Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-08-20
But People of Seventh Ward Fail
to Enthuse Over Republic
can Enterprise.
CAMPAIGN FLAG FINALLY HoIsTED
Orators Waste Energies on Disin.
terested Audience-Another
Disappointment.

street at Fourteenth avenue-a signal
of distress in a barren land as it
proved to be with the names attached.
Preparations had been made for a
good sized crowd. The Elm street
car line ran empties plenty. There
was long board counter Just over
the sight board fence by the saloon,
and it was loaded with extra small
glasses. There was plenty of room
for a crowd, but the crowd was con-
spicuously absent.
City Attorney j. K. Scott, as mas
ter of ceremonies. opened the main
show, and at the proper stage of the
proceedings assumed a shipwrecked at
titude and shook handkerchief at the
darkness. This was meant as a signal
for the raising of the flag. But the
parties who were to have attended to
it were getting drink of soda in the
back yard over by the saloon and there
was long and painful pause. By and
by there was a dismal squeaking
somewhere and the thing was done.
The band played the Star Spangled
Banner" and the onlookers wiped away
a tear Relief came in the shape of
vocal demonstration by the Rock ISL
and Glee club, which, as it's name i'm
plies, covers all the ground.
Mayor Unburdens Himself.
Mayor McConochie, being intro
duced, trotted out aud freed his over
burdened mind. He said that it had
been announced that his speech was
to be of a confidential nature, but he
did not mean that it should be so at
all. He took it upon himself to give
The ARGUS little gratuitous adver-
Using, and on the dead quiet informed
his audience that, in bis opinion, a
man ought to have whiskers on his face
in order to properly conduct a news
paper. He confessed that he had
grown somewhat pessimistic and even
warlike lately, and struggled through
several sentences trying to tell why.
But he had made his main spiel,
which left him much enervated and
he took an early opportunity to sink
into a chair.
City Attorney Scott was next intro
duced by himself. Hoping there was
no one present whose modesty would
be shocked. he proceeded to array
himself in the bloody shirt and exc
cute a war dance of the old standard
guage variety. He went back four
wears and talked free silver to a finish.
He went back somewhat farther to the
Louisiana purchase, which was as
large to his excited imagin alton as the
whole of Europe. He said We are
nation of expansion. We have always
expanded, are still expanding and will
continue to expand we burst.
Voice From Iowa.
After the quartet had sung "Illi-
nois, the main speaker of the even
ing was introduced; that stalwart and |
sturdy old agriculturist, Fred Heinz, |
of the celebrated Heinz |
baked beans, president of the Farm
srs' bank, and incidentally mayor of !
Davenport. Mr.. Heinz was glad |
ne was alive. He smiled at |
The women and babies and then |
rev a long breath and belched
'orth fire. He put the democratic
party up in line with the Filiponos
ind other offenders and took a shot at
hem with his goose pipe" The
line honored lead cure for the Fill
oinos' hankering after the blessings
enc an air as a physician would wear
n prescribing a dose of salts. He as
erted that we made a contract with
spain when we ended the war to put
Iown her rebellion in the islands and
ve are bound TO do it if it takes a
eg. Mr.. Scott's statement that the
democratic party opposed the annexa-
ion of the Sandwich islands was flat
V contradicted. To show how we are
MIR. Heinz asked his
earers to note how we'll the dear
armer has been doing with the big
,rops of the past few years. At the
Onclusion OF his speech the speaker
Undertook to quote a lot of statistics,
'ut they got crosswise in his throat
nd he abruptly proposed three
heers for something and sat
own. Toward the end of his
peech he had grown weak .
nd the audience had improved :
he opportunity to talk about the :
Teather and other topics of real in :
crest. The closing number was a +,
org. Prof. Philbrcok whispered
do" in the ears of the other mem !
'ers of the quartet and they got off
omething that tickled the kids who
we're near enough to see their faces.
Try to Jolly Crowd. :
The entire program was less than
n hour in length, and to prevent /
he people from feeling offended they
we're treated to a band concert at the
lose. The meeting was dead from
tart to finish. There was no re-
pcnse when the names of the candi-
ates were pronounced and the
Peakers made no points that the
audience felt Ike applauding. At {
orney Scott and Mayor McConochie
that they had not made