The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-14
T,r,rocp arc WAN MEETINGS I

The faithful met IN c0u0cI last nlEht .
in several of the wards. At TIC
Third Street Engine House the Sec
ond Ward Democracy met in the
lower room. After some delay, AFRO
Dyer, the Temporary Chairman, call
ed the meeting to order, after which
Pat. Burke was chosen Secretary.
Mr.. Dyer stated the object OF the
meeting to be to organize the Democ-
racy of the ward, and TO count noses.
Peter Maier then took The floor and
submitted a "plan of organization,
which he desired the Secretary TO
read. Accordingly, Pal. undertook
the arduous task OF deeiphering Pc
ter's Anglo-German, bat, after a few
moments of stumbling and blunder-
ing. in which he proved himself
successful rival of DIR. Morgan, Peter
came TO the rescue, and relieved Pat.
of his onerous task. In justice to
Pat, it is due him-being a candi-
date - to say that it was not
his fault that he could not
read the manuscript. Pat. is an
Irishman, ard is not expected to I'M
derstand nglo-German, especially
when both languages are so badly
murdered. This learned document
having been read. was adopted with
out dissenting voice. The meeting
consisted of eighteen men by actual
count, including Peter Maier. All
the faithful who had not previously
signed the roll, then stepped forward
and indicted their autographs This
accomplished, the grand mass meeting,
proceeded to the election of officers.
DR.. Catch was first proposed for per-
manent President, but declined the
honor. Mr.. AFRO Dyer was then put
| in nomination, but he declined also.
Doctor Keller was then put
in nomination. The Doctor
said that ne appreciated the compli
ment, and the honor likewise, but he
must needs decline. Failing on DR..
Keller, graceful retreat was made,
and the unterrifed fell back on Mr..
AFRO Dyer, and pressed him into the
service. August Ellis was then put
in nomination for Vice President, but
declined. However, he was prevailed
on to accept by being informed that
he would have nothing to do. David
L. Sparks was then chosen Secretary,
and J. K. Minor, Treasurer. With
few exceptions, it was decidedly a
kid glove affair, small, but very select.
The Democracy of the Third Ward,
to the number of nineteen, met In the
Council room at the same time the
Second Ward meeting was held IN
the room below. In many respects 1T
was duplicate of the meeting below !;
| it, however, had a preponderance of
the Crescent Club as a component
part. Although handbills, in both Ger
man and English, had been circulated
in every part Of the Ward, and as a
result nineteen men only had assem-
bled. With an earnestness worthy of a
better cause, the Crescent Clubists
went to work, handling the knotty
Z. subjects before them without kid
gloves, and President Van Ripper,
without circumlocution, called the
meeting to order by a vigorous rap of
the gavel. perehing himself in the
Recorder chair. 1t looked, for all
the world. as if a case for viola
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tried. After reading and approving
the minutes of the previous meeting,
the announcement was made that the
chief object of the meeting was to
distribute the lamps, but as the peo-
pie were not there to receive them,
the next best thing that could be
done, was to raise the cash to pay for
the torches. With commendable
promptness the cash was forked over,
but the lamps remained undistributed.
Quite a respectable number of the
Democracy assembled at Bumgart-
ner's grocery, in the Seventh Ward,
| last nign1= AOk Tue pun poSO "a Ii" NiAS
arrangements for the Hendricks
torchlight procession on Monday even
ing. A number enrolled themselves
and promised to be on hand at the
appointed hour on that occasion.
In the Sixth Ward the meeting was
held at the Union Engine house, and
was pretty well attended. Little was
done except to enroll names and per-
feet arrangements for the torchlight
procession on Monday evening, which
the Democracy promise US is to be
the great event of the season.