Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-10

This has been day of eye opening 1
has been an occasion of happy revelation
to few, and of bitter realization to {
great many within the fold of that per.
suasion of political organization known
as the G. o. p, and whose single stand
ard now surviving is high taxes To the
few who have triumphed, their JOY will bt
soon SPENT is only temporary, only
momentary. The window of the shelter
which has come II them today, looks ou,
| upon cold desert which they must en-.
counter and from which they are bound
TO reap a reaction that will be like unto
whirlwind. merciiess aud terrible, To
the many who are cast down by the
| hoofs of the few who have in this
one instance trampled over them, the
feeling which has penetrated theiI
oosoms is not so soonss to vanish. 1t
is there to stay until like Monte Cristo,
vengeance is theirs. And it will come
What day of perplexities it has been
FOR the poor G o. p.. which in pity be it
said, has had more than it was built to
carry. The inexperienced delegate to q
political assemblage has had good
schooling this time and has learned les.
cons that he will not forget. He has
been netitinp al antraata3 ;,onloroJ
bribed, intimidsted and buttonholed to
vote for someone by over half q dozen
different men for the same Office, and
the chances are that in the majority of
cases he has made the same pledge in
each case, and the consequence was that
when he got into the convention he found
himself in pretty predicament with only
one alternative and that to work out his
own salvation. How he did, and how far
he is at peace with himself he alone
knows. How far he is at peace with his
political friends before whom he stands
| with pledges unredeemed. they can say
and they will not hesitate to tell il You
ask them.
| HUsTLnJG FOR DELEGATES
Yes. what 4 day this has been for the
| G. o. p., indeed For four solid hours
this morning the ambitious representa-
tives of the G. o. p, who were will.
| ing To do. dare and die for it
worked patiently. faithfully. and
zealOusly for their individual rights
and advancement at its hands. There
was Kohler. SoGthweli, Donaldson
Pesrssll, Harris, Chinn, Rsmskill, Kit
tilsen, Atkinson. Boughton, Gran
dell, Cox, Campbell. Lambert. Moore,
Cozad, Crawford, Twigg, each and sl
pulling in different directions, jerking a
the heart strings and at the buttonholes
how little is the wonder that the poor G o
p. is in condition. to go into hospits
tonight. Even Miss Annette Bowman
| whose sole IN ssion it was to lend grace
| to the controversy. came to town 10 the
company of her venerable father
from Andausia. to let her friend.
| know that she meant business and tha
| deaf ear must not be turned to he
as an idle candidate. Yes, in truth i
has been day of eye opening, as all might
have seen it would be who witnessed
the sTarms upon the street corners thi:
morning like so many flies over drop OF
molasses-all on one poor forlorn del
egate-snd then saw that hungry mob
follow that delegate-and a great many
more like him--into the court house there
to finish devouring him. 1t was good
forerGnner of the things that came Il
pass, and as one citizen remarked
There are clouds gathering there-there
| is bound to be storm
All the candidates had on theil
best bib and sucker. Crawford came
| to town with a new high stand
| ing collar OF the latest dude fash
| ion; Atkinson fired his SLOUGH hat
and put on stiff hat, Harris lugge
around new umbrella all day. and he
found need for it before he thought hi
would He should have had rubbe
suit, too.
| THE SIXTH WARD SPLIT.
The 9. o. p. had a breach to heal with
| in itself the Sixth ward controversy
and this cause no little anxiety and ba'
blood. The second caucus called b
Committeeman d. d. Clark last nigh
was largely attended. E. nj. Wilcox wa
elected chairman Chas. Schneider secre
tary. Frank Larson and John Carnes wer
appointed tellers and ballot was take
for three delegates to the county cOnven
ton. This resulted in fortY-four vote
being cast for William Edwards. Andre,
Bladel and Fred G.. Denkmann, and tw
for j. FL. Lloyd, William Levey and Wi
liam Glass Messers. William Edward
| A. Bladel and R. Lynn were appointed
committee to present the matter TO tn
committee on credentials OF the CONVEX
tion. MIR. Denkmann Was also chair
man OF the Saturday night caucu
and had signed the credentials fo
the delegates selected on that occt
sion, Secretary Wilcox having refuse
to do so. To throw such hi
coal as this into the face of the CONVEX
ton was not very pleasant greeting
the outset.
Last night Boss Wells, the great mod
moral civil service leformer, called
i~.oo+;,,<, of tba different ward delep0t