Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-04-06
LOCAL NEWS.


MEETING OF THE DRNoCRATIC ASSOCIATION
a hOtc about the LOdUes and FfsheS-T, Noa,i
nate Cr not TO NOminGte-Capt Geary S1ys
LRite cth The COHSefrdtireS-COI Florence
says DGr" ne ConserrGtires Ask as to strike
dozen the Democratic Banner No, SIR
ShdH he Democracy KHuckie TO the Conse1.pa-
hreS Not by no HedBS The Colonel CbissI.
,d sW = 50 kg ColOrsd Orator The "Cify
HdH RIng"-Biessing Of CGpt. Robinson upon
he "BuzEard Roost'.H must be CIeSpsS
Om-So soys Cnpt. Geory-.So saV they all
Gdpf. Gedry proposes .Sdadsoich Nomination.
Df,nn,cmc s,roetanc 6rsaa ana .Snssrrotfre Ha~-A
Chcrges Repeded-NSt for Sale No. Sir -
Don't k"o'o phdt you're Talking About You
DoM !-coi. fforenee Launches tie Ark Of
D'nocrdcy-HeIp for Dro,cniag .Sinners, bgt
90 CFees-Let 'em drip ld,ohife on the Back
Pursuant TO call. the National Democrat,
association held meeting last evening ~
Temperance Hall. for the purpose of taking
into consideration the proper course 10 he
adopted in regard to the ensuing election.
There were present Judge Mason, Colonei
Florence, Captain William Geary Jndoa
Clayton, Major Z. Il. Robinson w M. wal
lngton. +. A. Aiken, William Flynn, ESQ.
Uoon nciiman Mead, alexander Dodge, Edward
Hammersly, Owen Thorn, J. p Crowley. and
about forty OF the lesser lights of the demo.
cratic party.
A few minutes past eight O'Clock the meet.
ing was called 10 order by the President Hon.
Charles Mason, who took a seat at the nresI
dents table, on the highest platform. with Mr.
w. NJ. Wellington, the secretary, by his side:
@ inLneoialeiy IN Iront, at long desk, on the
next platform, n Ia House of Representatives
were the reporters of the STAR, CAroaicIs and
IRteUigencsr. There being nothing to occnnv
Ine attentlon OF the meeting al first. Colonel
Florence remarked, .the reporters looked like
a band. and they might be some thing of a brass
band. (The bright lights were IN the center
apparently referring 10 TWO fearfully red
headed reporters preeent)
MI. J. p. Crowley arose and offered q raso-
luton providing that committee of five be
appointed TO present 10 the meeting suitable
candidates for the positions OF Collector, Sur
Seyor ana Register, TO be voted for ut the
June election.
Mr.. Aiken said, after full consultation with
the Democrats OF the city, ii was thought best
TO make the nominations at an earIy day Man
should be presented whose records were ner-
fectly clear and consistent as Democrats.
capt. Geary thought resolution of this i'm
portance should attract more attention. The
great conservative party of the city wished 10
be consulted in this matter He was NOT an
original Jacob OF the Democratic partv hnt
had been an humble worker in the ran Ks for q
number OF years, which ne was proud of He
thought there was question of more importo
ance than making nominations, and that wac
10 see that all white voters Were Registered r,
was the duty OF all Democrats to sound the
alarm. Appoint committee TO go into tbe
highways and bV-ways, arouse the peopIe
and see that the white voters were arrasfed
AS for himself he had no aspiration, he would
deposit his vote for Democrat and nobodv
else. [Applause We should consuIt nrsn,
erly, invite the people TO come into onr nsl,
ing. We find the Democrats and Conserva.
tiNes carried the Connecticut election and for
Gods sake let us get the Conservative ~
Washington city 10 mite with us
Col. Tom Florence sad:-He that is nor with
as Is against us. He agreed with Capt q. as
10 tne propTlety OF proper and due canton
but did not agree with him that we shonid
consult any one who did not cheese TO af3iI,ate
and mlngle with the association. He was a
conservative man. The Democratic marry oc-
conservative hptx
OF Conservatism was that which nov governed
the mupicipal authorities of Washington cITv
Brings nst down on settee.l Conversation
tnat does not recognize the newspapers of the
Democratlc party 20 communicate with the
people. Brings DIST down on table, He was
SICK and tired Of the word conservatism.
Brings INST down on window sili.1 He was a
q copperhead-but did not
care lor that, He recollected the history of
the weird TOO well TO care what he was called,
al mar was Lecessary was for him TO be sat-
had carried s0onnectcut Yes,
GOD De praised, bat the reason was that the
conservatives Of Connecticut sustained the
banner held up by the Democratic party. He
cared as much tor the black man as any one
but denied that he was the political and social
equai OF the white man. The best friends the
the Major had said at the Sixth Ward meeting
tnat ne would hang them all mp. fReferring
70 speech OF Major Morse before Sixth Ward
". ara Ctnbj Let him commence to hang, and
souls are in armor, and eager for that fray,
Then there is q negro fellow. fReferring 10
Geo W. Hatton.l Let him come and try it.
why, one Of these negro fellows now ma
king speeches at their meetings came to my
house once and borrowed three dollars,
called noe! "your honor, y and told me the Demo.
cras were the best friends the negro ever had.
(Cireat laughter j. The principles OF the Demo.
cratic faith were 80 bright and pure, they being
bound to preserve the OoAstitutional Union II
don't mean the newspaper.y that al should
Ask as 70 strIkS down oar banher bscsuse q
few Coneervxuvea Vaut % como hero let thsm
stay away, Il tJiIEb6 On their own heads. 3 He
wae not willing that ths -DeDouSats shOuiA -
made the tools Of ssrvafivsssnost of whom
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