The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-31

our wants and serve our comfort and they have sue
sions in which has ever been our good fortune tt
participate.
furnished the company through Mr.. W. D. Sanborn
, division freight and passenger agent
FRANK GAIESNIE,
ALEX II. SMITH,
Committee.
CAPTURED THE CONVENTION.
The ST Louis Republican says:
The members of the St. Louis delegation
are greatly elated at the victory they
achieved over the Chicago delegation at the
Davenport convention.
The Missouri delegation are more than
/ satisfied with the result of their attendance
at the convention They really captured it.
From Hon. John F. Philips, who, with Mr..
Wood from the northeast portion of the
state were the only delegates from Mis-
souri, outside of st. Louis, an expression of
opinion as to the results accomplished was
obtained.
| ''The first very prominent fact, said
Mr.. Philips, worth noting was the effect
/ created by the demonstration made by the
friends of Mississippi river Improvements,
particularly the Missouri delegation, on the
first day, on the question as to the compost
ton of the committee on resolutions. They
were aggressive, and the speeches made by
| Stanard and others were so effective that it
alarmed the Hennepin canal people so
much that they were apprehensive we had
really more strength than we actually had
in the convention, The result was that
Missouri got the craftsmanship of this COM
mittee which was to report the manner of
constituting the committee on resolutions
and securing sach an equitable basis of
representation for all the states there repre-
scented. We impressed them still further
with our influence in the convention, so
| that when the committee on resolutions, of
which was q member met, had no diff
Guilty in securing the third resolution of the
series, so forcible to the Mississippi river.
The most prominent and important feature
of this resolution is the recommendation
to congress that the Missippi river appro-
priation be made in separate appropria-
ton bill, thereby placing the Mississippi
river on its own merits and divorcing it
from all entangling alliances. This was
great triumph for the people of the Missis-
sippi valley, in view of the fact that it was
achieved in committee called to promote
a canal scheme.
AS OTHERS SEE Us.
Correspondence St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The hospitality Of the people of Daven-
port, Moline and Rock Island was planned
on an extensive scale, and has been most
successfully carried out, and the delegates
present are united in their praises for the
attention, courtesy, and generous treat
ment they have received, After the usual
resolution of thanks the convention adj
journed.
THAT WANDERING BANQUET.
From the Muscatine Journal. May q.
The people of Davenport. Rock Island,
aud Malina dacaryya Yara ice for l;baraI
arrangements made by them to give cor
dial welcome to the delegates in attend
ance at the Canal Convention. The badge
of delegate was passport to the kindest
and most considerate treatment. Carria-
ges were in readiness at all times to take
the delegates wherever they desired to CO.
The opera house was provided free of cost
to the convention. A banquet was pre-
pared for all delegates in one of the large
stone buildings on the Island. The pro-
gralnme for the entertainment, including,
as it did ride around the three cities and
to thesarsenal was grand in its conception
banquet itself, which did not fully come
up to the expectations of those who pro-
vided it, owing to sundry circumstances,
HIS HONOR
few days ago THE ARGUS published
Quincy was made to appear as the read
justing executive of the 'tGem City" The
portion relating to the loss of his time
keeper is also denied as was the part de-
failing where he slept while in attendance
at the convention in Davenport.
His Honor is evidently of the impression
that a roommate gave the information on
which the newspaper notice was founded.
His note is as follows:
CITY OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS,
MAYORS OFFICE May 80 1881.
Publishers Rock ISLAND ARGUs':
GENTLENEN:-The attached newspaper slip cut
fnc t the aad u e sns sn
was not elected repudiator of the city debt.
This city is not repudatng CITY, yet at the same
debts contracted in violation Of all law and JUS
tice In the serving ''of legal papers growing out
of the city debt" never have lodged such SER
vice. in any way, manner or form,
| did not sleep on cot nor I'm one Of the CORR,
House q very nice bed in a very nice room-No 81,
believe. Ny watch out of my sight perhaps
my presence, and yo1 never Would have heard Of
my watch but for the sd fool who occupied cot
~ 'ns sa''e i''''' J. K, WEBSTER.
CARD OF THANKS
The different committees having in ]
charge the departments of the late c6nven-
ton are out with cards expressing their
thanks for the assistance given them by |
citizens generally of the three places |
The Banquet committee has not get been |
heard from, but they viii no doubt come
around in due time and thank each other
for the generous way in which they treat
ed Moline and Rock Island in the selection /
of place for holding the feast2
The Carriage committee make the fol- /
lowing:
The Carriage Committee for the Henne-
Canal Convention desire TO return their
thanks to the citizens of Moline, Rock ISL
and and Davenport for the assistance given
them in furnishing carriages on that occa-
sion. GEo r. MARVIN,