Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-07
THE PITY OF 1T.
Republican Methods in This D istrict
Shame and Disgrace.
Principles smoth srod for the = axe n,
"ih-Aiieged Southern Outrases
hquaiied In the Radical North.

Northern republicans never tire telling
the people of the misery of the south be-
cause of the outrages committed BY the
white people there against the negroes
In that section the people demand that
intelligence shall rule and for this thew
nave been libeled and slandered nd ma.
iigned. How fares il here? On election
day in Moline wealthy manufacturers
stood at the polls and voted their work.
men ike cattle against Mr.. Gable Pro,
test was useless. They either had to
vote the ticket made for them aud mt
INTO their hands or take the conseq uences,
ana tue consequences were severe enough
IN the face of hard winter To deter
them from refusing TO obey the wbip
oil the master. Some there were, how
ever. who remained away from the polls
rs'her than be compelled to vote FOR the
republican candidate. This bear n mind,
was In the land of honesty, fairness.
equal rights TO all, the land that SAYS
that every man who votes should have
his vote counted and recorded. and tina,
the Vote saould be free and uutr.mmel-
led. In the south, if the worst said
about 1t be admitted, it is the s,r1pole of
the white man against the untutored
black for political power and place.
What was it here? The cand dacy of
TWO intelligent men for representative of
the people. Were the voters ir Moline
left te 10 their will They were not.
Either vote for the man of our c1oice or
deprive your family of bread. said the
bosses alluded to. Is this the much
boosted republican fairnessg Is this
what they call the sacredness of the bal
LOTT And yet they clamor for an cleo
ton iaw-a force bill For what? To
put IN force in, to them, the much hated
Arkansas and Texas and Mississ ppi and
other places in the south, but leave in
the north the hands of bitter republicans
bosses free. And yet these republican
bosses stood at the polls from early TIL
late, and peddled their candidates tick
cts, and threatened or cajoled by looks or
word. and from them there was no es-
cape. Is this republican purity2
The Union in its half -chloroformed
state wonders that the southern portion
OF the district gave its votes to MIR. Ca
BILE, while all along, up to
the day of election, il was claim>
ing in its usual idiotic way
that all that portion of the territory was
almost solid for Mr.. Gest. 1t SAID so at
the time. knowing it was lie, az it lied
about everything else during the cam
paign. 1t started the story that the DEM
ocrats were debauching The voters with
liquor at the same moment that Mr. Haas,
the republican chairman, WAS writing
secret orders for beer to be given in un.
limited quantity to the heelers The ser.
wants of the people-the government
employes-fouud time to quit heir legit-
innate work and peddle campaign litera>
ture and work for their candidate, and
when convenient fight for him at the polls
striking blows from the shou der in a
most determined way.
Could the republicans not see that the
people would not believe the stories
against Mr.. Cable; could they not see
that they were demanding jus lice and
that they could not be put of longer with
lying excuses, broken promises and
swindling methods of Legislation? Die
they think the masses had gone stark
mad or that cunning political wire>pul-
lers could hypnotic them at tleir wilIg
Whatever they thought their reckoning
was woful failure.
The result of the election will be foand
in Mr.. Cables popularity aud the intelli-
gent sense of the people. That is
enough.