Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-20
THE CELEBRATION
PROPOSED TO BE HELD IN THIS CITY 0C-
T0BER 2lst
A Well Attended Session of the Council Committee
Last Night-Invitations Ordered Sent to
All 0rganizatiOns-Ths
Discussion.


Celebration met in the Chamber of the
First Branch Of Cornell, last evening,
there being present Mayor Seabright,
President F. P. Jepson, OF the Second
Branch OF Council; Councilmen Otto.
Emsheimer, Farrell, Bailey, Irwin, Craig
and Caddle of the Committee, and
MesSrs. Craig and Hadlich, OF the Sec
ond Branch, with President Frank
Cruise, of the Board of Commissioners,
and several others Mayor Seabright
was called to the chair, and on taking
his seat made an address, setting forth
the object of the meeting, and express
ing the hope that everyone would work
together to make the demonstration
one of the grandest affairs Wheeling
had ever seen. The city had seen a
number of great parades in times past,
but there was now more material than
ever before, and there was no reason
why all previous records should not be
| surpassed.
A general discussion ensued upon the
best methed Of getting to work, during
which it developed that there was very
wide divergence of ideas. In the course
| Of this discussion it was stated that the
Board of Education had appointed a
committee of three to consider some
sort of celebration on the part OF the
school children, and a resolution was
| adopted asking the Boards Committee
to send delegate, Of the present as a
whole at the next meeting OF the Coun-
Gil Committee. President Cruise, OF the
Board o. Commissioners, was also called
upon, and he spoke briefly upon the
merits of the plan. The Board was also
invited by the Committee to send rep
resentative to the next meeting OF the
Committee.
After electing City Clerk Thoner and
! Assistant Clerk Fee additional clerks OF
the Demonstration Committee, to aid
Clerk Hanke, and requesting each OF
the city newspapers to have repre-
sentative present at the meetings OF the
| Committee, the gentlemen set about as
certaining method OF securing the CO.
operation Of the various military, semi
military and civic societies Of the city.
Several plans of doing this were
preached, but all were ignored or re-
iected, and after. discussion which
scattered like shot gun, the
Clerks were authorized to have letter
heads and envelopes printed, and to
write to the officers Of every society OF
every sort in the city, requesting their
aid, and that they be represented at the
next meeting Of the Committee. There
was some talk about securing the FAIR
Grounds for the afternoon OF the 2lst,
and holding big meeting there on the
afternoon and evening of the day, at
which there would be speeches, dis
play of fireworks, ETC., but the matter
ended in talk.
Mr.. JepSon created something akin
to CONSERVATION in the meeting by Of
fering a resolution asking Council TO set
aside the sum of 50, 600, which sum was
not to be exceeded by the Committee In
arranging for the demonstration. This,
he said, did not imply that $4,000 or
any other sum was to be expended, but
simply that if it was found necessary TO
incur an expense, the committee would
have funds at its command. II $1,000
was enough, only that sum would be
expended, if it was found they could
get along with $500 or $3.50, that would
be enough. Mr.. Emsheimer, DR.. Cad
die, Mr.. Farrell and the Mayor
were all more or less opposed to the
resolution, and the thing settled down to
a sort of First Branch against the Sec
ond fight, during which Mayor Sea-
bright referred to a published statement
that the revaluatiOn of the real estate
of the city was the natural result Of
stone bridges, electric lights, and other
things of that sort, and said the article
had neither rhyme nor reason. Mr..
Jepson's resolution was lost by a tie
vote, and then, after passing a reSolu-
tion to meet again next Monday evening,
the Committee ignored request by Mr..
Jepson to discuss ways and means
further and adjourned. Taking it all
through, it was one of the funniest COM
mittee meetings held at the City Hall
for Quite a while.