Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-31
ARCHER'S DOODLE.
Maryland VIII Probably Hold
the Empty Bag
BoSDsNEy SWEAR THEY WONT PAY,

Ana n Ls,tIs Oversight Of the Governor
ts0ssI Matter That Wa Neglected.,
Mach 70 His EIeeIIeBey'. EeEret-The
cuIprit a Hixhhisr. WHO o~ss Every
bedy-A Cruel BIoS TO His Wife
AxEAPoLts, Nd NzrcA sl-Tn-r@ -
sOg.e talk sbOut hol1is1z an ezra se=.50o of
TIE IegzsLzt1r=- Th= pr=seaE $500 EMS 10
night Tie nscess5ty f0z az ezra s=ssoa /.
foUnd IL ,tss 9sts1ezthsa q STATE Treasurer
Arehsr. ne Eho5s truts Of tie coaaa,boz
.. his affairs = nor yet kaovr, tie COMMIT
Tee appointed D. he legislature 10, having
BEEN abb u dis5ovsE tie rosal sg04at Of rs
peculst&91z D=sidsz = n=E treasurer VIII
have % be =5sc-7d, AMI tas EnemSers q tee
general sss@zsb9y are iEclinsa 70 IL tie Tz-
esncy tke-ns=lve instead q having th= So
Lestioa 70 ths governor, vhi-a privilege
EJuli b. h. n c4S= tbs legislature ware not
H. s-szl1n
Basdsrnsn Refuse to Paw.
Il i E0E the declared ytlrposs q ih- L,ysz3s-
Rs@n MT % pay = o=1t q the smo1nt 1o-
NhBeA thsy t--=znl7 s1rs-iss. unlsss. after tie
sxhsus4ion q al I=gzI unstho3s, tEsT are
eOmpesl-i % Do 80 One Of tc@Ez u bitter Z
hls cSlunelztigR OF TIE 1scspsioa TIA. kzs
o-=n przct5s7i Upon hin BE has Only been
% th@ bond tgs4r months. AMI d-cisrez that
b. 1iA nSt be T-spCn=lois for slnzs= dina
ArcbsE fE0@inZ that he Ezs = osss1ltsr
wnsn BE- sszsd him 70 bscorns lis t.gndszEea-
Little Matter Overlooked
There = = pr0Tlsloa IN Tie constitution o
TIE sEzEe which requires TIE governor % *
anime under oath every SIX uno1rns the &C
oozu-s q tks comptroller sni th= treasurer
The p@culsttohs have bee1 practio@d by
Archer for the past three years. 80 that The
governor 6id not carry cat tie requirements
" ths constitution IN this particular Bzssd
"a tbs constitutional provisiCu M=Ioy has
introduced resolution IN tfss hoUsz request
ing the governor % inform the house. 50
son a. possible. wbs1 be last sxzmiusd The
treasurer q The safe Ead=r OATH a. 20 tn
c'ynd Kan Of the STATE funds entrlsted % bis
care, a. provided b. The ooustitGtlOn-
The Governor Didn't Know.
IL an Interview GCTsrnoT jackson says
that b had never teen aware that any such
d7ry was lad upyH tk= executive u the
Constitution until ms srt=at ION vas called
20 IL He regretted very much that BE- hal
oeen wanting o. l1nOredgs Of tl.ing which
bs certainly Tg1I nsTsr have h=-.cstsd 70
carry cut. l, l. known IL Bz!air. whs-s NJ
Archer resides, that h. owes large balls q
ths traders thsre- He owes his bu-cns- :
=. so meat biIl, and $50 f9r grgosrtss \
large u1ubsr o, trus- escsrss IL Hartford
county that were IN bis care. have beer
wiped out sIso AZ i stated
The Thf@fs Wife Frustrated
The oslsuitsng treasurer Il stIll sLthts hon.
very ~, and unaware Of ths exposure oi his
-rOngdO4ng Tie records sbo1 that nearly
al q bts property has ben DOrtgsgsd % its
fuu value, - that thsTs 4 10 likelihood Of
the state receiving one dollar from bf. estate.
Mrs. Archer was told Saturday night for the
first tine Of her husband disZracs The shock
was more than sbs could stand She swoOned
away, and rsssine1 Consciousness only 70
FAINT again She l. NV cJnfnsd % her bed
For the family there Is deep sympathy, bot
Tor Archer himself there has D@en an in-ense
Faction, owing 70 the discovery that bss
pilfsT1ngs have been going On ever since bs
got into Oftics- Some Of hls former friends
are now the bitterest.n the denunciatiOns.