Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-13

Ids 1913.
it in the past and is proceeding in the
right direction at the present time
Already Spencer and Garnsey squares
| are famous for their beauty and it
remains only to enlarge in the same
direction, taking note of the expert
ence of other cities before it is too
late to secure the necessary ground
for sites.
Mission OF the Association
Former Aid. w. +. Schroeder spoke
to the subject, 1.-THE Municipal Asso-
ciation.r First, he divided the mem
bership of the organization into two
classes, those who are active MEM
bers of the municipal machine and
those who have been and still hold to
the right to advise and criticise. The
Municipal association, the speaker
said, has its mission in bringing to-
gether these two classes that they
may mutually profit thereby. Mr..
Schroeder closed with some interest
ing and amusing "reminiscences that
occurred while he was connected with
the city's legislative body.
City Attorney John X. Scott spoke
upon Rock Island as a Manufacture
| ing and Commercial Center" Mr..
Scott confessed that he had been too
busy of late chasing the elusive dele
gate to give much thought to the
city's commercial advantages. but
brief consideration had convinced
him that there were many of them.
| These included central. healthful
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shipping facilities both by rail and
water, building and manufacturing
materials, fuel, water power, room in
which to grow and the prestige of
name known throughout the world.
Now il but remains to cultivate that
spirit of progress that has always
been manifested to assure this city
of a future as bright as any in the
world.
AID. G. w. McCaskrin spoke at
length upon 1.-The Spirit of the
Times" The alderman from the
trend of his remarks appeared to be
of the opinion that the spirit of the
times tends to moral depravity man
ifested through political and other
combinations that are walking rath-
er rough shod over the seething, toll
ing Masses and he did not hesitate
to infer that Rock Island has not al
together escaped the effects of the
general movement. He appealed to
his hearers to shake off the octopus
that is fastening its hold upon the
body polite, and in doing so tumbled
into homemade verse.
Makes Plea for Dogs.
D,E. Il 4 luS- L
er. Toastmaster Carse commented up
on some of the points brought out by
Aid. McCaskrin, and to show how the
masses in Rock Island are being made
TO suffer he cited the recent revision
of the city ordinances in which the
dog tax is raised. Mr.. Carse held that
the poor man and his family love the
dog in adverse ratio to the amount
of their wealth and held that the
rates that have now been imposed are
practically prohibitive, taken in con-
nection with the state tax, provided
they are collected.
w. Il. Mcintyre was then present
ed to give his views upon THE Next
Mayor of Rock Island" Prefacing
his remarks with the statement that
it is now the season of the year when
the warm spring Indian" is abroad.
the speaker went into the discussion
of his one venture in politics and the
consequences thereof. This diver
gence proved to be highly entertain
ing and the audience did not mind
that he failed to give great amount
of attention to the next mayor be-
yond sally at each of the five con-
fessed aspirants for the honor at the
spring election who were present in
the room.
Two numbers were vacant, c. B.
Marshall, who was To respond to the
toast, ''Our Public Schools" and
j. NJ. Buford, who was to speak of
"When l Was Mayor of Rock Isl1nd."
being absent. In their place Former
City Attorney Joseph l.. Haas was
called upon and spoke briefly.