The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-25
sTEuBENVHLE.
RFsS TuTBPIkss-IRdignai Meeting
A TaIIaFs-GsnsFAI COsVsBtIOa Called
Loan EGhIbItIOa.

srErBESvIlLE, April q.
consspasdssss oiibs IhlsliC,as1.
There haA been progressive spirit in
our city and county, which for some yearS
haselhmored in yhn for substantial and
Well.kept roads. A. Last the question ol
constructing free turupIkes waL submitted
To the people at the recent local election
and carried by = respectable and goodly
majority. Then Il was that certain iarmerS,
that surely must live beyond the border
oi the age, and without the pale Of mod.
ern times set up cry Of "burdenSome
taxes, fraud in the election, the city wants
10 deTour the wealth Of the county" and
many such and similar ungodly hoWlS,
The result Of their sOliCitude for the Op-
pressed landowners was an indignatlon
meeting held At the Court House, this
place, Tuesday last There were in Rt.
tendance about twenty representatives
Of the mud-delugsd husbandmen under
the leadership Of = cranky young
gentleman with short yellow hair,
and . voice like the moan OF the sea.
His chief characteristics were his yolubili-
", and the dexteFity with which he struck
attitudes TO say smart thing. Even In
conversation he Is very dramatic, and Il Ia
q pity that his friends have not prepared
him for the stage. He is = "twigol the
law" and has evidently been consulting
the index to Blackstone, with Aattering
success. At his suggestion q committee
was ppointed-himseli one Of the mum.
Der. At his instance he drafted the pre-.
amble and resolutions, and reported the
same; the grand features were their state.
paper style and prolix and jejuns compo-
sitiOn. This report denOminated the
measure as hREsh and unjust inequitAble
and obnoxious, and he recommend.
cd that they employ his tutor,
Mr.. Estep, Ol Cadiz, Ohio, as their
attorney to enjoin the County Commits.
sioners from proceeding in this matter,
which they Immediately did. lie read
something about \ pretended majority "ior
pixies" and when called upon TO explain,
Candidly admitted that that phrase was
for rhetorical effect purely. The Presi.
dent otthe meeting, who lives at Rush
Run, said that were our people 10 apply
the same rule to Rnti.pike men that anti.
pike men do to us, his bank, Of which he
Is President. and Is operated here, would
necessarily be compelled TO put up its
shutters. The meeting nd diOurned without
accomplishing anything. They have
issued call for general convention on
May lst, 1879. There is no use for few
malcontents 10 try TO destroy the will OF
the people, 1t Is repugnant to our Re
publican institutions, and hile the friends
Of the pike movement are not vehement
and noisy they purpose to stand by the
voice Of the people the sovreign Of the
land. II our rural gentlemen don't ap-
prove OF universal suffrage, equal rights,
kc., they SHOULD emmigrate where taxes
are not and pike roads never will be.
The public press OF this city is neutral
and Is silent on the subject, as the anti.pike
men threaten to stop any paper that ad.
yocates pixies "0h, consistency thou art
a jewel" II Is q shame that 1t is not a
cheaper commodity, that our refractory
neighbors might make q purchase.
LOAN EXHIBITION.
It is certainly demonstrated that the
Loan Exhibition is to be complete sue
cess. Goods are to be shipped from all
parts Of the country. Many curious, anti.
que and valuable articles are already in
the possession Of the managers, and more
arc being received daily. We may count
on a lively season, and who knows but
Steubenville may awake from her Rip Van
Wrinkle sleep refreshed by rest and re-
solved to be and do something worthy OF
her in the future,
UBIouIrous DoS.