Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-17
EVIDENCES OF FRIGHT.
The Union Foxes up the Republican
Congressional Delegates.
II Reminds Them Of the "Deere Reso-
tuition" OF Endorsement. and Urges
Them all TO Attend the Convention.

The Onion of this morning gives itself
and its party away by devoting nearly q
column to the subject of the republican
congressional convention which meets at
Bushnell next Tuesday. and shows it's
anxiety in every line by its attempted ad !
ninistrstion of Gest tonic to the dele-
gates. After republishing the names.
which Is superduous at the outset. as it
states further on that all are going and
pared and are in the hands of Capt. W.
c. Bennett, who heads the delegation, it
makes afurther indiscreet move by re-
producing the resolutions of the county
convention instructing for Gest, and is
careful to repeat that they were present.
ell by @. Il. Deere, OF Moline. 1t at
tempts to explain the republication Of the
endorsing resolutions by saying: I'VE
reproduce these resolutions for the pur-
pose of saying that the hearty unsnimity
o. their adoption and their Introduction
bT Mr.. Deere, effectually silenced the
tricky democrats who had undertaken to
secure Mr. Gest's defeat in the conven
zion of his own party because they knew
they could not do it at the polls-by
spreading abroad false reports of disaf
lection at home in order to encourage
leading republicans of other counties to
come out and deprive him of the oppor,
tunity of further service"
The Union may be so misguided as to
believe that not only do all the leading
republicans of Rock Island county, but
proba bly, of the other counties in the dis
trict. too. know how those resolu-
tons got into Mr.. Deere's hands. They
were written by Boss Wells, brought into
the county convention in his pocket who
presented them to Mr.. Deere and asked
him to read them to the convention Just
before he did so. The boss knew full
well that with the popularity of Mr..
Deere as candidate for MIR. Gest's
shoes. the latter's chances were by no
means gratifying until Deere was out of
the way. so The boss resorted to a cum
ming and at the same time cheeky
trick-cheeky to such an extent as only
man of his nature could perform it, But
he was equal to the task and he did So
No man probably saw clearer through
the scheme than Mr.. Deere. but he
was placed in such predicament
that he could not we'll do other,
wise than do Wells bidding and
he did it. and read the resolutions. He
thus put himself out of Gest's way. and
B oss Wells no doubt received cigarette
package chrome from Washington the
next week when the report OF the pro-
&c edings reached the congressman.
The resolution was put into Mr. Deere's
hands for its effect, and the next day one
hundred copies of the Union with that
portion of the proceedings abiding to
Mr.. Deere's offering the resolution very
marked. were sent over the dis.
trict. The resolution was put into Mr.
Deere's hands for that purpose. and the
purpose to which it was put this morn
ing. Yet there does seem to be great
deal of uneasiness at headquarters yet. or
it certainly would not be necessary to
poke up the delegates as to not failing to
attend next Tuesdays convention. and
them to stand by mir.
Deere's" resolution.