The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-05
The Straight Democrats.

The Straight Democrats.
The Rock Islaader il mad-tearing mad
is tearing mad. so to speak. because the
Democratic county conyention held on
Wednesday. placed Democratic ticket In
the field, instead of bowling to the dlcta-
ton Of J. e. Danforth and patching up o.
mongrel slate, neither one. thing nor yet
the other, It is patent 70 ask the editor
of the National organ what business it is
to him what tho Democratic convention
does? What right has he. . renegade
Democrat. assproselyte. TO say 70 1.-THE Dem
ocraEs of this county what they shall do?
he has abused the Democracy in his usual
bulldozing Style ever since he has b been 90
editing the National organ. Chagrinea
at the continued defeat of his party
unable to swing the party lash. intensely
unpopular in his own party lit he mas any,
he seeks to "bulldoze" the Democrats
of this county into submission to -has
wishes, help has schemes. 1t WON'T work.
however,-it didn't work, and because of
his failure. he is mad. The Democratic
party is the party of the nation; it is a
party with compact organisation IL every
state in the union. It outnumbers the
National Greenbackers in Illinois in the
rata of ten to one, and yet the editor of
the organ thinks 1.-The great Democratic
party ought to lay down and quietly be
swallowed by the corporars guard. called
National Greenback party. 1t AWAY does
make the Islander mad to be reminded OF
facts and it is. his forte to be dictatorial, bu'
Democrats would like to know by what
right he assumes to button hole delegates
and ascertain how they voted, by VIVA
right he presumes TO dictate to the Demot
cracy what they shall do. The great
point which he seeks to make is that the
united opposition" to the Republicans
would beat the latter. Well, what ofitp
Suppose such 20 be the case. on what
basis does Mr.. DanForeh propose to effect
the union? It is fact beyond dis
pute, asserted openly by men Who
train in the Greenback camp that. but for
the interference OF. j. B. Danforth the
two parties would have been one before
this. Its fact susceptible..of proof that
but for his interference the two parties
would have samicably harmonizsd ut the
city election. It is fact, which is also
susceptible of proof. that after the joint
committee met and selected q ticket b g
(Danforthl Immediately began TO choose
what he would take and what he would
not take, and the result was the frustra-
Of he onfiro MI a tho rnlls the
result in the Fourth Ward shows what
was doue-fkewise in the Fifth, where
everybody was slaughtered. In the Third
it failed because the Democrats stood
nobly up to the work. And so VS. might go
on enumerating the history of this fusion
business from the start up to the pre-
sent time, and the failure to harmonic is
traced to the one source-the interference
of J. B. Danforth.
Another question. Suppose the Demo
Gratis and Nationals fuse in this county
of what benefit is it to the state ticket?
that the Democracy of the great state of
Illinois will fuse on Streetor? Does he
imagine that.the great Democratic party
of the nation will fuse on presidential
ticket? Is this fusion business to ramify
from the township to the county, from
the county to the legislative district, from
there to the congressional district, to the
state. to the nation2 Is the great Demo
cratic party to be tail to the Green6ack
kite2 L. it to yield the Rs@tige of over
rs years, and lie down to be buried by q
fragmentary political Organization?
And yet this is the ultimatum to be
reached-it is the solution to the question
when once begun. It is fact which can
be proven that the Democrats offered to
nominate certain men provided a pledge
were given that the Nationals would en-
dorse them. but no such pledge could be
given. And why, may be asked7 The
answer is easy enough-simply because
j. b. Danforth would not consent. He
wants TO- force the Democrats to endorse
the Nationsls,to be swallowed by them, In
short, and for what? To crafty his am
bition-glve him prestige-giye him the
leadership and control of all the
opposition and enable him to break
up the Democracy. Democrats,
such as are true blue and train In
the party because they believe in the
principles of Jefferson, jackson and Dou-
glas are not to be sold out. They are
ready to meet half way--They are ready
to share with the rank and file of the Ma
tionals. They are ready to receive the
Nationals with open arms. to ay to them
We welcome you to our party" but
they are not ready, nor will they be sacri
fsed to the Unsuitable ambition OF such
political tricksters as the editor of the
Rock Islander. Leave the settlement TO
the masses of the Nationals and they will
soon solve the problem. a fact which no
one knows better than he who nov rules
them with the dictation of Cameron.