Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-03
DEMOCRACY ASSURED.
Confident of Victory All Along
the Line.
From Every Point In the District
Come. the Cheering Intelligence or
Sueeess-Repubifcans Trying to
Make the Brst OF the sorrowful Sit.
uatton.

From every part of the district comes
the intelligence thst Reedism and Nc
Kinleyism and the parry of plundering
and extortionats faxes must 90. It Is a
case where patience has ceased to be 9
virtue. The people have suffered long
and in silence and now the day of reckon
ing has come. 1t is spontaneous action.
The taxpayers are alive to their own in
terests and will not be humbled and
snubbed and robbed OF their rights any
longer. From Que end of the district to
the other this is the feeling and this feel
ing is the necessary step to ensure sue
cess. In all the counties in the district 1t
is the same. Gest will now know how
the people consider his action in voting
Tor higher taxstion. and in every way
neglecting their msterisl interests. He
could hsrdly expect their decision to be
otherwise. and iuwsrdly he knows where
the blame justly attaches-to himself
Democrats will do themselves and the
principles of the party justice by voting
for the straight ticket. Every man on it
is worthy of election, so that no man
should be scratched. Both Wilson and
Vinton should receive one and a half
votes each for the legislature They can
both be elected and they will be, thus
making more certain the sending of Gen.
ersi Palmer to the United States senate.
With Cable in congress, Hinmsn in the
state senate, Vinton and Wilson in the
lower house of the legislature, Gordon
for sheriff, Browner treasurer, Creutx
clerk. and Marshall superintendent, this
district and county will have represent
alton and q set of officials that will be
worthy In every way of the people whom
they will represent.
The numerous republicans who will
scratch their regular ticket can do so with
clear conscience, in addition to having
the example and approval of hosts in
their own party. They can thus demon
strste to Mr.. Gtst, for one, that thew do
not sanction his assistance in saddling
upon them a ruinous system of taxation,
In which there is neither honesty nor
reason. They will demonstrate also that
they do not approve OF his pernicious
partisan ways in other matters affecting
al far Of ha
The voters will bear in mind that it is
necessary 10 see first that their ballots are
correct. Next it is necessary that thay
shall go to the polls at as early an hour
as possible. 1t will not do to say that
this matter can be put off until the even>
ing as well as to be done in the morn
ing. Something may transpire to pre-
vent voting in the afternoon, while it
could have been done in the morning.
Besides it is much preferable that the
votes should be recorded in the morning.
1t gives stimulus TO the otherwise in
different Men are gregarious. They
like to 90 in flocks. and when they see
naitering vote early in the day they have
an ambition to make it larger. And they
do it. II is the fuel to the flame, and en-
thusiasm is always contagious. Neither
will it do for anyone TO lull himself into
indifference by being assured thai his can
diGstes will be elected whether be
contributes TO their support or not.
That is dangerous idea. If large num-
bers were possessed of that feeling note
what the result must necessarily be. Let
every man also see that at least one other
votes as be himself does and let that 9TH
er be one whom he himself has induced
TO vote. By that means regrets will be
avoided. Elections have been lost, not
through want of existing votes, but
through a carelessness in having them
recorded.
Democrats and republican upholders of
sn honest and impartial government will
90 10 tie polls in the morning In the
brightest and most confident spirits AMI
at the close OF the polls tomorrow evening
Mr.. Gest will find that he could not inn
pose upon the people without beingca led
to just account. and that for the coming
congress Mr.. Cable will represent the
people of this district. The rest of the
ticket will receive an equal support.