Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-11-27
HARMONY 7 lob, YES.
TIE REPUBLICAN BRETHREN NOT SUCH A
VERY HAPPY FAMILY.
The Tariff Champions Attempt to Trampls on the
Escort Club and the Worm Turns
What the "Rank 0utsid-
srS" Say About It


The Tntelltgencer's article Of yester-
day morning, purporting to be q MARIA
ton Of what transpired at the meeting
Of Republicans, Friday night, called for
the purpose of organizing a permanent
Republican club, was the laugh OF the
town yesterday as general thing, al
though not few Republicans read it
with indignation and talked about 1t ia
the same strain throughout the day.
The article dwelt upon the "harmony"
which prevailed during the meet
ing, mentioning the word about
as many times as it could be woven into
the article, even with some inconven-
fence to the writer. The fact is, there
was about as much harmony" at that
meeting as prevails in well-conducted
cat-fght, and so bitter were the feelings
aroused that a considerable number OF
those who intended to join the new or
ganization left the hall In disgust, while
those of the disappointed ones who re-
NAMED made some remarks which,
II printed. should go In ital-
les. Yesterday the young Repuoll-
cans who had gone to the meeting ex-
pecting to get square deal, but who
found, after they bad been there awhile,
that they were not In on the ground
floor, circulated the story OF their
wrongs about town, and by last evening
the situation within the party lines was
quite warm. So incensed were the Outs
at their treatment by the ms that Re-
publicans who spent their good money
during the last cam paigD, tramped
about in professions and burned their
fingers and spoiled their clothes shoot
ing roman candles and burning red fire,
were conforming in very vigorous Ian
guage the "schemers" who had 'frozen
out" certain element, and open threats
OF knitting the Republican city ticket
were made by men whose Republican
ism has been beyond question. One
member OF the Republican Escort
Club said last evening"
"Well, we young Republicans OF the
Escort Club know where we stand now.
We're good enough to vote the ticket,
march in professions and work for the
party, but we're not In it when 1t comes
to asking for a square DEAL"
"You'd better shut up" said another,
cor Cowden will give you the worst
of it,"
"Oh, will hep" said the first speaker.
"Well, let him do it. I'm telling the
81 har rhO n m
job think they can run me in that style
they'll find out their mistake. Give 'em
- and the Inteltigencer too"
Another Republican Of much promi-
nence in the city, speaking for five
others who were with him on Market
street, yesterday, said:-
"I'm as good party man as you'll
find, and everyone who knows me, will
say so, but wait until the election. II
we don't knife some Of these gentlemen
and their friends who have engineered
this scheme through then don't know
my own mind. 1t was as small q piece
of business as ever happened in this
town, and then, to topi of, the IIltelH-
gencer says it was harmonious, which l
take to be another way OF saying we
who have been crowded outside are of
no Importance and not worth consider
ing. Well, perhaps we are not.
chow was this exceedingly harmoni-
Gus meeting of last night, anyhow"
was the question pumped at Republic
can who holds an Office.
chow was 1t? Well, it was about this
way. When the idea of organizing a
Central Republican club was agreed
upon as being the thing, the members
OF the Escort Club and the Champions
settled that both organizations were to
be disbanded and the members gotten
together and new organization formed,
dividing the officers between the men,
bers Of the old clubs. We-that is, the
Escort Club-carried out our part of
the programme and disbanded, but last
night only about twenty of our men
went to the hall, as the meeting was
on the O. t., and was not an
nounced. 1t was packed with Cham
pions to the number OF at least one hun
dred and fifty, and every man of them
had small cards in his clothes, contain
ing the names of the slate which had
been fixed up, giving the new Offices to
the Champions But we didn't know
that, at first, and when the election
came on ]. K. Hall was named for Pres
ident by the people on the inside, and
one of our men nominated Augustus
Pollock. Well, we thought Mr.. Pollack
would run pretty well In meet
ing of two hundred Republicans,
but he didn't. He received just sixteen
votes. The other crowd voted like par
rots, and their slate went through. The
same thing happened for Vice Presi-
dent and also for Secretary, and when
it came down to Financial Secretary
one of the Champions, who wasn't
hog, got up and gave the whole snap
away, exhibiting his little deck of cards
to prove it. I've got one of them here
now, and you can see how slick it was
arranged. Well, our boys pulled out In
a body, except two, who remained to
see how the thing came out. The
Champions then made show of fixing
things up, and one Of our men got about
ninety votes for an Office, but not
enough to be elected, and we were left
clear outside"
swell, what are you going to do about
itP"
I'VE won't join the Old Abe Club;
we'll do that much about 1t, TO start
with. Excuse us; the clique isn't rum
ming us as much as it thinks it is"