Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-09
HARMONY
Not Present Among the Republicans
in Huntington----Their Il-Gained
Victory Will Surely be Their Un-
doing

! Special to the Register.
HUNTINGTON. w. Va, April "A VIC
| tory which is the result of combination
! of a political party with the low and Grim
/ inaI element of a community almost inva-
riably brings disaster to the parties inter-
| ested in the combination as well as bad re-
suits TO the community at large Such
was the recent victory won by the Repub-
leans of this city in combination with the
criminal element and supported by eXeprt
repeaters imported from surrounding
towns and southern coal fields to do patri-
otto duty on election day for the local
s. o. p.
The affairs of the city having passed
from the control of the Democratic party
to that of the Africo-Repubican party and
their new alliances the boys of the gut
ters." bosses. cubstone politicians and 9TH
ors who fought bravely to overthrow the
/ party under whose administration the
Second City" grew and prospered,
thought 1t well to hold a "lovefeast." Ac-
cordingly extensive arrangements were
made for the occasion last evening. In or
der to placate the Third ward, which re-
duced her Republican majority over one
hundred at the recent election, it was con-
Guided TO hold the political feast at Davis
Hall, in that ward. The clans met. and no
sooner had the meeting been raped TO
order than the scrap began. IL was start
ed over the division of municipal spoils.
The Third ward accused the other wards
of combining against her loyal and noble
sons, not only for local spells. but on coun-
". State and national offices as well Hon.
j. s Davis. Republican member of the Leg
islature of two years ago, arose and in
language loud and 10 the point protested
against the recognition of boiling Demo-
Gratis in giving out local offices.
DR.. l. r. lie Sage took issue with Mr..
Davis and in the course of his remarks
stated that in distributing offices, big and
little. the old soldier wanted to hog every
thing to the exclusion Of the boys in the
bitches" who always win the hard fought
battles. The meeting then took on a
crimson hue and within less time than it
takes 10 tell 1t the whole meeting went into
pandemonium. and order could not possibly
be restored. In confusion and threats upon
all sides the 'lovefeast" thus adjourned.
or rather broke up. one of the First ward
representatives present conveyed his COM
pliments to the Third ward boys by tell
ing them to go TO HI. ana that the down
town fellows would see that they would
not get a d-n thing. The Republicans
frankly admit that harmony is out of the
question.
In the meantime the Chamber of Com
merce is continuing its fight for reduction
of salaries. But the bosses" say no, and
brazenly admit that they don't expect TO be
in power long and and that they expect 10
reun the thing while they are in, the
Chamber of Commerce and other taXpay-
ers Notwithstanding. The situaTior Is any,
thing but roseate for our Republican
friends. and before the year is up they
will have learned that a victory won by
force. fraud and combinations with Grim
inal elements is worse than debeat-their
victory being them own defeat.
The storm is now brewing, but this time
il is within the ranks of the Republicans
and their criminal allies.