant of tn
people, and should carry out the will o
the peopIe-''his own opinions are of n
consequence if contrary to the will of tn
people," Who are the people? and wheI
have they given expression to their vii
in such manner as to be unmistakablei
The editor of the workinGman's paper he
had good deal to say 10 behal
of the proprietor of his boarding
house, and probably thinks h
, understands very clearly where his arts
tocratic lodgings can be found, but whel
and where have the people spoken that b
should be so authoritative in bis style ofad
dressing aldermen. The aldermen of thi
city, even those whom he assumes to Civ
such lord!y pen lashing, are every way hi
; equal in intelligence, and in every other al
tribute which constitutes manhood, great
his superior. Wouldn't it be quite as zoe
, to find out the ioiI of the people first, befor
, the Autocrat talks about aldermen resign
ing and giving THE people a chance to cleo
those who can be trusted" Perhaps I'll
uoice of the Organ IS not the aoiU of ii
? people.
: Oily-Gammon perhaps has made his peaC
o with the workingmen's committee, an
J smoothed things so that they have gon
home believing his dictatorial language
Q to be taken only in 'Pickwickian sense
4 but when he assumes to talk for th
people and to declare the soat of the pc
pie, it becomes essential that he sh0ul
have potoer Of attorney by which he
a authorized to speak, or else show where tt
people, --rhe ,oholc people,-have pr
. nounced judgment 10 the matter.
u WoRKINGMAN.