Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-29
HOPEFUL HARRISONITES.
Republican Salvation Meeting at
Harpers's Theatre.
A Large Crowd Turns Out for Curios-
Ity's Sake.--Addresses by Eatthfai
Representatives orthe Party.

Representatives orthe Party.
Harpers theatre contained larg'
audience last evening. Every seat in Thu
| parquet was taken and there was quite ,
respectable sprinkling Of people in tht
gallery. The attraction was an interest
| ing and novel one. nd Boss Wells and
his cohorts If they possess that rare
characteristic known as gratitude, will
look kindly to the ARGUS for the biz
turnout of last evening. 1t WAS the
ARGUS that announced the true nature
of the meeling--the somewhat peculiar
feat of swallowing with apparent good
grace u decidedly objectionable dose Of
medicine. Curiosity therefore FREEDOM
mated in the brains of the assemhlage
and those who attended, the ARGUS can
most justly say. we're fully repaid for so
eXcrting themselves. Boss Wells had
taken the prccsution TO have three physi
cmns on the stage and was particular TO
have the professional 8vncatiOn of each
announced as he went forward to take
his little dose.
The band played an enlivening air aud
after the curtain rose Boss Wells at
tempted to inspire bravery by stating
that this was To be n soldiers campaign
The boss. however, found an excuse TO
shoulder the responsibility of the meeting
upon Mr. Morris Rosenfield, and he did
ii. MIR. Rosenield made the best of his
predicament and took the audience by
storm by announcing Mr.. Patrick O'Mara
ss the first speaker. IL was not expected
that Pat would he put through the or
deal so early in the proceedings, but it
was nevertheless the edict of the meeting
and he had to walk the plank Pat has
lots of sand, however, and he faced his
duty without blush or murmur, took
his medicine like little man, made wry
face and retired. Then the Moline Glee
club was trotted out for the first of "A se>
res of campaign chestnuts such as have |
adorned the columns of the Chicago pas
pers the past few days. The quartctte |
from the suburban village shouted |
That's What's the Matter in tone
consciousness of doing some-
Thing very funny, and the warblers
retired to their dressing rooms.
DR.. w. A. Paul was the next victim
He pleaded all manner of excuses to gel
out OF speaking He did not see why he
mad been called upon. Ii it was II SOL
Tiers campaign, as had been minated
Early in the evening, that ought to let
lin out unless the fact that his great
grandfather fought in the war of the rev.
button held him He bewailed the fact
hat Blaine was not the nominee, and it
vas with considerable difficulty that he
ould reconcile himself to Names states
nan not being on the ticket. But he was
republican and a protectionist, and as it
1as war of issues and not of
len, he was in favor of Harrison and |
Iorton. After DIR. Paul had retired
resident Rosen6eld consulted Boss
Wells as to the next best thing to be j.,
one, and very tittingly gave signal to 3
ne hand. !
DIR. Calvin Trucsdale was then intro
uced as another DOCTOR and after he had ),
one his duty the glee club gave an +
har oh nd Ca |
as brought forward Sayile was full C
congratulations, and after he had rid
imself of few he proceeded to divulge
hat he termed a thought which had !,
cen rolling around in his brain for the d
ast few days, and he wanted to give the o
ldience the benefit of it, he wanted all
resent to take it home and ponder over =
and then see what they thought of it =
lemselves. The speaker then slowly | +
his mysterious idea; it WAS ap \
aren't that he had been u devoted student q
great republican leader, but he had
is hearers in a fever of suspense and =
fter he propounded the idea which had y
sused him many days of restlessness c
fought too deep for the comprehension
anybody but thoroughly posted res
ublican. he retired leaving the audience
a state of utterly hopeless bewilder> I
ent Chairman Rosenfeld promptly S
allied upon the band to play. and then
r. Albery A. Whitman, a colored man,
as introduced as one of the delegates to fl
le Chicago convention. A look of in
1ite satisfaction stole over the face of d
oss Wells as the speaker announced
at he was from Kansas. The talk was u
lie of humorous sarcastic nature, and g
fact one of the best of the evening, o
I'd at its close Mr. Whitman was so en- 81
encored that he was u =.
,lged to respond, when he told some ir
ing of what he knew about his race, t.
lying the colored people the remarkable d
'mpliment that they had learned to be
,uble dealing and that in politics, as
her things. one would not know where
find them until the time came. 8