The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-25
THE ROW THE LEAGUE.
A Detailed Account ola Recent I'm.
seemly Political Mr..
Cnandler's 50, 900.
FROM the New York World Sunday.

SShy FoItfcb DIbturDance-m r.
Chandeliers 1000.
From the New York World Sunday.
The Union League club has been for
some time rather hot.bed of dissension,
and though Its internal troubles have not
be proclaimed abroad, enough concern
ing them has escaped occasionally to
show that all was not peace within the
borders. The complications growing
out of presidential election have had
such an effect upon the mind of some of
the members OF the club that disorder
has at last broken out. This unhappy
condition of affairs was made manifest at
the regular monthly meeting of the club
Thursday evening. A good many men,
berS were present, and it was evident
from the whisperings heard before TIE
meeting was called to order that some
thing was the matter. Here and there,
upstairs and down stairs, were knots of
men, each seeming to be self. consti
tuted authority within itself, and fire.
quent mutterings OF dissatisfaction indi-
Gated that the best of temper did not
prevail.
Finally, President Joseph II. Choate
mounted the stage in the theatre, and
pounding the table with his gravel, said:
The club will be in order" For a
time the club was order-that is, during
the transaction of ordinary routine and,
to the public wholly unimportant bus
mess. But there came s'burst of thunder
sound from Mr.. Dorman B. Eaton. Ad-
dressing the chair, he referred to the
condition of election affairs in the South.
He raked the Democratic party fore and
aft. He praised the Republican party to
the skies. Funds were wanted by the
Republican Com mittee to be used in So
curing the acknowledged election OF
Hayes and Wheeler. Furthermore, it
was necessary to send some good man
down to Louisiana, Florida, &c, to pro-
cure affidavits showing that immense
frauds had been perpetrated by the De-
mocracy. Col. Drake De Kay was just
the man to go, but in order to send him,
$1,000 should be appropriated to defray
his expenses. Col. De Kay was in the
confidence of Zach Chandler, and the
money would be judiciously expended.
Mr.. Eaton continued at some length to
urge the club to accept the proposition.
and was second by Commissioner
Salem II. Wales, who said that during q
recent visit to Washington he had been
informed that Mr. Chandeliers personal
expenses during the campaign had been
very heavy.
During the delivery of these remarks
there were many interruptions. APP
plause, laughter and some Kisses min
c!ed in the manifestations made by the
audience, but when Mr.. l.. q. Ledyard.
q grandson OF Lewis Cass, took the door
to spesk to in opposition to Mr. Eaton's
proposition, the commotion was quite as
great as any ever experienced at con-
vention in the Sixth ward IN the past
pslmy days of that historic scion of the
city. There came lull at last, and then
Mr.. Ledyard very calmy said that the
violent language used BY Mr.. Eaton de-
served condemnation Of every fair
minded man, no matter what his politics
might be. He (the speaker) WAS De-
nocrat, and he was not ashamed to own
it. Applause and Kisses. lie had
voted tor Gov. Tilden, and there were
others in the club who had done the
same. He was one of the earliest men,
bers of the club, and had joined it out of
patriotic motives He thought that a
member of the club, though Democrat,
was entitled to be treated with respect.
Volleys of shouts were hurled at Mr..
Ledvard He was told to "Sit down"
DRY up" Cheese it," and one voice
said: I'VE have had enough of you;
get out" These cries were accompanied
by others, such rs GIVE him show"
Let him have his say" "Go on, Don't
back down, we'll stand by you" and
Spit it right out"
Amid this confusion Mr.. Jackson 5.
Schultz arose and shouted "Mr. Chair
man" dozen times, but amid the din
his voice, stentorian though 1t be, could
hardly pe distinguished. AT last, how
ever, q pause came, and Mr.. Schultz,
taking fresh breath, managed to make
his little speech. Looking Mr.. Ledyard
full in the face, and throwing his fist to-
ward that gentleman, he notified MIN
that if he remained in the club he would
often be insulted, and" continued Mr..
Schultz. ..pll be the first to insult you.
And / want you to understand that II
YOU claim that Tildens majority OF 65,OOo
in Georgia was obtained by an honest
vote-if you say tnat, you lie and you
know you lie"
there ever was pandemonlum IN
club house it was there and then. Even
the redoubtsble G.. w. B. found it i'm
possible to obtain the attention OF the
mem bers, although he walked up and
down the isle. and with uplitted arm de-
msrded silence. Counsellor Barnard
succeeded, however IN giving the meeting
to understand that he, too, was Dem
ocrat and had voted for Tilden, that ne
Endorsed everything that Mr.. Ledyard
had said, and that he disspproved en-
tirely to Mr.. Eaton's proposition, as he
also did of the insulting language USED
by MIR. Schultz. Confusion was now
greater than before, and with all manrer
of cries ringing in his ear, the president
declared the meeting adjourned.
promincnt member of the club ssid
Yesterday. Il was greatly surprised at
the action of Eston and Schultz, why
there were probably 800 or 1000 mem
hors Of the club who voted tor Tilden.
Although Drake DE Kay Is not mem
her he was lobbying ut the clubhouse
all the evening. rhey went to raise the
money to get him TO go South ana ouy
nm testimony for the use of Republican
senators. / told this to member OF Con-
Dress to. day. and he said he was gong
right back to Washington and wou'1
use this matter to great advantage
Other members of the club spoken to IN
regard to the row. denounced 1t IN the
strongest terms; but they were all OF the
oninion that the $1,000 would be raised
,.so,pahow'