Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-11
THE GREENBACKERs

gress.
THE GREENBACKERs
of the district have endorsed and will
support Mr.. Neece. The employees of
the machine shops and manufactures of
Rock Island md Moline have always
voted for him, and will probably remain
steadfast in their advocacy of his claims.
Three or four alleged worklngmen are
racing over the district, making speech
es for Mr.. Gest. Mccarthy is one OF
the number, and retired barber named
Pat Ferron is also stumping through the
couutryin Gest's behalf. Ferron's hard>
est work in life was done while in the
| regular army He served year or two
at the Rock Island Arsenal. and was
discharged from the service on account
of injuries resulting from the kick of a
mule or horse. He became a barber for
little while, but at present is devoting
his entire attention to wire pulling and
oratory.
| The most active, substantial republi-
can politicians in the district have dur
| ing the last five or six years evidently
become disgusted over the turn of affairs
and kept out of the fights. Such gen-
tlemen as Morris Rosenfield, c. H. Deer.
ey, and Henry Curtis are not talking
much interest in congressional matters
these days. None of them attended the
republican convention which nominated
Mr. Gest, and they don't appear to be
working very hard in the hope of secur-
ing party victory. Numerous other old
warehouses, like Senator John Fletcher,
are, contrary to their usual custom, de
voting their entire time to the Transaction
of individual business Not that they
are in sympathy with Mr. Neece, but
have simply lost all inclination to fight
the battles of congressional candidates,
As campaigner Mr.. Gest is not a
success. He is a poor stumpsspeaker
and fails to arouse the enthusiasm of the
republicans in the district. His cams
paign is evidently suffering for
THE WANT OF FUNDS.
Pat Q Mara said the other day that he
must go to Chicago and get some money
to be used in MIR. Gests behalf. OMara
expects to see the state committee tO>day
or tomorrow, but he will probably ex
| HtllNhIN iiuCu III S-Nttiu- LohS
Jones and Dan Shepard 10 give down. .
O'Mara, who Topped over from the dem
ocracy in 1884, is one of the most zeal.
Gus workers in Gest's behalf Mr. OMara
is said by his intmates to be the owner
of two votes. His own is one of the
number, but its mate has not up TO this
time been discovered, although dilegent
search has been made for clew thereto.
Mr.. Neece is very strong in Rock Is,
land He whitfield down Petrie's major
ity in 1884 in this county TO 300, and will
probably do just as well this time. Mr.
Huesing. of this city, avery shewd prog
nosticator, thinks Mr.. Neece will beat
all previous records in November and re
duce Gests majority TO nominal figure
The other counties in the district will
probably vote as they did in 1882 and
1894. The Marsh, Dryden. and Flet-
cher republicans are at skies and sevens
They seem to appreciate the fact..that
Rock Island did not do very much for
Marsh in 1882. Petrie's friends are wills
ing TO see Gest knitted, because the Stur,
geon element sulked in 1884. Moreover
some of the republicans in the interior
counties were willing to give the nomina.
ton to MIR. Gest and throw the burden
of electing the candidate upon Rock ISL
and county, and as one of them rather
significantly remarked at the Monmouth
convention, If Gest gets beat Rock ISL
and can never ask anything more of the
repu blicans in this district"
1t really looks as if Gest would be add
ed to the martyred Marsh and Petrle
The scheme worked by Sturgeon and
OMara is proving boomerang The
greenbackers are supporting Neece. as
are also The greater number of working
men. The state committee will do its
best TO pull them through. Senators
Logan and Cullom will, it is understood,
make a number of speeches in the district
during the campaign, but the voters here
aways are not easily swayed by political
oratory.