Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-10
ENTHUSIASTIC VETERANS

Meet and Hurrah Tor Gregg and Morrison
Fourteen Clubs Form a Central Or
ganization-Plenty of Money Reported
on Hand-The Work Ahead.
Fourteen clubs, not one of which has less
than % and some having 200 members, were
represented at the meeting of the Central
Gregg and Morrison War Veterans meet
ing in the Common Council chamber at City
| Hall last night The hall was filled COM
fortably and the delegates were very enthu.
siastic. A r. Burchfield presided.
The Finance Committee reported that it
had plenty of funds on hand to meet all rea-
sonable expenses incurred during the cam
paign, and the Executive Committee re-
ported that it had secured rooms 2O7, 2OS
and 209 on the second floor of the Hamilton
building, on Fifth avenue, for the head
quarters of the central organization. The
rooms have been neatly furnished and will
be opened this morning. In their report
the committee stated that they have on
hand d large supply of literature
bearing on the campaign which will be dis
tributed from the headquarters to all who
come after it. A banner is to be stretched
from the building on Fifth avenue, designat-
ing the headquarters
Chairman Burchfield announced that
arrangements are being made for monster
mass meeting at old City Hall, on the night
of Wednesday, October 81, when candidates
Gregg and Morrison, and Major Thomas
Stewart, of Philadelphia, will make
speeches. 1t was decided that band will
be engaged to escort the distinguished
speakers from their hotel to the place of
meeting. Every club represented in the
central organization of war veterans is eX-
pected to turn out its full membership to
this meeting
An amendment to the rules was made
allowing clubs to have one delegate to the
central club for each ten members over %
the minimum number. This is exclusive of
the delegates heretofore allowed.
Colonel Daniel Ashworth, a prominent
East End Democrat, was called on for a
speech. He declined, but declared that he
was unequivocally for Gregg and Morrison.
Captain Barbour, a well-known Democrat,
wound up an enthusiastic speech by saving:
1--WE don't care anything about whether a
man intends to vote the Democrat, Repub-
lican, Mugwump or straighUout ticket. We
want him to trade for nothing! Vote for
the old soldiers, first, last and all the time.
Hugh Morrison, brother of Candidate
Morrison, was delicate about making q
speech under the circumstances, but said
his position was well known when there was
an old soldier on the ticket He thought
that man brave enough to bare his breast
to the bullets of his country's foes should
receive the unanimous suffrage of his CON-
rades, as well as the people at large.
c. kaufman, of Sewickley, l. K. Camp
bell, Joseph Evans, 81. H. Bengough, j. H.
Stevenson and w. J. Patterson all made
enthusiastic speeches and were, as those
preceding them had been. greeted with
hearty applause.
Secretary Lambert read letter from Ma
jor T. A. Montooth, regretting his inability
to be present but promising to lend a hand
in the campaign.
The meeting adjourned to meet next Fri
day evening. The new clubs reported last
night-were from Greenville, Mercer county,
Hites station, Latrobe and Greensburg, all
having from 80 to 80 members. There are
now IA clubs organized, and II more are ex-
pected to report by the next meeting of the
CentranClub.