Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-08
the joke on the youthful candidate fol-

the joke on the youthful candidate fol
congressman at large.
SAMPLE.
The Sterling Herald having said thai
1T had the names of eight old soldier:
who voted for Fifer four years ago and
were now openly working for Altgeld
The Standard of the same city, called fol
the names. The Herald promptly pub
hshed them with one more Tor good
count. Some of them are men oi
prominence, and are but samples of the
thousands who think that they have
voted for Fifer often enough.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
Said hotel keeper, 1.-The most marked
political change / have noticed is among
travelling men. The majority of them
were formerly Republicans; now it Is
the reverse. Two-th thirds of them at least
seem to be Democrats. This is sigHjii.
cant for these men are makers and re-
Electors of public opinion and their i t.i-
ence in the rural districts i large. -
cept those travelling for IL pr.ccc.. i
industries, all are naturally in favor g.
unrestricted commerce Consequent.
they are opposed to the restrictive poii.,
of the Republican party.
USING THE KNIFE.
lone of the serious difficulties We
have to contend with in this campaign,
said a Republican politician, lis the
want of good feeling among our candi-
dates on the state ticket. Each one
seems to have his knife in the others
ribs. There never was any good feeling
between Fifer, Pearson and Pavey, and
they began stabbing each other before
the convention. The fight is going to be
close, and the bad feeling has set them
all to trading. OF course the feeling
has spread itself among the other candi-
dates. Filters commissioners and boards
and trustees are working for him alone,
and some of them have it in for the cam
didates for auditor and secretary of
state The employees of these officials
are getting in their work on Fifer and
on one another in manner destructive
to party discipline. The new candi.
dates, that is Hertz, Prince, Yates and
Willetts, are disposed to tote fair, but they
findit impossi ble as they discover them
slves traded off without conjunction. ]
have never known time when there was
a. much badblood in campaign between
candidates on the same ticket"
THE INDIAN AS A VOTER.
The attempt to make Oklahoma safely
Republican by the colonization of ne
groes in that territory will probably pro
duce directly contrary result. By q
decision of the courts the Indians hold
ing their lands in severalty are entitled
to vote, and it is said that their opposi-
ton to negro immigration has made
them Democrats. There are over 5000
Indian voters in the territory, and these,
with the white Republicans who do not
desire negro supremacy, will so swell
the Democratic strength as to defeat the
colonization scheme. By the way ii
seems odd to figure on the Indian as
political factor.
A NEW MEMBER.
Edwards F Binns of Pittsfield, who was
elected member of the state CO nmittee
to fill the vacancy in the Twelfth district
caused by the resignation of w. III. Hin
richsen, is one of the shrewdest politi-
clans in central Illinois. He is a careful
organizer, a hard worker, and is withall
a man of good sound sense. He will
prove a valuable member of the COM
mittee.
IT WOULD NOT WORK.
The attempt OF secretary OF o1ate
Pearson to run the county clerks offices
,f ,he state of Illinois has proved fail
ure His smooth suggestion that in
printing the ballots the Republican
ticket should be placed first will not be
followed by Democratic county clerks.
NERVOUS.
Republican members of the last legis-
lat,Ire who have been renoIninated are
somewhat nervous over the prospect of
having their speeches On compulsory
education republshed. These speeches
sounded very wei when delivered and
were strongly praised by the Republic
can press. The Democratic papers will
print them this year.