The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-04
KNOW NOTHING STATE COUNCIL


rsnniseiaon-a'romlncnt Members Present.
Contested Seats-P-Ds.osltion to Abolish
O0tns, Passwords ana Secrets.
The regulsr sen annual National Council Of the Aue
rcsn or Know Nothing party assembled yesterday
irg in KoickeIrosAsr HAl Eighth avenue. The Presi-
dent ct be Ordsr, Mr. F. 3. Ba .tlst of Kentucky,
early In attendrr and among the other PRO Dineut
members Of it noticed the Hon Hum phrsy Marshall
and the Hon. Mr. Underwood members Of Congress
the State Of Kentucky; the Hon. Mr. Zohcosr rher
ofCorgress from Tennesse the Hoa Mr. Bfoom mem.
ber Of Congress frem Pennsylvania the Hov. Baysrd
CLARK ano the Hon. Mr. Haven, members OF Congress
RON New cri-ths latter the law partner Of Mr. ELL.
rote Prentice, of the Lonisve Jo7wal COL Logan OF
Arkansas; joel Headlsy, Secretary State Of New
York Charles S. Todd Of Kentucky formerly Minister
from the United States to the court Of ST. Petersburg
Hen. j. Morrison harra member OF Congress from Mary
'sld; Judge Gist, Of Kentucky; Rev. Senator Wm H.
Gssdw;n, of New York g.. Cisrs, State Treasurer New
York; Mr.. Manners, Of the Nashville Gazette; Old Sol
Smith, of Missouri; ard Stephen Simmons President Of
the New York Stste Council.
Tie PRESIDENT called the Coun 81, to order IL O'clock,
and suggested that peneiag the arrival Of hs rrsspona
ard Recording Secretaries who had mot yet arrived
the members o! tho Council should spend hour In
making mutual acqusintanceship. The suggestion
acted and the tour to spent in inroduc
tions ard familiar Interchange OF opinion.
At nooD In the c,ntr ned absence Of the Secretaries
tie President appointed temporary Recording Score.
taIy, Mr. Cornelius Cossop Of New York and Door
Keeper M. william of Maryland He then ts frs.
business In eseer, appointed Committee Crsdsn.
ials :Messrs. Dansnhowsr OF II nos; Zolliecfer Of
1epre Noatcn ofOAo; Alexander Of Maryland and
Hitchcock, ofCsorr "a The committee -etiisd and the
O5uDcil informally suspended prcoselings
At half pAst O'Clock p NJ the President announced
that the esss on Credentials were ao yot prepared
to report xre ssvsra contested seat. the nves
tigstion arising out Of whish caused delay. Toe
mt'ee desired to gentlemen claiming seats from tie
Thiri!eth district oiNew Yo1k.
Mr.. HUMPHREY MARSHALL, of Kenu,iy, srggestsd that
the COMMITTEES CIedsn !Als b. nvitsi t, report
THEY bad already gone exclusive Of .hs contsats
| stats.
The suggestion acted on, and the Secretary was
directed to wait the committee and inform
| wish CT tie CourcD.
The Comr,l,tse on Credentials shortly sfer presented
partial report by which appeared that the wing
States were repre- ented vz-Massachuse.ts, 3rk
New JerseJ Mary and, KeptueLy, Tennessee Cali ornia
ninc,s Virginia, Chic. Missouri, Arkansas and Psnnss
vsna The committee reported that tbs seat Of the dele
! gate from the Fifth st-c. Of New York CONTESTED
in consequence Of dispute in reference to the mode
holding their Convention and that they had agreed
recommend hat bob the gentlemen claiming to be
titled to 1t Ls admitted TO OCCUPY seats, and that they
cost but vote leaving the matter to be deesd BY the
State Council There also Gieulty in reference
to Pennsylyan There understood TO be bat two
delegates present from that stats-Messrs email and p
G. Smth-and their credentials 10 the hands OF the
absent Secretary they having been presented to that OF
csr 1t the last Council and the delegates having BEEN
elected to for year from this tae tLeir
| ws,s duly enrolled.
The PRESIDENT then suggested that IT became nscsasa-
l in wi N nd fo-
| the password to ns now given. fhs delegates WcuI,
therefore, retire to the back portion Of the hall and
brothers Alexander and Danenhoxer wo1G communi-
cate the tales1nanc word. 7
Mr. MARSHALL, Of Kentucky, remarked that ne had
thought that Ill seerssy abandored and he for ors
would be very frank to say that he opposed to all
seeresy He ma5e motion to dispense with tas pass
word and sentinel
The PRESIDENT decided that an Organization n,ust be
Effected before ary motion In order The Committee
en- Credentials should now, part OF their business,
pat 'he PASSWORD required BY TIE constitutlon ard
ritual of the 0Ider. After that shoud be DONE gen 10.
men would have opportunity of proposing to oapense
| with secrecy.
Mr.. Marshall thought that far the report wss
reee the dsieestes reported competent to act.
Tie PRElDEsT acquesce1, but rght they must frat
have the Council regularly organized.
The members then retired to the back Fart of The
and being called by ope they ade acq ted
with the password by ysterous whisper from the lps
~ AIthsr of tho to brosL,o., Alexander Dapen-
hover.
This ceremony concluded . melton was made to sd.
jouIn to 10 O'Clock thIs morning.
Mr. DANESHowR suggested that the gentlemen who
atterded al,erpates had not had the password
nunicAted, and consequently could not obtain adus
sion to. morrow
Mr. IL. MARsHALI-Well. then, now renew my motion
| to dispense with the password and sentinel.
pkLEcATE submitted tha: IN the absence o. those
whose seas contested cot prope to proceed
to vote this proposition. 1t struck hin that tbs
matter could not be ased upon till the body was fully
ssnize those whose seats contested should have
voice in the deliberation OF the tody.
Mr.. MARSHALL did not know how many cases OF oon
tested eIts there weie but it seemed him that there
must be present very largo jorty OF thoe who were
to attend, and who had already presented their crsden
tiAls and been admitted. He opposed to
any further sentinels and mysteries. Ttey had
got their candidates in nomination, and thst nominA
zion was mace In open Convention, They we're
presented to the people with avowed platform OF poll
tical principles and it high time that all that mys-
terry should be thrown behind them The seoresy which
they had rst observed Intended to cover the
weakness Of infancy b.. IL they to Continue to
man9uvre In secresy tD,J might well pull down their
flag He wanted the whole city Of New York to see what
the Council did, and he himsef would like to see what
intended to do The proposition which he made he
made with the object Of letting their proceedings 90 20
the our winds Of heavent, the people all the land
land of letting the people know what the American
party intended. (Apphuse) They had safered
| under nothing 80 much under the ohsre
| that there was mystery around their Sootsteps
ind that in that mystery constantly concealed In
sincerity He therefore wanted to disstuss the minds
all Americans in the country and OF those who had
taken the obligations Of Americanism OF the dslusiou
hat they-ths American psrty-would yst drop the