Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-11
AS THEY TAKE n.
The Other Counties on the Hospital Lo-
cation 1t Rock Island.

The Other Counties on the Hospital Lo-
catiOa 1t Rock Island.
The Galesburg and Monmouth pa
Pers voice the sentiments of the peo-
pie in their respective counties.
The Galesburg Republican-Register
of last evening says:
''Messrs. Mcknight, Cooke, Fro
Itch and Seacord came home this
morning. and it was their uuani-
nous opinion that Gov. AltgelG
Knocked Galesturg out of the insane
hospital. Galesburg put up a good
and fair fight and had nothing to be
ashamed of. 1t is believed that Mr.
Eden was friendly to Galesburg. and
that il the governor had permitted
the commissioners to arrive at their
own conclusions. MIR. Eden would
have decided in favor of Galesburg.
The delegation say that with the
governor feeling as he did, it would
have done this city no good to have
offered 100000 for the site. Weeks
ago there was n report that political
considerations had entered into the
light and that it made it desirable
that Rock Island should have the
asylum. But there is no use OF cry
ing over the matter now. Rock ISL
and is good. square fighter and the
world loves such a one. The belief
obtains that all along the governor
favored Rock Island.
The trustees met afterward to
vote on the question of site. The
first vote was on Monmouth and all
three voted against Monmouth.
Then Mr.. Medill voted for Rock ISL
and and Mr.. Gale for Galesburg.
This left Mr.. Eden to decide. He
was in quandry. but clearly wanted
to favor Galesburg. At this point
the governor began to play his hand,
and he raised the water question,
asserting that on this there must be
no doubt whatever. The result of
his argument was that he Influenced
Judge Eden to vote for Rock Island.
Thus the governor was practically
the deciding factor, and no doubt
would have been no matter what
course the trustees would have taken.
1.-The Galesburg contingent took
the defeat philosophically. Mr..
Medill congratulated them on having
made a clean and honorable fight.
The Monmouth folks were bitter.
They saw an offer accepted that was
$2S, 900 less than theirs. The site
chosen is what is known as the
Watertown site and is eight miles
from Rock Island and three from
Moline"
Down at Monmouth.
| The Monmouth Review OF last
evening thus reflects the feeling down
that way:
1.-the flow of Mississippi river
water was strong enough to land the
asylum for Rock Island Such was
the contents Of a telegram received
from Springfield at Z o'clock last
evening. announcing the decision of
the trustees of the Western Insane
asylum as to the location of the in
stitution. 1t was a disappointment,
but developments show that moth
ing different need have been ex-
pected.
| "MOnmouth's committee returned
this morning. On arriving at Spring
field yesterday morning they called
on the governor and had a short con-
ference with him before the arrival
of the trustees. The governor OBJ
jected that the water supply here
was not satisfactory to him, and
gave the committee to understand
that he wanted the asylum at Rock
Island. Later developments con-
WINGED them that its location there
had been determined upon long ago
by the governor, and that it was USE
less for any other place to enter the
contest"