Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-24
RUN ON SCHEDULE
Railway Men Pull in at Outing
Club for Second Ban
quet.
Joe LANE At THE THROTTLE
An Hour Given TO the Safety Valves
Open Switch Prevents Arrival of
Some Speakers.

The railway men of the three cities
gathered at the Davenport Outing club
last evening and enjoyed a second ban
quet. The men gathered at the ban
quet board included chiefly the heads OF
the different railway departments, and
members of the press who were guests,
and numbered 50.
Following an excellent feast served
by Manager Lee and his assistants,
Hon. J. r. Lane of Davenport. attorney
FOR several railways. the POSTMASTER of
the evening. made a brief Introductory
address. in which he brought out the
problem of the railway employees in
the question of the rate revision He
held that no matter what the mans
connection with the railway may be.
his greater duty is TO the public. and
he should act accordingly The rail-
ways, he said. had brought civilization
wherever they went, and he called
attention to the fact that there are
more than $500 men in the tri-cities
directly connected with these systems
But. the charge is now made that the
railways are taking advantage of the
power they have. and are charging eX-
orbitant rates. The public is deter
mined 10 know whether they are or
not, and feels that 1t can best solve
the problem with the assistance and
cooperation of the railway men.
Mcintyre on Optimism.
The postmaster then introduced w.
p. Mcintyre. of this city. who delivered
one of his cheering talks. of which
Optimism" was the theme He open
ed by saying that it was good TO get
together in such social functions. and
cOntrasted the conditions with those
on the bleachers at a baseball game.
This reminded him that on the day of
his birth. Aug % (the year he had for
gotten). Rock Island defeated Daven-
port. las usual. according to the re-
porter. l1S TO :.
In speaking of optimism and peSSi-
mism. Mr.. Mcintyre made use of this
definition of the optimist and the pes
simist:
The optimist and pessimist-
The difference is droll:
The Optimist sees the doughnut.
The pessimist sees the hole"
Mr.. Mcintyre himself is an Optimist
He says he believes in hope. Have
hope young man, hope that your ship
is coming in. know I've a ship out
there somewhere. 1t make no differ
ence whether it ever lands or not
Magnify Office.
He urged ;he railway man TO magni-
fy the Office. no matter in what capacity
he is employed. In conclusion he
spoke of the vastness of the railways. |
and added. But it is not the miles of
railway in a country that make il
great. il is the kind of men who travel |
over the railways: it is not the num-
Der of cattle and live stock in a land, |
but the kind of men who own and take
care of them. who make the country |
great. 1t is the character of the men |
of land that make its position what |
IL is"
II. L. Porter. division superintend |
ent of the Burlington at Galesburg. and |
John T. Stafford of this city, were |
called on and responded briefly.
Owing to the weather conditions. the |
attendance last evening was not as
large as was expected. and several of
those who had been secured 10 make |
short adore ssos were absent. No for |
nal business meeting was held. but
the understanding is that another of
the banquets will be held following the
holiday season.