Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-07
STIFF GAME.
Desperation of the Illinois Repub-
Iican Central Committee to
Raise Funds.
WATERFOWL EMPLOYEES ARE TAXED
Must Contribute 20 Per Cent of
Wages..Points About
Politics.

| From reliable sources comes the
information that the Illinois state re-
publican central committee, in its
desperate efforts to land young Yates
in the gubernatorial chair at Spring
| field, has levied an assessment on the
employees of all institutions in the
| state, including those at the Water
town asylum, where, it is said, every
attache, from Superintendent W. E.
Taylor down. has been notified that 90
per cent af his or her wages will be
contributed to the state ''slush" fund
until Novem Der.
Not a single person, no matter how
small the salary received, has escaped.
Not alone the officials, who can bet
ter afford than the subordinates to
stand the pull at their purse-strings,
but even servants, janitors. stable
men, teamsters, wAtchmen, ETC., are
counted in.
Refusal to come down every pay
day naturally is taken as an act of in
So bordination and the guilty party
realizes the penalty. which in the ma
jority of cases of this character.
means dismissal.
Low Railroad Rate.
NJ. A. Patterson, general passenger
agent of the Rock Island & Peoria
road, stated today as result of con-
ference of the representatives of the
roads entering Rock Island that all
have agreed on an excursion rate of
one fare and a third for the demo-
cratic picnic here Sept. Is, when the
city is to be honored by a visit from
Vice Presidential Candidate Steven
son aud other prominent democrats.
The rate extends to all points within
radius of so miles of Rock Island.
Political Points.
Judge l.. Y. Sherman is to deliver
republican speech on Flatiron
square on Seventeenth street tonight.
The Flam beau club is to give q free
street parade.
The Bryan and Stevenson Anti-Im-
perialistic club meets in IT'S new quar-
tiers in the the Tremann block, on
Third avenue, tomorrow evening.
l.. NJ. Shaw, governor of Iowa, was
n guest at the Harper house last night.
He is on a stumping tour. he is
travelling in the private car of F. G.
Rice, superintendent of IlliUois lines
of the Burlington.
The faithful are to boost n flag this
afternoon at Eighteenth street and
Second avenue. While those identi
fed with the enterprise are reticent as
to Information bearing on the event, it
is understood the banner will carry
the names of Mckinley and Roose-
welt.
There was republican blowout at
Carl bon Cliff last night. DR.. w. E. Tay-
lor. superintendent of the Watertown
asylum, was there and contributed in
every manner possible to make the
affair ''go," and also spoke. Con-
gresham Prince happened" to be on
hand and delivered speech.
Republicans OF the First ward met
last night at Bibb's store, but the
crowd was ''agin" the idea of forming
a marching club. so it was decided to
simply open permanent quarters to
be maintained during the campaign
for the distribution of literature and
as a meeting place. f. P. Denkmann
wrote a note saying he would donate
the flag the First warders are talking
of raising.
A B. Carlson, Emil l.. Peterson.
Louis Vessel, c. j. Mattson, Adolph
Peterson. e. V. johnson. ALT Peterson,
Ans Anderson, a. o Bersell. G. w.
Foss. A. F. Soderstrom and V. o. Pc
terson have joined in a call TO
voters of Swedish birth to at
tend a meeting at DR.. Myers Of
fee, on Second avenue and Fifteenth
street. Saturday evening. to assist in
the formation of a Swedish-American
rennhlican club