Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-16
FOR DELEGATES DINNERS.
An Amusing Lawsuit Against Several Well
Known Gentlemen, Associated Together
Under the Style of the Straightout Re-
publicans-It Will Be Settled.

publicans-It Will Be Settled,
AT the headquarters of the regular Re-
publicans, on Diamond street, yesterday
afternoon the managers were fairly burst
ing with laughter over a little lawsuit
which had just been commenced in the
office of Alderman McKenna The straight
outs were also somewhat amused, though
they were the parties defendant, but ad-
mitted that it was "a horse" on them.
The title of the case is ''Charles Gill ver-
sus Archie Rowand, ,Jr., Charles S. Fetter-
man, James Fitzsimmons, L. Z. Porter,
DR.. George f. McCord, w. F. Trimble, j.
NJ Brush and John \. Dunn, associated to-
gether under the name and style of
straightout Republicans" The claim is for
So due Mr.. Gill, of the ST. Charles Hotel, for
$50 meals served to delegates who attended
the county convention of the straightout
Republicans. Summons were placed in the
hands of Constable John Sweeney to be
served on the defendants, and the case was
set for hearing on Thursday, October %, at
10 o'clock. The action was brought by
Attorney Joseph Crown, who represents
Mr.. Gill. Mr.. Rowand, VINO is the first
named of the defendants, and who is also
Chairman of the Straightout Committee on
Organization, had not yet received his sum-
mons when called upon, and the title of the
case provoked laugh.
Tell him to sue us all, said Mr. Row
and. 'There are over 400 members of the
County Committee, and they ought not to
be so partial It is no disgrace
to say that the committee has been
a little crippled for the lack of
l. l,,S
known for years, had intimsted that he was
going to bring this action would have
given him my personal check for the
amount due him. Crown, who brings the
suit for Mr.. Gill, is one of the gang. do
not think the candidates for the Judge
ships, whose causes he espouses, will thank
him for his trouble. 1 am surprised
that the matter was placed in the
hands of an attorney. The reason the
bill was not paid was that Mr.. Gibbs, Chair
man of the County Committee, was i'll He
was engineering the finances, and his death
caused another delay. Charles Gill is over
anxious oris acting upon the advice of our DO
litical enemies. Unfortunately the straight
out movement has not ), 900 employees to draw
upon for contributions, the same to be vol
untary, not obligatory When Gill came to
me told him I-had not time to attend to
his claim. My business is to see that
every voter gets a straightout ticket
One reason the bill was not paid is that we
are compelled to pay our clerks cash. Of
course the bill is just one, and will be
paid. 1t should have been paid long ago.
When accepted the Chairmanship of the
Straightout Organization Committee Mr..
Gibbs guaranteed that he would raise a
campaign fund of IS, 600 within 80 DAYS, and
we would now have the money if he had
lived. We do not expect to win with hands
down, but we will win the battle, and every
bill will be paid before the polls close. :"
Mr.. Gill said that he had run after the
committee until he was tired of it. He had
telephoned them about a thousand times.
and was always put off with fresh promise.
The committee, he said, had promised to
pay cash when they engaged the meals. He
said that bill Of S75 was also due at the
Central Hotel from the committee, and that
he thought he had better secure his claim
before election.