Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-05-19
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

A Mass Meeting of the Republicans
was held in the Court House, Satur.
day, May 18th.
Luther Miller, Chairman of Execu.
tive Committee, called the meeting to
order, and Geo. w. Feidt was made
temporary chairman j. w. Degrange
temporary secretary; on motion, tenn
| porary officers were made permanent.
A committee on resolutions, con-
sisting of one from each district, as
follows:
Mill Creek, Will Lamon; Gerards-
town. G. H. Miller; Opequon, W. H.
Mcdonald; Hedgesville, Edgar Hen
shaw; Falling Waters, Baker Ropp
Martinsburg, Nicholas Jones.
On motion, of committee of two
was appointed to select delegates for
the State and Congressional conven-
ton: Arden, J. w. Mcdonald, Asael
Vanmetre Mill Creek, J. w. La
mon, Samuel Gold Gerardstown, j.
H. Smith, Jeph Morgan; Opequon,
Moorhead Miller, J. III. Daley ;
Hedgesvillee, j. w. Creswell, Taylor
Harper; Falling Waters, Baker Ropp,
Brutf Pittsnogle Martinsburg, G.. NJ.
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On motion it was ordered that the
committee report three members for
each district and ten from town.
w. III. Karicoff was then called upon
and delivered an entertaining address,
after which the committee on resolu-
tions reported the following:
WHEREAS, great depression in bus
mess has existed for the four years
of Grover Cleveland's administration,
and WHEREAS, such depression has
caused great depression of values and
has arraigned Capital and Labor,
twin elements of success, in unneces-
sary antagonisric contest, thereby en-
failing losses to the extent of millions
of dollars; and has constantly been
trihing with the protected industries
and labor of the country, thereby
creating alarm, distrust and panic ;
therefore, be it -
Resolved, That we hail with joy
and welcome with pleasure, the OPP
portunity now about being presented
to remove the present incompetent
administration, by the peaceful meth
cd of the ballot-fairly cast and fairly
counted, and place the destinies of
our people In more skillfull and surer
keeping, either in the hands of that
matchless and incompatible states
man and protectionist, James G..
Blaine; or the cool, practical and safe
financier, John Sherman; or some
one of the other patriotic protection
ist citizens, opposed to the ruinOus
free trade doctrines enunciated by
Mr.. Cleveland.
Resolved, That these questions di-
rectly affect every American citizen
and enter every home. and therefore
we invite all to join with us in stay
ing the ruin and in bringing back to
the country, the prosperity and hap
piness due her people under her free
institutions. --..----------
Resolved, That we endorse the sug-
gestion looking to the selection of our
distinguished citizen Gen'l. Nathan
Golf, Jr., as a popular candidate for
Vice President of the United States.
Committee on delegates reported
the following names, and on motion
they were elected:
Arden.-James w. Mcdonald; Geo.
w. Vanmetre.
Falling Waters.-Geo H. Ropp,
DIR. A. J. Lemaster, Jacob M. Lamen.
Gerardstown. -Robt. G. Horner, r.
w. Kitchen, Zuphie S. Morgan.
Hedgesville.-Jacob Catrow, A. L.
Harper, j. w. Wood.
Mill Creek.-J. Milton LamOn,
Samuel Gold, Seiburt Cockrill.
Opequon.-Alex Patterson, c. c.
Daley, Daniel Fulk.
Martinsburg.-Kinsey Crebue, Geo
M. Bowers, Jno. t. Reilly, Geo. w.
Feidt, Stephen Ealam, Harry Carter,
U. S. Grant Pitzer, John Farrin, Jr.,
Jos. f. Ahern, G. A QuenZel.
There being nothing further before
the meeting, adjourned.
G. w. FEIDT, Chairman.
]. w. DEGKANGE, Sec'y.