Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-01
THE PRIVATE FIFER.
Saturday Nights TOrchlight in his
Honor.
An Occasion such as Does Everybody
G0Od---Incidents OF the Parade---A
Feast at the ROsenfield Mansion.

A newspaper that would conceal the
fact that Saturdays republican demon
stration was big success would smother
the truth and cease to be reliable
and trustworthy. As stated in Saturdays
ARGUS, the city did herself proud. show ed
her hospitality, her broad spirited liber-
ality, and all people, democrats as well
as republicans, contributed to the entire
enjoyment of the occasion. 1t was
matter in which the pride of the city was
at stake and for the first attempt of the
kind since the adoption of the bridge
railway ordinance it does not look as if
Rock Island was going very far back
ward. On the contrary it showed that q
determination to progress, to move ahead
and make the best of all things as they
present themselves for the advancement
of the city. had taken firm root. Affairs
of this character are productive of good
results to the city and Rock Island is in a
very large part indebted to the cities of
Moline, Milan and Kewanee for generous
contributions to the afternoon street
pageant, as well as to the torch light
parade at night.
The same disposition of all people ire.
spective of politics TO do honor to the
day by decorating in the afternoon, was
manifested at night, democrats as well as
republicans lighting up and giving the
entire city brilliant appearance Of the
down town Examinations the Harper
house and the Rock Island house, pre-
sented the most striking appearance and
the illumination oe the tower at the cor
ner of Second avenue and Seventeenth
street was also very pretty feature.
The night parade was not the success
that the day exhibit was, from the
fact that it was too much chopped up;''
the intervals between divisions were too
long, and too much time was consumed
in getting under way; this owing in part
to the delay of trains containing torch
bearers in the upper yards, and the tardy
arrival of some clubs from Daven
port. II is understood that Mai. HAYES
| attempted to get the columns on the
move when he saw the torch lights on the
| ferry, thinking those Cinnamon were
| coming over to take part, but Col Rein
ers would not have it so-aud waited
| The tferent clubs looked very nicely il
| gay-colored uniforms especially tht
Flambeaux, who should have had the
place of favor at the head of the process
sion nv all means. Sam Jones cut grea
| figure with a torch over his shoulder anC
so did Jo Haas, but the latter had eater
so much supper that be was obliged t.
leave his belt al home. Nevertheless th,
long march did him good. 1t is under
stood. by the way, that there is some riv'
airy just now existing between Haas snC
| McPheeters as to which is the republi,
cans big man. Haas claims that he ha
not seen his own feet for ten years, Will,
McPheeters swears upon the bibl
that it is a longer time than tina
since he last viewed his pedal ex
tremities. Haas once had little dog b
was very fond of and one day he imag
ined the canine was lost, and nearly wen
daft over the fact, and rushed up an
down the street whistling and yelling fo
the poodle, which was running along 8
his heels all the time; but Haas didn
know it until somebody told him. an
then he had to take his informant's wor
for it. Haas and McPheeters are the fl
men curiosities of the republican con
mittee's dime museum, and Gamble.
soon coming out as the living skeletO
Gamble was not in the parade Saturda
night; his exertions were too great in Il
industrial display in the afternoon Gan
bic will have to do something more tina
this if be wishes to keep within mile
the rear end of his ticket on election da
He will have to get diploma from
husipscS oo1lora comaUhara pooo Wal
was the busiest man in town all day So
urday, and at night when the prOcessit
was forming he could be seen bobbil
here, there and everywhere. But aft
the parade started Boss Wells disa
peared. 1t is understood he went off
himself and had spasm,
, Filters speech in Union square la
} Saturday afternoon was not brillis
effort; and this partly because "privs
Joe" does not pretend to be pub
speaker. and like all republican oratc
in the present campaign, he hasn't mu
of a text to preach from if he could a
partly because his physical strength
forsaklng him. His voice is husky a
his utterances were scarcely audi
twenty feet from him. As all who 81
him will testify he is an ov
worked man, overworked in
own interests, as he well n
be- His face wears careworn and hs
= gard expression. He is almost brok
down with stumping the state. Pain
T is making it hot for him and no n
realizes this fact in any keener sense IL
Joe Fifer. After Fifer had finished
supplication. Candidate Ray made an
peal and SO did Hon. D. T. Littler.
While these orators were holding fo
in Union Square, the Chicago Glee C
and Ike Clements and Parson I
Pheeters, Joe Haas fat brother, combil
to form an attraction on Market Squa
W After the parade at night Fifer and
friends went to the Catholic fair. A
gether it was quite day, but the
mers did not seem to take the same
. terest in it that the city folks did.
stated Saturday, the honest count
filters of the soil are postponlng t
j visit to Rock Island for Palmer's ds
one week from tomorrow.
Yesterday morning Fifer, Ray, Lii
and Others accepted an invitation of
Mr.. Cue to attend the First NJ. E. oh,