The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-21
DEFENDS ITS POSITION.
Gifts Reasons for supporting
Schafer.

The Port Byron Globe of this week,
after quoting the attacks that have
been made upon it by contemporaries in
the county, asserts its position in the
premises, as follows:
Well, well! We have learned some>
thing! We did not know the Globe was a
regular republican" paper. We did not
know it was ''solid republican" paper.
We cannot remember when we have ever
made even the shallowest pretense of be-
ing a republican organ, or democratic,
either; and the editor of the Union never
thought so-he knows better. He knows
we have not the gall to attempt to run
political organ when we have such power
full mouthpieces as the Rock Island and
Moline papers so close at hand.
If we have Topped from republicanism
to democracy the flop was voluntary, and
that is greater freedom than the Moline
papers have the power to assert. We
don't belong TO rich men who build fine
houses and quarrel over pnstoffices.
The Globe is an independent paper
free TO advocate whom and what it
pleases 1t is published in the interests
of its patrons-republicans and democrats
alike-and not in the interest of any
party or sect.
A large majority of our patrons live in
the upper end of the county. The Globe
is their home paper, and they welcome it
warmly as such. In endorsing Mr..
SehafeIs candidacy We have the sanction
of the republican as well as the demos
cratic patrons. He is townsman,
and we reiterate that it is our duty TO
lend hun our feeble aid Had the repub-
licans, instead of the democrats, nomina-
ted candidate from this end of the
county, that candidate would have re-
ceived the same voluntary endorsement.
This is where the republican party made
its mistake. This was their golden OPP
portunity. Had they looked at it in the
right manner, they might have retained
their regular majority in the county; but
the republicans of the upper end have
become heartily disguised with the man
ner in which they have been left OFT,
and thev will vote for their locality,
whether the candidate be democrat or
a republican. as rebuke to Rock Island
republicans for their sel1shness.
Mr. Schafer has always been strictly
honest, upright, sober and honorable
MAJ, and we are not ashamed of him.
He is thorough business man, and we
do not fear but that he could, If elected,
handle the county's moneys and accounts
with correctness and facility.
The Dispatch says, "Quite sacrifice
No it isn't. We sacrifice nothing. The
upper end of the county has everything
to gain, and can loose nothing. History
does not repeat that either republicans or
democrats up this way have ever had
anything in the county Office line. This
end seems to be hello under perpetual
boycott at the bands of the ringsters
down the river,
The Union folks should neither chide
nor advise us. II is q question if they
would not have brought Mr.. Burgh to the
front this fall as an independent candl-
date. in event of his failure at the re-
publican convention. At any rate the
editor of the Union was terror-stricken
gentleman when some one nominated MIR.
LyfUrd for the office of county treasurer.
Great beads of sweat stood out upon his
noble forehead as he saw visions of beau
ty fade away like mist before summer