The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-30
POLITICS.
Republican Strife Within the
Lines.
The Democratic Ticket Hear
tily Endorsed.
Congressional Disappointment
in this County.

and, In fact, throughout the entire con-
gressonal district presents some peculiar
features that will render the coming election
to be held early in November highly inter
esting. The republicans, the dominant
party in the past, both in the county and
district, are badly demoralzed both on &C
count of internal strife and dissensions as
well as grave political blunders in nominal
ing confessedly weak candidates for several
offices to be filed at the coming election.
These mistakes are admitted by the better
class of republicans. and viii be taken ad
vantage of by the democrats who propose
to put the best nominees in the field and
elect them on their wellknewn abilities
and fitness for the respective offices for
which they shall be named.
THIS RESULT
was accomplished in the late democratic
county convention when John Reticker of
this city was nominated for sheriff, Dan.
Gould of Moline for treasurer, and Miss
Maria Kenworthy of Andalusia for school
superintendent These nominations were
made after careful deliberation and with
the intention of placing the best material
where it would do the most good. Since
the convention the people generally, both
in Moline. Rock Island and Throughout
the county have approved of the selec-
tions, and endorse the ticket without any
eauivocation. The nominees are persons
well known. and have no connection with
any clique or ring, as is the case with sew
eral of the republican candidates. They
command the respect of all who know
them, and their election is desirable not
from sympathy or because they belong to
any gwen party, but because they will
discharge the duties of their respective
offices conscientiously, honestly, and with
credit to themselves and the public ser
vice.
THE REPUBLICANS.
or at least that portion of the dominant
party that do not follow the beck and call
of the county ring leaders and ''bosses,"
propose to Show TO the local Camerons,
Logans and Ccnklings that fitness for
position shall hereafter be the criterion of
their votes, and they will vote for Reticker,
Gould and Miss Kenworthy because they
considered them better qualified to fill their
respective positions than Morris, Fleming
and SouthweIl the republican nominees
for sheriff, treasurer and school superin-
tendent. The independent republicans
affirm that the nominations of the three
candidates was effected without any re
gard to their qualifications, but simply be
cause they had been ward workers and
deserved some recognition from the party
1t was trade and sale from beginning to
end, and the independents conclude that
it is about time to show the bosses that
it is one thing to nominate unworthy men,
but it will be more difficult feat to secure
their election.
DRURY REPUBLICAN
this morning stated that the republican in !
that township would not support Morris, |
and he did not think that Morris would |
poll half the republican vote in the lower |
end of the county. When asked if he did |
not think that Morris by personal interces-
sion could pacify the republicans, said that |
the more Morris went about, the poorer his |
chances of election become as he did not |
possess the magnetism that attracted peo-
pie, but was charged with the other kind of |
electricity that repealed people. He said |
that in the lower end of the county the |
opinion was quite general that Reticker
would be elected, and the greenbackers
were supporting him because they believed |
he would be the winning candidate He |
refused to say anything about Fleming or
Southwell, but intimated that they would |
have their hands full if they prevented a
defeat at the November elections. He de-
nounced the republicans in round terms
for their foollshness in nominating weak
ticket, containing men that if elected would
injure the party by bad management of
their respective offices
IN CONVERSATION
this morning, another republican from the
country stated that Marsh was defeated be-
yond doubt. He also thought that
Fleming was in the same boat, and gave
his reasons for such belief He said that |
there was no Disgusting the fact that
Fleming was nominated out of pity, as it
was known that he had reformed his hab-
it's was a hard worker at the polls in the
past and needed the office. Such arguments
were ueed among the delegates and secured