The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-07
(contnued from Second Page.l

August; subsequent date, to publish that
Il promise to pay but never do" now
Boss Peter you are prevaricator after the
order of Beelzebub. Danforth, you are a
liar; you are the jumbo of 'em. I began
to investigate your extortionate charges
in the summer of 80, talked the matter
over with one of the principal candidates,
and we came to the conclusion to have
our printing DONE where there was lit
tie conscience behind the charges. There
fore went to Mr.. Kennedy and several
others and asked for prices. Mr.. Ken
nedy asked me $1.25 per thousand for
tickets. You charged from $2.75 to $500
and in same ratio for circulars. | receiv
ed at the time the following note from
Eiker & Dindinger job printers. Rock ISL
and.
DIR. p. L. McKinne, Moline
wewill print for you $4,000 tickets for 500 per
M. uhousand) 1896.
ErKER u DNDINGER.
Rock Island, Oct. "a, $780, Per Eiker.
I was about to give them an order to
the same when on the following day Oct.
25th received IA note from the chairman
of the committee at Rock Island saying
he had ordered $4,000 tickets and ''it
would require So from each candidate to
pay for the same" This as can be seen
was the same old swindle of three to four
hundred per cent. more charged by the
Rock Islander than any other Office in the
county charged, and | thought it was time
for your paper and its editor to begin to
practice some of its anti-extortion doctrine
which you howl about so loudly. That
assessment was 500 per cent. above Eiker
& Dindinger's bid; and your bill to me is
five hundred per cent. more than the chair
mans assessment. and is just tacenty .tSoe
hundred per cent. more than Eiker s. Din
dinger's offer. This for the great, anti
extortion, laboring mans loving journal,
was more than could stand any longer,
and pulled out from under your merci-
less lash, boss, and propose to keep out.
As to circulars and other printing, 1t has
been done ever since at Republican news
paper offices with saving to the party
and its candidates of from one hundred
and fifty to three hundred per cent; and
your extortionate office has done very lit
tie of it, and will do less. Peter, this is
what is giving you the cramps. Yet you
howl about the great monopoly press,
which charges even the poor Greenback-
ers three hundred per cent. less than you
do for the same labor.
1t is very evident for what sole purpose
you run that paper. and fully explains
why you publish such items as the above
and the following, which appeared in
your paper August 12th
Can anyone give any sensible reason
why any printing office should print tick
lets free of charge for a rich candidate for
congress? Especially when that candidate
forced himself upon the party. The edi-
'tor of this paper, as member of the
congressional committee. knows that that
candidate never paid cent for campaign
expenses, either TO the congressional or
EscOuntV committee"
The very sensible reason" for not hav-
ing it done at your office is you charge
three hundred per cent more at your office
than any other in the county; and didn't |
propose to be swindled by you any longer;
and l never ordered ticket at your office !
that l have not paid for, and you know it.
The latter part of the above item is the
only truth you have published in connec-
ton with my name for two years. In the
of 1880 | expended more money |
for the party than any two hundred green |
hackers in this county ever paid for the par |
ty all together, from the first election up to |
the present day. The following is Just |
one item for your special benefit, as you |
did not get any of the fiat"
MOLINE, H., Oct .. 1882.
For campaign expenses in the fall of 1880 DIR.
P. l.. Mckinnie contributed to the n. G. l.
And to my knowledge for music and other
expenses, addtional.... ............... 35 so |
Total SIS so
The largest contributions from any 9th
er candidate was 81, or from any other
person, So. j. Z. SODERsToRM
Treas. n. G. L. Club, campaign of 1880. |
expended for legitimate purposes sew
eral hundred dollars IN that campaign; but
not one cent of it went into your hands.
They are too sticky" Joseph.
No. No No.
Not one dime for Joe:
This is why he howleth so.
Not for Joseph not for Joseph.
Not one cent for Joe;
Howling mad he'll CO.
Aus ge spelled, old Joe.
As to forcing myself on the party"
Kurnel your memory is short. Have you
forgotten your little scheme of fiattering
and oily-tongued hypocrisy that you slob-
bered over me during the early summer of
1880, by which you tried to induce me to
believe | would receive the nomination of
both parties? Do you forget your
little game of trying to induce me to the
expenditure of $500 through the lever
of political machinery? Do you remem
Der that through the same machinery, and |
by the medium of certain worthless
notes held by you, that you were
to transfer $500 of that amount
into your own pocket7 You for
get this to do? You royal greenback hook
nozed buzzard, you forget it do you? After
that interview | never went into your office