Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-19
CHAGRINED BY CHESTNUTs.

What Hurts the Morning sheet =
FIOundering About, Lying and
swearing at the Presentation of
Facts.
The Union is highly incensed over the
ARGUS article of last evening. in which
was a presentation of facts tending to
show that it is the scheme of the Gest
managers to return Gest to congress by
attempting to cram into the voters of the
district worn out, musty, decomposed
chestnuts, and by the effect of which to
slip him back into his seat at Washing
ton. 1t is the exposure of the republican
bosses in their attempts to elect Gest by
springing chestnuts that has caused such
widespread and really serious Indignation
10 the camp of the faithful. The Union,
in its sore headed sbriek, calls Mr.. Prem
tiss another nonentity like Niece" and
says: But the ARGUS doesn't 90 much
on home interests, anyway. Whenever
be on the side opposed to Rock Island ;"
1t is hardly necessary to contradict either
of these white-liyered lies. The malic-
iousness and soreness they imply, carry
their own conviction. AS to the charge
that Mr.. Prentiss is ''nonentity," the AR
GUS can only say, and without rejecting
the least on the republican candidate, who
is one of the most respected citizens of
Rock Island that Mr. Prentiss will stand
comparison with that gentleman in any
light in which he may be placed But in
order that the public may have an oppors
tunity to judge for themselves, Mr.. Prem
tiss will speak in Rock Island before the
close of the campaign, and if it Can be
satisfactorily arranged he will no doubt
be glad to speak on the same platform
with Mr., Gest-that might draw better
according to Boss Wells idea. Thu
Unions charge that Mr.. Prentiss is 8
"nonentity" Is excusable. 1t is natura
for it to make such unfouuded accuse
tons at random. The poor old shee
can't look about its sanctum without be
holding specimens of the nonentity species
and further than this, if it should chanc
to cast its Kansas eye over the republica
county ticket, that same impression o
nonentity would again present itself. A
a single instance in illustration of thi
assertion, who is this man Gamble, if h
is not seif~convicted nonentity7 Vt
: the ARGUS 5may be subjecling itself
criticism for touching upon this biliol
spot in the body of Rock Island count
republicanism. Like O'Mara Gamble
entirely out of The campaign, having bee
dropped from the minds of the voters
the county and forgotten. The fact of r
calling either brings before the vision {
the republican leaders a sore that is IA
and festered with irritation. but which
let alone may be allowed to heal by Il
time next spring comes around.
But word for the Unions attack upt
the ARGUS. 1t seems it cannot get ov
the kumiliating defeat it suffered at t
hands of the ARGUS in the matter of t
street car controversy. Because I
ARGUS in the interests Of the city and
opposition to the single interests of 10
existing monopolies, welcomed new e
terprises and worked for them succe'
fully, thus defeating the Union,
hlreiing of the aforesaid monopolies, il
] to be charged with being against the CT
Nonsense Such silly assertions are nau'
sting to people with brains. The ARG
in reply need only say that public sen
ment placed the seal OF its commendati
upon this paper for its fight and victo
over the influences of which the I'm
was factor, and praised its straig
forward, unrelenting course in this
stance as in all others where the city's
vanCement is at stake, and its final V
tory over the combined influences
wealth and monopoly.