The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-12
DESPERATE nzruBL1cANs.
Outrages. upon Democrats.


That Republicans are fighting losing
fight, and are conscious of their weakness
is evidenced by the desperate measure
to which they are resorting to help their |
sinking cause.
The tissue of falsehood. misrepresenta.
ton. yilli6cation and sectional and partisan
hatred by which Republican orators strive
to arouse their party aud fill up its decim-
lated ranks, 81 as to array a solid q orth in
favor of continuation Of fraud and
official extravaganza in all the departments
of the federal administration. is bearing
bitter fruit among The ignorant and pre-
JUDGED Of their party These deluded
Republicans 10 their efforts to keep pace
with the leaders, who are shipping repeat
ers from Philadelphia by the car luads,
colonizing negroes aud crowding Indiana
with supervisors and Deputy U. S, Mar
shas, are beginning to practice the bully
ing and abuse in the rural districts
4 case in point In this county has lust
come to our notice, At Milan the Repub-
cans were SO unfortunate-unf ortunate in
the opinion of the better class Of Republic
caDs-as 10 select an exciteable, and
bigotod person by the name of Baughman
for president of their Garfield aud Arthur
club whose party arguments seems to be
choking and pounding Democrats on the
head with canes, Republicans first com"
menced these tactics by setting a drunken
bully by the name OF Mathews, upon a
farmer by the namu of Wilson. The
bully was most beautifully whipped. They
concluded not to pick ~ auy more farmers
The next champion who appeared 10 the
Republican ring was this president of the
Garfield and Arthur club. lie first distin.
guished himself by calling democrat by
the uame of Fisher. who is crippled
in one leg. whnm he called a d-m
liar and when Fisher left him in disgust
lie followed Linn around the cefIcr, strik
iug him in the back. Flushed with victory
ov,r a cripple, his III * xi lot wac Sit zing
baker, naml Peterson, who was sitting
on his own STEPS at the tune, and jerking
him about the side1 ak for not agreeing
with him in sentiment. On Thursday he
again thirsted fer Democratic blood and
coming across a Republican farmer by the
name of Andrew McMeken who said that.
although be was Republican, be should
vote for Hancock. who was his general in
the war. Expostuation and entreaty
failing to change the cid mans determine
ton to vote for Hancock and also brought
out his opinion that Garfield was not
honest and whoever voted for bin, in his
opinion, was no better. AS Mr.. McMeken
was an old man, and there were no witnes-
ses except VIM. Ruge and John Adams.
two very bitter partisan Republicans, he
pitched on to the old farmer and ended up
by striking him over the head with a cane.
leaving long mark across the old mans
head Republicans are now trying to
excuse this outrage by saying McMeken
attributed dishonesty to the whole Repub-
lican party, relying upon such evidence as
Ruge to substantiate it, as Mr., Adams
claims to have left before the striking was
done.
Some OF the better class of Republicans
affect TO condemn this outrage. but as they
still retain the fellow at the head of their
club, it may be accepted as sanctioned by
the Republican party at Milan. The
Democrats so understand it and are pre-
pared to accept the issue On the FIRST
repetition of such outrages.
1t is a little peculiar about this fellow.
Baughman's bravery that he pitches on TO
cripples and old men, when there are SO
many abled bodied Democrats 10 Milan
who have no hesitation about calling the
Republican party one of fraud and dishon-
esty. Y ct such outrage> are the proper
fruits of the teachings of some of the Re-
publican orators who have opened their
walls of hate and sectional falsehood 10
Milan. Nor can they blame their more
ignorant and biggotted followers for prac.
ticing what they teach. 1t shows the des-
perate means they are willing to use to
perpetuate the rule of the party Of fraud
aud elect one whom Republican commit
tee in Congress has branded with fraud,
dishonesty and periury-the like Of whom
has never before been presented By any
party for the highest Office in this great
country.