The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-13

election. Mr.. Randall is footing his horn
pretty loud, and claims to have the inside
track. 1t is said he is making bis can
vass squarely on the protection issue He
says that it is the height of absurdity for
States like South Carolina and Louisiana
to favor any one but protectionist. For
example, in Louisiana the protection on
sugar is worth to each planter who makes
100 hogsheads nearly $4,000, 10 the
largs planters who make from LOCO to
1000 hogsheads this means from 100000
$4,000 yearly more than they would get
for their crops if they had to complete
with the slave grown sugar of Cuba, In
fact. without protection the Louisiana
sugar planter is ruined, and an industry
now worth 100000 900 to the State is
completely obliterated, Now, says Mr.,
Randall, eff the Louisiana delegation,
with the enormous sugar interest and an
important rice growing clientele besides,
want TO vote for free trader, all right ="
But it is understood that some, if not all,
of the Louisiana delegation oppose Mr.,
Randall nevt Eheless, One mistake which
he makes is in assuming that all the
taraff reformers are free traders ont and
out. Mr.. Carlisle, as | understand it,
6 for nd a
protection, but opposes great monopo.-
lies and unjust burdens. 1t is his in
tention to visit the watering places of
Wisconsin and Michigan soon, several
doubtful votes needing his attention up
in that direction. He will then take a
run through Missouri, Illinois and
Indiana, after which he will jump to the
seashore, combining business and pleas
ure. He intends to travel leisurcly, but
it is suspected that he will not waste time
viewing scenery unless Congressman are
in the near foreground. Indeed he makes
no concealment of his purpose to make a
personal canvass for the Speakership as
far as practicable He confesses that he
is a candidate, and admits that he wants
votes, and isn't ashamed to do all that
can be done legitimately to get them, Mr.,
Randall is also working like beaver, and
it would be hard to tell who will come
out ahead
Speaking of the fact that Bob Ingersoll
has got his clients, Brady and Dorsey
and other Star-routers, to put some
money into his '1vanhoe' mine, a brother
journalist relates the following; Il re.
member that one of the best abused of
the other side in the late great State trial,
Attorney General Brewster, was once
induced to take stock in a Colorado mine.
So was l. 1t was called The Pennsyl
vania Gold and Silver Mining Company.
Its principal property was gulch of
fabulous richness it is still rich-but it
never made any of its owners anything
but poor There were acres of sand and
tons Of gold but there was no water
nearer than thirteen miles to wash
it with. As the gulch wouldn't so TO the
water, it became our plain duty to take
the water to the gulch-iH ditch.
There was the usual result--the money
flowed but the water didn't. AT the last
meeting of the stockholders the question
of another assessment was unanimously
negatived after MIR. Brewster had made
little speech to this effect Gentlemen,
l went into this experiment against my
better judgment, just as a man buys q
lottery ticket. 1t has long been my
opinion that gold was designed by the
Almighty to be the representative of value
for all time, and that he made so little Of
it and put that little in such out of the
way places in order that it should Away.
cost, an the average, SO cents to get on
81 l believe that it always will dom
care to pursue the subject any further.
The meeting adjourned, There was nc
assessment, and, so far as am advised
no dividends. But l am, nevertheless
firmly convinced that that gulch is {
rich one" Dom PEDRO.