Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-20

Also Tells the PeOple Ihey should NOT
Blame Trusts as Long They Are Pros
perous-Assures the Community of the
Benefits the WATERFOWL Hospital Are to
1t In Point of Consumption.
In conclusion of the visit of Gov.
John K. Tanner and party to Rock ISL
and county yesterday, a reception of
an informal nature was rendered at
the Harper last evening. Late in the
afternoon, accompanied by Mayor Will
liam McConochie, ex-Mayor Il. +.
Knox, Hon. William jackson, States
Attorney &. j. Searle and Capt. II. A.
Mcdonald, the governor and party
were driven from Moline to Rock ISL
and, those in addition to the mem bers
of the State Board of Charities who
came with the party from Moline, be-
ing Supt. w. \. Taylor, Chief Clerk
J. W. Parker and Accountant W. NJ
briggs, of the WATERFOWL hospital;
Mayor p II. Vessel, Gen. William
Clendenin, Capt. w &. Bennett and w.
F. Eastman, of Moline. At the Harper
the party was joined by Railway Conn
missioners G. S. Rannels and J. +.
Bidwell, William Fitzpatrick and Mr..
Ewald, and Gen. Supt. J. ID. Besler
and Supt. of Illinois Lines +. &. Rice,
of the Burlington, who had come in to
Rock Island in the meantime. and the
party thus composed, together with
some other political and personal
friends of the governor, sat down to
dinner which was served in the ordi-
nary. Following this, the governor
received a few friends in the parlors
and then proceeded to the rotunda of
the hostelry, where an impromptu re-
ception was held. After brief social
season Of this kind, Mayor McCono-
chic mounted a chair and announced
that the governor had consented to
speak a few words.
Consents to Speak.
His excellency stepped up as the
mayor stepped down, and in opening
his remarks spoke of his mission here
as an official one for the purpose Of in
speeding the Illinois Western Hospital
for the Insane. the greater portion of
the day having been spent in going
over the records of the institution,
with which the governor said he was
well pleased, and in the same cOnnec-
ton he complimented the trustees and
Supt. Taylor. lie referred to the To-
cation overlooking the valley of the
Mississippi and the three cities of two
states. The institution now has 600
inmates. and additions will be made
to accommodate / POO more, and the
hospital, the speaker explained, was
an institution in the community with
out output, but with great capacity
for consumption which was beneficial
to the community. The governor eX-
pressed himself as well pleased with
the reception accorded him in Moline,
and as delighted with the one in
Rock Island. He interpreted the
significance of the smiling faces about
him as an evidence that times were
prosperous, that labor was employed
at good wage, etc, and he felt like
congratulating those before him and
the people of the whole country that
such conditions exist. There is, |
however, some uneasiness and appre-
hension in the public mind" said he,
AS To the growth of trusts. The.ef- |
fects of this growth, so far, are not
such as make me want to complain,
and do not believe it wise for the
people To- complain nor ought they TO
object so long as they contribute to
the general prosperity, and the pres
thN Nohhlt4oho l'i1Ndii'
BeIIttIes War with Spain.
The governor made some reference
to the trouble with Spain, which he
said did not amount to enough to he
dignitied as war. aud the land bat
ties on Cuban soil. San Juan hill and |
the others, were sarcastically alluded |
to as OF no consequence beyond the |
making of few heroes. and such as
would not even he termed skirmishes |
in 81. The governor referred also TO
the Philippines. of how Dewey, as he |
said, was ordered To discover and fer |
ret out the Spanish fleet and sink or
destroy it, and how Dewey had both |
fcrreted out and discovered the Span
ish fleet in Manila bay, and both sunk |
and destroyed it" Thus the Philip
pines came into our possession, and
we have as good title to them as we
have to Texas or Louisiana. or the
territory in which Illinois is now sit
uated. The flag will never be hauled
down in the Philippines, the governor
asserted, while freedom exists. The