Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-08
ON TO THE CAPITAL.
Who Will be Those to go to Wash
ingtOn?

The TRICKY Army should Make Its
Cunning Expedition ON Washington
with Determination ana without
Delay.
Secretary of War Endicott is expected
to complete his report the coming week.
and IL there are to be any recommends
tions incldded as to the location of the
plant for the manufacture of the Whit.
temore gun upon Rock Island. 1t is
necessary that whatever work is to
be done in the furtherance of that
end by the tri-city committee be
attended to at once. The tri.city
commit zee ought to start tomorrow or on
Monday at the outside, and there
should be a solid delegtion. Those
designated by Mayor McConochie
are Measrs. Morris Rosenfield, Fred Wey>
erhauser. Fred Hass and j. F. Robin
son. Those chosen by Mr.. Fred Hass,
OF the Rock Island Citizens Improves
ment association. are Messrs. Phil Mitch.
ell AMI Fred Weyerhauser Unfortu-
nately, not one of these gentlemen can so
arrange his business affairs as to make the
trip just at this time. Were IL few
weeks later there would not be so much
difficulty about securing a committee
which could more readily comply No
doubt any of the gentlemen named would
be OF great advantage to the PROJECT. as
all have proved their usefulness in SINH.
lar undertakings in times past, but mas
much rs all have stated the impossibility
OF gong now, pressure is being
brought to bear on Mr.. Fred Hass, who is
one of the mayors choices, to go anyway,
not Only on behalf of the city, but as the
of the Improvement ASSOC
citation. of which he is the executive off,
Ger. There are many things that strongly
favor Mr.. Hass' acceptance of this mis-
sion. Chief of these is his adsptability
to work of this kind as evinced by the
success OF efforts in the preliminaries of
the viaduct project and other measures
of similar kind. and also his familiarity |
with many public men in Washington, as
well ss his thorough knowledge of the |
Island of Rock Island and the great, aim |
for which the tri-cities as we'll |
as he entire western states are
now zeslously lsboring. Another adj
vantage of the selection of Mr. Hass is,
that he has his private affairs 30 ar
ranged that he can leave for a longer
time han those more actively engaged in
the pursuits of life. II is to be hoped |
that Mr.. Hsss may be prevailed upon to
go. The suggestion has frequently been
made that Mayor McConochie. as the
head of the city government. should cer>
tainl7 go to Washington, and exert his
influence for matter of so great impor.
lance to the city. and to the community.
II the mayor and Mr.. Hsss will consent
to GO, Rock Island would rest perfectly
salts led that none Of the proper work on
behalf of the gun factory would be ne
elected
The Davenport delegation has not yet
been wholly decided upon. and will not
Unit meeting of the Business Mems as
of that city Monday night, so
that the committee will not leave before
Tuesday morning The feeling in Rock
Island is that the committee should be IN
Washington by Tuesday morning at the
outside, and this appears to be the pre-
7sil ug sentiment in Moline. Mr. Fl. A.
Ain 5worth will start tomorrow morning
Dr evening, and if either Mr.. Hass or the
mayor, or both, conclude 10 go, arrange
nents will no doubt be made to start at
he same time.
Messrs. w. s Knowlton and B. F.
TiliDghast, of the tri.city committee,
have gotten out very neat and readable
circular descriptive aud illustrative of the
Rock Island arsenal and containing also
A comprehensive description of the gun
factory project. Several hundred of
,hese have already been sent to Wash
ngton. others will be mailed to different
pa It's of the country, and the remainder
placed in the hands of the tri-city Joint
30 nmittee.