Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-28

eral days sending out an edict OF warning
to dissatisfied members Of the party-of
whom there are quite few-to put a
paddock on their lips and come out for
the straight ticket or beware of the
future But the trouble is that the class
of men who are boiling the ticket have nc
fears of the future as far as the ma
sheen" may make 1t. They are not men
who can be either bulldozed or led around
by the nose.
The mass of the voters o Rock Island,
while not ignoring the Importance that
lies in the selection of fit man for mayor,
one who has in mind the very best inter-
ests of the city. will not be unmindful OF
the fact that there are other offices tina,
require men Of ample qualifications
and 10 Haas and Bob Koehler will
not have any more ''honor thrust upon
them" than they have already. The
"mssheen" that manipulates republican
conventions, cannot manipulate the
public.
A new obstacle to republican success
has arisen in the action of the "masheen'
In putting Bob Bennett on the ticket.
The friends Of Ex-mayor Carse who we're
indignant at the action of the conven.
ton in using Mr. Carss as tool for the
''masheen's" success In making the nom
nations, are more than incensed at the
nomination of Bobby. who contributed
to some extent to Mr.. Carse's defeat two
years ago by his own candidacy. Ben
netts nomination therefore is taken by
the Carse adherents as adding insult to
injury.
The Union wants the ARGUS to tell it
how to pronounce MAS .h-e-e>n. The
easiest way. possible "masheen." 1t is
a comparatively new word. applicable to
few political bosses and wire manipu
lators, who combine to work out certain
political ends-to bring into their service
and bidding, by artful methods Of
representation and Misrepresentation
certain factions, whose influence is pur-
chasable commodity. Future dictiona>
ries will give this definition. The word
is rather distasteful one, as the Union
acknowledges--partlcularly to Rock
Island republicans. just now. No
charges. Mr.. Union.
The 'masheen" has resorted to new
trick to attempt to make votes for its
ticket. 1t is spreading the impression
through the medium of Phil Miller and
Pat Cary, that if Koehler. Wilcox and
Bennett are to be beaten for the offices
Of city clerk. assessor and magistrate
respectively. as is now generally con-
coded, the republican party will have
| them on its hands, and that should Nc
| Conochie be elected he will have to pro-
vide for them in his appointive offices, as
1--WE. as the result of certain combina.
tions, are bound to look out for those
candidates. This is evidently scheme
to help Koehler, Wilcox and Bennett al
the expense of McConochie The ina.
sheen" genius played out after 1t had
walked away with the informal republi.
can convention.
| Koehler has made the boast that if he
could prevail upon the republican con
vention to nominate him. he had no fears
OF being defeated He acknowledged
that he had trouble in mastering the
cheek to ask the convention for the nom
nation, but when he saw 1t was coming
his way (through the workings of the
'mssheen') he was as much surprised as
any man In town. Koehler's impression
that the "masheen" controls the balance
of power among the voters of the city a:
it did in convention 1t packed and
manipulated. Is entirely misplaced. The
people vote as they please and think bes
and there is a very generally prevailing
spirit in this county which opposes Civ
ing any man so extended a tenancy in ar
| Office that he thinks he has a mortgage
| on it,