Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-30
POLITICAL CHAT.
WHO Is HE (?

as a brother of Adlai E. Stevenson. His
Misrepresentation enabled him to gain
the confidence of a number of Demo-
Gratis, some of whom were induced to
Join the third party. Gen. Stevenson,
when written to about the man, said he
knew nothing about him and that
all his brothers are residents of Mclean
county. The political fakir is abroad.
PARTIsANsHIP.
At the institution for the deaf and
dumb at Jacksonville the authorities
have organized military company from
among the deaf mutes. This company
is called the "Fifer Cadets" The bring
ing of politics into state institution in
this manner is severely criticised by local
Democrats. An attache of the institu-
ton, when questioned as to the wisdom
of naming the military company sup
ported by public taxation in honor of
political candidate, replied: There is no
harm surely in naming the company
in honor of dead man.
CANDID REPUBLICAN
l have met one candid Republican.
He favored the protective tariff, the force
bill and the use of soldiery for police
purposes He said: Our government
should be made stronger. The govern
ors of the states should be appointed by
the president. who should be elected for
life by congress. All state officers should
be appointed by the governor and all
state courts should be abolished. The
protective tariff should be perp etuated
in order to build up wealthy class whose
interest in the stability of the country
would counteract the fickleness of the
masses. Near every city of any size should
be a military post with sufficient force
of soldiers to keep the people of the city
in order. Election officers should be Sc
lected by the federal officers and no one
should be allowed to serve as an election
officer in the locality of h is residence.
This sounds like a joke but the man was
in earnest and he echoed the sentiments
of many Republican leaders who are less
candid than he.
WE NEED IT.
The hurrah occasional by each
national election is source of worry to
a great many people who complain that
it upsets people, interferes with business
and causes the loss of valuable time.
Aside from the necessity for this hurrah
as part of our pol itical system 1 be-
lieve that the people are in every respect
better off for the shaking up it gives
them. 1t is to many active business
men sort of vacation and one that they
need. Absorbed in money making
thousands of men become mere ma
chimes without thought of their duties
as neighbors, friends and citizens. The
blare, the noise and the excitement of a
national election reaches them in their
offices and in spite of themselves they
are drawn from the rut in which they
are travelling and become. for time at
least, relieved from a pressure which SO
often produces paralysis, softeni ng of
the brain and early death.
THE THIRTY-sECoND SENATORIAL.
There will be twenty-five state senators
elected in Illinois this year. OF the
holdovers fifteen are Democrats and
eleven are Republicans. In order to
control the next senate the Democrats
must carry eleven districts. There are
ten safe Democratic districts where sem
ators are to be elected and several more
close districts with chances and con-
ditions favorable to the Democrats. The
closest of these is the Thirty-second,
composed of the counties of Douglass,
Coles and Cumberland. For several
years the parties in the district have
been so evenly balanced as to show
very small margin in favor of either.
This year the Democrats have nominated
Hon. Isaac B. Craig, who has twice been
elected to the house by large majorities
and whose record as member Is second
to none. In order to offset Mr.. Craigs
the Republicans have NOM
mated Mr.. NJ. Lyons, an Irish Catholic,
in the hopes that he would get enough
votes from the people of his nation and
faith to give him plurality. The hard
est fight in the state will be right in this
district, and Republicans will spare no
pains or expense to carry it. So far the
Irish Catholics have declined to be de-
luded into supporting Lyons, and Craig
will prove a winner.
THE EIGHTEENTH, DISTRICT.
Good news comes from the eighteenth
congressional district This is the fighting
district of the state, the scene of Col.
Morrison's triumphs and defeats. 1t is
now represented by w. S. Forman of
Nashville, whom Nick Perrin, lately his
opponent for the nomination, escribed
as the noblest little Democrat that ever
set foot in the dis trict. Forman is a cam
didate for reelection and opposed to
him is Mr.. Northcut of Greenville,
very pleasant gentleman. Two years
ago the Republicans nominated the I.
M. B. a leader, Cicero d. Indy against
Forman, but Forman was elected by
seventeen hundred and fifty majority.
This year the conditions are much more
favorable The national and state tick
cts are very popular in all the counties
of the district and Mr.. Forman has
grown in favor with the people. His
plurality will be counted by thousands
this year.