The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-26
TEMPERANcE TURMOIL.


TEMPERANCE TURMOIL.
Two Parties Claim the Services Of Dr.
O'LeRFy for Temperance I.ecturss-1IoW
One Party Got Him, and What the Other
Dtd 10 Keep People from Attending.
Yesterday afternoon singular scenes
were enacted on Twelfth street, in front
of the Washington Hall. DR.. o'Leary was
advertised to lecture at the Hall on TEN.
perance, and soon after o'clock people
were noticed vending their way in that
direction. The peculiar proceedings Oh.
served were, that parties stationed on the
sidewalk were importuning those who
were going into the hall not TO patronize
the lecture, as it was gotten up for money
making purposes. and not for the good OF
the cause.
Areporter Of this paper, after skirmish.
ing around the outposts, tackled one OF
the men and pumped the following story
out Of him: We went TO Dr.. 0'Leary Sat.
urday night and asked him II be would
lecture for US. He said he would. We
went to work and had advertising done to
the extent OF few dollars, when We after
wards found out that committee Of the
Circle OF Honor had also engaged his
services. We then gave up the idea OF
holding the meeting. As we Y ere first in
formed that all Temperance organizations
were to receiyea part ofthe proceeds Of the
lecture, the management OF the affair this
afternoon did not look as II 1t was being
carried out on that liberal plan. In fact,
1t savored Of q money-making scheme un.
der the exclusive control OF few. We
thought It was not right to allow the i'm.
preston 10 remain that the lecture was
under The auspices OF the temperance or
CARNATIONS OF the city, and all we are do
ing is TO remove that impression, as we
don't propose TO allow them to use the
patronage Of the various Unions Of the
city.
rag OTHER SIDE
oneof our representatiyesbeing charged
with the mission OF obtaining the other
side Of tho difficulty, wendell his way to
DR.. Halls office on Twelfth street, but a
legend on the door bore. the words, "At
Washington Hail." From this we sur
missed that the Doctor early sought the
post oil danger and was not to be QUIT Gar.
celoned, no matter what the decision OF
the court was. The reporter, guided by
the legend on the card, Waited up Twelfth
street, and in his absence OF mind softly
hummed "Dickeye Dead's 8" aria from the
opera OF Little Buttertubn which made
the unfortunate newspaper man 80 con.
spicuous that in the vanity OF themoment
he took the admiration OF the people for
real solid appreciation OF his superior
vocal powers. His gymnastical education,
however, was the reporters hard friend
In this instance, and it gave to him q
smart alacrity that would have put the
Little Dodger" TO shame. When he ap.
preached the door q hand was laid on his
arm, and an admonitory voice, as deep as
q irog,pond, warned him not TO enter the
tabernacle Of fraud. The air of mystery
and the words OF warning deeply troubled
his reportorial soul, but putting aside all
formalities, he approached gentleman at
the door, who was neryously juggling 4
lot OF admission tickets. "Dr. HallW was
the reporters inquiry.
II am that gentleman, said the polished
up physician at the big front door.
"Well, Doctor, said the reporter, "what
means the motley throng on the sidewalk,
crying out with loud voices that this en-.
tertainment is snare, delusion and a
iraud?'
"Let's see," said the Doctor, "you're
from the lSTELL16gNtRR, aren't your"
"We are. Just unclaimed about five
minutes ago. Can you give that paper
your version OF this atlairp"
The aifable doctor assured the reporter
that he would gladly do so, but at present
was engaged. The reporter, intimating
that he would like TO have the statement
at the present moment, the doctor offered
to give him the entire story with maps,
marginal notes and diagrams, that the
most obtuse mind would readily grasp, il
he would wait until alter the lecture was
over. 4 gentlemanly usher stepped up at
this juncture aud intimated that perhaps
MIR. Goodfellow could give the reporter
oil the knowledge Of the affair necessary.
1.-THE suggestion was happy one, and in a
second we were introduced TO Mr.. Good.
fellow and bad him under the Gre OF our
guns
"What, Mr.. Goodiellow," said the re-.
porter, sis the cause OF the flying rumors
on the street in regard to the unsatisfacto-
ry results oil this afternoons meetingFn
't'There was no serious difficulty, sir. A
committee appointed BY the Wheeling
Circle OF Honor engaged DR.. o'Leary to
would give the public something out OF
the usual run OF temperance lectures by
engaging DR.. 0 Leary to present rational
view Of temperance, and the benefits OF a
temperate life. An invitation was extend
ed to the other temperance orders to
join with US, but up to Saturday night
not one organization notified us
that they would do SO. On tue contrary,
understand, some parties, ! known not
who, approached DR.. 0'Lesry Saturday
evening, and asked him II he would lee
ture for them on temperance. The Doc.
tor said, that believing them to have been
part OF the Circle Of Honor, he agreed to
their proposition. This IL the manner in
which Tie misunderstanding. arose by
which DR.. 0'Leary's services were claimed
by the parties who approached him on
Saturday evening. That party when they
found we had control OF the Doctor for
this afternoon, posted thar soouts on the
sidewalk and busted themselves telling
people not 10 attend the lecture; that
the affair was fraud. When DR.. o'Leary
appeared at the hall he was somewhat
puzzled at the turn affairs had taken, and
did, at first, refuse Ia lecture, but when
he was informed that the Wheeling
Circle OF Honor had engaged his services,
and righuully claimed them per contract
he went upon the stage and spoke for an
hour.