The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-05
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flRsT MEETING or TIM DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES fos
rHE YEAR ls55-rWE sOFTs HAHaoslors-rRos-
BIB ANoNG 1nE HNBns Erc.
Last evening the democratic committees elect met 40
their respective head quarters 10 elecr officers sette
contested seats and DO udch other busueI m might
before them, BE- in working order for the
ensuing year.
THR SOFT saKILs.
The softs met in the ccalhol, In Tammnny aAr at ~
o'clock There quite f'il attendance, and conAi
derabc animation manifested during the evening in
the debate the contested wards II il rcrlnrkAsi
hat the committee of this year contains large number
OF persons Who hold Office under tbs federal and city GO
vernmeuts. The following Is analysis Of the
mittee;-
State and city on
Other than officials.
Total......................................os "a
Among the members Of the committee of this year
John Van Bursn, l.. Is shepard, John Cochrans John
A. Kennedy, Dan v Deayan, Alexander Ming and other
prominent members of the soft faction.
The committee vas organized BY the appointment Of
LORENZO u. shepard, of the Eighteenth ward, tenn
porary chairman Alfred Chancellor, Of the Second ward
and James Benedict Of the Seventeenth ward a. act
ing secretaries,
On calling the roll II appeared there two wards
contested, viz the Eighth and the Nineteenth, while
there was an niorualty In III. return from the Twelfth
The eontsstng tickets IN the Eighth ward warc-lst,
Dan. Delayan ChAs. II King and Dan Linn, "a, John
u Belts, A u Purdy, snd Dan y. DsAvan. After sonc
discussion the former tekst was admitted. From tho
Twelfth ward tlcset containing tho Of Conrad
sNackhammer Dan y, Tieman, aud Thomas Suvrnt was
presented; but owing TO some infomay they we're
Jeced and election ordered which viii y. held
hursday next lIth instant between the hours ~ three
and sir +. Il. John Orr, Andrew Fromcnt Ani James
Gregory were appointed to act an inspectors at such
election.
prom the Nineee nth there were also two toketsons
hehded John LagAn and tn. other composed of Ans1n
Herriek, ruiip Foley and william Durham This last
ticket was admitted. Their. also discussion
relative tn the ticket from the Twentieth ward.
After settling rome matters, the committee adjourned
for two weeks when they will meet again to elect officers
and perfect their organization.
THE RIVAL HARD SHELL COMMITTEES.
The hard she committee Of the year 1864 previous to
It's final adjournment called meeting of the committee
for this year at stuyvesant Institute Thursday Jan
1850 Accordingly they assembled last evening at tho place
designated But Il appears there two organizations
that claim be the simon Pure hard shell committee
but whsh ia ,he orinal Jacobs and which the real
original Jasobs' Il would be hard To determine. Ono
organization charges the othsr With b.iug ruled by
fes old fogy hntds while they again rrtort that tnrir
opponents have a sncakfng kindness FOR rammAny Hall
The quarrel IL pretty one, but rather iosgy, lao thu
one of the committees organized In the room over tho
entry, by calling Mr. B Hart u the fftscuth ward,
to the chair and appointing Peter n s~eeny, u tim
Twentieth ward aud John savage, Of tho fih ward.
After sctting the contested seais which Of M
account, motion wHH made e. 20 into nomination II
officers for tn ensuing year 10 BE- elected at the next
meeting Of tho eommitte" Carried. The following
persons then put Ia nomination for the ONCE Of
EJe1dent--Iiofaee = Clark Joseph NJ marsh, hisho-
las Dmon, Henry =. Allen, T. W, Glover ~ > Hart
F5r Secrciare--Wn. sinclair, John Y savage Gen.
y. Alden, J, G. Rutherford.
Ior TScdFUro--Jo'cph Marsh.
A motion made and carried, to appoint commit
tee of tye e. draft eaouons And an address oppressive
Of he ~ the coumttso the questions ot ths
DAY q Thompson John u. Haatn, Timothy Daley, J.
Rutherford an Peter 8. rpeenry appointed Auoh
committee During tn eyeuns consLArable discussion
fuRcd in relative 10 the future ~ The
hards, and determination expressed 20 stand ~ tho
old platform Of oppVatun 10 the a1ninstrat0n come
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