Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-28

perfectly willing. When lost my posi-.
ton in the postofice accepted posi-
tion at the plow works for $1.15 q day,
and held it until could do better. No.
sir; you will not catch me idle when there
| are seven mouths at home to feed. III
do as well ss can. and if can't get en-
| ployment at one thing / can in another.
The clothes which a man wears do not
make him. Fine linen and fine clothes,
such as the Union talks about. are very
nice for the man who can afford to wear
| them, but the man who cannot afford to
be so attired every day. is entitled to just
| as much esteem in the eyes of his fellow
men as the man who can. The man who
| can wear "clean clothes" aud the man
| who cannot dress stylishly will be
| weighed in the scale of popular approval
next Tuesday. and the public will deter
mine which is the better article.
Wonder which ticket the Union in.
tends to support2" said one republican to
another this morning. The only candi-
date it has so far attempted to sustain is
Hassel9uist, and it is making votes for
Fitzgerald every day." Yes" said the
other, 1.-THE Union has evidently forgotten
that it is expected to sustain the re-
publican aldermsnic and township nomi-
nees. but it will probably succeed in
saying something complimentary of
them before election day--or at least af>
forwards"
Sham without denotes sham within
The undressed material Is of more value
in its natural state with the worst side
out than the article that has been pol>
isned and plated and made attractive
only TO the eye. This is the conclusion
the average voter will arrive at when he
comes to decide between the man who
poses as a "clean clothes" candidate for
collector next Tuesday, aud the man who
makes no pretensions at fine clothes. He
does not consider he is beneath his fell
low creatures because he works for liv-
ing; nor does he consider his rival above
bis fellow creatures because he does not.
The sociable and entertainment given
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. E. p.
Reynolds last evening fo- the fund for
furnishing the Young mems room at the
new N. E. church was we'll attended de-
spite the extremely iuclement weather,
and proved success in a pleasurabie
sense as well as financially. Mr.. and
Mrs. Reynolds had so arranged that all
would enjoy the occasion, while highly
interesting programme was presented.
Miss Clara Hass rendered an instrument
tai selection, Miss Jessie Bogue gave a
recitation. Mrs. Milton Jones sang solo
and MIR. Creel and Miss Coyne Duet.
Overtures have recently been made to
the Rev. E c. Paget, rector of Trinity
church, Nuscstine. Ia. to accept the
missionary bishopric of Zululand. Central
Africa, just vacant by the death of its
bishop. Rev. Mr. Paget is a graduate of
Keble college. Oxford. Eng, and was the
first graduate of Keble who took honors
in the university. After ordination he
became the head of the Dorchester Mis-
sionsry college in England. where be re-
NAMED until failing health. resulting
from overwork. caused his removal first
to Canada and then to Iowa. Mr.. Paget
declined TO consider the acceptance of the
see of Zululand.
Considerable Indignation is felt in Coal
Valley, Bowling and Rural townships,
over an unnecessary bill of expense tina,
is being constantly incurred by the poor
farm committee of the present board of
supervisors composed of Supervisors
Murphy, Kerr and Cralle, and who
have assumed duties that are not essen :.
tia in reference to the new building that
is beng erected there. A contractor has
been employed to do the work and has
given bond for the faithful perform
ance of the same. and yet these super
visors have taken it upon themselves TO
M of. "A
accordingly. The people in the town
ships adjoining the poor farm are greatly
aroused over the matter.
The Union INDUCES in rather far
fetched attempt to reflect ON the ARGUS
mention of MIR. Fitzgerald as "a former
Rock Island merchant" and especially
upon the kind of merchandise in which
Mr.. Fitzgerald dealt AS the republican
candidates for supervisor and the Third
ward sldermanship. are dealers in the
same kind of merchandise exactly as the
ARGUS alluded to yesterday in connec
ton with Mr.. Fitzgersld's former svocs-
ticn, the thought of that being anything
against a man will strike most people as
rather strange. There are any Number
of merchants of this class all over Rock
A9iohu "uo uiSut run iOE OllCt WITHOUT
being handicapped by the nature of their
business.
The Union presents as another argument
why Hasselquist is a better candidate
than Fitzgerald, that he carries his
head erect" and "hsbitually wears clean
clothes. Mr.. Fitzgerald may not carry
his head as erect" as "Juggler JOSH" as
his bump of self alteration is probably
not so fully developed. but as man be
has as much right to as his sristocratic
adversary, and lie is regarded just as
highly in the eyes of his fellowmen as the
car of Augustans. As TO his clean
clothes, Mr.. Fitzgerald is probably as
careful as the now celebrated jugg,er.
The Union, no doubt. bases this bit of
attempted sarcasm en- the outward ap-
pearance of Mr.. Fitzgersld's wearing APP
parel. His occupation is such that he
cannot wear fine linen, plug hat and
polished boots every day. and perhaps he
does not get time to get a shave every
morning, but that does not lower him in
the minds of the voters. A workingman's
clothes are no disgrace to him, even
though they were in rags and smeared
from top to toe with grease and other &C
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