The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-15
A. O. Il. Again.

it0Ck ISLAND. req. IL.
EDITOR ARGUs:-Last Wednesdays
ARGUS contained an article from Cable.
H., signed by James J. Casey. and it is
only fair to suppose the writer is un>
acquainted with his subject. He
tries to defend men, or board, as he
calls them, that are better able TO speak
in their own behalf than he apparently is.
The trouble with great many is that
they will swallow everything they see and
hear as gospel truth. This correspon-
dent who left Ireland two or three years
ago thinks he knows more than the Irish
american or any man in Rock Island,
Davenport or Moline His friends were
very unfortunate indeed the day he came
over. He says "the ARGUS published an
article copied from the Irish american
that reflects severely on the A. O. ii. and
some of its most efficient members. Does
il indeed? | declare its shame for The
ARGUS. 1t is very mean of it if 1t has
done SO. But The ARGUS did no such
thing. The editor copied an article from
the Irish AmerfcdR Of Dec. 10, giving an
| account of law SUIT in one of the high
est courts of the land that sustained The
A O. II. and its officers, and exposed its
enemies and political tricksters, and
turned them out of court with costs. But
hear what the fellow says of the irtsl
american in the thirty ,ninth year Of pub
LEGATION, the oldest distinctively Irisl
paper in America, published by Lynch
Cole and Meehan, three Irish democrats
and always noted for its impartialty in
treating matters of interest. He saws
| lust to show how much the Trash Amert
cna knows about the NATTER (what mat
ter?l Henry F. Sheridan is, and Away:
has been, strong democrat; in tact ht
ran for congress on the democratic tickle
against the Hon. John F. Finerly" Oh,
then that settles it. That's news
for you. Why, my friend, Tao
editors of the Irish, 4mericau know
that Mr.. Sheridan was democra
long before You left the old sod. Ii is no
for his democracy or his republicanisn
that they speak. but for being polit:ca
tool in the hands of others. Trading III,
\. o. II. for other fayors during the Ii 5
campaign. Please read that friSh-Ima
icdH's article over again aud see il YOU Cal
| digest it any better this time or form al
idea of what the contract was. / thint
| You are spending yoGr time very fooGshl'
in the coal mines of Cable while YOU coul,
command large salary at the IrlSh
| 4mericaa office if they heard of Won
| They have advertised for man like YOU
In regard TO Mr. Sullivan, know moth
ing about him But / heard some seriou
| charges against him and never heard bin
contradict them, which | should think h.
would do if they were false. But if the
are facts neither vOu nor all Your friend
could change them. Write to the Fts5
AmericeR or to the Chicago Eaera'd an,
they will tell you all about him | woult
not think the article worth noticing il
was not for the allusion tu the A . Il
| do not know whether Mr.. L s O'Neii j
Il ring master or not As far as my &C
quantance with him he is a gentleman
but one thing lean tell you for fact ans
that is that Mr.. ONeil is not the count,
delegate of Rock Island county. nor is h,
u member of the A q. II Ccrtainlr
| there is not noN nor ever was and A .
II. board in Moline except by imagine
ton. and you can tell them SO. II you
or they think there is, the sooner yo
prove it the better we like it, The onI,
\. o. II that is recognized in Rock Isl,
aud county by the church and state i
Div. No. l. The rest have no stalutoi
| existence and could not sustain thcI
claim, You can tell them SO. As for tn
Davenport A. Q, Ii. AMI the like. they ar
known by the A O. II. all over the coun
try As the lett -handed men They are al
sure to 60 to Heaven for their democracy
IigeHtar BEECH cell dgtd Bh9rai
BHaeht Lat, Very respectfully,
| lNo. ". RoCuE