Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-15
ITS HARD WORK.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BRING A REPUBLICAN
CLUB INTO BEING.
Acting Congressman C. W. Atsirs5l Resents
Suggestion That Re is NJ. q Strong
Candidate Another Head
Pals.

There was a peculiar combination of
genial spirits and disruptiye souls ut Ger
mania Hall, last evening. It was the sec
ond attempt by The Republicans to focalize
themselves into some sort Of a stick
together society for campaign purposes.
1t has been temporarily organized under
the appellation Of the Central Republican
Club of Ohio County" and the object Of
the meeting last evening was to see if the
club was still there, and, il so, to hear the
reports Of the committees who were APP
pointed 10 engraft the ribs and backbone
into the aggregation
Dense fumes of smoke from two-fers and
anxious inquiries after cool beverages
were the preliminary character
istics that told the nature of
the gathering. Germania Hall has
held more people than there was present
last evening There was an even twenty
six present, including the iOvial lanitor,
and three others who got half way up the
stairs. but turned back upon learning the
nature Of the assemblage.
At the unbewitching hour of eight b. >.
Allison mounted the rOstrum and set the
machinery going. George Huntington, who
is acting as temporary secretary, gave a
select recital of the minutes of the last
meeting. after which there was report OF
the Committee on Plan of ORGANIZATION.
Mr.. Huntington, as chairman Of that com
mittee. proceeded to read the drattO of aeon
stitution, as il had evolved from the COM
mittee in inspiratiOnal moments. William
Halter moved that the constitution be
adOpted. whereupOn Chairman Allison sug-
gestcd il be simply received and that tine
articles in the constitution be considered
separately and adopted likewise. Accord
ing Mr.. Halter withdrew his motion, and
the suggestion Of Mr. Allison, on the incl
dental motion Of xEuumerator NJ. II. Nc
Nabb. prevailed.
The first article in the adherent paper
was TO the effect that the club should be
composed Of all Republican voters. and
right in this connection j. II. Burt
said that it should be the inten-
ton of the club TO enlist all voters. Capt
William Otto then gracefully hung ON the
back Of a settee, and told the boys Just
what the club was for and how 1t ought 10
be run. He said the room should be kept
open DAY and night, and Republicans deep
dyed in the faith, whether emblazoned on
the immortal roll or not, should feel vel
come and Ia other words, the good-natured
Captain meant 10 say that II should serV c
as a sort of an asylum Tor Republican
brethern who have become ostranged ana
unrefectiye.
The second article in the Constitution
called for the boys 70 meet once week.
Ex-Enumerator McNabb sat down on this,
and remarked that il was too ALFRED hot
TO meet more than once in two weeks. but
in the vote that followed, McNabb was
showed under, and the original article had
a clear swing.
Richard Robinson then rose on both
feet and said that owing 10 the unproplt-
ious gathering this evening 1t would be bet
ter 10 defer the election of permanent OH
GERS, which was subsequently done on
motion of Mr. Burt
About the shank of the evening Captain
Otto again doomed up in the audience and
said that in view of the lonesome condition
of the gathering he was also opposed 10 the
election of officers tonight. The election,
he thought, should be deferred until the
Republicans could be given proper and OIL
ciai notice, and he casually observed that II
would be a pOus plan for the HtflliJfaccT
TO put local notice in the paper occaslon-
ally to let the boys know where and when
a meeting was 10 be held. Republicans,
unlil-c birds, couldn't get together ny IN
stinct. II was largely through a local in
the REGISTER that the members knew there
was 10 be any meeting whatever
Mr. Huntington then arose on behalf OF
the hteliigfucer 10 viudicate his position IN
the matter. He observed that II was an
oversight, and at first palmed it OF on the
city editor, but subsequently shouldered
part of the blame himself. All present
succeeded in remaining in their seats dur
inc Mr. Duningt0n's Grafton Capt. Otto
said i'm his remarks he believed that there
was a paid advertising notice OF the
meeting in the lutc'ligcHccr, but re
marked, apologetically, that nobody ever
saw those things in the paper
Chief Dunning, of the Fire Department,
also took an active part III the meeting. Al
ter all the articles had been discussed Il
ltcr1tim. and almost q rnd en-, the chair
man put the question as to whether the
constitution rs a whole should be adopted.
All believed they could complacently stand
IL but one, Mr. Seeley Marks, who forgot his
objection, and got another member TO UNI
load it for him.
The matter of location for club house
was not definitely settled, and the commit
tee was given further time. There was a
sort of a chaotic idea of Just what the meet
ing was for last night; still there was lots
IF sociabilitv. and heaps Of fun.