Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-05
ARE TO WARM HOME
Democrats to Dedicate Campaign
Headquarters Next Mon
day.
ADDRESSES AND MUSIC
Room Nicely Decorated and Lighted
and Open Day and
Night.

Rock Island democrats are to have a
Ihousewarming at their campaign head
quarters, 219 Eighteenth street, next
Monday evening, for which occasion
There is TO be arranged program of
speaking by orators of local reputa-
zion, with a prominent outsider prob
ably. and music, vocal and instrument
Ital
The meeting is TO be in the nature
If a formal dedication of the head
quarters. BY that date the large room
Will be fitted out with seating accom-
modations and platform and will have
aiken on an appearance Of busy cam
Ipaign home. Already there have been
installed two large arc lights, which
| illuminate the room Splendidly from
| one end to the other. There are two
/ large tables on which are to be spread
campaign literature and the daily
newspapers. and there are a desk and
chairs for the presiding officer and the
Isecretary.
| The walls and windows are decora-
tied with the Autographs of the candi-
| dates on the national and state tickets,
| and the ceilings have been festooned
with bunting of the national colors.
The quarters are open day and night
and are in charge of Barney Mcguire.
who has been selected to serve as Gus.
todian to the end of the campaign.
Club VIII BE Hammer One.
The meeting last evening of the
Rock Island Democratic club, whose
| membership promises. before another
week, TO be the biggest of any club
| ever formed by the democrats in a
presidential year in this city
! brought out q large number of the
members. Reports from committees
showed that all had been laboring
| faithfully to perform the duties as
signed them. There was some difficult
Ity experienced in securing chairs, not
Hess than two hundred being needed to
Iequip the room, but the committee had
| finally gotten a line on the requisite
number. and stated that it would have
| them in place for the meeting of Mon
| day evening
1t was reported that a flambeau club
of p members had been organized I'M
der the direction of Sam R. Davis, who
is TO be the captain. and that the suits
for the members had been ordered.
There is TO be a meeting Friday even
ing al headquarters by the members OF
the Bryan and Stevenson club of 1904.
There were 1OO members of this club.
each fitted out with a long coat and a
plug hat. An effort is to be made to
get as many of these uniforms as have
been preserved together. and where
the owner does not desire to turn out
in the parades he Will be asked to loan
his uniform to some other democrat.
The most of these outfits are said to
be in good condition. 1t is expected
there Will be $50 men in uniform in
line at the next outdoor rally.
Bryan May Visit City.
j. w. Cavanaugh, chairman of the
city central committee. stated that Will
liam jennings Bryan would spend sew
cral days in making speeches in Hi
nois. He had communicated with
state headquarters. but there had been
no assignments made for Mr.. Bryan |
yet l.. b. Stringer. candidate for gov
ernor, was booked 10 Oct. Il, but Rock |
Island was not included. although Mr.. /
Stringer would speak here at a date /
later on to be fixed by the state cen !
trail committee. II is planned TO hold !
possibly two meetings a week at head |
quarters. There viii be addresses by |
occasionally some prominent democrat /
from an adjoining cour-y will be in /
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