Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-19
WEBSTER S~PRISGS, WHICH ARE
Wvpyrvp HDrSTy STATE

OF WEST VIRGINIA, August 10
In of the call issued by the
Wheeling Iutelligencer, which call was
the result OF 3 caucus held in Wheeling
some time ago, q conference Of leading
Republicans assembled here to-day.
At this caucus there were present
the following well known and life
long Republicans: The caucus was called
to order by Charles Burdette Hart, Esq.
The object Of the caucus was explained by
Charles B. Hart, after which the following
officers and committees were elected
by reclamation: Chairman, ChAs, Bur.
Drtte Hart; Secretary, Charlie Hart;
committee on resolutions, c. Burd
Heart; committee on transportation OF del
tgates TO conference, e. b. HART; commit
tee on things generally, Charles BU rdette
Hart. After some discussion among the
gentlemen present the following
Resolutions
were offered:
Resolved. That we nave a conference.
We don't know exactly what the ID we
want it fer, but We want II and we want 1t
BID.
Resolved, That as everybody don't know
everybody II would be a good thing 10
meet, be introduced and get acquainted
With every body who don't know Us.
Resolved, That We meet aud confer about
what we as Republicans intend TO do q
year hence, al d load our guns aud give
tie Democrats a good chance to spike them
BE- fore We can tire into the Democratic fort
in -
Resolved. That it would afford
al ~sOreheaied and diJgruntIed ReplO,i-
cans an excellent opportunity to howl and
unlosd their grievances Of short and long
StsndiDg
Resulted. That we hold the aforesaid con.
ference al Webster Springs, as the waters
Of those springs are said to possess wonder.
fUl medicinal power to remove bile and
worms from the system OF the disappointed
politician.
The above resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and the caucus adjourned 10 meet
here.
The conference which has been inCubat.
ing for some time incubated here to-day,
and l o give a long waiting aud anxious
constituency the result.
The day opened
Bris M and Beautiful.
and at its breaking the eagles shrill notes
awakened the mountain tops and the tree
tops which had been lulled to sleep the
night before by the soft, sweet murmur-
lngS of the cataract. aS IL SOmersaulted over
the kaLawha Falls, and meandersd down
toward Charleston
The ABOVE quotation is FROM ex-senator
HerefOrd's speech at MOrgantOwn, as near
a. | can remember. Before the chickens,
turkeys and other citizens were fairly out
Of their roOsts the tOwn was beginning to
assume a lively and Fourth of July appear
sUCe. Delegations were arriving from ali
parts of the State, and inquiries for the A.
j. apple Jack drug store were numerous.
The hsnawha delegation, headed by y. IT,.
Tibbetts came up in a John boat via Elk
river, accompanied by a fog horn and a grip
sack full Of grievances, etc. Parkersburg,
Point Pleasant and Huntington arrived ia
a buck wagon, a buster and a plug hat.
Wheeling, Grafton, Martinsburg anu other
dele cations got here on time and u mum
Der OF horses, hacks and mules.
At precisely 10 o'clock the conference
Was
Called to Order
by ME-, | having previously been elected by
myself aud = few other unauthorized dele
gates as chairman, secretary aud
mssier Of ceremonies.
In a few well-timed and eloquent
rem arks, las l always do, l thanked
Us for the honor which I had conferred IN
NOA9EhNANh W aNNn ~ DNA1N NAN N- -
the party and the most pronounced Re
publican in the State, | felt it my first duty
TO Introduce the delegates from the yarI
Gus counties, towns and cities 10 each Other,
as they were strangers and unknown 10 pO-
hiiCal fame or nOtOriety. Some OF them
had only lived in the State about seventy
five years, in fact most of them were born
in this end of Old Virginia. | now pro-
Ceeded 10 range them around in the shape
ola Quarter sliced watermelon and some of
them were about as Juicy Then the pleas
ant
Task OF IntrOd ueing
these gentlemen who had never, or rarely,
heard OF each other, began.
Senator BOreman, permit me 70 present
Mr.. A. W. Campbell, of the Wheeling ln-
telligenCer, formerly an original abolition.
lSt, formerly a candidate for |. s. Senator,
which POSITION, much 10 the displeasure OF
Mr.. Campbell, you occupied for six years.
Mr.. Campbell was subsequently a delegate
TO the National Republican Convention at
Chicago and made a speech at COnkling,
and more subsequently was presented =
picture about the size Of u barn door by his
admiring fellow citizens. GOu did not get
q chrome, but if YOU will love Mr.. Camp
bell when you get acquainted. he may saw
his big picture In two and give you the
end containing Marsh Hsgans and Sam
Mccormick, as he has no use for them al
this time.
Mr.. John A. Hutchinson, allow me to
introduce YOU 10 General William Henry
Harrison Flick. General Flick is inventor
of the Gel ebrated
Flick Amendment
which was intended to make one man as
good as another alda d-n sight better
If possible. You have probably heard that
o. NIL =. - TH-.4Z4 &C.,. n..s-E.R A .
torney for West Va. l hope you may come
to know and 10 like each other.
All, here are two gentlemen who it gives
me profound pleasure to introduce, Mr..
Hart, formerly of the Baltimore Gazette,
recently of the Philadelphia Press, o OF
the lntelligencer, and originator of the
great scheme and patriotic purpose which
brings US here to-day, permit me TO call
your attention to the Immediate presence
OF Mr.. o q. Scofeld, formerly of the Par,
kerssurg State Journal, now editor of the
Wheeling Evening Journal. Mr.. Scoield
has only been a Republican about twenty.
i've yesrs, but his recent conversion may
encourage some Of the young men who
have recently come into the State from
Pennsylvania, aud are now disposed to act
with US. Both being editors Of Rspubli-
can papers in the same city, | know il
will be pleasant to meet and exchange ideas
on
Great Issues
Espec ally, Mr. Hart, will Mr.. ScOfeld be
&c ighted to get the benefit Of your great
journalistic experience.
Mr., Atkinson this is my distinguished
Friend, Mr.. A. q. Tlbbetts, formerly of New
Hampshire. He came to West Virginia AZ
the close Of the var, a Democrat, and set
I'D in Monroe county, with the hope OF
being mace Prosecuting Attorney, but his
eminent abilities were overlooked and With
disgust he returned to his hrst love, the
Hemocratic party, and 8 few years later be
came their candidate, but fell q victim %
Demon ratio o~btuSenesS. He was divorced I
second time FROM the old girl, and again in
1850 opened a courlshiP with the RsPuAli
csn msiden, but his love did not run smooth
~ a bic, Gle. The Rrpublicsn maiden IA
been flirting with hlm-she has made hi
lie One damned hOrrii grind bat h
has held many offices Of honor and trust
He is
The Only Living
'ex Secretary Of The Exterior q position
~hirh h. he'd y nUuSb'r Of months unde
re Garfield end Arthnr administrations q
Washington. subsequently sX-custo1ian o
A D., nh i~au sZEap' Of 'sl nT-finl