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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12

idly. Justice Gardner eyed him from head
to foot, and then glanced at the list of en-
ployes. Inc letter carrier took from his
coat pocket copy of the half breed circu-
lar, and delivered few greenbacks, Judge
Gardner took the money, counted it, and
laid it on his table.
This is not enough he said gruffiy.
"You are assessed at one per cent"
1T is all that can spare, sir, the poor
man said. 'I am unable to pay more.
''Then you can keep your money, Jus
tice Gardner retorted; but he took care to
keep his hand, over the greenbacks he had
already received. Overawed by the man
ner of the agent of the state committee,
the carrier planked down another green
back, and Justice Gardner, eagerly adding
it to that already extorted; said that was
the proper way to do business. A long
line of men then walked singly before JUS
tice Gardner Many of them had evident
ly been taught lesson by the treatment
to which the letter-carrier had been sub
Jected. No trouble was experienced with
those who were in the room during Justice
Gardeners conversation with the one-armed
employee Every man as he arrived
in front of the collector took from one OF
his pockets a copy of the circular, in which
had been wrapped the requisite amount OF
money. Occasionally a victim protested
against the amountlevied, and then he was
quietly given to understand that if he did
not desire to pay the required sum he
needn't pay anything, and the manner in
which this information was gently convey.
ed always had the effect of bringing forth
the additional amount.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12

General Sherman in his report of the
army was incorrect enough to reflect ON
the engineer corps, and that branch of the
service is now replying to him. The Gen.
eral was very careless when he remarked
that the other branches of abe service did
all the fighting when war came, for if he
had referred to any school history he
would have discovered that more than half
the best generals the war produced on
both sides were from the engineers corps.
McClelland, Mead, Mcpherson, Pope,
Rosencranz, Halleck, HUMPHREYS, Weitzel
Wright, Park, Gilmore. Mansfield. Badly
Smith, J. Ell. Wilson, Franklin, and many
others on the Union side, and Lee, Beau
regard, Albert Sidney Johnson, Longstreet,
and others in the rebel army were educa-
ted as engineers. There viii be lively
discussion on ting point, and General Sher-
man will receive little sympathy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12
chew the end have their own provision for
tate meal just before dropping off to their

chew the end have their own provision for
tate meal just before dropping off to their
nightly slumbers.
Man can train himself to the habit of
sleeping without preceding meal. but
only after long years of practice. As he
|4cefnes into the world, nature is 100 strong
for him, and he must be fed before he will
sleep. A chi1ds stomach is small, and
when perfectly filed, if no sickness dis
turbs it, sleep follows naturally and in
evitably. AS digestion goes on, the
stomach begins to empty. A single fold
in it will make the little sleeper restless;
two viii wake it, and if 1t is hushed again
to repose, the nap is short, and three folds
put an end to the slumber. Paregoric or
other narcotic may close its eyes again,
but without either food or some SUPPLYING
drug it will not sleep, no matter how
healthy it may be. Not even an angel who
learned the art of minstrelsy in celestial
| choir can sing babe to sleep on an empty
stomach.
We use the oft-quoted illustration;
Sleeping as sweetly as an infant" be-
cause this slumber of child follows i'm
mediately after its stomach is completely
filled with wholesome food The sleep
which comes to adults long hours after par
taking of food, and when the stomach is
nearly or quite empty, is not after the type
of infantile repose. There is all the diff
ference in the world between the sleep OF
refreshment and the sleep of exhaustion.
To sleep well the blood that swells the
veins in the heads during our busy hours
must flow back, leaving it greatly dimin
ished volume behind the brow that lately
throbbed with such vehemence. To di
gest well, this blood is needed at the
stomach and nearer the fountains of life
It is fact established beyond the posi-
bility of contradiction that sleep aids di
gestion, and that the process of digestion
is conductive to refreshing sleep. 1t needs
no argument to convince US of this mutua
relation The drowsiness which always
follows the we'll ordered meal is itself ties
timony of nature to this inter dependence
w Y Journal of Commerce.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12

All is of course lovely in the republican
party and the stalwart lion and half breed
lamb are lying down together with every
prospect of said lamb getting up alive;
harmony reigns and there is nothing but
brotherly love everywhere, and yet once in
a while signs of discomfort will crop out
The Albany Express is the stalwart organ
of New York state, official paper, and
has the confidence of its faction and
yet it comes out in this manner THE
genuine, equity, disgruntled half breed
goes about the streets of Albany, Buffalo
and other places with the malace of the
depraved white and the malignity of the
debauched Indian whose vitiated brood
courses through his veins, attacking all re-
publicans not of his stripe, and swearing
vengence in his rawlings upon all republic
cans who do not look upon the senatorial
contest precisely as he regarded it. This
pestilent creature is such chronic bolter
that he might almost be trusted to bolt his
own nomination, if the party was luckless
enough to take him up"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12

The Moncton Sugar Refinery, which has
been in operation about one year, has de-
clared-we see it stated and not contra
dicted-a dividend of thirty (30) per cent.
Most people who have money invested
have to be content with much smaller
profit, but the Government in great com
passion, came to the help of these suffering
capitalists and manufacturers, and by
means of the ingeniously contrived Nation
al Policy tariff. prevailed upon the people
ito do something" for them. That some
thing" filched out of the people in grind
ing taxation, has enabled these suffering
sugar refners to lay by the snag profit of
80 per cent. on the years operations.
When cotton lords reap over so per cent.
profit and sugar kings so per cent. out Of
the people by means of the National Policy
tariff, while thousands of people, who can
barely make both ends meet, contribute to
that enormous profit, it is about time the
taxpayers inquired how long this legalized
robbery species of taxation is to be per
mitted to exist in free country among
free people.
Men who invest capital in Industrial en-
terprises are entitled to fair profits on their
investments, and the people will not deny
them the advantages to be reaped from the
operations of tariff levied strictly for
revenue purposes; but when the Govern
ment steps in and says to the people, ''Yo GU
shall not buy in the cheapest market; we
shall put a sufficient duty on foreign
sugars to make them so dear that you shall
be compelled to buy the home manufac-
tured article" (for that is the simple aim
and operation of protection), the question
assumes very different aspect. Then the
Government is legislating IN the interests
of favored classes, taxing the many for the
benefit of the law. interfering with the FIRE
dom of property, and trampling under
foot the sound principle that in legitimate
trade transactions it is the natural right of
every man to buy in the cheapest and sell
in the dearest market-a species of legal |
lied injustice and immortality to which the |
people should not and will not, long sub |
NIT, if they have proper self-respect and
regard for their own interests. If the |
country is to be ruled by railway syndicates
and monopolists in the interests of few
favored classes, while the great mass of the
people have to ''pay the piper, it is about
time we know it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12

General Grant and Rosco Conkling felt
a deep personal interest in behalf of ex-
Collector Tom Murphy, the Generals old
friend, who was running for Congress in
the ninth Fernando Woods) New York
district yesterday. Presuming that their
personal presence and manifestation of in
terest would help swell Toms vote. these
two lovely and commanding gentlemen
wa ked through the streets of the district
yes terday afternoon arm in arm. The an
ticipated boom didn't follow. Tom was
defeated, and his two lovely friends have
been given one more striking evidence of
the decline of their personal influence in
politics. It is probable that the knowledge
of the fact of Grants and Conkling's
special concern for Tom was his chief
element of weakness; but you couldn't
make them belidve it, not even if voice
of thunder from heaven should declare the
fact Chicago Journal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12

suppressing evidence; call it sensational
or what you win. His last and worst claim
is in regard to Coroner Morris and the
jury. and although here at home where
Mr. Morris and the men who compose the
Jury are too well known and too highly
respected to fear any Installations which
Mr. Girdon may have to bring against him,
yet they viii have their effect abroad.
The coroners and the jury have no spite to
work out against Mr.. Girdon and are sim
ply investigating the facts Of the case, and
if witnesses as competent as the valient in
spector testify to facts Numerically OPP
posite to those which said Inspector would
have us believe are true, he is only follow
ing the well known practice of trying to
prejudice the community against the
tribunal which may render a decision
against him. His last remark
eve shall show for ourselves clean
hands" show plainly the animus of the
entire letter eve shall show for our
selves clean hand" is best interpreted.
|S'We will endeavof to have all blame taken
away from us" and that endeavor seems to
be his sole purpose. To that end he has
shown a total disregard for the truth, to be
mild, in his communication to the supervis-
ing inspection. To that end he has
acknowledged that his investigation was
conducted. To that end he has tried to
prejudice his chief against the verdict of
the jury be that what it may. His attacks
On the papers here are futile Their read
ers are fully able to arrive at their own
conclusion as to whether or not their state
ments are malicious misrepresenta-
tons" or plain details of an unwel-
come truth; whether their are sensational
or simply fearless dessre to keep
the public informed as to the facts.
Whether or no the f'coroner's jury viii
furnish another sensation" is a question as
to the use of words. 1t will give its un
biased opinion as to the causes which led
to the terrible loss of life at that disaster;
Mr. Girdon can call it sensational If he so
desires All that is necessary to say in
regard to the action of the newspapers
here is that they gave an account of what
was certainly horrible accident. as fur
nished them by witnesses whose CREDIBLE
ity was beyond question. That account
has gone before the people as creditable
and true; no reason has yet occurred why
it should be changed. That account was
not furnished through malice, nor was it
dictated through any desire for sensation
alism; it was a plain, unvarnished tale of
what was reported by persons we were
bound to believe.
If that account was wrong the proper
authorities will 80 determine but if il is
not IN the province of Mr.. Girdon to SO
assert in any Pontius PLATE attempt to
''show himself with clean hands"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12
The Keokuk Constitution draws thi.

The Keokuk Constitution draws this
apt comparison:
''Stalwartism in politics is what Jesuit
ism was in religion. 1t is the embodi-
ment of all that debases and degTades; the
essense of all that is hateful, mercenary
and arrogant. Its object is spoils; its
purpose is ACKNOWLEDGMENT; its meth
DDS are torturous, crafty, INSCRIPTIONS
and stained with innocent blood Its viz
tue is persistence in vice; its praise is that
of being good hater;' its motto: the
end justifies the means; its aim is empire,
ard its destiny is humiliation and defeat :"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12

Man is the only animal that can be
taught to sleep quietly on an empty
stomach. The brute creation resent all
efforts to coax them to such violation of
the laws of nature. The lion roars in the
forest until he finds his prey, and when he
has devoured it he sleeps over until he
needs another meal The horse will paw
all night in the stable, and the pig will
squeal in the pen, refusing the rest of sleep
until they are fed. The animals which
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12

The New York Herald believes that in
views of the fact that republican Mime
sofa has repudiated her debt, and Virginia,
through the help of republicans, believes
in the same thing Window and Malone
would make strong republican ticket for
1884
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ny Respectfully,
GEO. w. GIRDON,
II, S. Local INSPECTOR

Capt, Gordon states that the newspaper
reports were malicious misrepresentation"
statement of that character is strong
one and should not be too carelessly made
1t includes not only the ARGUS but also
the Davenport Democrat and Gazette. In
referring to this the Gazette says;
Capt. Gordon is very reckless in some
of his statements, particularly when his
investigation has been chiefly concerning
his own official acts, and an ordinary
amount of modesty would have induced
him to express himself more carefully.
The same would be true if he had be
coming respect for the truth. When he
says the newspaper reports are malicious
representations he errs, to term it as
mildly as possible, because everybody
knows that the newspapers could have mo
motive for misrepresenting; and when he
says they wanted just such a sensation
to fill up their columns" he heartlessly
misjudges."
And further on it represents him again:
when Capt Girdon attempts to insinu
ate that none of the crew had been drink
ing on the night of the fearful disaster
he puts his word against the sworn evi
.dence OF more than one witness as com
petent IS himself
His statement that the newspapers
here have wanted just such sensation to
fill up their local columns" is an old and
worn out dodge. You viii never find a
man who has committed any act which
draws down merited newspaper criticism
who does not rebel against said criticism
and refer to any mention as sensational
ism and the paper as sensational.
Sensational is cheap word
and easy of use, but the people prefer
paper which gives them the facts without
fear or favor instead of hiding facts or
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12
CHICAGO MI VAuXEE h sr. PAUL.

S9tSATe ALL Ao4<G u 80 <aOss
RACINE SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION.
Leave for Racine and Milwaukee :25 m; II :00p m
Leave for Dubuque. Winona. st Paul and Mime
apolis $50 Am.
Leave for McGregor, Portville, Calmas Sioux Cit,
and Yauktou II 90 pm.
Ar. from Racine and Milwaukee 5:15 Am; 6:25 pm
Ar. from Minneapolis, st. Paul, Wtnona and Du-
bcque $500 pm.
AR. from Yankton, Sioux City, Portvlle and Me-
Oregon 5:i5 am. 49,
Throagh S!eep ping Cars run all night trains
The night express leaving Rock Island every
sunday night at II 20 connects with the train arr
wing in Chicago early Monday morning. No lay
over checks given through tickets frola Rock
Stand TO Chicago Through tickets only good on
thistraIn.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12
Eocg ISLAND b proRlA RAILWAY.

- smaRTEsr ROUTE THE AND SOUTH.
LEAVE ARRIVE.
500 a m Way Freight.
$50 . Fast Express. 10 AS m Mail and Express
I as Mail and Exp's. $50 = Fast Express.
$50 - F'ht q Accom'n 5sH
The 40 p m train makes close connection at
Galva with C.B,.S @ for points west: arriving at
Galeeburg at 4:25.p m at Burlington 40 p m; at
keokuk 1875 p In; and at Quincy 10:G m also
making close connection at Peoria with d W
and It P q W roads for all points east and south.
EcoK ISLAND O. MERCER CO., 3. &.
Leave Rock Island at 900 n. m, and 400 m.
Arriving at Gable at II 30 m. and 6:15 IN.
leave cable Vt $50 q m, and 80 m.
ar. et Rock Talaud st Sis q. m. and 3:15p m.
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Passengers carried on Freight trains as follows:
EAST .4:45 pm WEST 10:f0 q m
GEO n LOOSELY Agent, Rock Island.
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Gent SupT. Gen. T'kt 81 Pass. Agt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-12
rOFFICIAL PAPER. ]
Saturday November u. Jss'.

Captain George W. Girdon United
States Local Inspector of steamboats, hes
been freeing his mind in a letter to the
supervising inspector at st. Paul. The
accuracy of the statements continued in the
letter are best exemplified by the one that
only six were drowned when it is an
established fact that the least number was
pine and perhaps eleven. Mr.. Girdon is
evidently chatting under the statements
that the inspectors were derelict in their
duty and although the ARGUS has never
yet made that claim. letter like the fol-
lowing is almost enough to persuade it
that there is some foundation for it; at
least such an evident effort at self justifi-
cation at the expense of all truth argues
strongly in that direction.
Rock ISLAND, ILL, Nov. 4.
We have been here since last Monday,
the 3lst ult., investigating the causes which
led to the loss of the steamer Jennie Gill
christ, the night of the 27th of Octob sr,
and wherein six passengers were drowned.
We have taken about 100 pages of testi-
mony and examined over twenty witnesses,
misrepresentation. Not one of the Off
GERS or crew were drunk, and none of the
officers drinking men. We also find upon
evidence that the boat was duly fitted out
with all the requirements of the law, and
this in the most minute particulars. The
boat was fully repaired and locked this
spring We inspected her the day she was
launched at LIE Claire, Iowa, April 10, and
found her one of the best, safest and best
differed boats of her size on the river. The
coroner of this county is now holding an
inquest, and the testimony as published in
the papers of this place agrees with that
taken before US, and fully substantiates all
the facts as / have herein set forth The
newspapers here wanted just such sensa-
ton to fill up their local columns, and
when the coroner publishes his verdict it
will give them another sensation. I will
personally appear before the coroner's jury
to morrow, and insist, on my part, that
they fully investigate my official acts in
the inspection of this boat We shall be
here several days, as we shall push every
thing to the bottom facts, and then return
to report In this case there will be no
whitewashing, and we viii show for our
selves Gle an hands.
Very Respectfully,
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