Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-03
ANOTHER PROTEST.

sIVOi0i iHNOIS tu86 SOme OF the menu
bers of the building committee in
connection with the new court
house, are determined to extend to
Chairman s. j. Collins. Of the repnb-
lican county committee. Tri-Citv
lodge. 3sS, OF the International Assoc
citation Of Machinists, one of the lar
"est in the three cities. and embrace
ing the men employed At Rock ISL
and arsenal. has adopted resolutions
setting forth that it is opposed to
Mr.. Collins or any other man who is
opposed to organized labor being
superintendent or architect of con-
struction of the county court house
of Rock Island county, and
Resolved, That the I. A. of NJ.
members have pledged themselves
not to support any supervisor that
approves of him, or any one opposed
to organized labor"
Labor's Plain Stand.
These resolutions adopted bv one
Of the stronghest labor organizations
in the three cities. while in the ma
ture of an endorsement of the recent
!
Killers hall. are significant too, rs
as they show how much in earnest
the machinists are, TO the end that
they propose to remember such SUI
pervisors as persist i'm ignoring the
reasonable supplication Of labor as
the controlling members of the
building committee have so far done.
and those supervisors who have
heretofore scorned the petition of
the mass meeting by attempting to
put a political construction on it,
will, it is quite likely. eventually be-
come convinced that they are very
much misinformed and that organ
lied labor knows no political lines or
barriers when the interests of labor
are ut stake.
Further Inspection.
The building committee paid n
visit to Davenport yesterday and in
spected the Scott county court house.
The Democrat. speaking of the COM
mittee's visit, has this to saw of
Charlton Wright, brother of S. X.
Wright, and whose candidacy for the
position of superintendent of con-
struction has been mentioned in The
AHGTS.
at is also understood that our
townsman. Charlton Wright, of 1862
Arlington avenue, is an applicant for
the position of superintendent of con-
struction of that proposed structure.
Mr.. Wright was employed by Sanger
Il Moody, OF Joliet, the contractors
who built this court house of ours, to
represent them in that capacity, and
SO well did he please the supervisors
of this county that no other superin-
tcndcnt on the part of the county
was employed. Mr.. Wright had
charge of it all. OF course the archi-
tects looked after things rs usual.
The handsome testimonial given Mr..
Wright when his work was finished
here show how well it was approved.
Mr.. Wright has superintendent the
construction of half dozen court
houses and other buildings of the
kind in this state and Illinois. had
such charge of the Petersen block in
this city. and has built line business
blocks in Omaha. Duluth, Detroit
and elsewhere. His ability as a me-
chanic will be manifested by the sort
of work he and his men will do if
Rock Island county employs him.
There is considerable competition for
the place, but Mr.. Wright's chances
of appointment are good"
The Democrat is slightly in error
in it's statement that there is any
competition so far for superintend-
ent of the building. The inside track
above all others has been given to
Mr.. Collins. and the purpose is to
continue to give him the inside track
until the county board wakes up to a
realization of the fact that it is to.
htally disregarding public sentiment,
in the exclusiveness of the procedure
thus far observed. Everyone compe-
tent to fill the position should be
given n chance.
Last evening the building commit
tee, chaperoned by Chairman S. s.
Collins, left for little trip through
Iowa, Circuit Clerk Gamble going
along, as did Supervisor Case, who
was unable to accompany the com.
mittee on its last trip.
Mr.. Collins "oF Course"
The Union speaking Of the depar.
ture of the court house building com.
mittee on its second tour of inspec.
ton says: MIR. Collins, of course,
accompanied the party" and then il
says, "the chairman, Supervisor
Quaylc, informed the Union that MIR.
Collins assistance was Of great value
to the committee" etc. Just why
Mr.. Collins should 60 along "oi
course" will not be plain to the
minds of those not entirely familiar
with his pull. and for the benefit OF
all such the Union should have added
the word of explanation that TO all
its readers would not have been su-
perfluous. The announcement that
Mr.. Collins assistance should have
been of great value to the committee
is not so surprising when it is con-
sidered that the committee bad pre-
| yiousIy arranpel ia have him maid