Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-01
ON TO MADISON.
Rock Island to the M. w. A.
Head Camp.
MUST BE WELL REPRESENTED.

Last Nights Meeting and What Was
Done-Reports Heard and Steering Com
mittee Appointed-To Start Sunday
Good Work Be Done
The final meeting Of the general
committee on the removal of the NJ.
w. A. head offices to Rocx Island was
held last evening at the Offices of
ackson & Hurst. Aid. W. c.
Maucker presided and j. r. Reams
was secretary. President Carse, of
the Improvement association, Mayor
Knox, and others were in attendance.
Reports of the various committees
we're received and a steering COM
mittee approved of to formulate.
before reaching Madison, a plan
of campaign, composed of Mayor
b. f. Knox, on the part
of the city, John Ohlweiler,
representing the Improvement asso-
citation. and for the Woodmen, P. j.
Cary, of Camp 1850; w. C. Maucker,
500, and j. H. Kerr. 30. 1t was de-
cided that the Rock Island delega-
tion start Sunday evening over the
c., b. & Q. road, going via that route
to Prairie du Chen, and thence to the
Wisconsin capital over the Milwau-
kee. Headquarters will be opened
Monday morning, banner having
been ordered by the committee, and
is now being painted by Alters bear
ing the inscription. The Ideal City
for the Head Offices. as Already De-
creed by the Order" to be conspicu-
ously displayed.
The municipal party will be
headed by Mayor Knox and will be
12 in number. The Woodmen will
be represented by b. H. McKown, for
the county at large; p. j. Cary and
j. X. Reames. Camp 1850; e. II.
Seidel and f. F. He'll pensteIl. Camp
800; j. E. Larkin and j. H. Kerr,
Camp 20. while j. A. Wilson repre-
sents the lower end of the county,
John Liphardt the upper end and LIE
Roy Vinton the Moline camps.
President Carse, of the Rock Island
Citizens Improvement association.
announced the following delegation,
most of whom he expressed the hope
would accompany the Rock Island
party: William Jackson, H. &.
Cleaveland, John Ohlweiler, f. IL.
Guyer, J. w. Potter. +. w. Hurst,
II. ID. Mack. George f. Bailey. Maj.
j. M. Beardsley, L. J. Medill, DR..
William Edwards, David Don, Fred
Hass, Louis Kohn. w. B. Mcintyre,
M. NJ. Sturgeon, c. F.. Case, T. H.
Thomas, DIR. j. r. Hollowbush, l.. S.
McCabe, X. Stackhouse, Walter John
son, w. p. Quayle, II. p. Simpson,
C. J. Searle. William McEniry.
President Carse will 90 himself, of
course.
The Woodmen soliciting commit
tee reported having raised 1925,
leaving $3.50, which is being gathered
in today. The list of additional
subscriptions headed by one of $50
from Maj. c. w. Halves, includes
amounts ranging from S25 down to
so cents.
This morning Messrs. Henry Carse
and John Volk raised 500 in $25
subscriptions, and as much more in
smaller ones, and Messrs Carse and
johnson are on the war path this af-
ternoon.
The Removal Question.
In his biennial report of the con-
dition of the order Maj. C. w.
Halves, clerk of the head offices, and
the necessity of removal, says that
the present Office at Fulton. place OF
2, 100 population. is altogether mad
equate for the transaction of the CEN
trail business of the order. now trans
acting business aggregating $780,
900 year. The great volume OF
supplies have to be carried by phys.
ical force up and down stairs; the
room designated as a vault is not
fire-proof. and the destruction of
records would be a serious calamity
ut is a source of regret" Mai.
Halves says, "that, due probably to
it's isolated condition, but few non
resident neighbors have visited the
head clerks office to learn for them
selves the situation. Could this
have been done, even by a small
minority of the delegates-elect to the
Madison head camp, the necessities
of the situation would be fully under
stood, and result without question in
decisive action being taken confirm
ing that entered of record by the
Omaha head camp of 1s92"-which
voted to remove the head office to
Rock Island. The necessity for
prompt action" the head clerk con-
tinues, "is imperative, and expert
ence would suggest that conclusions
arrived at by the 1895 head camp be
enacted in conformity with existing
statutory provision. and in such
legal form as will preclude the posi-
bility Of the defeat of the expressed
will of this great order by few,
actuated BY selfish personal motives.
Y. NJ. c. A. Notes.
Rev. ID. T. Robertson, of Milan
will preach tomorrow afternoon at