Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-16
ISM SESSION HERE.
Woodmen Directors Meet al
the Court House.
TO BE n TOWN. OVER SUNDAY.

Some More OF Falton's CharaeesRist3e
Spirit with Timely Evidence Of Iaeen-
sisssnsy and Ineines.isy Added Order b
Waiting fer Relief.
The directors of the Modern Wood
men of America are holding their
regular monthly meeting in the law
library at the court house, the board
realizing that it was more among it's
friends here than in Fulton. and
hence the present session will last
until after Sunday will he held in
Rock Island.
There are present Directors j. N.
Reece. of Spring field; j. w. White
OF Rock Falls; B. E. Smith. of Man
lac. MIMI; and A. 4. Talbot,
of Lincoln, Neb. Director Marvin
Qosck enbush, of Dundee. is ex-
pected this evening. General Atto,-
ney johnson, of Peabody, Kan,
Head Clerk c. w. Halves. and his
private secretary, E. B. Maloney,
and F. O. VaaGslder. editor of the
Modern Woodmau, are also pres emit.
Lieut.. Gov. W. A. Northcott, head
consul of the order. is in Washington
and will not attend the meeting.
the directors have . great deal OF
important business to transact, and
they are right in keeping away from
Fulton in view Of the desperately
vindictive attitude assumed by the
ring leaders against the Woodmen
there since the order has placed
itself beyond their reach in the mat.
ter of removal as in other things.
The Fultonites now realize that from
every standpoint of reason they are
beaten. and hence their policy is nc
longer the part of local pride, seek.
ing merely justice. but it is to defea,
the order A. all costs and no matter
to what it may become necessary to
resort. The obstructionists have in
augurated system of tax levy for
the purpose of raising funds sufi
cient to carry on the persecution OF
the Woodmen order. A committee
assesses every citizen in the place &C
much, aud unless he responds " it'll
the amount charged to him he il
boycotted, just as the editor of the
Register was for refusing to uphold
the narrow. clannish spirit that pre-
walls there.
10 An Evidence Of Inconslstency.
An instance of the extent of the
feeling there as we'll as of the incon
sistency of tho nature and method il
carrying on the warfare against tn,
Woodmen order was shown thi,
morning when . citizsn from Du.
buque. coming through there fol
Rock Island happened. mad verteutly
and without thought of malice. Il
mention the fact that the WoodmeI
seemed to be getting in q position t.
get out OF the town, and that no one
could fail to admire the pluck of tn,
order in it's determination to hav,
its offices where it chose, regardless,
Of the relative merits of the two
cities in the controversy, Rock Islsnt
and Fulton. The remark was in.
mediately attended by abusiv,
language on the part of som,
of the denizens of the VILLAGE, VIII,
had overheard the observation, &C
cemPsnied by the edmonton to tn,
Dubuquer, that il he did not like Full
ton he could get out by the frs
train. It is in this kindly sugges
ton that Fulton's Inconsistency re-
poses. She should be more broad il
her invitations of this kind. A,
many as 235.C00 people in thi
Country have EN- phasized as strongl,
and ss often as possible that they d,
not like the town, and do not wan
their business transacted there, We
this one littlsown o. Fulton per
sists in holding on to these interests
and strange to say there are laws il
the land that can be placed in thei
hands to enable them to do so-bu
only for . time let rs trust.