The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-31
THE pRI.srNTE REuNIoN.
The Mass Meeting mt the Court House las
Evening In It's Interest,

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TIE TRI-sTATE REUNION,
The Mass Meeting mt the Court House last
Evening In Its Interest,
The mass meeting Of citizens and old
soldiers called to meet at the Court House
last evening, in tho interest Of a proposed
TIi-state Reunion OF the Union soldiers OF
the late war, to bs held here in Septem.
Der, was we'll attended by veterans, but
the citizens, the business men, those who
would bs most benefited by the reunion,
were conspicuous by their absence, Tho
veterans had expected a different state OF
affairs; they had expected that the solid
men OF the town, those who desire To see
Wheeling wake up and boom along as
other towns ars doing, would bs there in
numbers, A reunion such as 1t was origi.
nally proposed to hold would be Of great
benefit to Wheeling; 1t would bring thou
sands OF people here, each Of whom would
have at least q dollar to spend, and these
sums In the aggregate would amount to q
large amount Of cash that would bs left in
the city.
The veterans were discouraged over tho
elm attendance OF Business men outside
OF those who were in the army, but with
that tame spirit Of patriotism and courage
that sustained them during the long and
weary years oil war, resolved to go ahead
with the meeting and ascertain what could
be done. There were fifty or sixty pres
emit when Professor +. II, Crago was called
to the chair and Mr., Q, L. Irwin made
secretary, Mr.. G, W. Baggs, chairman Of
the Committee on Finance, appointed at
the preliminary meeting held last week,
reported that the committee, after work.
ing hard, had only been able to raise
about $500 and that to raise 1000, In his
opinion, was simply an imposslbility. 1t
was thoughtin the htst place that $1,000
would be the amount necessary inorder 10
have anything such as was contemplated,
but that sum could not be raised, when q
thorough canvass OF Main street from the
Suspension bridge 10 the creek only re-
suited in obtaining $l25 in subscriptions.
A motion was made to lay the aeport on
tho table, which was rejected and q FREQ
discussion Of the question had. Col.
Henry Hubbard doubted the advisabillty
Of attempting more this year than a re-
union Of the First Virginia Vol. Inf, Car.
Inns battery and the First Virginia CAV
airy holding q reunion Of these orgauiza.
tons and making 1t as big o success as pos.
sible would probably create q spirit OF en-.
thusiasm that would make 1t possible 10
hold a monster reunion here next year.
Mr.. W. s. Meek was in favor OF going
ahead and doing the best that could be
done. Others made similar remarks. The
discussion was general and nearly every.
one expressed bis opinion. A majority
seemed To be In favor Of going ahead and
holding aReneral reunion with the under.
standing that the organizations named
above were 10 turn out strong and form a
good nucleus for the crowd.
Mr.. STANLEY said he believed that II the
people generally could be semitic people
outside OF the business men, and impress.
ed with the fact that II rested with them
as to whether o reunion should be held
here, that enough money could be raised
in the way Of small contributions to make
the affair q grand success. He moved
that committees be appointed for each
ward to solicit.
Mr.. Hugo Loos, one Of the business
men present, made q rattlipg speech that
was warmly %applauded and seemed to in.
fuse a spirit Of work and enthusiasm.
Mr.. Shanley'a motion was adopted, and
committees not only appointed for the
wards but for the country districts and
near. by places. These committeeman are
requested To provide themselves with
blanks at No. 1908 Main street, early
Monday morning, and get to work at once
and report TO the general Finances Com.
mittee Thursday night. These sub.
committees are expected to take any con.
tributionF, however small. The commit.
tees are as follows:
First Ward-H. p. Mayer, William Otto,
Biddle Jones and Fred Fey.
Second Ward-G, O. Winzsnreid, Rob.
ert Junkins and g. G. Murdoch.
Third Ward-fhomas Chambers, W. II.
Halter and II. ]. Felber.
Fonrth Ward-Albert Redmond, Capt.
John Carlin and Philip Fletcher.
Fifth Ward-Col. Henry Hubbard, DR..
]. B. Reed and Col. N. wilkinson.
Sixth Ward-W. H. Travis, A. D. Work,
Finley Mckinley and L. II. Grade.
Seventh Ward-Henry +. Jones, John
R. Mendel, ]. Elwood Hughes and Hugo
L. Loos, an honorary member.
Eighth Wards. L. Brice, George Bow.
man and s. B. Farrell.
Elm Grove-J. NJ. Confer, Capt. W. A..
Mccoy, James Maxwell.
Liberty Dlstrict-Rev. W. W. Bolton,
w. NJ. Dunlap and Col. ". B. Curtis.
Fulton-George Kitchen, Henry Stew.
art and George Hoeckler.
Martins Ferry-Sam F. Dean, Jerry
Ebbert, Joseph +. Haines and j. NJ.
Lytle.
and Josiah Sinclair.
1ridgeport-F. g. Robinson, DR.. JIM.
Todd and George Giain.
Bellaire-Charles BAltzell, W. Il. Brown
and 0. O. stringer.
HIGHLAND Decentralization Altmyer and
Gilbert Holmea.
II will be seen from this that a reunion
is To be held and the intention Ia TO make
II as big as possible. Next year II is pro.
posed 10 have the Society Of the Army OF
West Virginia which meets at Ports.
mouth again this year, the citizens having
guaranteed 5000 10 meet expenses, hold
its reunion here.
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