Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-18
BANQUETED
Company A, !. N. G., Feasted
at the Rock Island.
GENERALIZATION on SAFE RETURN.

GENERALIZATION on SAFE RETURN.
Snort Informal Speeches by DIR. Eys:er,
City Attorney }. L Haas, Mai. ). NJ
Beardsley, States Attorney c. j. Searle
L. ID. Connolly and Capt. NJ. j. Greaiis,, =
The Spread and the Manner in Which II
Was Served.
The banquet, which was given
Company "A ut the Rock Island last
evening. was n most superb affair
Al about $50 the Rodman Rifles
headed by Bleucr's band, proceeded
wa Third avenue 10 Twentieth and
down Second avenue To the Rock
Island and were escorted to the LARGE
dining hall of the hotel, where the
banquet was to be served. The IS
members OF the company were at six
OF the tables. while at two other ia
bles We're seated: DR.. G. l.. Eyster.
City AttorneyJ. l.. Haas. Capt. NJ. j.
Grealish. j. IL. Cleland, Gustav
Stcngel, Walter johnson. David Don,
William Ramskill, w. p. Quayle, l.
ID. Burgh, George Bennett, States
Attorney Searie and B. ID. Connolly
and press representatives. At the
| officers table sat Capt. +. Nj. Cook,
Lieuts. c. Ramskill and W. johnson,
Capt. IL. A. Mcdonald, Mai. j. NJ.
beardsley and Col. l.. NJ. Buford.
Steward O'Dav and his train of
walters and Mattresses then attended
to the wants of all present. serving
all the delicacies OF the season in 4
manner reflective Of great credit. the
menu being one of which the Messrs.
Negus should feel proud.
The Speeches.
After the good things had been
disposed OF, DIR. G. l.. Eystcr. acting
as master of ceremonies, arose and
said that the gathering was to ccle-
bratc victory over lawlessness. AS
an old member of the Rodman Rifle
company, he heartily congratulated
! the boys on their success in keeping
up the reputation of it. He intro
duced City Attorney j. l.. Haas, who
would welcome the boys in behalf of
the city.
City Attorney Haas.
The city attorney extended to the
Rifles a heartfelt and sincere greeting.
and expressed the JOY experienced
at their safe return. 1t was a dan
gerous undertaking. more so than
the company imagined. to face hun
dreds OF rough men. almost insane
with the excitement of the hour, and
true were the company's sentiments
to uphold not only the cause of law
and order, but OF the country itself.
In the course of his remark he spoke
OF the glory of the stars and stripes,
and said that Mai. Beardslev had
once used expressions in speaking
of the flag that were beautiful. and
which he could never forget. In con-
clusion. Mr.. Haas congratulated the
soldiers on their safe return with IN
impaired vigor.
| Maj. j. NJ. Bea-dsley.
Maj. Beardsley was next intro
duced, and spoke of the 81 wears
that had passed since his first exper-
fence in army life, and said that
when he and his good old friend, Col.
Buford, had their first experience.
they were unacquainted with the
weapons of today. He spoke of how
the country was reorganized after
the fearful shock of so years AFRO,
and how the laws were made govern
ing state and nation, and conrratu-
lated the company on its defense of
those laws.
The major then highly compli-
mented President Cleveland for call
ing out the federal troops, but incl
dentallv he attacked Gov. Aitgeld.
He spoke of the. governors demands
regarding the federal troops removal
and the breach Of etiquette which
the governor imagined it. and OF
President Cieveland's advice to wait
until the present trouble was over
before raising questions of propriety.
He spoke of the governors action as
encouraging socialism and anarchy,
and implored the Rifles to remem Der.
when the ballot box came around
this occurrence. He said Debs had
n clock or a watch in his head. and
he ridiculed the idea of q man sitting
in Chicago and pulling string and
stopping traffic 100 miles away. He
concluded his bout against Debs by
repeating that he had wheel in his
head. He spoke of Pullman as q
good. honest, upright fellow who
was in toto a self-made man. In
conclusion. the major congratulated
the boys on their success, and com.
plimented them highly on theil
bravery.
states Attorney Searle:
States Attorney Searle expressed
himself as being exceedingly glad Of
the opportunity to tell the boys Of
the apprehension with which tn,
people of Rock Island were filed fol
their safety. He spoke of their APP
pearance the evening before as they
returned from their campaign, how
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