The national Republican., 1868-12-11
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

-Four; ;snd-a;hsii aud sixth street. we.ti the
president, y. A. Boswell, esq, In the chair
Mr.. Arthur Psnnsli stated that he fei, as he
did on the previous night that Mr.. Williams,
aUs so esay ssS ssos s' 70 recon-
Mr.. MsrsSsn Inquired how Mr.. P.nnell
yotedi n he voted for Mr.. Williams, his mo-
This point was sustained by the Chair but
the secretary raised the point that the min.
the only way Mr. Panneii could gain his point
was to reconsider the vote BY which the min
aIs Mr ~fse Dyson Inquired II the CHAIR did not
have the appointment Of the executive com.
miTsse Tse Chair replied that he had, but that he
had only partially prepared the list Of names
to form the committee, and he hoped the meet
log would excuse him from appointing the
Mr. Dyson hoped the Chair would not be
excused, for there were some men from the
East who II on the committee would "crowd
out hs ss cssf snponsa sas .ss a w.
II. Toliivsr, q. II. Marshall, s. II. Middleton,
Charles HendleY, Is.as Johnson, ": H Myers,
sl,s .on, shftSus f Panns1, Peter Hepburn, John q.
O. Brown, Alexander Dawson, John X. PURGE,
WIN. Hsrfarth. Thomas e s%i,h'on, Mep,y
I. stone, x. Dyson, James Thompson, John
Barry and Benjamin 7. Barry;
Mr.. Pannell deonneu, ana w II. Jones was
"pGnDisS p&f. Dyson OF wi wanted to Know II they ought
not to have q new constitution. The old one,
sS e Hs wsnsd hsss ss
people bound up. very tight now. They had
been very loose heretofore: He moved that
tns psre easa5 eonsssIsation ssR8ti Agreed to. '
The GSAir appointed Messr.. il. NJ; Knight,
Thomas THOMPSON, Arthur Panneii, W. J..
MI Rsmbereer snid he noticed, by the pro-
e shs ist Sindins T the%.sIus. @ @ ns 10
sustain for ONCE only those who favored GER
tain propositions, one Of which was the deep.
enins Of the Washington canal. he heard It
pubiiosnism. II so, he would not be eaus ht
voting the Republican ticket. II they thought
n Of .soSa than ,s ss
would assure them that they would hurt the
party. There was not property.holder 10
consider that ditch a canal. There were q
number of large banks In the Seventh ward to
be cut down, Ninth street to cut through to
would give work enough for two years. Any
man that made the canal political issue
could not ride into ONCE on his vote. This
| was only Democratic scheme to break up the
party. They should only look At the Board Of
| Aldermen, and see who were pulling this thing
siHPs They were such men 4, Tsfs,ss to ~
moved to reseind that resolution.
Mr.. PAnneli moved its reconsideration.
Ths % sS they had saGpseS Sus many
would be an utter impossibility for those
elected to carry out all they promise to do.
He could not see where this would weaken
the Republican party. He could not agree to
rescind the resolution unless a reasonable ex.
euse could be given. This canal would yield
Mr. Bamberger asked how much It would
cost to arch the canal over.
MI: Knight replied that 1t would cost e.
) Mr.. Bsmberger rejoined by saying that the
conduit from the Great Falls to this city, only
cost o, 500 900. He thought Atr. knight was a
Mr. Bamberger then stated that n they
made the canal test question, In this respect,
MI. Knight: You can stay at home a, you
did before and not vote. You said you did not
mean to put a Niger on an equality with you.
Mr.. Bamberger. That is false. 1t is not
Mr.. Knight. You did.
Mr.. Bsmberger; Whenl
against Thomas E. Lloyd. I asked you 10
vote, and you refused and stayed at home.
Mr.. Ban1erger; / did not. Ivoted at the
T The secretary @ % moved &c; to lay on the table the
motion to reconsider the vote by which the
Mr.. Bsmberser asked that the last motion
be Withdrawn that he might make personal
explanation. Agreed to.
his having endeavored to get the position Of
canal commissioner, and that MIR. Knight had
promised to support him, and he was Informed
b. did not say that he did not put black
man on an equality with himself.
". H. Toliiver, Ito Mr.; Bambetgsro You You
the Democrats. You said the RePubliosns
Mr. Bsmberser said he heard Il said that
| Mr.. knight was one OF the party that went
| out to break up colored bush-meeting, and
said the meeting was nothing but Niger
Mr. knight. You did not go over here, tpoint-
Ing towards Virginia,) and help to break up
nh The cha Chair % SAID he was not prepared to dis:
cleaning out the canal, &c, and he hoped 1t
The question was taken on the motion 70
lay the motion to reconsider on the table, and
The further consideration OF the resolu
tion was then postponed to the next meeting
The Chair stated that, since they last met
he had seen the commissioner Of the Seventh
ward, who said that some men had visited hiu
hs house and had a% ssea
work. The commissioner, MT Gunneil, pro
; posed to suspend men at work now and CIV
others a chance, and he would hereafter alter
MI. Boswell also took occasion to state tina
he learned that some deaf man was passin
= rumor that he, (Mr. Boswell,l In speech ths
he recently made, said that he had no whit
. constituency In the seventh WARD. he woui
= say that he never said so. He looked upon a.
Republicans as his constituency, without ~
gard to color. Itwas also stated that Boswe
. was trying to iDjure the Republican part,
This deaf Individual, he said, did not aPproac
any one who could read, and who could den
such charges. He wished they would get sue
charges In writing, and then bring them =
. him; and he would answer every one OF them
He would here say that considerable OF per
. sonality had been indulged in tonight bu
0 | that hereafter he would not tolerate IL py an
one. Adjourned.
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