Rock Island Argus., 1908-10-28
PEOPLE VOICE
THEIR APPROVAL
Frank and Business Like Position
Taken by R. R, Reynolds Wins
Him New Friends.
SATISFIED WITH THE SALARY
Stands on His Record as Attorney
Rather Than His Achievements
as Politician.

Robert R. Reynolds, who, in his cam
paign on the democratic ticket for the
Office of states attorney, in taking the
position that the election of a states
attorney should be regarded as the en-
ployment of an attorney for the county
for four, years, is winning new friends
and supporters daily by his position.
Not only has he shown his qualifica-
tions for the place to be far superior
to those of his opponent, l.. M. Magill,
but he has won friends by the position
he has taken relative to the salary
proposition Mr.. Reynolds is interest
| ed in so cases ON the present docket
of the circuit court, while Mr.. Magill' 5
name appears in but single case, and
so far as is known he has never tried
Ia case in court unassisted during the
entire time he has been a member OF
the Rock Island county bar. The facts
speak for themselves, and Mr. Reynolds
| is clearly shown to be the man best
suited to handle the county's legal bus
mess.
As to the Salary.
The position taken by Mr. Reynolds
relative to the salary for the Office has
placed him in so much better light
before the people that there is little
comparison. Mr.. Reynolds frankly
states that in view of the county's
troublesome financial condition he does
not feel that a man not yet elected tC
Office can properly criticise the actor
of the county board in fixing the salary
flor the Office. The salary has beer
made $3.60e year. and the state add.
S400 a year to this, making the com
lpensation $4,000 year. Mr.. Reynold:
declares than he regards this as ample
compensation for the Office of state:
Iattorney, and if elected he will give
the county his best service. and max,
no complaint as to the salary. - Nh
Magill, on the other hand, evidently as
; suming that nomination is equivalen
to election. has seen fit to openly crit
iicise the action of the board, and CON
plains that an injustice has been don
+ him in making the salary $4,000
, year. He has expressed the opinion
that he should be paid $4,000 year.
On Business Basis.
, 1t can easily be seen where Mr. Rey
nolds has the better standing in tn
lcommunity. His opponent, Mr.. Magil
| has been denounced as man unfit fo
t the place by his own party, and ma
/. urally if he is regarded as unfit by tn
|, republicans who nominated him, tn
lpeople of the county generally are will
ling to take that view of it and elect
: man whose record is clean and who's
record as an attorney shows him to b
e a man ably qualified to serve the PEE
pie. He asks the people to emplC
q him as an attorney. Mr.. Magill ash
them to elect him as a politician
p Is 1t to BE "a Pension:
f Friends of Mr.. Magill, in endeavorin
V to meet the arguments that tend
g lshow Mr. Magill incompetent for Il
i office of states attorney, have sal
e But he can appoint a competent alto
q ney as his assistant" And in rep
e the friends of Mr.. Reynolds ask, "Wf
II should the county provide Mr.. Mag
1t with pension? Did he earn one du
e ing his time as member of the legi
& lature?" 1t had not been supposed tn
,r the. friends of Mr.. Magill would co
cede his incompetency so readily,