The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-11
No Democrats need Apply

Straws, it is said, indicate the direction
of the wind. The animus of the non
Office seekers party is quite as plainly in
dicated By the political complexion of the
candidates selected for the coming election.
The theory among these political 0irtuosos
is that the office seeks the man, but, from
some mysterious and undeveloped law OF
natural selection, the choice seems to IN
variably fall upon such as have hitherto
been strong and ardent republicans. AS
matter Of practical knowledge this fact
possesses little or no significance to those
who remain true and steadfast to the
principles of democracy, but it possibly
NAV be of considerable interest to those
who have forsaken their old-time faith and
are seeking new political affiliations among
those who have always in times past been
their bitter opponents. In rare instances
the hybrid is an improvement on one side
| of the original stock as in the case OF the
Mule and ASS; and while the law
of natural. selection is violated it is still
an open question as to the survival OF the
6ttest. So too, 10 the formation of new
party by the union Of persons recruited
| from the two great parties of the country,
the process of absorption or assimilation
naturally inclines much more to the ideas
and principles of one element than
of the other. Under these conditions Of
politico- miscegenation, the antecedent
democratic element seems fordoomed tC
absolute extinction, either from want o.
virility or inaptitude of development IN
der the conditions of the assimilation. The
democratic Ingredients in this political col
ton have already disappeared by ABSORB
ton, or have been extruded from politica
favors as effectually as though the system
were designedly cryptOgamous. 10 proc
!, of this assertion the readers attention i
called to the previous political proclivitie'
c of the nominees of the non-office seekers
ticket now IN the ield-all the way from
Coroner doton to Congressman.
Coroner Patterson-Republican.
| Sheriff-Hnntoon Republican.
Representative-Foy Republican
State neutrality-suspicious.
e neutrality-suspicious..
e There you have it.
II 50 far as democrats are concerned ther
It is neither conservation of democratic fore
no: correlation Of autecedents and result
Their existence is absolute negation; an
/ the cryptic qualification engendered with
ID the precincts Of an oath bound organ
~ cation inures always to the benefit OF r,
te publican antecedents. No democrat will e
J. dure the coinquinatlon of such an uDnatur
,e utilization in other words, it is perfect
cs apparent to all intelligent people, tn
whatever democrats have been drawn in
this third party movement they are bel
e used by the leaders for their own self
e purposes, and are held and coerced ind
the strongest and most exacting party disci
III line into the support Of ticket in viii
ps they have no personal representati'
n The secret junta control the nor
nj, .Dt nations, and then expect to coerce t
Id rank and file into support Of the ticket
matter how repulsive or inconsistent
inc composition may chance to be, Repul
for cans. of course, ought to be we'll enou
ties satisfied; but democrats. or men Of den
or on cratic antecedents, haye no chanco in su
ri. pool-it is run altogether 10 the inter
i've of republicans.