Daily Republican., 1881-05-17
THIRD EDITION.
Y. N. . II. =. C.
A Brief History Of the Organiza.
fIOn-The New Cluh Room.

tiOn-The New Club Room.
On the evening of the 9th of last Jul
a number of young Republicans feelin
the necessity of some organization
which would hold the youthful voter
of the party together, and at the sam
time benefit the party in spreading
wholesome sentiment, held meeting
in the room of the Lincoln club an'
effected an organization. They tool
the name of the Young Mems Republi
can Club. AT this meeting thirty tiv'
of the leading young men of the tow
were present. The officers elected wer'
President +. Eden Bach; Vice Presiden
d. c. Chaltant; Secretary, &. Smyth ant
Treasurer Elwood jackson. Othe
leading members were II. {. Billany, j
Paul Brown, |. Horace Rudolph, II. G,
Pickels, Walter Bacon, Lilburn Chand
Ter, Howard l.. Chandler, Harry A
Brown and others.
The success of the club was phe-
nomenal Large additions TO the mem
bership We're received at every meeting
night, and ON November first it made
the splendid roll showing Of 64S active
members. One night so members were
received. During the campaign as
high as $1,000 was spent for uniforms
alone. The club took part in the first
demonstration Of the campaign, at West
Chester, on July 18th. and from that
day until November Sd, the Republi
cans made no effort that the club did
take part in. They attended every
demonstration in New Castle County
and many in Pennsylvania, and Presi.
dent Bach made more addresses than
any other political speaker on the STUMP
i'll Delaware.
No political organization played such
prominent part in the exciting cam.
paign of 1880 in Delaware than did this
organization, and their influence from
the time of the first organization until
election day when every member was
on duty at the polls bringing out the
vote was a powerful one. During the
campaign there were three things in
the club played prominent and credl-
table part. The first was the nomlna-
tion of their fellow member Edward
G Bradford, Jr,, Esq, who afterwards
made such brilliant and creditabIe
The second was the grand demonstra-
ton at the Opera House on the occasion
of the presentation of the flag from the
young ladies of the city, at which Hon.
Il. Stockett Matthews made one of the
best speeches of the campaign. The
third was the great parade, just on the
eve Of the campaign, which was une-
qualled by any demonstration i'll this
part Of the country, except III PhlIadeI-
phia.
The military organization OF the club
was OF the best. Under Col. Wood, as
sisted by Captains Mitchell and Wick
ersham, Barney, Curtis, Robinson, Cra "
ford. Dure and fraim, it fairly earned
its reputation for fine marching and
good departments To ElwoOd Jackson,
Treasurer, and to such members as }.
Paul Brown, II. l.. Chandler and j.
Roger Crippen is due the success of
the club as well as to the President and
the officers.
The club, which is the only political
in the city that has more
than a nominal existence, has now the
finest quarters in the city in the second
story front room of No. 1Ob Market
street The room has just been fitted
lp, and the work reflects credit upon
he club which has never yet done things
oy halves. 1t will be used as a
'eading room as well as the meeting
place Of the company and all the
eading papers of the country are on file
Tonight the room will be opened form
lilly, and all friends Of the club are in
vited to call and see how nicely things
lre arranged
At present the club has healthy or
The officers are
PreSdent-Fred. +. Bach.
Vice PreSdent-Howard l.. Chandler
Secre ary-W. Edgar Mitchell,
Treasurcr-LeXington Barney.
COlonel-Samuel Wood.