Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-05

livering an address in The circuit
court room in defense of his admins
tration as against the attacks of the
Chicago newspapers. Circuit court
took recess of an hour to allow the
governor an opportunity to tell his
story.
In the governors party were Mrs.
Yates, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred c. Dobbs,
the latter formerly secretary of the
state board of pharmacy. who is act
ing as secretary to the governor dur
ing the trip: Col. Thomas w. Scott,
of Fairfield, and j. c. Tip" Doyle, of
Greenfield, enc of the parole commits
sicners of the Chester penitentiaTy.
The Moline reception was held at thes
Manufacturers hotel between 10 and
II o'clock. after which the governor
made trip through the offices of the
leading factories, meeting the leading
manufacturers and clerks. During the
noon hour he spoke to 800 of the shop
hands in the rotunda of the hotel.
Two carriages were sent from Rock
Island to escort the governor to this
city. Col c. l.. Walker and Aid. \. q.
Anderson. of this city, and DR.. W. +.
Taylor. superintendent of the Water
town hospital. rode in the carriage
with the governor from Moline to the
Harper house. There were probably
$50 of the party lights assembled at
the Harper when the governor arriv-
ed The first one he met and shook
hands with was Johnny Rinck. John
ny was just leaving the hotel. The
governor and Johnny are personal
friends. They clinched. saluted and
broke. Johnny taking for the street
and the governor wandering alone
down through the corridor of the ho-
tel, no one paying any attention to
him until Hughey Mcdonald came TO
his rescue and buffeted him into the
crowd
Scene Is Pathetic.
The scene was almost pathetic. not
even cheer or a greeting for the
governor Of a great state Col. Walk
err took a hand, and with the aid of
several others managed to keep the
executive surrounded during the Is
minutes that the reception lasted.
One woman asked to be introduced.
and she received a most cordial hand
shake. The governor, despite the cool
ness of the reception, wore his Gus
tomary smile and when he was not
holding hands was reeIing off story.
He talked necessarily. One mute was
in the line, and after shaking hands.
| paused and wrote a few lines on a
| piece Of paper and handed il to the
governor. The latter read it, nodded
, his head approvingly and patted the
young man on his back and sent him
on his way happy. p. j. Cary ventur-
ed within the circle, for the sake of
appearances, and it is a safe bet that
the governor handled no frostier
bunch of knuckles that those that
| Pat pushed over to him. Postmast er
| T. III. Thomas was an interested spec
tator, keeping well on the outskirts
of the audience, on account of his
| well known aversion to mixing in
crowd, and further to avoid the
smoke. Mayor William -McConochie
did not answer roll call. He was urg-
ed to be one of the committeeman to
go to Moline to meet the governor,
but he fatty declined. reitera ting his
position that he is not a supporter of
the governor. There were many in
quiries for Pete Morgart. but he fail
ed to put in an appearance. Sister
William Payne. the sage of yuma
blew in az the 18th hour. all out of
breath. Senator l.. S. McCabe was
among those not present.
Knox Arrives Late.
3. F. Knox, chairman of the eoun-
ty republican committee, who was
supposed to be one of the main
squeezes at the meeting, did not show