Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-13
OUR CAPITAL LETTER
Some Opinions as to the Legisla.
lures Adjournment.
Representative Vin,on's Pains-yak
ing work-senator Crawford
agAin-Orher springfield
Notes.

and Lot before. II is true thst much
work is being accomplished now, but the
members are taking their time to do it
and are not sitting up nights to any great
extent in order that mass of legislation
may be turned out whether it is actually
needed or not And in truth there is a
great deal of the proposed law-making
that is not needed now and never will be.
There is one feature of the assembly that
is noticeable and that is the regularity
OF the adlournments. Bills may come
and bills may 60, but they go on forever
Yesterday afternoon squads of honorable
| gentlemen might be seen working their
way to The different out going trains So
that today the voice of the legislator is
not heard in the land. Irrespective of
all the arguments that have been used
the million dollar appropriation will be
| granted, in all probability, for the pur,
pose OF the worlds fair, and the state
board of agriculture. instesd of special
commission, will have charge of the
money and the exhibit genera ally The
| VInton bill has knocked out the Merritt
proposition and during its progress the
Moline gentleman exhibited fighting quail.
tiles that would have done honor to John
L. Sullivan, only they were displayed in
different channel. 1t is safe to say that
if Mr.. Vinton would follow up legislation
as part of his life work that he would
make q strong and psins.taking repre-.
sentative of the people. As mentioned
in this cores pon dence last week he made
good fight in the committee which was
ably followed up on the floor of the
house and had the satisfaction of winning
success. OF all the members from your
district, VInton stands out conspicuously
as an intelligent worker, and has had
sense to introduce and advocate bills
which the welfare of the people de-
manded. On the other hand look at
/ Senator Crawford He has been floun-
dering about in an attempt TO do some
thing In the way of regulating stock
yards. 1t is the only kind of business of
which he is supposed to have any knowl-
edge-a familiarity with hogs and horned
brutes-and vet the whole interference
with the stock yards was knocked into q
cooked hat the other dsy and Crawford
| aud everybody else in anyway connected
with the so-called reform were told that
they didn't know what they were talking
about. They were advised, in substance,
to go and learn something about the
management of stock yards and then if
they had any grievance to put it into
shape, but not TO 60 believing up and
down the country Tor the sake of letting
their constituents hear them roar. Thew
were told plainly that all their NONSENSE
cal talk was being done for political eff
feet, and TO this was added language that
being interpreted, meant that they had
hafrar hasfeO hnroe nj r,t,t bair a.
soak. Just think of Crawford with his
head in soak-to make il softer, So
that when the record is made up it will
show that the long session has passed
and that Crawford has been ''overhet" in
rattling around like pea in a hale bushel
measure ald nothing 70 show for it ex,
cept the disturbing noise which he made
Payne made some effort on the ASYLUM
bill for your section of the country. in
conjunction with Vinton, but it takes
cell Of the roll TO ascertain whether Besls
is in the assembly or not.
Looking at these facts, it might be
asked for what purpose were these non
setting members sent here Crawford has
6 longer lease than the others, but at the
end OF his term the people of the district
should promptly retire him or else take
the odium of bis boyish laundering aud
stupidity upon themselves. He is deci
NAL fraction with great many ciphers
As to the other two-Payne and BesIs-
II is not likely they will ever ask to be
returned. They see their uselessuess and
will understand that their proper sphere
OF action Is nearer the setting sun, in
some secluded pastoral occupation. to-
ward the banks of the Mississippi. Craw-
ford would aspire to be presiden. when
he should. put himself in training for the
keeping of q junk shop.
The president is expected here on
Thursday and will spend an hour, with
the natives and the assembled thousan DIS
who will flock 10 this city to get look at
grsndfsther's hat. In order to carry out
the necessary display money had to be
raised, and one who was tolerably green
would be apt to think the Office holders
under Uncle Sam would be the first to
contribute literally. The whole amount
to be raised was not great deal, of
course, and should have been easily OBJ
tanned from those holding government
Offices in the federal building, whose sal.
ar es and fees combined amount to some
$4,000 year. But their patriotism
didn't run that way. The postmaster
was surly and logged and said he
wouldn't give red because the committee
on arrangements didn't assign him seat
in the carriage with the postmaster gen
ersl. Now. if this individual
had been your postmaster Wells. things
would have been different, because Wells
was born with dignity that would adorn
any flee or any carriage. and besides be
is one of them litery fellers" and he ed
ucates the world upon all manner of SUBJ
jects through his profound contributions
to lis local organ. The world would find
difficulty in getting along without
Wells and an all-seeing providence has
placed one in nearly every town But
as to our postmaster here he was not
born with such distinguished qualities.
However, he has relented and has in a
bro 1en-hearted way doled out i've dol
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