Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-07
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handsome eight column weekly newsps-
per. comes TO US from Schuyler county's
capital. The publishers are E. Warden
81 Son, and if they remain true to the
honored name they have chosen for their
paper they will certainly fill long>felt
want.-Union.
This is an innocent little paragraph and
hardly explains the gruesome situation.
which exists in the republican fold down
in Schuyler. The trouble originated
about 8 year ago. and as has been the
case in all the recent republican squabbles
over the district, the trouble in Rushville
was directly traceable &c Congressman
Gest. W. |. Lsrssh, editor of the
Schuyler Citizen, and member of the con :
gressi0nal committee from that county,
vas one the applicants for the Rushville
postoffice For years and years Larssh
had been leading the forlorn hope in
Schuyler and battling against the in
yincible democratic hosts with sill the ar
dor at his command. His candidacy for
postmaster was endorsed By most of the
heading and influential republicans of the
county. and it was fully expected that
Gest would recommend him. But the
unexpected happened there as it did in
many similar cases, and Larash was ig>
aored.
Now, the Schuyler editor is one of
those individuals whose likes or dislikes
develop abnornslly. and his former love
for Gest turned to the bitterest kind of
gall. He could not be piacated or CO..
creed. Henceforth he knew no such
man as W. 81. Gest. When the latter
was nominated for cong ress, the cold,
anfeeling report of the secretary of the
convention, with his signature attached
was all that appeared in the Citizen; tina,
was all. Gest's friends in Schuyler (tht
republican postmasters) were astounde6
and angry beyond measure. But they
curbed their rage, saying to themselves
"Oh, Lsrash is mad; he will come around
al right in a week or two" But they
mistOok their man: they had not meas
ured the depth or degree of his hatred
The weeks'ro.led Oh and still no change
TIE Citizen still refused to recognize tn,
fact that W. Fl. Gest was the republican
candidate for congress in the Eleventh
district. The nearer election dsy ap
preached the more conspicuous was Lar
ssh's silence. He never faltered in b.;
grim purpose, however, and when Schuy
Ter county rolled up 77S majority for gal
liant Ben Cable, Larash smiled smile OF
broad dimensions
Then the followers of Gest (the afore
said postmasters) in Schuyler, swore al
oath of vengeance against the pluck
Larash. They stopped their papers ant
frowned on men who still read the Cit
zen. But Lsrash showed no sign of re
pentance, and the self-satis6ed smile con
tinued to adorn his countenance. Christ
mas came and Henry Craske sent tn
Citizen editor fine, plump turkey. Thi
was too much for Gest's postmasters t
stand. They could submit, ungraciously
it is true, to Lsrash's silence, but thi
mark of approval of the editors cours
was too much for them to tolerate
Goaded to desperation they each put
months salary into a common fund. 1
hunt was then instituted for man VIII
was plant enough to bend to the part
lash. They found one running a pape
in the degenerate town of Augusta, an
they induced him to move his plant t
Rushville in the hopes of compelling
Larash to pull up stakes. But they Wi
never do it. THE ARGUS admires La
rash's independence and grit, and is con
fident of his ability to wear out his enc
mics in the long run.