Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-13
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
Compared With What They fave
Not Done. But Promise.
Gigantic Stories Told by Campaig
Orators TO Those Who Are wiiiin z
TO Observation-Disclosures at Variance
with the Facts.

Republican campaign orators are never
tired telling what they are going to dc,
and those whose memories extend back
long enough will tell what they did do
many years ago. But day by day they
are feeling holder, or rather more reck.
less. Billy Mason paid no more atten-
ton to the truth when here the other
night than if he was talking to q lot OF
ModOc Indians. 1t was the same with
Oglesby. but the latter had little more
respect for his utterances than Mason.
Ii will be the same with Reed when he
comes and with anyone else who takes
the stump.
Thinking TO deceive the masses of the
people, the congressional campaign com
mittee of the republican party has pat 10
circulation little pamphlet. the cover of
which is printed in red. white and blue.
bearing the pictures of Grant and Lin
coin, and in large, flaring type it is an.
nounced to contain the Republican Rec
ord Made During Nine Months of Con-
gress:
Il. A Federal election law.
"2. A protective tariff law.
80. Silver restored.
~. Obstruction knocked out
IS. A Just pension law.
IS. Contract labor forbidden.
-. Convict labor forbidden.
IS. An effective eight hour law.
8. The American hog vindicated
40. A uniform bankruptcy law.
al. Two more new states
''i2. Six new ships for the navy.
rs. Harbor Notifications
IA. Supreme court relieved
rs. Shipping bills"
The Springfield Republican points out
with great force and truth, that this al
legged record is a deliberate and contempt
ible attempt 10 deceive voters
The list printed above is introduced
with The words: These are among the
bills passed" 1t is true that measures
answering more or less closely to the DIES
criptiOns here given passed both houses
OF congress in some instances. and in
others passed only one house; but the
object is plainly to mislesd i'll informed
citizens into the belief that this is a record
of actual legislation
The attempt is impudent In seven
cases out of the fifteen. the republican
committee has labelled as laws" meas
ures which failed to become laws.
The federal election bill is not law
no contract labor bill became law: there
was merely slight modification of the
law passed by the Fortysninth congress.
The convict labor bill failed 10 become a
law; the eight>hOur bill failed to become
n law; the bankruptcy bill failed to be
come law; the bill for the relief of the
supreme court failed to become law; the
two shipping bills fsilee to become laws
The item Obstruction knocked out, "
refers merely TO the generally tyrannical
and arbitrary course of the maioriry in
the house. not TO any legislative achieve
ment The attempt TO force u similar
policy upon the senate failed at the last
session, and therefore, the record might
with equal truth be made to read a
Obstruction triumphant"
In speaking of this list we raise no
question of opinion as to the accuracy of
the republican description of the several
measures, nor as To their merits The
point is simply in regard to the state
ment of fact. The intent TO deceive is
obvious, and it is piece of bushes with
which any gentleman, whether in politics
or not. ought to he heartily ashamed to
have his name connected.
Eight lies in fifteen lines make the
proportion of fraud and falsehoOd Ia
truth eight TO seven-the old republican
ratio of 1876