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Show REPUBLICANS M0Y1NG. Tbt Informal Hectlog Last Salordsj ETenlD,. MASS VELTIMI TO DK C.UXEI). X Iteponllran Ortnlia tlon IncilUbtt Tbj "Mberal" 1'arly Doomed. A reprcaenlallroof Ibt NnvntlMftitil tats ou Haturday afternoon that a number num-ber of prominent Ili-iibllcan of thlt city had agreed to meet Informally for Iht purport of dlu"lng tliatulject of Iheorganlittlonof allrpubllcan club, with arlew lo a cainuilgn on lmrty Unci at the next election, Tho morn-inent morn-inent ru a haity our, and not very dlitlnclly deflLoJ, but at a knowledge of Ittpread, tho mimbtrof gentlemen who determined to attend rapidly In-creancd. In-creancd. Theraetllng wniheld In tho Mining Kichauge, and wat called to order toon alter 8 o'clock, about fifty llcpublleani being prettnt among wboin Wert V. H. McCornlck, Judge Dutch, I'red Blmon, ):. It. I'ar-toni, I'ar-toni, ItoytBhoarmtn, John V. Don-nellan, Don-nellan, H.O. McMillan, N. Trtweek, John Mi Zino, Colonel Bliaughnceiy, Arthur I'ra J, K. Gllleaple, ArUiur Jlrown, i:. II. Crltchlow, J. C. Dtrlne, J. M. rtlcketti, Judge lleuuctt, It. Mackintosh, C. K. Btanton, Frank Blephen, V. Q. Ualllgher and Jake Orctnwald. Mr. McCornlck wa elocted chairman. chair-man. After aouitdltouailon Judge lltn-nelt lltn-nelt waa requettod to draft a call for a general meeting. A resolution was then presented by Judge lleunett declaring de-claring It to be tht tonne of t!ioe preasnt that the Ilepubllcan party thou Id bo organized or-ganized on national party lines. The resolution was placed before the meeting mid ulicumlon Inrltod. Il was tupportod by Judge lleunett In a thort apetch, In which ha declared hit Iwllef that tho time for Ilepubllcan Curly organlntlon had nrrlred. He ad lonir farnred the Idea and was coiirlnced that the moremeut could no longer be delayed. Mr. (llcketta, who U chairman of the "lilt!!" central committee, opposed op-posed the proposition, holding that Uie reoplea party thouldflrttdlibaiid. Judge lunch ttatsd that bo had flvuu the nutter the mott terlou houghtand bad arrleed at thocniiclui tlon that the only count for the lis-publican lis-publican wa to organlte. Arthur Ilrown, upou being called for, made a strong plea In faror of or. Knlullon. It could not be exiweted, aid. that the l'sopls' party would dlabandatlonr at there was no place for It to go. It waa waiting to be swallowed up,aud tbo Itspubllcau party should awallaw Its than nf It. Thlt had been repeatedly declared by IU leaden, and he bellared that they spoke In good faith. John M. Zane responded to repeated calls and dellrered a telling tioecli In faror of organliatlon. lie declared that inlygamy wat the ktyatone that supported the arch upon which bad rested the ayateui which the "Liberal" tarty had contended against, and tho tyatone baring been remored, the fsbrlo no lougt r exlated as an organlui tlon to be opposed politically. The force of armte, which could not ho atald, comiellod both the old partita to dlahand, and the llspubllcans muat organise In order to recelro their share of the members of the reoplt's (arty N. Trtweek Lrlelly axpresaol lilt approval of the prooiltlon to orgtntf e, and was followed by II, II. Crltchlow, who clearly and correctly de tcrlbtd the atatut of the "l.ltoral" patty. IU member were not liarinonlout, and there bad long been among them attateof expectancy that, tuoner or lau.r, national party lines would bo drawn. Conkniueiitly a Democrat waa reluctant to lend iu rl to a llepubllcau, and lice tcru, for fear that ad rentage would bo lost when the illvUlou came. The parly wat so luke-warm that a fsw ol Its members bad to hear campaign cxpensca, and It waa, as n political organisation, a boilard that In the nature of thing muit perlali toon. Metara. W. O. Oal-llghtr Oal-llghtr and Jaku Orueuwald were oji. tioted to organliatlon on national lines, and when he wat reminded that the meeting was held for the Ion. elll of gentlemen who look tbsoppoalte Tltw, and that hit rights were those of comUey only, he talked about au attempt at-tempt to enforce "gag law," and made threats of what would be done II the movement to organize on natlonalllncs wctepuihed. It wm decided that a meeting, as heretofore arranged, should be held at the district court room thlt erenlng, for tho iurioae of organizing a Ilepubllcan Ilepub-llcan club. Those who were ptetent aud farorod the morement signed the call that had been read. Tho committee of three agreed to meet at 11 o'clock today to decide Uwu the time lor holdlug a geutral mevtlag at the Bait I-ake Theatre. This com-mlltee com-mlltee a alto to circulate the call and sivureaaroauystgnaturta as (ivulblo. This closed the proitedluga, and tho meeting broke up In a spirit of enthusiasm, enthusi-asm, It lielng apjuirent that Ilepubllcan organization waa Inortlable. Mr. BUnton said It was danger-out danger-out to organize, as lie thought "tho church" would play off one patty agaluat the other and control thing Itself. Finally a standing vote was taUn on Judge Dennett's resolution, and It waa adopted, the result lielng .Vi for and 10 against almost Identically tho same majority lor dlrbdon aa the Democrat obtained ou the first vote, Tho call for a meeting wat then n ad with the date blank. It was decided de-cided that the chair should apiulnt u committee of three to name the time and arrange for the meetlug. Messrs. Troweek,ane and Derluo were named as this committee, Thlt meitlng, Informal as It was, haa greatly added to the Interest lu polltl. csl mtltcrs In this city which, today, borders on excitement. Thl morulng It was understood ly the movers In :??'.?' tt IttpuMlcan organization that tho clique who opposed them would eudeavor to pack the meeting this evening, aud frustrate thtplauto organize, and were, lu fact, at work uiHin tho itretla to this tnd. Hut a ttrong mail among tho leaders of the morement looking to organization re. marked that It was only neccaaary to hate a chairman who would enforce parliamentary law ua eonlrol the L.a"c!lied'lt. ' "' U", h0 ?totwlthiiaiidlhg tho opposition of the clique n ferret to, n Ilepubllcan worker states that a personal canvass anting Itepukllcam lu this city shows a majority of lire to one In favor of organizing on national tty lima. |