Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-02
AN HONOR IN SIGHT.
E. S. Stuart a Candidate for
the League Presidency.
PENNSYLVANIA BOOMS HIM
Pittsburs Initiates a Plan to Advance
the State Lacquer.
LOCAL PILGRIMS TO NASHVILLE

PENNSYLVANIA is to have the presidency OF
the Republican National League of Clubs
in the person of Edwin S. Stuart, of Phil2-
delphia, if the active hustling of the Penn
sylvania delegation can achieve such re-
suit. The scheme was sprung yesterday by
Pittsburg friends of Mr.. Stuart, and the
Americus and Tariff Clubs will take up Mr..
Stuart's battle vigorously and guard his in
terests
Big delegations of the most active hustlers
from each club will accompany Mr.. Stuart
to Nashville, Tenn, leaving over the Pan
handle road this evening, and the "boys"
say they will make it snow putting in hard
licks for the genial Philadelphian.
Mr.. Stuart is now President Of the Penn
sylvania State League OF Republican Clubs,
and such is his popularity that he has twice
been elected to succeed himself, having been
the pioneer promoter of the State organ iza-
tion, beside one of the active Republicans
who conceived the idea of a national league
of clubs
A YoUNG-BLooD ADVOCATE.
Mr. Stuart is an earnest advocate of
young blood in the party. and is enthusi-
astically spoken of as the young mems
candidate for Mayor" in his own city.
Standing feet inches high. and an
Adonis in personal appearance, Mr.. Stuart
attracts attention in every gathering.
While not a speechmaker, he is lair and
impartial presiding officer, and his
energy as an organizer is clearly estab-
lished in the marvellous growth of the
Pennsylvania State League, which in three
years has attained number of clubs and
club members not equaled by any two
States in the Union. The solid Pennsyl-
vania delegation will boom him, and Ohio
and other States will come into line if the
Pittsburg and Philadelphia members do
their duty.
Pennsvlvania's candidate is all right,
geographically. The first president of the
national organization was Mr.. Foster,
humorously alluded to by political oppo-
nents as "Fat-frying Foster" an expressive
political ALTERATION. The second and re-
tiring president, elected at last years meet
ing, is Hon. James NJ. Thurston, of Ne
braska, who was permanent chairman
of the last Republican National
presidency of the league alternates
between the East and the West, the East
will fall into line for Mr.. Stuart. He is a
book publisher of Philadelphia, is possessed
OF ample means and is one of the officers of
the Grand Lodge F. s. A. NJ, of Pennsyl-
vsnia. Mr.. Stuart, on his arrival from
Philadelphia, will open headquarters at the
Seventh Avenue Hotel.
GOING IT soLIDLy.
The boys will gather at various hours TO-
day, and have little consultation as to the
plan of campaign that will enable them to
swoop- down on Nashville with an invinci-
bic phaIanx of Stuart men. The Pittsburg,
Philadelphia and various delegates of Penn
sylvania clubs will take possession of the
Panhandle train this evening, meeting sey-
er2l hundred delegates to the convention
from Eastern clubs.
The circumstances will allow of some tall
missionary work en- route, inasmuch as
Western and Northern delegates Join the
procession at Cincinnati, there being sew
eral solid trainloads of delegates to meet at
the Union station tomorrow morning.
There will be some speechifying st Bowling
Green and other Kentucky and Tennessee
cities. il being expected that the arrival in
Nashville will be some time in the after
noon.
Mr. Stuart's friends have secured quarters
at the Maxwell House, in Nashville, and
will inaugurate a lively process of button
holing as soon as tney get settled.
Colonel Sam Moody, Division Pas
senger Agent of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad, will be in charge of
the train, and will strive to please with
that urbanity of manner which is the chief
charm of the future Assistant Postmaster.
Among the Eastern correspondents who ac-
company the Pennsylvania contingent will
be George n. Mccain, of the Philadelphia
Press, sometimes called "The member from
abroad" Mr.. r. II. Lindsay, Secretary OF
the State League, is looking out for the To-
cal delegates.
TO BE WELL ENTERTAINED.
The Tariff Club appointed committee
last evening to meet Mr.. Stuart and the
Philadelphia contingent of delegates at the
o'clock train this morning. The hospital
titles of the club will be placed at the dis
posal of the visitors.
The names of those who will go to Nash
vile from the Americas Club are as fol-
lows: r. H. Lindsay, Secretary of the
Pennsylvania State League; William H.
McC!eary, John Doyle, Vinton Stevens,
James H. Richards, Hon. NJ. B. Lemon, H
P. Ford, George Miller, John R. Murphy,
John NJ. Neeb. James i. Will
Jams, Robert Ostermaier, r. j. Newell,
james McAfee, Henry Hagemaier, d. B.
McGunnegle, John Wilson, Sam Greer, De
linuuent Tax Collector of Allegheny; Alex
McCaull, David Aiken, W. C. Mckinley,
James Jiles and John Smith.
The Americas Club contingent will also
be a favorable showing Of the clubs strength
President II. A. Paul, who was elected at
the State Convention held in Pittsburg as a
Delegate at Large from Pennsylvania to the
convention, finds himself unable to 60, and
has delegated James F. Burke the official
stenographer of the national convention, to
act as his substitute.