Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-29
INOHIO'S DEFENSE
Crosvenor Makes a Caustic At.
tack on AItgeld.
CALLS H1MAPOL1T1OAL BETE No1R

CALLS HIN A POLITICAL Bette N0IR
Or Words Co That Eject, and Declares
That the Mention OF the Illinois Cover
nsr's Nsmo and Tendencies was Enough
70 Stampede Voters from the Democracy
-DsArmond Embraces an Opportunity
20 Give Secretary Morton . "Roast."
Washington. Jan. c9.-The open ses-
sion OF the senate was comparatively
brief yesterday. as more than half the
day was spent behind closed doors. Dur
Ing the open session the bill for an in
ternational monetary conference was
debated, Chandler speaking in favor Of
1t and Stewart against. 1t is expected
that a vote will be reached today. The
Nicaragua canal bill and the bank
ruptcy bill were before the senate for
a brief time. but no progress was made.
The most important action Of the senate
executive session was the confirmation
Of the nomination Of w. s. Forman. of
Illinois, to be commissioner Of internal
revenue.
The house passed the Indian appro-
priation bill and entered upon the con.
alteration Of the agricultural appropria.
tion bill, but all interest in these two
measures was overshadowed by two
speeches, one made by Grosvenor, at
lacking Ex-Governor Altgeld and the
other by DeArmond OF Missouri, heap
Ing ridicule on Secretary Morton for the
recent issue OF a pamphlet entitled The
Esarrnnr'e N in,
Grosvenor's observations on the gov.
ernor of Illinois were called forth by
the latter's speech last week, in which
he charged that Bryan had .been de-
feated by fraud ard based his charge
particularly on the enormous increase
Of the vote in Ohio. where he alleged,
$4,000 votes were Illegally cast.
Crosycnor Defends the Buckeye State.
1t was during the debate on the
agricultural bill that Grosvenor got the
floor and under the latitude allowed
proceeded to interest the members with
a reply to the remarks made by ex-
Governor Altgeid. The loyalty, honor
and integrity Of the state Of Ohio, he
said. demanded n reply. As to much
Of what Altgeld had said on that oc-
casion. Grosvcnor remarked. his answer
"tuiu bt SiltIlCt. pul lie DdS9
over a single paragraph. That para
graph Grosvenor had read at the clerks
desk. 1t called attention in partial susn
tantlation of the sweeping assertion
that Bryan had been defeated Of his
election. to the fact that in Ohio last
fall there were cast 2Oo,0 900 more votes
than in 1892. This Altgeld said indi-
Gated an increase of population Of L..
hAr he, ~, t,n
had not teen more than two-thirds of
IL. From this he concluded that 30 900
OF the votes were fraudulent.
Says Aitgeid Was the Jonah.
II do not wonder" said he. that a
gentleman who led victorious ma
jority I'm the city Of Chicago very re-
Gently, and then was absolutely over
whelmed in almost all the counties and
voting precincts of Illinois. should Sc
lect his own state as an illustration Of
the quality of unfairncss which had
been the index of this election. Ex-
Governor Altgeid lis the last person. in
my Judgment. who ought to drag from
the rapidly closing waves of oblivion
the history and detail OF the recent elec-
tion. There is no place in all
the broad domain Of that state of
arouse an outburst of tremendous en-
thusiasm. but that IT always followed
the declaration that one OF the things
that we We're aiming at was to purge
the fair record Of Illinois Of the name
in Office OF Altgeld.
OhioEiections Always Honest.
Continuing. Grosvenor said that there
had not been a dishonest election in
nhtn fnr h, IA
OF this to the Joint efforts of the lead.
ing men of both political parties" He
then proceeded to describe the Ohio
election laws and methods designed tc
prevent fraud. and after analyzing the
Republican and Democratic election
figures for some years past concluded
that whatever justification might exis
for the charge of fraud based on the in
creased vote in that state applied will
double force to the enormous increase o
the Democratic vote in that state.
Refers TO Democratic District.
He called attention to the fact tina
the largest percentage of increase in TIL
Ohio vote occurred I'm one of the Demo
cratic disticts Represented by I.ayton)
He also repelled the insinuation tha
the Republicans had lost ground in Obi
at the late election. When Bushnell
got $4,000 plurality he only had 100
majority. This year. ne said. there wa
absolute fusion of all the opposition 4
the Republican ticket. and yet McKin
ley had $1,000 majority. In conclusion
he congratulated the Democratic pres
OF his state on the fact that IL had no
paid the slightest heed to Altgelds Sian
ders. Bromwell ORep.) of Ohio followe,
: in further substantiation Of Grosve
Lor's statements.
DEARMONDs ATTACK ON MORTON,
. Finds Fault with the Secret,rv for M
Pamphlet on the Finances.
DeArmond replied very briefly I,
Grosvenor and it was his subsequen
attack on Secretary Morton whicl
created the sensation. DeArmond Is