Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-15

may be your organization or the mean
and methods you may adopt for the &C
complainant of you work. Their praye
is that you may continue to grow, pros
per, and do good; that your meetin!
will prove not only profitable TO your
selves, but will oe instrumental in adding
something to the common stock OF know
ledge of the profession generally. They
hope and trust that your brief soJourl
among them will prove pleasant ant
agreeable to you. When you shall have
finished the work of your meeting, they
wish you a safe return to your respective
homes, happy reunion with your fami'
lies, friends. and patrons, that the briel
respite from your professional duties VIII
enable you to resume them with renewed
energy and efficiency
To each one of you present, they wish
me to say they bid you Gods speed III
your journey over the rough and rugged
road WHICH your professional life will
necessarily lead you, and hope and trust
in your travels over that road, you Will
be able to leave some footprints, some
record that will serve as beacon light
to those who follow after, and warn
them of the blind paths, snares and pit
falls with which it is beset, And wheh
you shall have finished that journey
ceased your battles with the grim monster
in behalf OF your fellow men; when per
chance your head is whitened, eyes
dimmed and cheeks furrowed with age;
when old time with his ominous scythe
in hand comes reckoning you to prepare
for the spirit world, may you be prepared
to pass over the hill, down into that dark
silent, gloomy, shadowless valley, in the
oud consciousness that you did your
whole duty to your God, your country.
your profession and your race. We
again welcome you to our city.
THE RESPONSE
was made by DR.. G. W. Earle. of Chica-
90, IN the absense of DR.. Andrews, who
had been expected to respond. DR..
Earle expressed the pleasure it afforded
him to speak in behalf of the society in
response to a welcome to the city of
Rock Island, which contained some of
the most useful, active and able members
of the State Medical society. He did not
fail to compliment the city on its present
super abundance of water. "Our first
impression upon entering your city," he
said, was that there was river at the
right of us. We saw river in front of
us. and we plowed through the rivers of
your streets. He sarcastically alluded to
number of skiffs the local committee
had placed at the disposal of the Wis
iting physicians, and said that a telegram
had been sent to Chicago for pontoOn
ern Venice. He then alluded briefly to
DR.. Truesdale's remarks upon the subject
Of the sOciety's reorganization and the
charge that the Chicago fraternity had
not contributed all the aid it should.
The excuse, if the Chicago physicians had |
been guilty of such negligence, was be-
'ause they were modest. They were wills |
ng to extend all the cooperation possible, |
md while large amuunt of the material |
furnished the society in the past had |
come from county practitioners, the
Chicago physici ms and colleges would
rave done more, had it not been that
hey had been criticised for furnishing
what they had. RE, however, expected
valuable meeting this time and re-
urned thanks for the kind words of wei.
ONE.
The committee on arrangements then
cported the programme which has been
eretofore published in the ARGUS. The
of the morning session was
onsumed in reading letters from abs
entees.
1t being impossible to heat the theatre
. desirable to secure a more comfortable
,lace for the remainder of the day, and
ccordingly arranged for the use of the
ity council rooms this afternoon. 1t is
oped, however, that the theatre will be
! condition for use tomorrow.
This afternoons session assembled at
ne council room at 2 o'clock. The
resident, DR.. VIM. o. Ensign, of Rut>
md, read his annual address, which was
evoted principally to medical education
nd other topics of interest only to mem I
ers of the profession. 1t was referred
, the committee on publication. Assis>
ant Secretary Eyster read the list of del-
gates in attendance, after which came
le reports of the various committees, the
rst on the practice of Medicine" being t
Iade by the chairman, DR.. Frank Bill {
ngs. of Chicago.
WHO ARE PRESENT.
The following had registered their at
.ndance upon the convention up to 3 6
clock this afternoon: I
A G Kinkead, Scottville; RR Dewitt,
am pshire; David W Graham, G w
arle. H J Reynolds, W r Montgomery,
E S.arkweather, W T Thackery, Frank
filings, A Reeves Jackson, Frank S
L Gray, Chicago; s c Plum>
er Jr, Rock Island; p II Oyler Mt h
ulaski; o B viii, Miller. Thos w
.cIlvaine, Peoria; John II Rauch, secs
tary State Board of Health; L D Dunn, |
.oline; w Cowden, Thos Gait, Chas G
arter, Rock Island, James Cozad, Rey- ,
Odds; I NJ Cullimore, Jacksonville; w
Boughton. Edgington.
Geo E Barth, Rock Island; H NJ Nc
lanahan, Woodhull Ellen Ingersoll, D g
ooney. Abby F Rooney, Quincy; w Fl
yford, J W Morgan, Port Byron; II H -,
ong, Orion; j II Wallace, J c Wilson,
Ionmouth John B Davidson, Moline; $
I'm o Ensign, Rutand G G Craig, Rock {
land; Warren Hunter, Hampton; w II 7
ittlefeld, Beardstown; J L Bensburg,
a Noble.