Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-04
MEMORIAL DAY.
A Prayer of Buford Post Before the
County Board.
Tie Funds solicited for the Dec ora
ton Day Exercises-A Mis-
understanding.

Rock ISLAND. H., May 30.--Editor
Angus: The board of supervisors again,
as last year, refuse to appropriate money
TO decorate the county monument in Rock
Island. A published account In the
Daily Union of May of the proceedings
of the county board on the Goth of April
regarding petition presented by Buford
| post to that body, missta,es the prayer of
such petition and wholly omits an essen
tisl feature of it. wherefore it is desirable
that the public be Informed of its con-
tents. The following is correct copy
of the petition as read and filed by the
| clerk of the board:
WHEREAS, The people of Rock Island
county have erected q beautiful marble
monument in court house square on
| grounds OF the county. with names in
scIibed thereon of the heroes who fell in
the late civil war from this county whose
bodies now many of them lie undis-
tin guished on many southern battle
| fed; and
WHEREAS. Our government has set
apart one day in the year sacred to the
memory of fallen soldiers, as Memorial
day. the Both day of May in every year
Therefore be it
Resolved. That the following petition
be adopted:
To the honorable members of the
board of supervisors of Rock Island
county, Illinois: Members of John Bu-
ford post in regular meeting assembled
this 9Th day of April 1891, having an
enrolled membership of 100 persons. pray
your honorable body, as the legal repre-.
sentatives of citizens of the county to
MAX suitable appropriation of money for
the proper observance of Memorial day
al this county monument, in its decors-
ton with wreaths and flowers. to keep
green the memories OF those from our
midst who died that the nation might live,
such appropriation to be expended under
the the direction Of such committee as
your honorable body may appoint
This post believes that such liberal &C
ton OF your honorable body will have the
! hearty sanction and approval of every
| patriotic citizen of Rock Island county.
! EZRA WMCHER, Commander.
! j. ALEX MONTGOMERY, Adjutant.
After this reading, Supervisor Sinnet
moved that 500 be appropriated for that
purpose; Supervisor Prick moved as an
amendment that $50 be so appropriated.
| Supervisor Smith, of Moline, expressed
his establishment and his indignation that
Buford post should presume to again pc
tition the board, after the proceedings
ha'. on last years petition.
| Comrade Bracket who had been de
pu,ed by Buford post to present the petit
ton, was suffered to say that there was a
material difference between last years pc
titiOn and the one now presented. Last
! years petition asked for q specific sum of
money TO be appropriated to Buford pos
for decoration purposes; the present pc
tition asks that only suitable sum
be appropriated and expended By q com
miLtee of the county board, for a proper
observance of Memorial day around the
county monument.
Another supervisor from Yuma replied
that he could see no difference in the two
petitions, and that he should vote as hs
die last year. to reject the prayer of the
petition. 1t was so rejected by loud
| no. and a modest yes.
il seems little naughty in any super
visor. old or young, to get excited anC
attempt singing rebuke to soldiers fol
exercising their right of petition TO have
Memorial day suitably commemorated.
JOSEPH W BRACKETT.