Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

The Union in its further efforts to
keep Bert Casteel from making votes for
himself ali over the county, cries out in
its sgonizing apprehension of the doom
of its frail candidate Gamble, that this
is one of the busy months of the year in
the treasurer's office" and it thinks Cas-
teel ought TO be there attending to his
duties. If the Union can point out any
work there is in the county treasurer's
Office at this time for one mantle
treasurer himself, much less deputy-it
will be promptly attended to and Mr..
Schafer will not find it necessary to hire
someone else to straighten things out on
account of his depdty's incompetency.
1t is very strange indeed that this is the
first year that the Union has discovered
so much to do in the office of the county
treasurer at this season. and that nothing
was said when Mr.. Jennings deputy
found abundant time at this season to
devote month or two to the tax books
in the county clerks office, and month or
two again in the spring for work on the
city books. The Union doubts the in.
tegrity of Deputy County Clerk Kohler
as to the time the deputy treasurer is
paid for by the county. and insists with
wonderful consistency that he should be
there all the year round.
We can hardly blame the poor old
Kansas-eyed concern for getting desper
ate and saying all sorts of irresponsible
things when it beholds the constantly
growing popularity everywhere of the
| democratic nominee for circuit clerk, and
the almost total obscurity into which the
weakened candidate on the othe
side has dropped. Yet the ARGUS
does hope and trust that tn
appearance of all these thing
will not so far uubalance and demoraliz,
the Union that it will make a cussed foe
OF itself and manufacture secCss
tons against Mr.. Casteel because he ha
already showed Gamble out of sight.
is not Mr.. Casteers fault PARTICULAR
that the republican party nominate
Gamble. ANY more than it is Mr. Casteel'
fault the democratic party made hir
their standard bearer The latter did no
the Union should not forget, work fC
two years laying his wires to secure Ii
nomination. He did not treat politics
benefactor In such treacherous msnnt
in order to benefit himself. that col
seriousness of it so smites him now tn,
he cannot look his former employer
the face. Neither is Mr.. Casteel laborir
under the embarrassment of having
far proved himself incompetent that
was discharged by his employer in ord
that the work he failed to do satlsfa,
torily might be caught up and straign
ened out before the office was to
turned over to successor. Neither b
Mr.. Cssteel found It necessary to beg an
body to write letters explaining al
shortcomings on his part, or to carry
defense upon the stump. Mr.. Casteel
making an aggressive fight in this car
psign and not defensive one. He
making the attack, just as Sharp Sill
and John Schafer did two years ago;
is hewn from the same kind of timber, al
as republican supervisor said yesterdi
as long as the democrats put up su
men as the three named, they will
elected, for they are the kind of men
trust in public affairs-honest, expe
enced and competent The people KIN
of the accuracy of these statements a
no attack that the Union can make il
last stages of desperation will make
hairs breadth difference either way