Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-21
PLAN FOR A BIG ONE
The Great Bryan Meeting Mex,
Saturday.


Secs Eeooe0oot 9eavo0ooa ana Es Gov.
Bsess Also 60 sVesk-rhs Bsgssss
Catherine Of Asy Party Daring rhs Com
pssss.
The greatest political event In the
history OF western Illinois will lie the
meeting in Rock Island SATURDAY.
afternoon. ABIDE from the desire Of
thousands who are coming from
all over western Illinois and eastern
Iowa 10 see and hear the next presi.
dent. the fact that Vice President A.
+. Stevenson and Ex-Gov. Horace
Boies. Of Iowa. are TO be here 20
speak In addition TO the remarks
Bryan may make and that the occa-
sion lie not to he. therefore. merely a
flash OF n good thing and all over In
an hour. will be hailed as an opeor-
tunity seldom presented. for 10 IL no,
often we zee so many % the nations
greatest representative men q; O
single time.
Rock Isl-nd and Moline combine.
in furnishing one Of the most i'm.
Portsnt Industrial. commercial and
mercantile centers in the United
states. and they therefore constitute
an important political center. So
far the republicans hay. made "a n
point to pit speakers against every
meeting the democrats have held
here. They began this even before
the campaign vas fairly opened
when Gov. Altgeld came here TO dis
charge his duties - governor. asd
In purely executive capacity with
no thought Of politics, and hey have
been keeping IL up ever since. The
democrats have pursued the even
tenor OF their way-they have been
saving wood and making votes-but
they concluded as the grand general
round up Of the campaign they
would give their friends. the enemy.
something to think about. Not tbst
Bryan in himself Is not the equal Of
all the stump speakers the republi.
cans with their inexhaustible cam.
paign fund could put in here. but
his time is to be so limited that IL
was deemed desirable to have other
great speakers, too. None but the
best would do. William McEuiry
We Mt after thcm-and he got them.
William McEniry returned from
Chicago this morning. where he
made the arrangements for the
speeches OF Vice President Stevenson
and Hon. Horace Boies in Rock Isl-
and Saturday. Gov. Boies IL rs.
signed here by the national commit
tee. and Mr. Stevenson by the stpt.
central committee. Neither is com
ing with Mr.. Bryan, but both will be
here at the same time. and Gov.
Boies. and perhaps the vice presi.
dent, too. will remain over and
speak afterward. Mr.. McEuiry
says that At the national democratic
headquarters every body Is jubilant
over the prospect, not the leas,
doubt being entertained as TO Bryan
election, Indiana, Michigan and
Ohio being rs certain to 90 demo-
cratic as election day comes. while
the committee Is sanguiue q. TO H.
inois, Wisconsin and Iowa, while
west and south the situation IL al
ready 90 well settled In favor OF the
democratic party that there IL no &C.
casion to take those states into con-
sideration in reviewing the actual
battle ground.
Division Passenger Agent n. ID.
Mack, Of the Burlington. received
advices today that his company bad
made rate OF fare for the round
trip for Saturday only from Gales
burg. Monmouth. Savanna. Sterling
and Tampico. All other roads hav.
made reduced rntes
The Bryan club was today A.
signed by The committee on arrange
ments TO the post Of honor for the
day. TO act ~ escort from the depot
to the speakers stand and back.
| Csssos gasai o..
Try rs the republicans nay. the
event will be one that they cannot
equal. Billy Mason may be here
with bis cannon. bot noise and bonn
ossi aud ''runs for money" are no,
shst the people are after In this
csmpsign- They are seeking after
light. They viii have their .oui.
Hooded with the honest doctrine of
patriotism next Saturday by the