Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
WHOSHALLB BE BOSS
Mckinley and Lincoln Clubs
Fuss Over Railroad Men.


Free Uaiforms Held Out - . Bsibs and
Al Kinds ..of IDR1ences Enlisted VIM
Be . Fight to . Fla 10, -Futtipg TIE
Men Uader Oblis ations.
Who shall control. the Railway
Mems Sound Money club, is the ques-
ton which is now agitating the rival
republican organizations, the Lin
coin and Mckinley central clubs.
There have been a numbcc of willy
schemes worked during the past
week, and such '.influence" as
seemed desirable and expedient has
been brought to bear to land the
prize. Taxing exception to the fact
that the railroad men have been in
the habit of meeting in the same
building with the Lincoln club-in
Carse block-the Mckinley club has
been figuring on attaching the or
ganization to it in a closer sense and
in furtherance with a we'll laid design
to place it under obligation to its
foster parent. Capt. II. &. Cleave Gland
has been doing some scheming. He
first made proposition to furnish
the uniforms free. provided the club
would become an auxiliary to the
Mckinleyites. The offer was re-
je,ted, whereupon the matter was
taken up with purpose to
make the railroad boys subseryi-
ent to the McKinleys. or moth
ing. The railroad men were as
sured that the Mckinley club would
not furnish the uniforms, but that
they would be provided by "citi-
zens," and at the ciosc of Saturday
evenings meeting the members were
admonished by Vice President Bow
ker to remain after the meeting. as
Capt. Cleaveland would have n word
with them. The captains crrand
was to assure the club that the uni
forms to the number of 200 had ar
rived and were donated by "citizens,"
and in this spirit they were accepted,
the club being impressed with the
fact that it must be absolutely indie
pendent, the aim being to keep it out
of the Lincoln ranks at all events,
purely superfluous adm onition, as
the clubs by laws strictly forbids
allegiance with political organize
ZION or the discussion of anythin =
other than the money question
The uniforms are coats and caps OF
red duck trimmed with white and
with torches to mat n A very
pretty outfit indeed. let it be said
The Mckinley club furnished the
music Saturday night and the selec.
tons by the glee club OF that organ
ization were as partisan as any ever
sung before an audience. They
were entitled well All be There
Wen Rally for Mckinley" Free
Sonp." and democracy" The
Lincoln club is indignant at the al
vantage which has been taken by
the McKinleyites and declare.
that because the railroad clut
held its meetings in Carst
hall it does not follow tha,
that club had any intentions OF
claiming it as an auxiliary. The
McK'pleyites at the present writing,
however. have the best it.
supt. BesIer's Address.
Division Superintendent W. G.
Besler, of the c.. b. & q, was thu
speaker at Saturday nights meeting
of the Railway Mems Sound Money
club. Mr.. Bcsler's spoke of tn,
relations between railroad mployel
and employe, and said the only diff
ference in the present strife was tina
RI compensation; all were for q com
mon cause, that of sound. stabl,
money, irrespective of political at
iiliation, yet he drifted into discus
sion of the tariff from the purely re
publican standpoint. The talk as q
matter OF fact was that of employees
to employe and partisan
one at that-nothiDg else could b'
said about it. Mr.. Besler is a pleas
ant speaker. but he undertook a biz
job Saturday night. He is popular
with the railroad men, but he like
wise undertook biz Job Saturday
night.
The Steel Workers Club.
The Lincoln and Mckinley club.
FLASHED for the control of the Stee
Workers club formed at the No.
school Saturday night. 1t will b'
known as the Steel Workers Seventh
Ward club, and the Lincoln clui
landed it as an auxiliary A mem
bership Of 100 members is claimed
Ben lde is president, X. L. Frencl
secretary. John Morgan treasurer
and Walter Lyman captain. Tn
executive committee is to be com
posed OF William Smith, Fred Ull
man aud Thomas Robertson.
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