The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-06
MEsTAL AND MORAL noyRMENT.
InterestinE Meeting Last Night.

tereat in the mental and moral
movement met last night at the
New wiesel Hall. Mr.. E. L. Bill,
who acted as chairman on the occasion Of
the last meeting, called the meeting to
order and nominated Samuel Laughlln,
Esq., for President. Mr.. Laughlin, on
taking the chair, read the following inter-
Getting essay on the designs and objects Of
the movement:
For full twenty.eight years have you
and stood within the bounds OF these
few squares, deeply interested in every
thing that has pertained to the prosperity
OF this our city. The limited trade OF
that early day has not alone been extend.
ed to the extreme Of our own State, but
the enterprise Of our merchants has
reached the very threshold Of the capital
cities OF our neighbors.
The few scattered customers OF that day
have grown TO number thousands, and
the merchandise Of our stores are found
on every counter and shelf, whilst your
names are on almost every ledger.
Our homes are those Of elegance and
comfort, culture and refinement, and
whose hospitality Is alone excelled by the
virtues, worth and beauty Of our mothers,
wives and sisters.
Religion has found liberal hand, and
the teachings OF our Redeemer are heard
under arch.ceilings, amidst stained glass,
rich carvings and cushioned pews, mingled
with the stratus OF artistic music and
solemn peals OF the organ.
Charity has stretched forth her hands,
and the friendless orphan has homo, and
his wants are ministered to by the hands
OF our iairest daughters, and Sisters oil
Charity give aid and relief to the suffering
and dying stranger.
Education, knowledge and science are
supplied with homes built with all the
appliances OF modern art, and our educa.
tional facilities are varied and extended,
giving to the child OF our humblest citi-
zen the advantages Of learning inferior to
none in the land.
And who, we ask, are TO be the con-
servators OF all you have built in the near
future? Who shall administer upon all
our works and efforts? Who are soon To
be iutrusted with all that we so earnestly
are striving for, both in National, State
and local affairs?
Do we strive in vain, and labor without
results, II we neglect the very founda.
tons Of all we are building. Surely we
build in vain If We look not to the moral
welfare Of our young men, who will not
only be our successors, but who are our
; immediate and daily assistants.
!, 1t Is in vain for US TO bar the doors and
turn the bolts when nighttime comes, il
we leave our employees and our boys
, without place OF proper resort when the
days work is done. Their characters may
be undermined and ruined by influences
which are at work when you and l are en-
Ijoying the comforts and pleasures OF oui
} own fresides.
In vain are our efforts to succeed our
/ striving and struggling. Ledgers may
} balance, bank accounts may appear all
I right, but without moral character and
stern integrity, we may daily be deceived
and in an unexpected hour our prospects
. and hopes my all be blighted. See Their
I to the foundations and provide the anti
! dote.
t In vain you build your vaults in the
bank, and fortify yourself against common
themes, when the click OF a faro bank may
} be heard almost in our daily pathway
alluring and undermining the brightest
and best.
) When we read Of thefts, OF forgeries, OIL
deialcations, OF false entries, OF confidence
| misplaced, let US see to 1t that we have
done our duty and tried to please oul
young men beyond these temptation tina!
lead to ruin and destruction.
/ Let 1t no longer be said OF Wheeling that
: she provides freely and literally in oil
7 things, but neglects that very essential
: element OF her true success, and vital Ia
her highest honor. A place of resort fol
} our boys, our clerks and young men, give
them resort pleasing, agreeable, attract
! i've, where rational and reasonable relaxa.
, ton may be found open to all who act the
true gentleman, where the debased and
vile, and wicked cannot force their pres.
8 ence upon them, free'from the profanity,
drunkenness and debauchery, that can be
seen any night in some places Of public
: resort, and where the influences are to
! elevate and refine.
Let US strive TO give our young men a
resort to which none can object, where
i we will not be ashamed to meet them, and
where with their own companions they
: may spend pleasant social hour.
, After the reading OF this essay Mr.. ]. E.
Hughes was elected Secretary and the fol.
, lowing gentlemen as Vice Presidents:
o. O. Dewey, S. II. Woodward, John ].
Jones, John Wagner, H. K. List, DR.. T.
, Fl. Logan, Geo. K. Wheat, Isaiah Warren,
VIM. B. Simpson, ]. S. Rhodes, NJ. Pol
lock, M. L. 0tt VIM. L. Hearne, Judge
Cranmer, @. D. Hubbard, W. P. Hubbard,
Capt. ]. w. Mcclure.
Mr.. W. P. Wiley then read the follow.
ing resolutions:
LIST. That joint stock company be or.
ganized at once to carry out the principles
OF this meeting.
J That invitations be now extended to all
present TO subscribe to the capital stock
Of the proposed company in shares OF ten
dollars each.
That Immediately after adjournment Of
this meeting, all who have subscribed
stock shall meet and provide for the or
ganization Of the company by taking steps
TO procure charter, electing board OF
directors and arranging all the details for
putting the project in view into imme-
diate and successful operation.
Mr.. w. p. Wiley then said It was in
expedient at the present tine TO furnish q
detailed plan, as an organization would
spring out Of this which would furnish de-
tails and mature plans. 1t Is proposed to
procure an assembly room, indeed one
has been looked at, situated in the central
part Of the city, free to all young men
without restriction, except, Of course, good
conduct. This room to be under control
Of business men, no church organization,
nor christian, nor temperance society to
control it, but it was to be held solely for
the intellectual and moral improvement
ofthe young men, and offer them choice
between saloons and theatre comiques.
Business men have an interest in their