Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-24
TIE SECOND WARD MEErrSe-THx DEMO

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chATs IGNORE THE OLD LINE wHIss-THE Gov
JEST WARNS APAcE-THE NESTING BREAxs n,
a., 81 SOME CoNfusIoS Pursuant to advertisement
9ltlzens OF the Second Ward met last nj 2 bit q
fhllharmonic Hall, for the avowed prrn7 80 .
eiecang delegates to represent them and tl,rr .en
hments in a Convention to be held ON tbe I,t -
May, to find candidate for Mayor of Wash
lngtOn. " oSu
At the hour advertised, the Hall was Allied :,
oyerhowing with patriotic citizens all anoarentiS
pen' Oh Que great OBJECT, and that object to vote
ga Inouoh DY some one in the crowd, Daniel
Rat1hre, Esq, was elected president of the meet
In taking the chair, Mr.. R. expressed bis
thanks to the citizens for their manifestation OF
confidence In him, confidence which he sbould
endsaVGr 10 requlte by an earnest effort to dis
Jnarse Ms ou.y In strict impartiality- He should
do Ills oes' TO promote harmony on all hands
While aware Of his inability to preside over the
deliberations Of so large meeting Of his fellow
.itl9 ms as Were now assembled, he hoped to do
80 To the general satisfaction; and his endeayor.
to that end he invoked the aid and SUPPORT % ali
assembled: He felt assured that it would he
RouGnsaied, and that all who came here toni ht
would Try 10 uphold the true Democratic prin.
Ilp!e oil Justice, order, and equal rich The
orJ-ct OF the meeting was TO select DELEGATES 10
represent the Democratic and Ant; Know : othing
party OF the w ard In the Convention for Mayor
mere were various aspirants whom we all know;
Fhey were all gentlemen, and all true to the Dem
"cratc faith IL In efforts to- ght We should
not all get the man we desire to elect, LEI us o:
manifest disorganizing spirit, but submit with
good viii to the wish of the maioritys and with
confidence as to the result If there was anything
Ike Democracy in the city Of Washington 1T was
10 e ound in the Second Ward. "a d ause1
Soi IL Wheeler was elected Secretary.
Mr; w r. SPalding stated to the Chair that it
ma been agreed between the friends OF both
sides that himself, Samuel Lewis and L. r
tldIk, should act as judges Of the election; he
desired that the Chair should be of this
understanding, and announce il to the meeting
ne PRESIDENT accordingly made the announce
nrent' and no objection was raised, land it was
so recorded -
Iustino ID 10 bare 4
ceedlng any further he desired to offer a rasolu-
ron he had cone here, he trusted, as he no Ell
al others had In spirit of harmony and union
we all knew the aspirdnts to the Office of hiavor
me spedke esteemed them all and that so hi ghly
that he should be sorry to anything done or
said 70 the prejudice of either of them. He of
fered resolution, which he read to the effect
that whereas the call in the papers was 10 the
Inion and Anti Know Nothing party of the ward
etc, therefore
ReS0lrsd, That all the members Of the Union
Antl-know Nothing party Of this ward have
right 10 vote, and none others
heSotrsd, That all who intend to vote pledge
themselves 10 support the nominee of the prOpos.
convention; and further, that we all pledge our
selves TO take efficient measures to secure the
rights Of all, as we'll as to take measures to pre-
vent our enemies from mlsrepresenting u.s.
Mr. Robert Doyle moved to amend the resolu-
lions oy strik king out the word II nion', and in
sefting the word Democratic He objected to
anything else If the word "Democraiicn did
not suit mis- friend Clarke, it did him. and he OBJ
Jected TO anything else. He was opposed TO all
sICh blndiold proceedings. If We Were not
majority OF Democrats here, let us give I'D and 90
home w hen did the Democratic party fail to be
Union party when had it failed to support the
country lAPPiauSe, and cries of That's itn
Mi Clarke had no objection to the word Demo-
6rat- He had always been Democrat and trusted
dli present were SO But he did not see the use of
inserting the word in tae resolution. He had not
forgotten that large proportion OF those present
were Old Line Wings He could not forget that
they had overcome their political prejudices and
ltd h.
common enemy. The speaker loved those noble
and patriotic Old Line Wings who had Joined
with them and helped to put down treason when
VI was life among us. He did not like to see the
distinction made here, but at the same time he
had no objection to the word Democrat and
would accept the amendment
The resolution then read n amoad Cd and
on motion, was adopted.
MIR. Sproule now moved that the Judges be in
stucted to throw aside all votes Illegally cast L. c.
that IN case iii counting up they should find two
or more votes folded together they should all be
rejected.
Carried unanimously
DR.. Thomas Miller stated that a resolution had
just been passed which a very significant one
lie could look around him and See a good numbe
of old line Wings who had affiliated with for
SPECIFIC purpose, and were apparently still will
Ing to do so for a specific purpose.
Al this point the Doctors voice suddenly be-
came ex'n2uished by whooPs, yells, cries of order
from the chair and others, and for half d minute
or 50 the utmost confusion prevailed, in tie midst
Of which, i
Mr.. Walter Lenox moved that any m an desiring
to speak should be required to mount the PLATFORM
as many In the room could not hear one half that
Was going on.
GSOme confusion ensued, which soon quieted,
and then DR.. Miller went on
DR.. Miller MIR. President, | want to ask a
question. l.
voices.-'Order, ''order;'' sit is out of ORDER"
there is nothing before the meeting;'' vote, -
vote, ''vOte;' order" Mr.. Pres 'sorder; -
-" vote; 81 WANT order" vote"
lin the midst of this crying out, DIR Nj still
H,4SN pYu IL 4
Eocdiy form uprising amidst the crowd, his lips
IN motion. and his right outs:retched to-
wards the President in the vain effort to he heard
Finding 1t hopelessly impossible, he sat down.
and pOsterity will probably be in the dark as
to what question he was about to PROFOUND. The
Chairman finally succeeded III thum ping the table
quiet
1t was now proposed that the meeting proceed
to ballot, and that one known friend Of each Set
of delegates should mount the platform and read
lis ticket to the meeting Carried.
follows
l'onside, J. +. Ennis, DR.. j. G. Riley, A. Austin
Smith.
IShouts, cheers, misses, and great confusion
The Bayly ticket as given below was next an
ncunced
For Delegates 6 Z Jillard, w f. Stubbs,
a X. Claxron, q POWELL p. J. Newman
VoSifcrOus applause from all sides of the hall. |
Mr. SPalding presented third ticket, printed
oil yellow paper,) which he stated had been
handed him, and was a Magruder ticket.
A Voice.-'That ticket is played out.n
Mr. Powell desired the gentleman to state
whether he had been authorized to present that
last ticket.
The Chairman The Chair is bound to re-
ceive all the nominations, and the gentleman
(Mr. PowelI is out of order.
Mr. J. L.. Dunawin Tear it up" '.tear it
up" ''tear il up.' Confusion, and cries Of
vote, - vote ~
Aftef the lapse Of few minutes the crowd again
exhausted their wind, when the Chair got an OPP
portunity TO state that the obnoxious Magruder
ticket was understood TO be withdrawn.
The Judges now endeavored to devise some
means of receiving the ballots. white pine
box, of convenient size and shape, with a hole cut
through the top, was produced and exhibited;
tue Judges tried to get a Standing place in front
of the platforms the crowd was uested to retire
from the font and give space for the voters 10 pass
along. All In vain. A simultaneous rush was
made towards the white pine box, and one hun
dred hands were stretched forth holding printed
slips Of paper. The Judges were squeezed up
against the PLATFORM; then upon the platform;
then in an instant the sacred precincts about the
place of authority were invaded by the multi