The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-14
A FAMOUS VICTORY"

The Press, Repu blican. will print the
following
THE republican members ssof the New
York Board Of Aldermen have come to she
rescue of Mayor Cooper and the better
democrats in that body. and have relieved
the democracy and the city OF great bur-
den. MIR. Kelly's enforced retirement
from the Office of Comptroller is on all &C.
counts a matter of qualification. The rea-
sons Therefore have been given In these
columns within the last few days and need
not be repeated now, The wonder to the
whole country is that city like New York
should have bowed beneath the yoke OF
this selfish Boss SO long. The means by
of little amount. 1t is enough to
know that a thing SO desirable
has been brought about. It is almost too
much to hope that the downfall of the
boss OF single city means the destruction
to- the whole system of "Bossism," for on
the ruins of Tweed's Tammany Hall arose
the Tammany Hall of Kelly; but it is
none the less famous encouragement for
the people, who are everywhere striving
for municipal reform. Mayor Cooper and
his supporters in the board of alderm en-
certainly have made a start in the right
direction ia the choice OF Mr.. Allen Camp
bell as Kelly's successor. Mr.. Campbell
is a gentleman of high character and large
business experience. aud if the dea
between anti Tammany aud the Repubh
cans, as Mr.. Kelly's organs style if. con
tinues to bear such fruit, the people oil
New York will have no cause for regret
A WARNING TO OTHER BOSSES.
The North american (Rep.) under tbs
head ",lnhn Kelly's Waterloo" will say liz
the morning.
"The whole country has the deepest
interest in the action of Mayor Cooper
which was yesterday sustained by the
board of aldermen of the city of New
York. for they dealt the Boss system
another deadly blow in the city where i
| first spreuted and afterwards attained it:
most luxuriant growth, while sucking the
| life blood of the people and fattening on tn,
exacticns imposed upon the taxpayers Of
1.-THE metropolis of the nation. Boss Tweed
sought power for the sake of the wealth
that it gave him the opportunity of accu
mulating. Boss Kelly sought it for the
sake of the power alone, and he used II
10 far as he succeeded 10 getting
il with such unscrupulousness that showed
that his dominion would have beeG as
disastrous in the end as that OF ms
great predecessor. " ltn tue Iu.uhO oi
John Kelly we have little to do. In the
walls of the Tammauy society. over the
fall of it's Grand Sschem we have little
sympathy, but we rejoice with the people
in the fact that q moral blow has been
struck at the system of political manage
ment of which he wss the greatest exams
pier. It has been proved even in the city
Of New York, which polls a democratic
vote greater than that of half the States OF
the Union; that too long and too persistent
leading of the people By the nose tends to
the soreness of that prominent member,
that the soreness breeds discomfort and
that discomfort fnds an outlet IN the
throwing off the leadership. 1t gives
most potent illustration of the power oil
the people against INSCRIPTIONS leaders,
and it holds up q warning to their Imita-
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