The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-01
The Sesll.Huut,
Special Correspondence Chicago Times.
ALI. ABOUT 1T.

ALL ABOUT IT.
IoGANspoRT. Ind, Oct 29.--To relieve
it's Republican readers of their evident
anxiety in regard to the Democratic tao
eics in Indiana. the Times correspondent
will give them the true inwardness of the
still-hunt. Unfortunately for them, the
revelation will be too late to materially
benefit them. The alleged secret meet
ings are fact, but all talk in regard to
Kukiuxism, tissue ballots. ballot box stuff
ing, election riots, Knights of the Golden
Circle, avalanche of repeaters from Ken
lucky, Ohio. Maryland, hell, Halifax,
everywhere, anywhere" is sheer nonsense.
and only shows that the Republican COM
mittee is this time greatly mistaken as to
their adversaries' position. The Tunes
correspondent knows, because he has at
tended their meetings, and IN addition TO
his electrical appliances, magic pass
words and skeleton keys, he is a proficient
fniud-reader, and has fathomed the inner
most rocesses of the scheme. Time would
not permit an examination OF the state Of
affairs further south than the Eighth dis
trlct. but from that to the Thirteenth, in'
elusive, the Times correspondent is wei
posted, and will prophesy that there is 9
surprise in store for the adherents of Mr.
Garfield in that section of the state. The
still-hunt has proved emiuently successful
and the Republicans may we'll feel uneasy
as to the outcome. The result of tht
October election was an eye-0pener to the
Democracy. They found
THEY HAD BEEN DECEIVED
By their leaders, and their boosted organi
cation was a delusion. The republican
machine, on the other hand, was perfec-
ton, in many counties not varying ten
votes from their polling lists, and in several
instances they succeeded in capturing
every doubtful vote 10 an entire county.
In many localities the poll books of the
democracy were unsoiled by so much az
the scratch of pen, and they worked
entirely at random. There Was something
like spontaneous uprising of the better
element of the democracy, smarting under
the sting of unexpected defeat, and the
word passed all along the line TO give up
everything. apparently.
QUIT TALKING,
and work like heroes to redeem the state.
The unfaithfnl or sluggish officer and the
hummer element were ignored, or super
seded, with more alacrity than ceremony,
and their places filled with able workers,
mostly business men.
The organization of the Tenth district
will be given as a sample, and the others
man. of this city, IS the presidential eleclor
for this district. He has visited every
county seat in the district. under instruc
tions from the state central committee.
On his arrival prominent democrats were
seen, an officer elected, and
A SECRET MEETING
urged, to- which only well known Demo |
Gratis are supposed TO be admitted, usually /
twenty five to seventy five in number. |
The meeting would organize in the usual
way, and the judge would talk to them
something like this: I'VE are going to
carry this state. Four fifths of the fifteen
Greenback voters at this election
were Democratic Greenbackers We will
find means to win them over to Hancock
We propose to organize thoroughly. The
Republicans polled every vote possible.
They can gain none except from the Camp
bellite church, and we will endeavor to
keep them in the ranks. All over the
state we find many Democrats who did not
vote, and many Democratic workingmenl
who favored Porter rather than Landers,
but are certain to vote for Hancock. Now,
l want you to appoint committee of .
lhree.or i've members, and will confide
10 them the methods by which / propose
10 give
THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF INDIANA
to Hancock. OF course we ara all /
Democrats here. but it will not do
10 conhde our plans to 40 MANY.
or the Republicans will get hold Of IL
and spoil our work" The committee ia
appointed. each one present is pledged to
searesy and to give frcm one to ten days 4
WORK. at the order OF the committee, and !