Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-29
HOW MILLER WAS FOILED.
Eject of the Exposure of His Second
Ward scheme.

over Ninth street in the direction of
Eighth avenue-one was tall and
rather heavily set. He wore a long
frock coat with brass buttons. His
companion was little. sawed-off in
dividual, who looked up into the face
of the man with brass buttons by his
side with a sort of patroniZing eN-
preston as he quickened his pace and
caught his breath in his endeavor to
keep pace with the strides of the tall
fellow with the SLOUGH hat. by his side.
The two men were evidently going
somewhere and they were anxious to
get there quick. Reaching Eighth
avenue they steered direct for the
house OF Fred Schroeder, the next
alderman from the Second ward.
Without giving the host time
to understand their mission,
the two men-the big man and
the little fellow-hustIed Schroeder
over to the house of eN-Ald. Charles
Durmann. Then the object of their
hurried visit was explained. The big
man now put forth his best possible
bluff. He told Mr.. Schroeder that
the ARGUS of that evening had said
that he (Miller) had approached
Schroeder with overtures of 4 deal by
which votes for Schroeder were to be
rewarded by votes for McConochie.
Miller put on great air of in ured
innocence. and demanded of Schroe-
der if he (Miller) had ever made any
such oVertureS to him. Schroeder
replied that he had not. Then Miller.
followed by johnson. hurried to the
Union office and the result was col
umn of matter published in this
mornings Union to the effect that Mr..
Schroeder had denied that Miller had
approached him with any overtures
OF deal. The Union in the course
of its article states furthermore:
Had Heard of 1t Before
Continuing Mr.. Schroeder said that
he thought the story had been start
ed to injure him in the canvass. and
started up town on Monday for the
purpose OF seeing Marshall Miller.
On seeing the latter he. in the pres
ence of two other men asked him
whether he had made such a PROPOSE
tion TO him (Schroeder). and Miller
replied that he had not. Mr.. Schrocd-
er stated that he had met Marshal
Miller ust twice since his nominal
ton. but not a word in relation to
politics had passed between them.
Mr.. Schroeder also said that he would
meet Marshall Miller this morning
and accompany him to the office OF
the evening paper for the purpose of
informing Editor Potter that the
story published in his paper was
falSehood, and request him to publish
a denial of it. Marshal Miller made
the remark that he doubted whether
the ARGUS would publish a denial.
whereupon Mr.. Schroeder remarked
that he was in favor of carrying on
an honest campaign. and ii the
ARGUS should refuse to publish the
denial he would sign IN affidavit to
the above statement for publication
and circulation.
Now for the facts. In the first
place the Union boasts that Mil
Ter had arranged a deal with the
friends OF Mr.. Schroeder originated
very near Miller himself-one
who on Monday told in certain
localities about how cunningly he
had made = dicker with the friends
of the democratic candidate for alder
man by which n vote for Schroeder
would be a vote for McConochie. 1t
was doubtless on hearing of this deal
that Mr.. Schroeder himself sought
out Miller the same night and asked
him about it. and of course the chief
denied ii.