The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-10
The ReElstsr's Attack ON the LlneOIn


Under the very thin pretext OF reporting
an Individual deliverance OF some myth.
cal person styled Colonel 1" at the Nc
Lure House saloon, the Register allows its
local columns to be used for IN attack on
the Lincoln Club OF this city, and one or
two Of It's members. This attack will not
be misunderstood by tho Club or the pub
lie. The Misrepresentation and enmity
expressed in the article will be interpreted
as more expressive Of the feelings Of the
Register than Of "Col. D." "Col. D" is
nobody in this case, while the Regiscr is at
least somebody. The conductors Of that
paper know that theSttempted yilliRcation
Of the club Is not only unwarranted, but,
under the circumstances OF the case, out
rageous.
An effort Is made in the article to i'm
press upon the working men Of this com.
munity tho idea that the club Is an organi.
zation inimical to them and their interests
that 1t san exclusive club, where nobody
except kid gloved and swallow tailed
gentry arc welcome; that it "slaps the
worktngman in the face" to use the Ian.
guage OF the article, and that tits run
simply for the uses and schemes ofa body
Of ring politicians who arc seeking through
lis organization to put themselves forward
for office, and who hope through the cluk
to loss the politics of the city and the
State.
We need not say to any one who is II
the slightest degree acquainted with tht
make up Of the Lincoln Cub that thil
attack Is miserable Calumny. Those who
frequent 1t know that it is one OF the mos
democratic institutions in this community
that it has no test membership excep
good character that any Re
publican in tho city can be
come member; that large share Of it
members arc well known workingmen o
the city; that they are just as free to all it
privileges as any one else 4; that every BODY
comes and goes on a perfect equality; thu
, the club was established as headquarters 10
the party inthe city, where all Republican
could come to read, converse, consult
witness entertainments, and cultivate term
Of social and political good fellowship
They all know that 1t is in no sense
caucus institution, that it is run in nobody
interest, that it is as much one mans in
stitution as another's, and that it has no re
lation whatever to individuals or thci
aspirations All Republicans are invite
and desired to become members Of it, ant
We have yet to hear Of any mans applica
ton being refused.
It is well known that the Democrats O
this city attempted to get up Just such III
organization. For some reason they failed
Apparently this fact explains in part, a
/, least the Rtgitter's animus in this attack
Now comes the effort to prejudice tn,
masses OF the Republican party against it
An appeal, therefore, is made to the work
ingmen, as il the workingmen had not SUI
fcient intelligence to understand the plail
facts ofthe case as we have narrated them
and as they or other persons can see then
for themselves six nights in the week at til,
club: Such IN appeal is simply an insul
to the workingmen OF the city. 1t is OF
piece with all the dcmagogy Of ward pol
ifcians, and all sensible and seIf,respectinl
workingmen will treat itwith the contemp
that 1t deserves.
The Lincoln Club can stand on i'll
merits. 1t has no objects that arc not ex
pressed in its printed regulations. 1t aim!
at the intellectual, social and politica
qualification Of its membership, and also a
stated times opens wide its arms to thu
general public, inviting everybody with.
out distinction OF politics to its literary ant
musical entertainments. 1t is not easy t.
see how an institution treer from anybody't
hostility or prejudice could be got up il
our midst. And the fact that it is attacked
in the terms used by the Registers article
only shows how hard pushed the writel
was for something to say that nigh
operate TO its prejudice.
En,,nNa. nu,,I.I