Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-18
THE ONLY WAY OPEN.
Rock Island Expedition to Full
ton and the Single OBJ
ject in View.
ABsURD1TY OF CERTAIN CLAIMS.

Gene rel Atts rnsy johnson Goes to Nor
r,son With Notice of Application to
D,sstl I've the IhIrt IGj anction-vaIious
Matters Concerning the Late CDpIsas-
antnese.
The Rock Island expedition to Full
ton is unjustly criticised by some
not famiIlar with the facts in the
long-existing controversy over the
removal of the Nj. W. A. head office to
this city. That the trip might be re-
garded as ill advised, and the Full
tonites justified in resisting the in
vasion might in either instance be
considered were it not for all that
had happened before. Fulton, to be-
gin with. has not fought fairly. She
went into competition with Rock Isl
and aud other cities for the location
of the head Off e ct all places where
the matter was under dispute. and
showed her Willingness to abide the
outcome Of the head camp at any
time-if favorable to her. Thus she
recognized the right and authority OF
the head camp to act. Likewise, she
recogn' zed the force of the legisla-
tive action the past spring in amend
ing the statutes, and accordingly she
opposed that. Yet, having b. en-
beaten in all movements affecting the
question in which she TOOK part, she
at once resorted TO obstrucung and
hinderipg tactics, thus carrying out
her threat made at Madison two
years ago that the head ofli e should
never come to Rock Island.
Fulton declared that by hook
or by crook removal 10 this
city would be prevented, and
she has resorted to hook aud crook
tactics since. At Dubuque the OBJ
s,ructionists were anxious TO form
mbination with Elgin, or any other
city. to Reep the Office from coming
here. The proposition was made to
many OF the Delegates that il the head
Office were sent to Elgia that there
would be no further fight on the part
OF Fulton against removal. But the
head camp felt d. ffe:ent toward Rock
Island, and henc, sent the head
office here the third time. Then the
rapid-tire master in charcery injunc-
ton was re,orted to. Two OF these
were dissolved by the proper tri-
bunal, and learning tina, u third had
been refused, Rock Island felt that
all distractions had been removed to
her claiming her property. Under
all the circumstances then this
course was perfectly proper, and g
com munity whose pretentions had
been declared groundless by the
courts bad no occasion for opposing
the purpose to bring the records to
this city.
The Rock Islanders, although un-
armed, cleaned the mob out in every
onslaught it made, and succeeded iu
loading on the cars all the property
that they went after. Ard then
overcome BY delay and the force of
the lows militia arms. they were
subjected to the most humili-
ating and outrageous OF indig-
mites, and it is this, not
so much the fact that they did not
get aaay-which was due to no fault
Of theirs-.hat aroused tho feeling
Of resentment that is harbored now
by all classes of people here. They
we're treatt inhumaniy and insulted
and held up and searched at will by
towards and DULLES under the direc-
ton OF Frank Holleran, a young
lawyer Of Lyons, Iowa. who for the
time being became an Illinois deputy
sheriff, aided by the arms of the low a
military company.
Msgistr ate Jacks MS 5, reed.
Edmund Jackson, the Fulton mag
istrate, who the night Of the disturb
ance admonished the Fulton depu-
ties to bring all Rock islanders,
| whom he alluded to with an insult
ing epethet, before him, and be
would fix them, was in town again
yesterday. and he put himself out to
attempt to excuse the action of the
master in chancery in issuing the
third injunction on the application
OF people. many Of whom are from
the Iowa side. This disnified mag
istrate presents the preposterous
proposition that in as much as Judge
Gest resides in Rock Island county
the Whiteside county master has a
right to issue further injunctions as
fast as the court dissolves them.
There is HI ap OF difference between
q judge and a master. Judge Gest is
as much White side judge ss Rock
Island county one. He was elected as
much by the votes of one county as
the other. The master is simply a
local officer, who in this instance has
proven a decidedly advantageous
one in behalf Of interests purely
local. Judge Gest has done his duty
as a jurist when called upon to do
so, and the attempt Of the Whiteside
master, as well as Of the ATTORNEYS
Representing the town of Fulton. to
override his authority in the premi-
ses, warrants the most severe rebuke
it is in the power of the courts to
administer in defense OF it's own dig
nifty. The Fulton people alone have
resorted to the use Of home courts in
the existing contention, and it is
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