Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-02
REPUBLICANS
Meet ut ParkerSburg and
Organize for Victory.
Large aud Enthusiastic Meeting
of the State League.

week. Delegates were present from
almost every county in the State
Indeed it was the largest gathering
of Republican workers ever held
in the State and augurs victory for
the party next November.
Following are the officers elect
ed for the ensuing year:
Hon. John X. Thompson, of Put
nam county, President.
E. l. Allen, of Taylor county,
Secretary.
An Executive Committee COM
posed of one member from each
Senatorial District was chosen.
Frank j. Lesage being the member
from this District.
The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved by the Republican
League of West Virginia, That the
Mckinley tariff law has been pro.
ductive OF highly beneficial results
to American industries; that II has
thrown around established enter.
prises an additional bulwark, and
made possible the planting of others,
thereby charging the field for
American labor
Resolved, That the policy of Pro
lection as advocated by the Repub-
lican party and Incorporated in its
Legislation is in the direct and sub
stantial interests of the American
farmer, whose own product is bet.
ter protected by the Mckinley tar
if than ever before and whose best
market is improved by the increas-
ed employment of American labor
in manufacturing pursuits.
Resolved, That as having intimate
relation to the protection of labor
and our citizenship, we urge upon
national Legislators such prudent
measures as shall tend To relieve the
country of the odious ends of the
present quantity and quality OF i'm.
migration.
Resolved, That the policy of re-
ciprocity we recognize valuable
adjunct to the national system of
protection.
Resolved, That we favor as honest
currency based on a dollar of one
hundred cents value, whether it be
paper silver or GOLD
Resolved, That we heartily en-
dorse the provision made through
the instrumentali,y of the .Repubh.
can party for the brave men who
offered their lives in defense of their
country, and we honor the men
whom the Democratic press and
politicians denounce as "pauper pen
siouers."
Resolved, That we heartily en-
dorse the appointment of our dis
tinguished fellow citizens, Gen. Ma
than Golf and Hon. Stephen 3. FL
kins TO honorable positions under
the national government.
Resolved, That we heartily en-
dorse the wise and courageous adj
ministration of President Harrison
w no has filled the executive chair
with dignity and to the satisfaction
of all fair-minded citizens, and I'M
der whose discreet guidance new
meaning has been given to the pro-
lection of American citizenship in
foreign lands.
Resolved, That the committee on
resolutions would suggest to the
various Republican League clubs
throughout tie state that hereafter
each club shall elect as delegates TO
the state Republican League only
those persons who are regularly en-
rolled as members in the clubs
which they represent, and that each
delegate must carry with him to
the state convention of clubs, Gre
dentials properly endorsed by
the local club which he represents.
At the night session the follow
ing delegates and alternates to the
National League were elected:
First Distriot-Hugo l.. Loos and
Capt b. b. Dovener; alternates,
Jacob Rohrbaugh, of Wetzcl, and
Oliver NJ Marshall, Of Hancock.
Second District-R. f. Fast, Of
Monongalia, and L. S Grant Pitzer,
Of Berkeley; alternates, L S. Elliott,
Of Preston, and Washington Corsey,
Of Berkeley
Third District. E. Dana, Of
Kanawha, aud John Cooper, Of
Mercer, alternates, :. b. Burdette.
of Charleston, and S. w. Wiley, Of
Summers county.
Fourth District-M. r. Low,her.
Of Wirtcounty, and GeorgeW. Boss,
Of Peasants, alternates, William
Woodward, Of Roane, and James
a Hughes, Of Wayne.
Delegatcs-at.Large-Ro Steele
and John A. Hutchinson; alternates
at.large, a G Dayton and Warren
Willis.
After the conclusion Of the cleo
ton Of delegates the convention