Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-20
DEMOCRATS DUTY.
First Vote and Then See That
You Vote Right.
SOME POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED.


The Safest Plan to Pursue on Election
Day-LOok Well to Your BaIlots-The
Legislative and County Tickets in Partfc-
ular-Don't Neglect Three Votes for Null
Iigan-Candidates Contrasted.
Every democrat should make up his
mind to do his full duty on election day.
If the party does not win this time it
will be the fault of its members and
nothing else. No democrat should neg
lect his duty. which is TO vote, and hav-
Ing done that himself. to see to it that
his neighbor is not negligent. To vote
is the first duty. to vote right is a duty of
equal importance. The safest plan, as q
matter of course, is to vote the demo
cratic ticket straight, making a cross in
the circle at the top of the ticket marked
democratic Ticket" Naturally no
democrat will neglect this as far as the
national and state. tickets are concerned.
But oicans, seeing that the jig is up
with them, are endeavoring to have their
democratic friends do some scratch
ing. Down in Hancock coun-
ty there is to be some tall
trading among the republicans on the
congressional and legislative ticket-lhe
latter in the Twenty fourth senatorial
district. The friends of Marsh are trad
ing Senator Berry, who is a candidate
for reelection in that district, for votes
Tor the congressional nominee, and Ber-
rvs frieads are up to snuff. and paying
OH the political debt in kind as fast as 1t
is incurred-they are swapping Marsh for
Berry votes. The best thing that the
democrats can do down that way is to
attend to business and let this little re-
publican wrangle do its own work.
The Legislative Choice.
In the Twenty-frst senatorial district
republicans are having their fun over an
attempt by some sore heads in Henry
county to defeat j. Il. Mulligan, demo.
cratic candidate for the legislature. This
opposition originated among a number of
soreheads in Henry county The demo-
Gratis of Rock Island. county conceded
Henry county the nomination this wear
because it was entitled to it. and will
support the nominee. Henry county
democrats ought certainly to do like wise.
The duty of every democrat in the Twen-
ty'first senatorial district is TO cast three
votes for j. n. Mulligan for the leisla-
ture.
The County Ticket.
On the county ticket democrats shouId
be equally true to their party nominees
Do not be misguided by republican mis-
representations as to the fitness of their
candidates. They never were so weak on
this point. The incompetency of Gam
BILE their candidate for circuit clerk has
been demonstrated time and again, even
to the ex ent of involving the county in
expense to provide for his deficiency as
public official Peter Frey is in every
way the u an for the office As between
Searle their nominee for states attorney
and MI. McEniry, the democratic csndi
date there is no kind of comparison. Mr..
McEniry stands head and shoulders above
his opponent. He is a Rock Island
county boy. 10 whom the nomination
came as a tribute to worth, whereas the
republican candidate secured the nomi
nation after a hard fight, and is chronic
for office, rather than a fit man to en-
trust with the responsible dut les of pros
ecuting attorney of the country.
For coroner. Winslow Howard is by all
odds the man who should be elected and
the people will so express themselves on
election day.
The Safest Plan of All.
All in all the safest plan for democrats
is to vote their ticket straight, and don'i
forget three votes for J, II. Mulligsn for
the LEGISLATURE.