Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-29
HAPPY AT HEIGHTS
Bryan Banner Raised Last
Night.
PARADE FROM THIS UTY,

fotK1oe1c A00ro0o00 0y DE-. j. w. 0OpGAD
ana u. J. AcEniry. Of Moline. sna -
Oatbarst q Eathuslasm "A JoySal Oees-
zion.
South Heights did itself proud last
night in the way OF q dag raising,
the stars and stripes being flung 70
the breeze in the name Of Bryan.
Sewall and Altgeld from . high Wirs
at the corner Of Brashar aud Seven.
teenth streets. At O'Clock the
Bryan club. headed by the South
Heights cavalry snd Bleuer's band,
formed in line on Second avenue and
marched out Twentieth street, meet
ing with many hearty ovations while
enroute. On arriving at the scene .
tremendous Outburst of enthusiasm
held sway for several minutes, the
lusty lunged denizeos OF the up-to-
date suburb making the welkin
ring with shouts for their favorite
candidates. When the cheering for
the nations flag and Bryan. Sewall
and Altgeld had subsidized. Scott
Gardner mounted patrioticly decor
ated platform and with . few intro
ductory remarks presented the prin-
cipal speaker. DR.. j. W. Morgan. OF
Moline. For more than an hour the
speaker kept his auditors clos ely
interested while he clearly de-.
fined the issues of the present
campaign from the standpoint of .
life long republican, who was forced
out Of his own party by the declara-
ton it had made in its platform at
St. Louis. He roundly criticised its
leaders for bowling to the money
power of the nation, and traced the
contraction Of the currency from its
beginning in 1866 to the sneaking
legislation of 1873. He spoke OF the
hard times that must necessarily
follow in the wake of such legisla-
ton. and charged that England had
her hand in it to large extent. Con-
tinuing. the speaker deplored the
fact that such an act had been passed
when Gen. Grant was in the presi-
Dental chair and James G. Blaine
was speaker of the house Of repre-
sentatives.
Following this he mentioned the
efforts to bring about relief through
the Bland bill. and its compromise.
the Bland-Allison measure, and
called attention to the wave Of pros.
perity that had invariably followed
the efforts to bring silver to the place
where it belongs, and mentioned %
corro0oration Of this the temporary
relief that the Sherman law had
given.
Tho Republican spectaols.
Turning again to the republican
party platform. he pictured the spec
tacle of the United States. the grand
est nation on earth. getting down on
its knees and asking England's con.
sent to coin into money the ore that
it digs from freedoms soil. He then
told briefly the reasons why the
farmer is compelled to sell his grain
for the lowest price since England is
enabled to buy her bresdstuff s in Ind .
and practically clear AZ cents on every
dollars worth she buys. In closing
he derided the republican idea OF
making the tariff an issue and ex-
pressed his conviction that free
silver wilt eventually win.
DIR. Morgan was followed by NJ. j.
McEniry. Of Moline, who presented
in clear and forcible manner truths
that will aid the intelligent voter in
determining his course. His re.
marks. like the other speakers. were
warmly received. After the meeting
the. South Heights cavalry again es.
corted the band and Bryan club
home.
1t was q rousing meeting and
South Heights is to be congratu.