The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-02
NOT ALL DEAD YET.
The Fanatics and Fools Still Survive.-.
What Couple of Rock Island Men
Have to Say About the Money
Spent in Davenport Each
Sunday for Drink.

The Rock Island Union has two CORES
pondents who should be presented with
leather medals. 1t is not often that two
such cranks write for the same paper and
therefore they should be put in box and
shaken up to see which one would come
out first They expound their logic (D
over the brilliant nom de plumes OF Here
Am" and Stand Up" Stand Up" has
recently been holding up his hands in
holy horror because the Rock Island base
bali club played a game of ball in St.
Louis last Sunday. He thinks it is a
disgrace to the country and expresses
his outraged feelings in the choicest of
English Here l Am" seemingly afraid
that if he did not say something, the
public wouldn't know that he was there,
bobs. up serenely and requests the
Union to say that from 500 to 1000
men now go from here across the river
each Sunday, two thirds of whom come
home more or less drunk, having left
from $500 to 81 600 behind them in Dav-
export, Iowa. He thinks that, as our
saloons are closed by law on Sunday, it
would be a good idea if Stand Up"
would suggest some innocent means of
keeping these people and the benefit OF
their money on this side of the river.
This is live and timely question, all the
more so because the inclinations OF men
cannot be forced and compelled, though
there are many ways in which they may
be pursuaded in desired direction. We
shall be glad to publish any suggestions
Stand Up" may offer to remedy the state
of affairs of which Here Am" speaks.
We will add that competent authority
places the sum of money spent across the
river BY men from this side, each Sunday,
at 81 500.
''Here AM gives Stand Up II sly
poke about suggesting some innocent
amusement in Rock Island for amusement
loving people by which their money might
be spent at home. OF course "Stand Up"
would not desire to see the Rock Island
base ball club take in 81 900 on Sunday.
But the statement that from 1000 to 500
Rock Island men visit Davenport on Sun
day since the saloons were closed over
there is ridiculous, and the further allega-
tion that from $500 to 81, 500 Isl spent here
for drink each Sunday is amusingly
absurd Who is the Unions good author
1ty for these statements? What kind of
men does Rock Island contain that 500 to
900 of them come over to Davenport
| once a week and swallow $500 worth
of liquor, How much money do they
spend in Rock Island daring the week for
drink? None but wealthy men could
afford such 'blow outs" every Sunday
Are the wealthy men of Rock Island in
the habit of coming to Davenport to the
number of 500 or l, 200 each Sunday to
''brace up?" What kind of drunkards
| has Rock Island anyhow? One thousand
| five hundred dollars week spent in Da-
venport for drink! That makes $7S, 900 per
year The saloon keepers of Rock Island
had better open their doors on Sunday.
They could afford to pay their fines fol
so doing and have something left out of
the above, besides having the pleasure and
comfort of the society of 500 to 1000 cit
izens who would otherwise be in Daven-
port guzzling and blowing in" their good
money But how does Mr.. Here | Am
know anything about the number of RocR
Islanders who visit Davenport on Sunday
and what they spend their money fori
Is he one of the b'hoys3 Between the
base ball clubs the 500 to 1000 drunken
citizens and the 81, 500 spent in Davenport
on Sunday Stand Up (his nom de plume
would suggest that he had been to Daven
port) and Here | AM are having {
monkey and parrot time of it.-DaCsa
port Daily Herald