Evening star., 1869-04-01


PROP. SNIrH's Art Gallery, 39i Psausyl-
wanna avenue
METROPOLITAN HALL AND VARSITY THsA-
TIRE, Pennsylvania avenus, h-twesa 1Ith -ni
12th STREETS. Open every nIsht-wIta q first
eisss en- tertainmrnt.
81. MAkTIN's HALL, corner 18Th and NJ
streets. Ladies faIr every evening This week
MITzzRoTT HALL--Select Reading by Jas
T. Murdoch.
ST. MATHEWS INSTITUTE X s.reet--Grand
Stsrecpticon Exhibition.
FOURTH WARD REFUBLICAN CLUB.-At
Isgnlar meeting OF this ciaS held last nigh a,
Bouldin' . Church, corner Of 4th and I. s;rse:-.
MI J. ". Crossman in the ehsir, Mr.. J. III
frame, from the Executive Committee, said
tina; com mltiee had uIGsr con Iteration "A plan
for securing the registration and getting ont the
voters at the coming election, witch ~as more
perfect than anything they had yet had. but
which they Were not ready 70 OTepOTt H then
sutmittsd q series Of resolutions 7. Opp ,sin-
rbe bill Of Senator Ham!In, providing for ths
foverf rnent OF The District 6y COMMISSIONER.
.. In tayor of extending the right o. suffrage =,
wcmsL ard persons over eigt'e-n years Of age:
2 That THIS national capital should D. t.,a last
plsce and Republican Senator the IsSt man
10 Initiate movement towards rnouarChjcaI
IDstItu ions = In favor Of eT-c-'i ths II S,ri,t
ln'o an independent State; s Asserting the ca
rscIty OF the people o: tue HistrI,: f,r self
government, and, 6. That the present tinau,Isl
troubles and other difficulties of the city are the
result OF depending uoon the tfOvernnsnt
rather than upon ourselves. ara hat taa chan
nsls through which Cen ng1essionaI fty0rs cJraa
are not altogether suitable
MI Crane supported his resolutions in a
carefully prepared speech. The first resolu-
ton was adopted without debate.
M George " Hat,on moved 20 strike ou,
that portion of the second resolution which
relates to the extension Of suffrage to the
women
Mir Needham favored giving the ballot to all
loyal women of the DisIrict and said that o.
did not think the DILL of Mr.. Hqmlin would
pass, unless the city fell into the hands of the
Democrats.
Mr. Farden offered a suhstitute for the
second resolution 10 the effect tnat the chm was
not IL favor OF taking away the franchise from
those who now enley IL He spoke against ex-
terdlng suffrage 10 boys, and deprecated the
attempt 70 make ladies of pert misses of thir-
teen, or men Of impudent boys, and opposed
soorcrng innocent youth TO the wiles of un-
pfIueipied politicians. In regard TO woman
Suffrage, he said he never saw a community
where the proportion of Democratic women
was not IN about the same proportion Us the
men, and be did not believe the party would
gain anything by it. Politics. be SAID, was
olrty WORK and woman would only be bsoased
by taking part
Mr. HatiOn was opposed 10 woman suffrags
and Thought 10 would out degrade the sex.
Mr. Crane said be had not expected 10 hear a
colored man using the iden ical argumeu T. tha,
the sIave-owner- used. He had been told for
the lsst thirty years that the negroes were be-
trI on as tney Were, but the negroes did not
believe u. He thought yuiia Ward Howe,
Lydn Mara Childs, and others, who could
t-aCh mem all had right 10 nudge OF the
question themselves
Mr.. Hatfon defended himself from the attack
OF MI. Crane. ard opposed the proposition of
Captain Needham, TO take commissioners rather
than be defeated. H said that because we
could not succeed in election We should not
disfranehise others and ourselves al the same,
tme He would vote If ne knew he would b.
defeated.
The second resolution and substitute were
then In d on the table.
The third resolution was then laid on the |
hole A substitute 10 the fourth resolution
was offered by Mr.. Farden and adopted which
provides that the District of Columbia shall os
r.presented by delegate in Congress The
MIN resolution was adopted; and ths sixth was
lald over until mex meeting. after considerable
debate.
Mr.. Hafton offered a resolution rec ommend-
ing Marcellus West TO the Warden of the Jail
ior position, which was adopted. Adjourned. |
D
THIRD WARD REPT BLICAN CLuR-A meet.
ing OF this Club wac held Iasteyening AT Wise-
Well BarIseks. eoTr ct OF 7th and streets, but
,ne me, Tendance was nct very isIge; Mr.. X. ].
Beall presided with Major g. W Frazer secre-
iary. Mr.. = Il. Bond inquired whe;her the
ola onstitntion had been fund Tho chair
<ta'sd mat he h-d .s-r isf.r,os, ;.,s, IL mad
been sent TO the club but IL had no, raache, its
sss! 1ss nop. Mr Bond expressed his regrets |
Inat ecsIo not De found. Eor II might become
useful in cases " here parties claimed to be
members or deLied % cir membership. He in
: stanc.d a case wh-re man. who had been \
q l. missed from office, came to get a certificate
mat he was mem Der of a club TO be restored l
10 once, and IN such cases a record would b. /
valuable. be moved that the committee on |
be instructed TO report az the next
meetlrg. and also 10 procure the records: car
rico. Mr J. X. Wright proposed the names of
w H. ShIvply, W. $ Fort. and VIM. Enright
for mem beTsbip ana they we've eiected, as also |
Joseph Ambush, John Jones, Isaac Dorsey, |
Henry Bailey. Daniel Williams. Henry Con-
ne-. Richard Butler. Thos. O. Golfer. Isaac n.
Cneles. T. L. : hridt N. Grrsn, Henry Ma
son, Edward Wood, John Jones and Spencer |
Rene. AdJOurnei.
TE,PERAScE EMArTERs.-Howard DIVISION,
Sons o: Temperance, met last night at C,ion !
I~aeue Hall, and after the transaction of the
Gspal roGune business, proceeded to elect Of
netrs icr me ensuing Quarter with the follow
ing resIlE-W- Chas w. Hills; W. A. Silss
r. Rutherford; +. s, J. V Wilson; Treas, A |
J Merritt: Chaplain, g. W. Dennisoo; Con-
w. MCLaugblin: Asst. Con-, ii N. Rothery; |
3. james 3 Woods, Jr.:O. s., J. q. Rock
Fedora, City Division No ?, elected the fol. |
lowing:-W. p, w. 4. Baird; W. JW |
Van Week; b. s, Chas. L. Steever; A. r. S, |
Van Week; Chaplain. John White, Con Chas. |
Berry; Asst Con +. q. Amber, l. S. John |
Resdle; o. $ Tbos. Reed
Western Mission DIVISION No II. elected the |
II Stinchcomb; A. X. -. Gss r. Kidwell: +. |
=. Cfas Calvert; Treas, q. +. s NTH: Chap.
lam Geo Finele; Con, y n. Thompson; Asst
Con-, VIM. Henderson; i. -, John Call; %. 3,
James Handlsy-
GERMAN SeLDIERs' UNIoN.-The German
Veteran Union met last evening, Presid. Mt
Carl Damn in the chair. After the regular
business, committee of three was appointed
10 represent the union IN claiming government
employ msnt for its members, consisting of |
George Brard, Leopold Schneider. and n.
Nsier- Tie committee for the approaching
city election consists of Hugo EIchboitz T.
Scherer, ard A. DittrIeh. The response of |
George A. Wlllien, of Cincinnati was reld
accepting the honorary memb-rshIp of the So
eieiy. L. Schneider made n morioa to extend |
ts honorary mem morrship 70 General Dent
which was unanimously adopted. The flag
iesuval Is 10 De postponed, ana to be united |
Win picnic early IN the spring. In regard |
10 The purlic school question. tn secretaries
were t. quested TO Wit the societies of the city
10 send three delegates each on Weddesday
April litn, 10 wills Hall, TO arrange for a mass
meeting Adjourned. |
AT HARNoNrAL HALL. last evening the
tNentN-nrst annIyrrsary Of modern Spiri.u-
ehsm vas celebrated. The exercises bsean
" ID the singirg Of the hymn commencing
81 stner OF Earth snd Sky,' py the choir led |
BY Wr. U. X. Whiting, with orr an accom- oan,
msnf by Mss Jennis Foster. Mr. John Nav
bew then gave hist tory of the progress of the |
society, and was followed by Dr Graves. OF
4fchlgsn; Rev. John Il. Wolf. OF Michigan.
and Mrs. Anna ID CridEe, who gave acco1nts
of their conversion TO Spiritaaiism. A po-n |
was then read by Mr.. George Il. Davis; af,sr |
~ bic b an address wss delivered by Rev War.
viek Martin, and the exercised closed with a |
hymn.