The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-09
The Goo3 aud in Livery Way
Satisfactory Story Con-
tinued.
Retick3I Sheriff, O'Mara
Representative, Niece
for Congress.
GRAM Celebration Night
il Union Square.
Complete Returns Of Tues
days Good Work up to
Date.
LOCAL ELECTION RETURNS.

In its review this morning of the politl-
cal situation, locally our usually amiable
morning contemporary loses its temper,
apparently, when it says while we elected
five out of six republican nominees for
county offices we do not think there is any
especial call for enthusiasm over the re-
suit Rock Island has been deemed a re
liable republican county and when good
men are placed in nomination for offices,
as was the case this time, and nearly
always is, they should every one be elected
| by good round majorities, and they
would have been if treacherous in
fluences had not been brought
| to bear to SANDER the candi-
date for sheriff by the friends of disap
pointed aspirant for the nomination Now
the Union remarked one day last week,
and the ARGUS ventured to jog its memo
ry little yesterday, that despite the dis
affection of Mr.. J. f. Akkrum land two
or three personal followers" there wouldn't
be enough of showe.' to give Mr.. Morris
even respectable wetting. 1t therefore,
naturally follows that the Union, like
most of its political followers. was
caught mapping Would the Union have its
readers infer that because a large number
of the respectable republicans of Rock Isl
and and other parts of this county, did not
admire Mr.. Norris staying qualities suf-
ficiently to honor him with their votes that
they were guilty of treachery? If so a !
great many republican business men in this
city, (many of them the leading merchants
on Second avcnue) will feel highly hatter
ed at the suggestion. Now on the other
hand there were several German democrats |
who went TO the polls in solid phalanx and |
voted the straight democratic ticket with |
the exception of substituting the name |
OF IIauberg for that of RetickeT Now, |
while the ARGUS deprecates their action as
extremely unwise and indiscreet, and as |
having a decided tendency to defeat Ret |
ECKER in the house of his friends, it still rec |
ognizes their undoubted right to do as they |
did if they could reconcile their convic
tions with such action Fortunately sew
eral of our German democrats, who thus,
as we believe, acted unwisely, now see
their folly, and are glad that it did not re
suit, as the friends of Morris fondly hoped
it would in Retickers defeat. In this free
country the Argus does not charge voter
with being traitor simply because he
prefers candidate upon the other side to
the one nominated by his own party and
OK Expresses this preference at the polls. If,
however, he sells his vote either for cash
or a promise of a subordinate office, or fu-
5ure preferment he is the mcanest kind of
a traitor, and beside him the chicken thief
is prince of the blood As we under
stand it. neither the mass of the republi-
cans of Rock Island county who voted for
Mr.. Reticker nor the large number of Ger
nan democrats who voted against DIR. Ret
cker and for Mr.. Haubere are traitors .
,r men to be led about by the noses
" self-constituted and self-asserting
eaders. We are glad, however
hat the hearty support of the .
ormer more than counter balanced the I
detection of the latter.
With the other proposition of the Union, {
republican glorifcation over {
he result, the ARGUS will not take issue,
s it cannot conscientiousiy say that the 6
epublicans have any particular reason for s
howing much enthusiasm. The best /
hing, therefore, that the bursted republi
ans can do is to lie still and take their ,
Medicine like little men, just what the G
democrats have been doing for several :
ears.
We append the result ia city and coun- .
y, as complete as it is possible to make 1
/, giving Yuma and Buffalo Prairie in ad I
ition to what was published yesterday:
After considerable running about with
he usual unsatisfactory result, are
nabled to present the following from
luna, on the principle that half a loaf is Il
etter than none" Morris, 80; Reticker
5; Hauberg, 36.
RURAL.
Smith II, Orendorff sc, Mclaughlin AZ; g
trattan 40, Raab SO, Hall 46; Marsh fl, n
yeece 80, Haney 46; Ainsworth Al, Seaton II