Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-08


The insurgent trio was expecting a
call from the five ambassadors of the
regular Republicans yesterday, but late
last night no conference had been held.
When not together, the insurgents
were in position to assemble within a
short time, but there was no call for a
meeting. There is tacit understand
ing on both sides that there will be a
conference to-day in Bader & Maurer's
stag hotel but the hour has not been
fixed.
just what sort of a proposition will
be made by the ambassadors, is a mat
ter for conjecture. 1t Is extremely
probable that they were commissioned
to persuade the boilers to law down
their arms Internationally, and failing
in that, to permit the insurgents to
name the members of the Water Board,
and possibly one or two other Offices.
1t is considered probable that their I'LL
timatum will mean very slight conces-
sions, in comparison with what the
insurgents ask
Two of the insurgents stated to a
Register reporter last night that they
have no new proposition to make, and
have made none since the conference of
last week, the News to the contrary
Notwithstanding. They have not yet
been given an answer to their demand,
but they are deaf, DUMB and blind
if they do not realize that silence in
this case means positive refusal. They
stand as firmly as upon the day they
first announced their position, and they
are being commended by right-think-
ing Republicans, and by all fair mind
ed men who are opposed to ring" rule
in politics.
Some of the regular Republicans are
not tickled to death over the methods
employed to get them together We'd
nesday night, and Messrs Horkheimer,
Richards, ct al are being charged with
wilful Misrepresentation. They were
given to understand that the insurgent
trio would meet with them, and with
this standing signed the call for
the caucus or conference. At least one
man lost two days work, and was in
anything but an enviable frame of
mind concerning the matter If there
are any more caucus calls, it is a
safe guess that certain regular Repub-
licans will not sign unless the names
of Chew, st. Myers and Marshall are
first affixed to the paper.
A regular" said to a Register re-
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worse than ever. The Republican pro-
gramme, as outlined and discussed, if
not formally agreed to in Wednes day
nights meeting, is for the First Branch
to refuse to go into joint session with
the Second Branch to fill the Offices.
1t was some such position as this
which was assumed by the Democrats
for few lays, and they were roundly
denounced for it. The Democrats who
were in favor of remaining out, soon
found themselves in hopeless minor
ity, and the Republicans gained a de-
cided advantage in the organization of
the Second Branch. The Republican
position will be fatty inconsistent, but
inconsistency will not worry the lead
ers of that party, with whom 1t is an
accepted axiom that "the end justifies
the means" Nevertheless, it will ap-
pear rather peculiar to find men de-
nouncing a certain thing as "revolu-
tionary' one day, and as justified from
standpoint of party policy a few days
later.
But it is not likely that the body of
Republicans will acquiesce in this pro-
gramme. The only thing to be ac-
complished thereby will be the reten-
tion of present officers, and defeat of
the insurgents. This course will hard
ly satisfy the small army of aspirants
for office, and it will not satisfy the
consciences of decent Republicans.