The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-23


The meeting was opened with prayer by Mr..
The secretary read letter from Mr. Enoch
Totten, esq, declining the position OF chair
man Of the executive committee, to which he
had been elected BY the club. His sympathy,
however, were with the efforts OF the club.
Mr.. Hatton moved that the executive be
empowered to choose a chairman to MI the
vacancy. Carried.
sons be chosen TO add to the challenging com
Tss e Aye slsSS spgGsd s Sf5 Grow
Mr. Patrick Crowley moved to add thir.
teen additional men to the canyassing commit
teen, making the number IL all thirteen.
Of Mr.. Hatton on this committee.
Mr.. Shanklsnd declined on the ground that
he was not saucy enough for that. NJ
Scott, Abram Rawis, q. W. Barnes, GEORGE
Martin, Henry Poland, Martin Cronin, James
II. Clark, and VIM. Taylor In accordance with
The Chair, for Mr.. Crane, (sbsent.) offered
the following A resolution requesting the
Board OF Registration to sit at least one night
until O'Clock In the ward, that all may have
| q chance to register.
Also, one asking the City Councils to abol-
ish the mode OF voting BY precincts, and to
establish a sufficient number Of polls to accom-.
Mr. g. II. ". Wood, (colored,) said last year
| young man In the lower precinct OF the ward
acted highly improper 10 urging men to vote
| who had no right to do SO. Three William
Johnsons were brought there to vote, as being
| between Pennsylvania avenue and ID street on
| Third street west, when the name OF only one
william Johnson was on the registry book as
Major Morse moved to refer tho resolution
last offered to the executive committee. Agreed
to.
| The Chair here read communication, with
| out a signature, which urged all Senators and
| Representatives to use their utmost endeavors
| to sustain the Constitution and to remove the
| present incumbent OF the Presidential Man
| sion by impeachment
On motion, laid on the table.
resolution Claiming a fair GistribGtion OF the
| Offices, should the Republicans succeed, and
| requesting the City Councils to appoint none
sition from the Fourth Ward Republican Club,
| and 1t requires that the nominees put forward
| for election shall stand on this platform, or
not receive the votes of the members OF this
| club.
Mr.. ]. II. Johnson could not see that there
| had been any particular discrimination In this
the actions OF their city councilman. He
| would move that the resolutions be condensed
| Mr.. Hatton thought there were some men
inc eonsdersSle refIsction on t" nem' These
| men should be pledged to them, and he would
not vote for man who would not be pledged.
MI. shankland and Mr.. JcfrrIes spoke to the
| resolutions, when
| Mr.. Martin Cronin moved to add to the reso.
buttons ne words, land to abolish contract
Major Morse hoped the amendment would
| not be urged.
| tions was taken, and they were adopted.
| Several speeches were made and some rou.
tine business WAS transacted, when, on motion,
| the club adjourned.
THRDWARD REPUBLICAN CLUB.-This club
| met last evening at Wisewell barracks, corner
Seventh and o streets, with n. II. Miller, esq,
president, in the chair, and Mr.. l.. p. Williams
| as secretary.
The Chair congratulated them on their good
work during the three days Of the registration,
and thought that II the books were re-opencd
for one day, and the Republicans did their
duty, they would gain the victory, at least In
that ward. He endeavored to explain their
duty with regard to the coming election. They
had come to the registry sober and orderly,
and that was more than he could say for some
Of the white men.
He alleged that the judges of the registra.
tion had shown the whites fnvors where they
did not the colored people, and that he saw
with his own eyes that one OF the clerks did
not spell the colored mems names properly,
which he knew was for the purpose OF keeping
them from voting on election day. II the Cop.
perheads succeed in carrying this city itwould
be worse for both parties, for Congress would
not appropriate one cent for the corporation
to give the Copperheads a chance to I'LL their
pockets with. They have not, just on that
account.
He then introduced Mr.. John II. Evans who
made few appropriate remarks which caused
| considerable applause.
The following resolution was offered by Col.
| VIM. II. Cook:
Resolved, That VIC respectfully and earnestly
| request Jno. X. Elvans, esq, to withdraw his
resignation as a me mber OF the Board OF Alder
men, so that he may continue TO serve the
ward during the coming year. Unanimously
Col. VIM. II. Cook, chairman ofthe executive
committee, reported progress and said that
there was a cat or two in the bag that he
| thought they would see jump out in due sea-
Hats were passed around, and a handsome
sum collected to defray their expenses incurred
during the registration and emancipation
Hon. ii. b. Philbrook said no was raised in
the northern part of the State of Vermont
He was Republican, and thought that they
could not raise anything else In that state.
They could haul all the Vermont Democrats
in street car, especially the one;horse ma
chine on street ne reisrIeG men 70 ~ ths
for q sample of the Democratic party. He had
a great deal of business with them In the past
They were drunken set, and Republican OF
| hrraigned before them.
Messrs r. ]. Bcaii Jno. II. Elvans and Jas.
Coleman were appointed finance committee
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
|
SEVENTH WARD ANTIRADIcAL CLun.-A
| meeting oil the ABOVE cluD was nclu AT lblanu
Hall, corner Of Virginia avenue and D street
last night, and was called to order by the pres
ident, VIM. II. Maginnis, with Mr.. Mockab et
As secretary.
The Chair said the principal object Of The
meeting was to appoint = committee of from
IL to Is for the purpose Of blocking the ward
and bringing up voters to the registry aud IN
duce them to go to the polls on the day OF the
general election.
The Chair invited those who had not Joined
the club to give their names to the secretary
when some 90 to 20 gentlemen stepped forward
and signed the constitution and were declared
members the association.
appointed for the purpose indicated BY the
Chair. which was seconded, and the following
| gentlemen named to constitute said committee
Edward Fitzgerald, John A. Crook, Thomai
Kelley, Henry Heitze, Thomas Heines, James
Eliason, John A, Peake, Major John Watts,
bus Beach, Jackson Yates, John Fitzgerald
Edward Mayhem, DIR. l.. p, Fcnwick, Joseph
A. Gill, Jonas b. Ellis, Joseph Stanley, John
O'Rouke, William d. Wise, Ethan Allen, vii
liam Tucker, John p. Murphey, William
Keenan,, Peter Coyle, L. Hammersly, Anthony
Henry Hudson, Samuel Byer,William Whslen,
John Bird, Frank Guess, George Wright
John Davis, James Kersey, William Hill
|, | Jerry Indermeyer, John Moss, John Tucker
Eugene A. Boswell, Lawrence Hickey, Peter
Brady, Frederick Robider, Thomas Buck
Cailinaue. Patrick Regan, Lewis Wright
Lewis Watson, Washington Sanford, John
Bales, and William Cammack.
The committee was requested TO meet at
Island Hall on Monday evening next, to ap
point challcngers of the ward, &c.
The meeting then adjourned.
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