The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-17
Time Called, He Didn't come
to JUDGMENT.
He is Selling Out the
Greenbackers.
As the Cutie Fish Hides in
a Colored Cloud of its
own Emission, so
does he.
Col. ] B. DANFoRTH;

Col. ] B. DANFoRTH:
On the 9th of this month | addressed
you an open letter making certain charges.
| | deposited as forfeit one thousand dol
| lars, and challenged you to do the same,
| by the 18th, and submit the matter to proof,
| the money to be forfeited as then stated.
| You failed to come to time" but you de-
vote four columns in your paper to the ex-
elusive avoidance of the issue In the
| opening of your article occur these words
81 shall expose such of the DR. s assertions
''as ought TO be noticed. l shall not fol-
'1ow him into his natural element-the
"gutter-in the use of foul epithets, but
"will use such language as is proper in
public print"
A person would think from reading that
that you had braced up little and had
crawled up onto the curb stone yourself,
and was about TO shake off such foul
epithets" as the following which l find in
your paper in your own language: Dead
Beat" ''DOuble-faced Hypocrite, Prodigal
Son, ''Snarling, Backbiting Boss, Dandy
Pat, Liar" Spurious Candidate" vi
per, CHATS daisy, that is, that's for me.
You lost your grip on the curb stone and
slipped back Into the gutter" when you
caught that one, Mr.. Danforth). 1.-TWO
Pats" and two "ProdIgal Sons" placing
me on level with criminals in the peniten-
tiary. AS to others, here are samples:
'Hypocrite, Thief, ''Defaulter," applied
to honest men; "Bummers," ''Fops,"
"Drunkards," Gambler" | coined lust
one new one, and it ''fits your character
to dot" p. b. b. Now, sir. Here is
business:
First. l charged that you published in
your paper June 18th, an alleged commu-
in,
dishonorable manner. That you wrote the
letter yourself, signed it Peter" and so
published it, which was ignoble, cowardly
and disreputable journalism, and you don't
dare to DENY it under a forfeit or under
oath. Now peter" was very appropri-
ate signature to that letter. You will re-
member that he lied three times before
breakfast.
"And the Prodigal Son poor and forlorn,
Whose pen in your side Is a piercing thorn,
Has ratified your conscience all tattered and torn
charged second, that while publishing
an alleged anti-eXfortiOn paper that YOU
charge the greenbackers one hundred and
fifty to three hundred per cent. more for
circulars as well as tickets than other of
fees have charged the party, and you don't
dare to deny it under forfeit or under
oath.
Third, I charged that you published a
lie, that you knew it was lie when YOU
said that l owed you for your paper .'for
nearly five years" and that promise to
pay but never do" You did not allude to
it, and don't dare to deny it, under for
felt or under oath. l charged that when
yon published / was dead beat" that
it was a lie. That the total bills now in
my possession amounting to $72, paid to
you for tickets and circulars" That not
a candidate on either ticket save Mr.. Foy
paid one dollar of the bill. That l paid
$51.25 and Mr.. Foy $50 the committee
one dollar, and neither you or they
dare not deny it under forfeit or under
oath.
You take much space and spread great
deal and publish letter to prove the only
truth you have published about me for two
years, that did mot contribute to your
committee" ] made that assertion about
as strong myself as it could be made.
After your treatment of me in the summer
of 1880, and my discovery of your schemes
and character and the receipt of your let
tiers, / would not have given five dollars or
five cents to go into your pocket, directly
or indirectly, if l knew it, if it had elected
every greenbacker in the United States,
and put you in the cabinet as secretary of
the navy.
L charged that you attempted, through |
the medium of political machinery, by ca
jolery and hypocrisy, to fitch from me
So, 500; and have your letters of August
10, 1880, to prove it; yet in four columns
of 'skimmings' you don't allude to, or deny
it, and you don't dare to deny it under
forfeit, or under oath. (Here is where the
gazelle appears.) I charge that you are
Boss and a disorganizer and / have proof
of it in your letter of Sept. 5, 1890 That
you are the Royal Arch High. Priest of
Hypocrisy. After slandering me for
months, in your paper on the 4th of this
month in sending me message, by gen
tleman now very prominent in this dis
trict, in these words: Say to the Doctor |
that do not feel unfriendly toward him.
He may do you some good in Moline"
and you don't dare to deny that either in 1
print, under a forfeit, or under oath.