Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-02

The proyisions OF this familiar title Of the
revised statutes have been put TO exercise %
both the great olit.cai partt :. anu IN the
north-as well as In the s1uia. b. he Ming with
the court OF the petitions required o. ia~. "
Il not therefore. question whether We shall
and have had for several years. but whether
we shall nave an effective law. Toe present
law stops Just short Q, = snccusenS,ss, ior y
over the certincaiion which establishes the
pr1ma fscie right 10 seat In the IA use Of
representatives. Tbs defect should b. cured.
Equality OF representation and the parity Of
the electors must &c IN lintaincd. or every
thing that ts .aiuable IN our sys.-iii OF gov
eminent Is lost The qualification of an eiec-
tor must be sought IN the Law. not IN the
opinions. prejudlccs or fesrs - any
classes. however powerful The path Of the
ambush OF fear ana entif ements and frand
the count 50 true and oisn that none snail
gainsay it sue a law should b- abso utely
noDpartisan aud impartial IL sho Id give
the advantage TO honesty anu the control 20
majoritics. surely there h nothing -. tionai
about this creed. and n II shall happen that
fail mere and not there. IL h not because the
Inv u sectional but because, happily. crime
forgot, en- that every law. whrtncr reiafing O.
lie tion- or To an. other subject. whether en-
heTa az 'hs .,ite or oy ,ns natlon, ma io,ce
Bile. toe pos g eomitatus. the prisoa. are always
behind IN. law.
l. Not Sectional
one cannot 10 Justly chnrscl with IN
friendliness TO any section IT eias- who seeks
only u restrain violation OF Law and " per
sonai right. No community wall md laNiez--
ness profitable NJ community can nuoro 70
have II known that the officer, Who are
charged with the preservation Of the pub1c
peace and the restraint Of the cri .Hinaa Case
are Themselves th= product of fraud o. vio-
lence. The magistrate - then without reel cct
and the law without sanction. The noods OF ihw
essness cannot be leveied and ma e 10 run Ia
one channel. The III ing o. United States
marshal carrying n writ OF arrest for an eles,-
ton orcnsc l. fuli OF prompting and u = ca
ton 10 men who are pursued by a city mar
IL - said that this q ssiation viii revive race
ahimo-.ties. and some have even suggested
that when the peaceful methods OF Ira al nfc
made impossible they may lie sIppanfs.,i ~
fntimi1atio an violcnce.
IL he proposed Law give 70 any quail
ined elcctor. by hairs weight. more
Than his equal influence. or defTscts by -
much frOm any other qualined electors. a 1,
fatally impeacEr-l. but N the iAW J. s-QaaI
and the animositiss Il i 10 s1oks gov ~, ~
the fact that some electors uaVe he &C.
custoined TO eNercs. the franc ~. for oth.r-
mostties ought not TO b. cs,nie--su without
shame aud cannot e given weight IN he dis
cus-ion without disho or.
No ch ice T. left 10 ms. but 90 ~nfor,- .,i,h
vigor all lae7- int nded Ia urc Is tns etti-
Zen bis constitutional rights snd 60 rts.sin-
mend that the tnaa-s ia .isss q -urh iau. -
promptly rem-1ie-i- h TO protnut. with -
and rce ~ in crest every y ogs-,t for tile de-
vetopuent OF ii- material intsrc Il. - RI. -rs.
hnroors. min,s and fActJres ana the 4ntelii-
gem e. peace and - unity under the lsW Of
IT. communities and its home y lot a. .. It'd
as sum tent eytslenc- OF fri.ud .ftie-- 90 an
STAT o secfiot. Cannot ndd couniNanr- Al
election psacu - fhAI not oaiy disturb locai
insult, but rob the ele,ior- o. other state aud
sections OF their must Irice.e p-isific ~
rights
the PREPARATION Of the general augmentation
bills AhOuld L. conducted with "a. .rs-af.,-f
care and the c o--est scrutiny OF cxusnaltuf.-
Appropriations snould b. adeauat. . ~.
publ service. but tue should D. A. >. IN
free from prcitlalty.
Ncntuic again TO rculin you that the Ia Il
time rei.lli slng Tor tho ,snsidcrs ton of itu
portaat legislation noW aNaittlz ,tur atf.t-
Ton sfhs.-r 40 margin Tor Naste d tie ur~s-
sn' . = % dis harE-d with din,.e 80. f!sell \
ala agy. tire work OF the is.x- ur-t CON-
gr.-- 10y he confidently submit tszi 10 tIlr
con -i..craie judgment ~ the y ,Uplc
BENJAMIN hAHHIsrN.