Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-03
SIMPLY DlsREPuTAeLe.
The Tactics Of the Union Toward the En-
tire City.

The Tactics Of the Union Toward the En-
tire City.
In it's Sunday morning issue the
Union gave further vent to its ugly
feelings toward the entire city simply
because Chief Sexton saw fit to resent
its attack upon his personal charac-
ter. 1t dropped the Mary Woods es-
capade, which, like the shameless
charge on Chief Sexton, proved so
much of boomerang to it, and then
devoted the best-or rather the worst
part-of q column to roasting a sim
gle resort. against which the Unions
informant evidently has a personal
grievance and imagines he is getting
even. The morning paper referring
to The ARGUS, asserts, it "slides
over the Unions reference to the
Club saloon by saying: All decent
people abhor immortality and shun it
rather than to store it up and infiict
it upon the people months after it is
forgotten The ARGUS admits by
its own words that immortality has
been practiced at the Club saloon,
but because it has forgotten about it,
thinks decent people have"
The ARGUS neither admits nor de-
MES the practice Of immortality at
the Club saloon or any other saloon.
1t is not keeping tab on the occur
rences that may happen at any sa-
| loon, nor is it seeking or receiving
information concerning the happen
ings in saloons from any source so
disrcputable as to be familiar with
them. 1t is enough for respect
able newspaper to be obliged in the
discharge of its duty to record events
of this character, when they are of
sufficient public concern to warrant
such reference, without going back
into the past and gloating over the
resurrection of incidents that were
not deemed worthy of note at the
time. Does the Union imagine that
The ARGUS is going to chase up
every reference it makes to immoral
deeds in Rock Island and present a
column article of them? The ARGUS
disclaims any familiarity with affairs
of this character, and furthermore.
its mission has not been to uphold
immortality, much less to parade il
before the public in sickening NOR
sells.
Once Stunned Tactics Renewed,
A few years ago there appeared in
Rock Island, as in other cities. vile
sheet published somewhere in Chi
cago, its exact location from the very
nature Of the publication being con-
cealed. This paper was termed the
Sunday Sun, and its purpose in life
was to rehash, rehearse and make
public all the sins of community,
real and imaginary. The paper was
furnished with its information by
just such depraved individuals as
are now trotting to the Union office
with their little note books. The
Sunday Sun was generally declared
unit to enter a respectable home.
and was condemned by pulpit and
press and all decent people. In fact,
business men took such stand
against it that local news dealers
ceased to handle it. and its CORE
spondent here evidently found him.
self like the Moor of Venice with hi.
occupation gone, until the Union en-
tered upon its present career. Ths
reason the Sunday Sun was Stunned
and denounced was that, as said be
fore in The ARGUS, decent people alb
hor immortality, and they do not rel
ish all such events of the communit,
rehashed in public print excep
where the circumstances of the cas-,
make the publication of facts neces
sary.
The Reputation of the City.
As stated, The ARGUS is not max
ing business OF defending immor
al deeds-it never has and never will
but 1T does most emphatically de
ny the general allegation on the par
of the Union that anything savorin.
of 'rottenness" exists in Rock Island
1t rises to defend the fair name O
the city in the face Of such accuse
ton, and furthermore, il maintain
that as far as morality is concerne,
the city stands on an equal footin.
with any in the country, and that tn,
, last year, rs far as that goes. ha
witnessed as little evil-doing. as lit
tie violation of law, as little vice, a
any time in the city's history. L,
reiterate, in any city large enough t,
, be called city. there will be viola
tions OF law and occa sionally crime
There will be happenings every day
such as shock the morally-disposed
and the newspapers, not only of Rocl
Island, but of other cities, woul,
, TEEN with sensations if they were I,
publish all they hear and know abou
such things.
The charge. though. that ..rotten
ness" prevails in Rock Island. an,
that the police are not doing thei
duty because violations of law occur
! is SANDER on the city that no pape
having pride in the city deep a
heart would give out to the world
, much less when its stock in trade a
the back of such assertion is o
such a nature and its information
from such source as the Union seem
to delight in.
Good Chance.