The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-05-21

REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS IN THE SEVENTH
WARE. -La.t evening q meeting OF the Re.
publioans OF the Seventh ward was held Al
Turner ss Hall, corner Of rour-.nd.a.half street
mating a Council ticket to be supported At the
juno clcction, In consequence Of the rain the
crowd dld rot gather yery, rapidly, and II The
preponderance. Among those present were
Htne, o. s. Bates, y. +. Barnes, VIM. Wilson,
the registers ofice) The meeting was called
to order by Mr.. Boswell, and Mr.. williams
was nominated as chairman, but the meeting
mated and siseied. n. J. collins tcoioredj wa.
s's NJ. r. Bacon or.red the following re.olu.
tioni which, after some debate. was laid on
Resoiped, That we now proceed to a nomins-
tion at large for two candidates to represent
the Seventh ward In the Board OF Aldermen Of
Councils the current year, and one to serve on
lions are closed all the Republicans Of this
ward ts called upon IN tslphabetlesi order to
they desire to all the respective ofiioesi three
tellers to be appointed by the president to
supervise the registration Of the votes BY
the secretary, the persons having the highest
number of votes for the respective Offices TO
be declared the nominees Of this convention.
Mr. Collins, colored, offered the following;
Resolved, That in order to secure satisfaction
and psrpetuate harmony in the ranks Of the
Republican, Of thi. ward Therefore be II
Reso,red, That all nominations for Alder
citizens, in their Individual capacity, and after
the above nominations are mace and declared
closed. the vote or votes shall be taken by bal.
And BE- H. further resolved, Thatthe candidates
for Aldermen receiving majority Of all votes
east be declared duly nominated, and the can.
INaN azC lp Ngxtv.t Al-.l- -
jority Of tho votes east be declared duly nomi.
mated, and the candidate for Assessor receiy-
Ing the majority OF all the votes cast be
'hS Ma,u.
~ an sni,n,s, ,or n,ae.men were eslea ior'
Thu E sne ,oh9wing names were Prssentsd;
k,igSt gsmc: smsi, nei n o. w S,i, H. m;
w" Nv. p Wyn .,,,,-,,. ,,
and Mes:r, Small and ID, WILLIAMS SsSlinsd
appointed teiier,, who, after the voters had
pane, r between them, reported as follows
II M Knt.h} 10 h'ne' VII o. o. BAKER, izoi
The Ghasr sn moi IN. r.,u,, ami, o,..,,
and @t cries g; 81 lie, "hong term for Rnightn
Inc i2howng were named Ior me Council
,iene" r. ~ n VI r he, Jsmes small, Joseph VII
.nn s,i H. y "' poya' anu 1as' T. M "iikin-
son, eoIo,eu.
ny VIZ was uAen ~ PIcFiouny anu re-
sEuIeu: hihe, losi small, "; Williams, 2lj
ntower, ~; hendisy, ~; y. 3. Bates, lbs; DR..
WIN; soyd, ~, AND Wilkinson, coiored, los;
v. d BATES, T. Il. fowler, and l.. q. Hinc
were announced as the choice OF the eonven-
ton.
The Chair. Mr.. knight having received the
| highest number OF votes for Alderman, de-
clare him the nominee for the long term.
| Peter Hepburn was nominated BY acclama-
ton Tor assessor.
potshncoo OF regn,rstlon, after when pIiei Ad'
are . were mage ny Messrs; nines, Fowier,
au.s hntgn., psker, anu Williams, ana the
meeunB auJournea'
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| GENERAL CoSYEHENcE OF THE A. M. T.. Zion
(CoLoREp) CHURCH.-The Conference opened
| session at the usual hour, with religious exer-
| cIses, under the direction of Bishop ]. d.
Brooks. Mr.. M. b. Cross, business manager
| OF the Zion Standard and Weekly Repietc, made
an explanation with regard to his connection
| with said papers.
The special committee appointed to confer
with Elder Gloucester In regard to editing the
papers, reported that they had performed the
duties assigned them, and stated that that e.
der (Gloucester) would edit and manage the
papers for u 200 per annum, or that he would
edit the same for $500 per nnnum.
On motion, Elder W. +. Butler and NJ. b.
Cross were added to the above committee, to
see II the papers could not be conducted on
more economical principles.
q. A. Spywood, ]. A. Jones, and W. F. But
| Ter were appointed judges of election Of bish.
ops, who, after ballot for the same, repoft ted