Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-19
THE FARMER FARCE.
A Republican Talks of the Recent
Convention.
Ii was Hum by the Political Wire PuT-
Ter. and not by the Representative
Tiiler or the soii-.-A Glance at the
Ticket.

Edit tor ARGUE
HAMPTON. June 15.-The Union says
that the ARGUS is more unhappy than
the Chicago Herald over the outcome OF
the republican county convention. and
particularly unhappy In its efforts to
make some of lie unsuccessful candi-
dates feel aggrieved. The ARGUS ought
to know better, that all republican sore
heads long ago left the republican party.
and have since had nothing to do but
pick their wounds and keep them IN
healed in the democratic camp"
What is the Union trying to dor Is il
trying to delude the interest of the farms
ers and laboring men again by throwing
sand in the farmers eyes. in saying that
they entirely dictated to that convention
and thus further the cause of high pro-
tective tariff Let it be undeceived; the
farmers, although they have been de.
luded by the republican protective pol
icy against their interests. and in favor
of bankers and monopolies. are now
studying up the reason why their invest
ments and also their hard labor receives
neither interest nor compensation.
Let us glance back at that conven
ton Just little and study cause
an effect. The leaders of the
republican party see that there is
something wrong in their camp. and that
something must be done or their great
army of voters will stampede. Therefore
they must fix up some way to again de-
Jude them and drive them back into
their rank. By city votes in the conven
ton and not by farmer votes, l. 8. Pear
sail was nominated for sheriff, calling
him farmer. Now let us see whethe
MIR. Pearssll is really farmer or not
Although we know that he owns a lar9,
farm in the upper end of the county anC
has been farmer, we cannot say that b,
is one now, for this reason: whenever VIZ
see MIR. Pearsall we don't see him pillow
ing corn or digging potatoes or runnin,
binder or shocking grain or milkin.
cows or doing anything that pertains t,
farm work; but on the contrary we flint
him down in Port Byron a retired gentle
man, and furthering the cause of tn,
protective tariff policy, which mesn
nothing more nor less than to shut on
agricultural produce from the market
OF the world. And this depreciates tn
prices so that the common laboring farm
er can scarcely live. We have nothing L
say against MIR. Pearsal's private charac
ter, only that he is like poor dog Tray
caught in bad company. Let us agai
look back at the convention and Sc
who were the leaders of the affair
Were they farmers, laboring men, or wer
they bankers and middle men and polit
ical bosses? We cannot call Boss Simon
son q laboIing man, nor either can we Gu
him farmer. And how about Bos
Wells who trotted around through til
crowd of delegates pale as death when b
thought that Mr.. John Osborn WAS goin
TO receive the nomination for representa-
tive, calling on them for Gods sake 1
get out good man or Osborn wonld ge
the nomination, and through the infiuenc
OF these bosses they trotted out W.
Collins. a beardless youth, to send u
to Springfield.
Now how about the old SOLDIER O
yes there is Tom Campbell who soldiers
three days without drawing pie and go
wounded at the battle of Chicago. Nov
old soldiers, we are doing well by you
says the great protective pension party
Bot what will this great benevolent pen
sion party say to P. F. Cox who serve
almost three years in the army and con
tracted disease which will sooner o
later take him to his grave, and also III
Z. Harris who served three long years i
defence of his country. Now we will sa
TO the great benevolent pension party au
also to the Union that next November W
will try your case and in all probsbilit
will haul the Union another load of SANE
and it will have two years to throw it.
A REPUBLICAN.