Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-27
NO DOUBT ABOUT Mil AN.
Going d .moerSsse Jsss Year sors- a.
jssstcg Townships.

jssstcg To~sshsps.
Milan Oct. 27.-.Milan will
surely GO for Bryan aud Alt
geld" said a promineat upholser
Of the Hanna Mckinley doctrin.
in Milan yesterday, when he was
shown n list Of 50 names Of re-
publicans who will vote for Bryan.
Sewall and Altgeld. The result will
be seen BY the following: In 1892
Milan polled q total Of si7 votes; Of
these the republicans had Eli, leav-
ing 173 democratic votes. Allowing
Bryan 81 Of the SO republican nsme.
added t. the 173 votes for dem. cracy
in '92 will give total OF 2o7 votes
for Bryan As near as can be founi
out no. more than four democrats
have gone oser. W, ich will make a
total Of 1ss for Mckinley after the
81 republicans have been taken from
2ll and the four democratic votes
added, leaving Bryan ahead by about
nineteen votes. The township il a
little uncertain and democrats claim
the township by all the way from II
e. al votes These figures are ac-
cording Ia 1892. Rural aud Bowling
are str;ctly silver and from the g-n-
eral outlook everything is all q. X.
out that wav.
Capt. A. 4. Pctric. 81 New Wind.
sor. Iifc-lon. republican who boit.d
the st. Louis platform, spoke ON II
issues Of the day at the town hall
Saturday evening to one more Of the
large audiences which have ALWAYS
grace free silver meetings. and even
the gold bugs could not help but al.
mire his speech. {. a. Barnard. Of
Moline, speaks for the cause Of sill
YER October ~, in the Milan town
hall.
Ii. +. Thompson has SWING into
line. and on top OF his shop d. has
a sign, which read.: ''l6 Ia !. Bryan
and Sewall, Silver aud Gold. An
geld"
With . "curfew" ordinance tha,
was in use in the United States nj
Port Acadia la l116. and k-ro--ue
lamps that are out Of date the TOW n
can soon assume q metropolitan ar.
The street. of Milan have been very
dusty for the past few weeks. but IL
was not noticed ill there was 20 Ice
republican rally. Monday afternoon
the streets were soaked with water
Mt the expense Of the town.
j. Cecil. of Chicago. and William
jackson. Of Rock Island, addressed
an audience NJ the town hall Mon
day evening. The hall was well
filled and the speeches were ne good
as the average speech that has been
made for Mckinley during the cam
paign. Preceding the talking the
boys INDUCED in little parade. aud
headed by the Tri-City band marc he'd
wherever there were any decorations.
The Sears Lincoln club was in line,
and the Rural and Bowling march
ing clubs mum bering IS strong were
also on deck. As each %. the rep-e-
sentative reps blicans homes were
passed the people burned red light
and yelled with all their might
There was a great deal Of yelling.
but they could not outshine the Bry-
an boys. who were In line merely 10
hll out matters to n satisfaction.
Fights were numerous. and while
only two resulted very seriously. the
other four were in no way pleasant.
Two OF the events came near taking
place in the hall. There were about
seventy-'ive in the parade all
told. and the '.yel'oS ribbon
game" was PLAYED for all it was
worth. Everyone DECORATED regard
less OF party. One decoration was
l6 lanterns on one porch-'6 to /
A quartet sang n few moss covered
songs during the evening. The Sc
lections by the hand were the only
redeemable features Of the great re-
publican circus. The man who
called the Rock Island Bryan club
anarchists when they were marching
in Rock Island took the leading role
in the parade.