The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-28

THR OPERA HoUsR MEEIIS9.-An eG'
tended notice Of the Centennial meeting
Yesterday appears in another column OF
this mornings paper. The meeting was
called TO order by His Honor Mayor
Sweeney, one Of the Centennial Commits
sioners Of this State, who nominated the
Hon. Jno, ]. Jacob, Governor OF West
Va. AZ President Of the meeting, which
nomination was unanimously endorsed
by The audience. The newspaper men
q he CITY, viz: Capt. Waller, OF the
R,oiaer, A. W. Campbell, OF the lSTELLI.
oEScER, D. L. Hubbard, OF the Standard,
c. C. johnson, OF the Leader, and Mr..
Neuhausen, Of the Sdats ZsituRg, were ap'
pointed Secretaries. Governor Jacob
made a very happy little speech on TAX
ing the chair, which brought down the
house in round Of cheers. He then in
troduced the Hon. ]. R, Hawley, Of Conn.
President OF the Centennial Commission,
and after him the Hon. Alex. r. BOteler,
Of Jefferson county, in this State, whose
excellent addresses are outlined else.
where in this issue. The meeting lasted
about two hours and half and the audi.
ence present seemed 10 be we'll pleased
with the entertainment. Kramer's band
discoursed the music for the occasion,
having patriotically rendered their ser.
vices, free Of charge, for the occasion.
Gov. Jacob made very complimentary
allusion to this fact in his remarks on
taking the chair, and at the close OF the
meeting a vote OF thanks was rendered
them BY the audience, as II was also TO
Manager james Hamilton, who with his
usual generosity gave the use OF his
beautiful Opera House for the occasion,
Just before the meeting wound up little
episode occurred, which, rs usual, had the
women mixed up in it.
When Mr.. BOteler had concluded his
remarks Mr.. Thomas HornbrOok arose
and said:
Mr.. Chairman IL arise with some re-
luctance and sadness Of heart, but that
does not concern this audience. | rise,
sir, and hope that Gen. Hawley will be
requested to answer particular matter
that am concerned about as he has, rs
understand 1t, totally ignored one grand
element Of the American people, and that
ia the woman's department. Sir. DEM
onstrations OF APPROVAL Mr.. II. then
called upon Gen. II. tOexplain statements
made in printed slip from newspaper.
Gen. Hawley examined the printed pa
per which Mr., II, had sent forward: !
preceiye the substance Of It without read
Ing the whole. can make statement
briefly, Some patriotic ladies Of Phila-
delphia effected an organization in aid Of
the Centennial Commission, which was
sanctioned after 1t had been started and
proved It's ability to do something,
very cordially sanctioned by the
Centennial Commission. Those ladies
went to work to aid the Commission by
raising money in the city Of Philadelphia.
They raised very quickly some 10000,
and the leading merchants, manufacture
ers and others went to work about the
same time and raised about q million and
half Of dollars, The Centennial Com
mission thanked the ladies very cordially
for what they had done, and invited them
to 90 on with their organization through.
out the country, and Mrs. Gillespie, Of
Philadelphia, and others requested
the ladies throughout the States TO take
charge Of the enterprise, and lists Of ladies
to lead in the work were made out
among the rest list tor West Virginia.
In my own State, committees were elected
for Hartford and New Haven, and they
have taken hold Of the enterprise. We
don't want to make any distinction in this
enterprise, and we know OF no person who
desires to do 80. But rs the work went
on from time to time, some Of the ladies
were anxious to separate the ladies work
from the mems work. There are a great
many things, however, In the production
ofwhiCh both men and women cooperate,
and You cannot tell how much Of the
work has been done by the women and
how much by the men. Still the ladies
have the best OF it, for il there had not
been mother for the exhibitor, as.
suredly there would have been nothing TO
exhibit. [Laughter.l The vile OItende'
serves half the honor, and | believe that
most Of the goodinvestments, investments
that pay, are due TO the cOunsels that take
place at night after the lights are out and
the curtains closed There were some
things done by ladies in distinc-
ton from men; for instance, the art
work Of Miss lIOemen, and some Of
the ladies wanted Miss IIOenen's
statuary exhibited by themselves in a
place set apart:.ior that, purpose. In 9th
or exhibitions 1t has not been usual to
separate articles for exhibition In that
manner and we did not know what TO do
about Il. We advised them that the work
would look so insignificant in compari.
son with other work that II was best not
to set II apart But ii was suggested by
some Of the ladies themselves that there
might be q covered space set apart and
they would put up n building MS some
manufacturers did, In which the women
should put the articles that they desired
to exhibit as special instances Of wo-
mems work, and we hardly thought il
was worth while TO divide and subdi.
vide. But now the thing Is peacibly set.
tied, and there never was any cOntrOver.
sy about II. The money that the
ladies raised at frat was for
the general enterprise, and we still
supposed they were working in
that way, and they still are to a.
large extent They have raised the
money and there Is no controversy as TO
the share that women shall take in II
30 far a. am aware. ! don't know that
I have answered what the gentleman
wants, but the whole thing issettled.
Mr.. Hornbrook, ! am not disposed to
make light Of this thing. offered that
paper in good faith, and 1t has not been
read. I sec in paper published in Gin.
cinnati that the ladies have been ignoredin
the Philadelphia Centennial. And II
they are ignored, many mothers, wives
and daughters throughout the country
are not likely to take II very we'll. Now
! think our friend Gen. HAwloy, has not
answered that COMMUNICATION very fair
ly. am inclined to give him all the
hearing than ] can.
Gen. Hawley-Ask II now. will the
gentleman be 40 kind "a to ask his gues.
iion2 WHAT'S the 1tiestiDn?