Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-28
AT SPRINGFIELD.
How the Head Officers of the M
W. A. Were Entertained.
A Brilliant Recepi ion ana Entertain
ea-OusIIne Of the Interest
Ing Exercises.

1t will be remembered that the head
officers of the NJ. w. A. after their en-
tertainment in Rock Islsnd went to
Springfield. and of their reception in the
capital city the State Journal says:
In pursuance of a rule lately estab-
lished. the head officers and directors of
the Modern Woodmen of America in the
state of Illinois are meeting from place 10
place to transact the monthly business of
the order. instead of at Fulton, H., the
headquarters of the order. and yesterday
the meeting was held in this city. In the
evening these prominent personages were
rendered grand reception at the state
house by the local lodges of the city and
county. 1t was by far the largest recep.
ton of this character held in the city for
q great many years. as hundreds were I'M
able to gain admittance to the state
house. The exercises were held in
Representatives hall. and long before
o'clock that large room was packed with
the members of the order, their families
and their friends. and many were forced
to turn away. The doors of the senate
chamber were thrown open and it was
.
The lodges from Pawnee, New Ber-
lin, Riverton, Williamsville, Cant
rail-, Barclay. Auburn and Pleas
ant Plains were well represented.
At 2 o'clock procession was formed
at Modern Woodmen hall on South Sixth
street, and moved in the following order
to the Leland hotel, where the officers
were met: Platoon of 10 police. under
command OF Chief of Police Thomas E.
Schutt; lde's Fourth Regiment band
Capital Camp No. 1913, escorling the Of.
fcers in carriages, the other camps OF tn G
city and visiting camps. From the Lee
land the procession marched north on
Sixth to Washington, west to Fifth, south
to Capital avenue and west to the capitol.
The interior of the house of representa-
tlves was handsomely decorated with
banners and flags. On eitt er side of the
speakers desk and the press boxes were
large banners bearing the words. "Wel-
come NJ. W. A" The meeting was
called to order BY NeighbOr E. A Snive-
ly, of Springfield Camp No. ia, the
pioneer camp of the city and county,
and the exercises were opened with ar
ode by the audience. Neighbor Snively
then delivered the address of welcome tC
the officers, in which he reviewed the his,
tory of Springfield and of the NJ w. A
in this city. He was followed by music
| by Ide's Fourth Regiment band. Chair
man Snively then introduced Head Con
sui William A. Northcott, of Greenvile
| III, who responded to the address o
welcome in happy manner, referring t
the order as the best beneficiary organiZ l.
| ton in America.
| The Journal contains an extensive &C
count of the exercises ard in concius. el
says.
Those seated on the rostrum were Hon
E. A. Snively and Deputy Head Consu
Andrew J. Steelmsn of this city; Heat
Consul William A. Nortbcott, eff Green
vile, H.; Head Clerk G. W. Halves, o
Fulton, and Directors G. T. Haydecker
of Wsukegsn; j. W. White. of Tampico
J. G. johnson, of Peabody, Kas and A
r. Talbot of Lincoln Neb. As fast a
The participants of the programme fin
ished in Representatives hall they re
pested the exercises to the large autienc
| in the Senate chamber.