Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-20
THE SWEDISH VOTERS.
A Correspondent Tartly Replies to
Andrew Anderson.
Time to Throw or the Republican
Collar and Act lndependentIy-Th
swedish People Will Follow the
Dictates of Their Conscience Re
gardiess OF the Party Lash.

Editor OF the ARGUS:
MOLINE, Sept. 20.-Who is this new
teacher of christian ethics, this new lee
turer on political rectitude, that in Thurs
day mornings Union under the modest
name of Andrew Anderson essays to
speak for all us poor benighted Swedes
10 Moline and to direct US the way we
should gof Surely this man who shows
such solicitude for our acting from only
the "purest and noblest motives and
who reeents with such fine scorn the dss-
tardly imputation that any Swede would
in his political action be swayed by such
base a motive as gratitude. must be a
modern Nathaniel-a man without guile.
know no such Andrew Anderson in
Moline Do your And then his tender,
loving, devout and truly christian solicit
tude lest the horrid innovation of allow
ing gratitude to usurp the rightful sway
of prejudice as political motive may
''set in motion the most unholY intiu-
ences" and 1.-The power of christian teach
ings be forever corrupted" thereby. NY
dear Editor. doesn't it sound just too
lovely for snythIugr Who is this sensi>
tive, loving. loyal son of our Swedish
mother church? know of no such An
drew Anderson in Moline. A horrid syn>
ical friend of mine suggests to me that
just above these touching passages occurs
the phrase: The duties which we owe to
our country, our God and ourselves" and
suggests further that this phrase smacks
very strongly of some secret society obi
CATION.
These things perplex me. Have we a
DR.. Jeckyll and Mr.. Hyde character here?
My cynical friend suggests that this ring
ing defense of our nationality (where no
defense is needed), this Representatives
ness lest the least faint of worloliness
should attach itself TO the skirts of our
religious teachers and leaders and their
usefulness thereby be jeopardized. is
simply the hypocritical rant of political
hack in the pay of a set of scheming pOl-
iticians, seeking thereby to intimidate
true and conscientious men from follow.
ing the nobler and higher instincts OF
their nature. In short, is only q new and
ingenious way by self constituted and
| self seeking political tricksters of apply
ing the party lash to people whom they
have long considered and treated as party
serfs.
Ii my cynical friends suggestion should
be true, then Mr. Editor l need not ask
you who this Andrew Anderson is. Let
me suggest that twenty years ago Mr..
| Cables father was nominated for con-
gress in this very district Surely be
was not nominated to catch the
Swede vote or the college vote.
The college was not here then,
| and the Swedish vote was inconsiderable
Surely the same reasons, intensified
by the stronger local feeling that nov
| exists here. that induced the nomination
of the elder MIR. Gable. may well. and
probably did induce the nomination OF
| Mr.. Ben Cable.
Observation-Disclosures democrats or re,
publicsns-have had the good feeling
| and taste to keep all nationality mention,
| and more particularly our nationality and
its teachers and leaders, out of the public
discussions in their campaigns. This
infamy is reserved to one who calls him
self countrymsn of ours, and to make
his action all the more odious, he steals
the very livery of heaven to serve the
| devil in. Shsmel Why should not any
Swede vote for Mr.. Gable if he chooses
| And if we, or any of us so choose, what
right have these self-constituted bosses
under the fiim.y disguise of so-cslled
defense to covertlv attack any of US for
exercising our rights as free American
| citizens of voting and working for whom
soever we pleasef Have we so long and
uncomplaininglY borne with these fell
lows that they imagine they own US. II
so, it is time that they be given to I'M
| derstand that neither here nor in the
land of our birth. have we been, nor will
be. the slaves of any man OF coterie OF
men. CARL.