Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-18

dst's in eight OF the principal dis
tricts OF the state comprising a total
of II counties, received by the Chi
cago Chronicle from the state GEN.
trail committee. are presented here
with. These letters Secretary Bent.
ley, Of the state committee, says, are
fairly representative OF the sentiment
of the people in fl counties. With q
view to obtaining careful, con-
servative aud correct estimate OF the
party strength in the state. as well
as to learning the effect of republi-
can congressional legislation, A. G.
Bentley, secretary OF the committee,
recently issued circulars in which he
asked the following 9nestions:
/. Has the silver feeling died out
in your congressional district?
2. What do you believe will be
the result of the congressional cleo
tons in Illinois in 1898, and why?
s. VIII the Dingley bill. in your
opinion. bring permanent prosperity.
and il rot, whya
George W. Prince (repu blicaD) re-
ceived a majority OF ID 600 last fall
in the Tenth district, which is COM
posed Of Rock Island, Whiteside,
Mercer, Henry, Knox and Stark
counties. William K. Moore, OF Mo-
line. who ran against Prince, says TO
the state committee Of the present
situation:
MIR. Mocrs'- Opinion.
Tho sentiment for the free coin
/ age of silver at l6 to is stronger in
this congressional district than ever
Thousands Of voters now realize that
they were fooled into voting the re-
publican ticket last fall by the PROM
Use OF prosperity and high wages.
Instead, prosperity has not yet
reached US, ard on every hand
wages have been reduced. Scarcely
a manufacturing establish ment in the
city but what has reduced the wages
Of its employees in the last six months
from 10 to 90 per cent, and several
strikes have occurred here since last
election. and the great majority Of
| those who have struck were induced
to vote for Mckinley. and the open
ing of the mills Instead of Bryan
and 'the opening OF the minis
They now realize the great mistake
that they have made, and for this
reason, in my judgment. the con
gressional election Of 1898 will re-
suit in favor of the democratic party.
at is all nonsense for anyone to
think the Dingley bill will restore
permanent prosperity. It works two
ways: 1t raises the prices of the ar.
ticles protected by it, and the pro.
tected manufacturer starts up. bu;
the owners say that in order to dc
so they must ADJUST the wages, and
that adjustment means q cut. and
the poor workingmeD, who have been
so long out of employment, as a rule
have to submit. The Dingiey bill
will protect the rich manufactured
that was the purpose Of its author
and supporters-snd gives him an
other club with which to subdue his
EN- ployes. The rich only will be
benefited and will increase their
wealth, but the poor will get mere
taste.
"Last fall the republican howlers
claimed the rise in the price Of wheat
was the prospect of republican sue
cess at the polls. and secuted the
claim of the democrats that il was .
short crop in foreign countries.
Now all republican papers admit
that the cause of the present rise in
wheat is short crops in foreign coun.
tries.
1.-The creed Of the republican party
is and always has been Legislation
for the rich, and il the last legisls.
tu,e OF the state Of Illinois and the
congress Of the United States have
not given a practical demonstration
of that doctrine during the last sever
m onths. il would be difficult to make
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