Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-28
THE opIOUs PASS SYSTEM.

THE 0DI0US PASS SYSTEM
Mr.. HawIey makes no effort to improve it.
The management 10 regard to passes to
the Island has been such As to cause much
complaint from the people Passes are not
required to visit the peoples Capitol a.
Washiugtou, nor to visit their Navy Y ards,
OF their ASenals, at other places. 10 con
vsrsAtion With business man from Spring.
Geld, Mass, ths other day, he stated that no
passes we're required at Spring fed Arsenal :;
people drive in and around the grounds
every day aud no questions are ever
asked them; but II they violate any rule
Of the Arsenal the guards politely invite
thsm to leave the grounds
At this place, the bridges and roadway
below the railroad should be free to I'll,
nigh. aud day, guards being on duty At ell
hour, OF course, to see that people violate
no rule Of the Post.
Above the railroad smbankmsat it might
be well to keep up, at present, sysIem of
pSSsSG bat perIous should be appointed in
this city, Moline, aud Davenport to issue
passes, under such rules as may be properly
prescribed BY the CommAndanl Of the Post
or else the guards at these points should
have some discretion in the matter Many
people come here merely to see the works
on the Island, bus 60 away without accom-
piShing their object because Of the unue.
oeasArily rigid rules a. to passes. To show
how people abroad feel 10 regard TO thi.
matter We copy articles from other papers
Last summer there was an excursion frou
Dixon to this place. The excursouist,
would never have thought Of coming herr
had not the government works been located
here. After they returned, their local pa
peFs told the story, As follows:
From the Di1sn Telegraph, July 4.
The man in command of the goVsrnusn
works At Rock Island bears a name with some
thing Of = patriotic tound-it being Flagler
and he undoubtedly has a military title some
whore about the grade Of Colonel, probably
FlAgisr's Othoe bears heavily upon his shoulders
go much so in fact that we tear bis mind i
affected thereby. A. all events bis intellect doe
not run In the same channel that the minds o
civilians Of good sense are usually supposed Il
follow. II you take trip to Rock Island TO
the purposs Of visiting the Govern msnt work .
with . company Of your friends and call your
selves an "sEoursion party" PlagleT will no
Psrmlt you 10 place your foot upon the govern
ment grounds but if you 20 to Rock Island OF
business, with ne intention or care about sokinl
over that sacred Island, Flaglsr will permit yol
70 roam at will. This is a. We are informed By
tho sXoursionists who took q trip to ROsl
Island the other day, from this oity. We know
nothing Of this matter personally. We nsvs
saw the great FlaglsT n all our lite, but those o
our citizens who visited Rock Island with . de
sire 70 see the government grounds Wsre verJ
much disappointed.
The style Of the foregoing article ia no
quite a. respectful as We should write, bu
it is from an Administration paper, sdits'
BY B. +. Shaw, Esq, and probably espresso
the feelings Of the people who visited ihi
place.
The Dixon Sun, the Greeley paper, ii
more geutlsmAnly in its remarks, and
more ciroumssAntiAl 10 its complaints:
From the Dixon Sun, July 3.
The excursion, under the auspices Of Monlto
Hook . Ladder Company, which wont TO Rocl
Island on last Monday, was a very pleasant al
fair aotuithstanding the sIoursionists did no
meet With 80 pleasant . reception in variou
sources in Rock Island - nigh have been OF
pscted. Wishing to get onto the Island to se
the Government Works, they procured hack
and passes, and daily presented themselves /
ths guard, who asked them II they we're sxcur
siOnists, aud upsn their answering in the aft rm
Ative. were informed that they could not get ont
the Island, and were directed to turn back, A
they turned, another party Of our Dixon friend
drove up, and proating by the experiences of th
others, told the guard that they were not excu
sionisss, and so were allowed 10 get on the L
land. This manner Of discriminating bstwse
persons may be oonSit cred all right By the reg
lar army ofiosT In command 81 that place, but
rs eitiHenH, who dent understand why one Anne
loan citizen Is not en- titled to the same right
and privileges a. another, 90 long as he docs M
abuse them, It appears little as ,hsaEh II
eonmAndAnt was trying to show his authorit,
lt ~ due TO the Hook a Ladder Oompan to sa
mat they made every endsavor TO secure pass,
s oi NJ The excursiOnists onto the Island, bV
IAheo Al the last moment. The snsursionis
we're cordially rsesived and treated bv MAJ,
ossraaiey' Who honorsd them with . salute
and he and other gsntlsmsn of Roc
Island did every thing In their power 10 make
place. WV" ''~g ~'h'
When these articles appeared We tried ,
smooth ihs matter over, hoping no fssl;D
ofunkindnssI towards our locality vOuld :
main. But What success We had ma, /,
judged b. the following;