Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Steamer David Upton
Brings Distinguished
Party to the City.
DINNER AT THE CLUB
Congressional Committee, En-
Route to New Orleans, to
Be Entertained.

The government steamer David TIP
ton, carrying the national congress
sionaI waterways commission on its
tour of inspection of the Mississippi
river between st. Paul and New Or
leans, reaches the Rock Island
port this afternoon. The COM
mission is making an inspection of the
waterways of the country to determine
the merit of the various contemplated
improvements for which appropriations
will be asked in connection with the
waterways maintenance bill at the
next session of congress. The party
left the Upton at Moline and were
driven in automobiles to Rock river.
where a steamer was boarded for a
trip on the Hennepin canal.
The party left st. Paul at o'clock .
last Saturday morning. Only a few
stops are being made at cities enroute, q
and Rock Island should feel compli- 4
mented with the honor paid the city in
the stay that the national legislators ,
are to make here. Major c. s. Richie,
who is in charge of the government
river work from ST. Louis to ST. Paul,
is in charge of the party during the
journey aboard the Upton between
those points.
Members Of the Committee.
The commission will be entertained
at a dinner this evening at the Rock
Island Club. United States Senator
T. E. Burton of Ohio is chairman of
the committee. The other membersl
are: Senators Jacob Gallinger, New
Hampshire; Samuel H. Piles, Washing
ton; William Alden Smith, Michi-
gan; F. NJ. Simmons, North Carolina;
James p Clarke, Arkansas, and VIII
liam Lorimer, Illinois; Representatives
D. s. Alexander, New York; Freder-i
lex c. Stevens, Minnesota; Irving p. Z
Wanger, Pennsylvania; Stephen p. Il
Sparkman. Florida, and John A Moon
Tennessee.
Several of the members have not
yet Joined the party, but are TO meet
it at ST. Louis. Senator Burton and
six Of his colleagues are in the party
that arrived this afternoon.
Function Mt the Club.
The board of directors of the Rock
Island Club, at a meeting Saturday ev-
ening, voted to extend an invitation to
the members of the commission to be-
come the guests Of the club at dinner
this evening at the clubhouse. The
invitation has been accepted. The din
ner will be entirely informal, In ac-
cordance with the wishes of the com
mission. 1t will served proptly at Z.
President w. A. Rosenfield has invited
the Davenport Commercial club and
the Moline club each to send 10 rep
resentatives as the guests Of the local
club. The guests will be the mem
bers of the commission, Congressman /
James Mckinney, Colonel F. (. Hobbs
of Rock Island arsenal, the Davenport
and Moline delegations, and the men,
bers of the Rock Island Club reception
committee, the latter having been APP
pointed by President Rosenfield. They
are as follows: F. c. Denkmann, Hon.
E. w. Hurst, II. z. Casteel, S. s. Da-
Wis, Phil Mitchell, T. b. Davis. ]. F.
Lardner, Jesse Spencer, NJ. L. Hender-
son, I. S. White, +. w. Bahnsen, Carl
Hellpenstell, Otto Huber, Colonel c.
W. Durham, Robert Wagner, DR.. G. L
Eyster. Major c. w. Halves, II. p
IT. e. Curtis, Dr. Louis Os-
from, 3. c. Hartz. S. w. Searle. Charles
Nourse, J. II. Trimble, II. w. Craw-
ford, Mayer Levi, w. A. Rosenfield.
Brief Talks VIII be Heard.
Senator T. Z. Burton, chairman of
the commission, has sent word that
the members of his party can not be
depended upon for any extended ad-
dresses. but left the inference that
they may respond briefly If pressed to
do so. President Rosenfeld has not
made any promises of immunity to the
and therefore he can be trust
ed to tap the oratorical flow Of the ma
tional lawmakers who are making the
inspection trip. The Tip
ton is due to leave Rock Island at
800 this evening.