Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-19
In PROPER LIGHT.
Col Morrison Tells of Streeter's
Treachery to Him.
Mercer County Man who Weuld
Have Lert the Country hal
streeter Been Successful.

The recent vain and inglorious attempt
OF A. j. Streeter to break into the United
States senate. brought to public notice
again his duplicity and treactery to Col.
W. r. Morrison in 1885. during the
memorable Morrison-Logan contest. In
1884 Streeter was elected 10 the state sem
ate from the Twenty district by a
fusion OF democrats and greenbackers
upon the district understanding that he
would vote for the democratic caucus
nominee for United States senator. This
pledge be notououslg violated and the
result was Gen. Logan's election. A few
oil Streeters whilom friends-men like
himself devoid Of all political candor or
honesty have claimed that Streeter was
true to Morrison, and tina: he was ready
TO give the latter his vote at ANYTIME that
1t would have elected him. The facts
tailed TO support this assertion, however.
and Streeter has ever since been held in
righteous contempt by all good demo-
Gratis. The New York World last week
printed the following special from Wash
iogton, in which Col. Morrison reiterstes
the traitorous charges against Streeter:
NAsH[KG ron, March u A story has
been published TO the effect that the cleo
ton OF Gen. Palmer to be United States
senator from the state OF Illinois is due
to the activity of Mrs John A Logan.
The story goes that when the repubIi-
can caucus at Springfield resolved to 1oin
the three Independents and vote for
Streeter, some half dozen republicans.
who were actuated more by their reyar-
ence for the memory Of John A. Logan
than by any other motives, telegraphed
TO Mrs. Logan in Washington, asking her
for advice as TO how they should act in
the matter. Her advice, OF course. was
TO permit the election of a democrat.
rather than to vote for anybody except a
republican
The story, unfortunately. has for its
basis the hvoothesis that Streeter played
traitor 40 Gen. Logan six years ago.
Col W. r. Morrison. who was Gen. Lo-
gan's opponent in that memorable con-
test, pointed out this weakness of the
story IN conversation with the World
correspondent tonight.
"Stree,er," aid Col. Morrison. could
not have been treacherous to Gen. Lo.
gan at that time. for Gen Logan had no
clain upon him. Streeter had been
elected 10 the state senate by democratic
votes against republican candidate.
The dem ocrats reckored that he would
stand with them but he would not. I
guess he was candidate for the United
States senate himself then, as he still is.
His favOrite candidate then was Gen,
John G Black. He would not vote for
me because [ was a hard money man and
ne was greenbacker.
"The Illinois legislature at that time
Was equally divided, as the democrats
reckOned. There were 102 straight re-
publicaDs and 100 straight democrats
The two independents, Streeter and
HaiGes. we're elected by democratic votes
over republican opponents and the DEM
ocrats calculated upon their votes. But
they did not stand by US, although in
order to hold Hsines we voted to make
him speaker of the house.
ut is true that Streeter was then, as
he is now, without a party-a polite al
nondescript-andb busted himself all the
time IN trying to make dickers one way
Il, Il
Logan nor myself wanted TO see the cleo
ton go by dicker. Neither of us
wanted TO see an independent elected.
Although political opponents We were
personal friends and conducted the con
test purely on political grounds. II a
democrat could not be elected would as
lief have seen Logan elected as any other
republican or as any independent, and l
believe ;hat Logan did not want to see
me beaten by anybody but himself or
some other straight republican
I'm politics | have no consideration for
man without party. Mr.. Streeter's
private life Is unimpeached, but in poll
tics he has no party. tits not true, how
ever. that he was a traitor to Logan in
1885. for Logan had no claim upon him
whatever"
A JUBTLANT DEMOCRAT.
Following is letter from a Mercer
county democrat. who states that Street, |
er's election would have caused him to |
move to Canada. so keen would be his
humiliation:
ALEDo, March 13:-J w. Potter, ESQ
i have been waiting patiently from dag
to day TO ascertain which way TIE cat
was going to jump in the senatorial con-
test. Now l exclaim. GLORY on high,
John NJ. Palmer got there Eli" l have
taken THE ARGUS over 10 wears and /
was 10th TO discontinue 1t, but as
sure as the sun rises in the east and sets
in the west would have declined taking
il longer had Weasel eye Streeter been
elected to the senate. Further, would
have left the state and would 60 to Can
ada. Twill give SIS to any person who