Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
FLOATED A FLAG.
Saturday Nights Demonstration in
the Second Ward.
The Down Town Cable club Does 1t.
self Proud and N. j. McEptry
makes o splendid Speech

1t has now developed that the republi-
cans of the Second ward don't have to
even 60 out OF their own precinct to get
pointers on how to raise the nations
flag and do it with enthusiasm, too. The
largest crowd by far that has assembled
at any political meeting in the city this
year was present at the Second Ward
Gable club flag raising on Saturday night
at the corner of Tenth street and Third
avenue, where beautiful 40-foot flag. to
which the names Of Cleveland and Stew
enson and handsome portrait of each
of those distinguished gentlemen we're
appended was swung to the breeze.
The Second Ward club first met at the
headquarters, where over 100 of the
democracy formed in line bearing torches
and Chinese lanterns. and headed by the
Plow Company band marched up Second
avenue to Market Square, then on Third
avenue to the Turner hall, where they
were joined by the Third Ward demo-
cratic club and the line marched back to
the scene Of the flag raising. On arriv-
ing there the preliminaries were arranged
and then as the band struck up the famil-
lar strains of THE Red, White and Blue,
the stars and stripes were hauled up
amidst the lusty cheering of over 500 work
ingmen. To add to the beauty of the
scene large illumination of red fire was
touched off, and as the beautiful banner
foated gracefully in the evening breeze
cheer after cheer went up from the huns
dreds of patriotic hearts who had gath
cred TO do honor to the nations
colors. 1t was indeed an en-
thusastic meeting. and if anyone blushed
it was one of those who in the language
to pray"
After the cheering had subsidized. Aid.
Henry Kinner called the meeting to OF
der from platform decked with Chinese
lanterns that had been provided, and in
PRODUCED NJ. j. McEniry of Moline. the
demo cratic candidate for states attorney.
who for nearly an hour held the closest
attention of the assembled people in
thorough discussion of the issues that
enter into the present campaign. He
began his remarks by expressing his
pleasure at being present on such pa
t,iotic occasion and the appropriateness
of raising the flag in calling into action
| tb st great attribute of the American peo>
| pie, taking occasion at the same time to
| pronounce q fitting eulogy on those two
| men for whom the public. irre~
spective of party utilization has such
profound respect. Grover Cleveland and
Adlai E. sStevenson. Mr.. McEniry as
sured his hearers that he was not out in
a mud throwing campaign and that he
would throw no slurs at anyone, he
would, however, explain wherein the
republican party had acted unfairly and
would certainly hold it responsible for
the pianks embodied in its platform. He
then entered into an earnest discussion of
the existing tariff laws under that mon
strosity. the Mckinley bill confinipg him
self more particularly to those portions
which affect the workingmen, of which
his audience was mainly composed. His
remarks were plain and to the point, and
were frequently interrupted by enthusi-
astic approval of his hearers. Later the
speaker mentioned what a democratic
house bad done IN the way of passing
measures to relieve the people of this bur-
den of taxation and the inevitable result
they met in being pigeonholed in re-
publican senate. In closing Mr.. Me-
Entry turned his guns on the Infamous
Force bill and explained the intents and
purposes of the proposed measure and
the indignities to which some would be
subject should it become law. His re.
marks were very comprehensive and
deeply impressed his hearers. the closing
remarks being widely applauded.
Aid. Kinner then made a few remarks
in which he referred periodically to the
handsome new flag. and as it was already
quite late no more speaking was INDUCED
in and the crowd dispersed. 1t was an
occasion very pleasant to all and well
carried ont