The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-31

MKHrIro OF THE BOYS IN BLUR.-The Grant
wing q The Boys In Blue had an ofhcers meet
There was vcry. large attendance, many OF
Gen. A. A. dtsnt occupied the ohslr, sup
Forist On 9ss rsS,, And oei VIM na Ratssr
ford and X. r. Tunla on the len, with Adj.
Gen. W. s. Fletcher a. Secretary.
Rules and Rssuistioas, sabmitssd a report
bers Of the Kxecutive 0ommittee from seven.
annual sisetlon, 10 hold once, Ave Tor SIX
months, and four for one year.
General @. W. Hatton moved TO amend by
The RESOLUTION was anaiiy amended to make
the term OF once six months from the i.t OF
January and July In each year, aud as thus
General A. GRANT, fom The Committee on
Militia, reported that the committee were en-.
gagged In preparing bill to be submitted TO
Congress which you'd be ready BY the time
On motion Of Oolonel Bland, a committee OF
one from each district was appointed to nomi.
nate candidates for members OF the executive
The Chair named the following ofi,ers a.
such committee; First ward, Colonel Blaod;
55 eSs sro Sspfi oar RoGs-s Ts' GnT
FINN, General A, A, 9rAntj sixth, Captain
william middleton seventh, Colonel J. b.
S noajsn Sscoo. MsG s%s s,ns Tucker
The committee retired and the meeting took
recess for fifteen minutes, at the expiration
OF which time the committee returned and 70.
ported the following names for members OF
the executive board! First ward, Jerome A.
Johnson, Second ward, VIM. Rutherford;
Third ward, r. b. lauisj r'urth ward, NJ. q.
Q srenee NJ. Barton, seventh ward, =. A. hos.
welli Georgetown, T. T. Fowler; Uniontown,
M fos I;S@ sisssd iA., h. wa. no. nov /.
resident OF QeorretoWn,
Gen. A. A. Grant stated that the committee
were aware Of the fact, but had placed his
town IN view Of the fact that he owned
property In Georgetown and OF the fraud
which had been attempted to be perpetrated
With this understanding Mr.. Fowler .,id he
would n s'hesrIulIy desc: IApplsuseb r
for, addressed the meeting, giving = sketch Of
the Organization from Its start. II was not
la,sodsd As +. polltissi horse that could be
strengthen those who By slavery had been
deprived Of the Intelligence they needed to
take care Of Themselves. and to pro.
Republican party. The result had beea seen
IN the elections, where from mere ma ority,
OF which they were not certain till the next
the last election, SO well organized were they
that they could count their mjorities before
~ 'hV
y was not the fault OF tho organization, but OF
the men who had been false to their promises.
He sstd an attempt had been IN sde to div de
ms he warmIv ,rotsstsd .gain.t ani ~ rnaa
his hearers against the men who would diyide
them.
General George W, H.tton offered thu fol
lo wing resoIution AMI m. de . WARN .neeeh IL
bp.,i.,y Ts.s ~ .,,., -, a.. t-
,isaers 81 ths s.vn,,i wsra, Of ~. e cits y,
WILMINGTON 4, Snrbiad,nn msmhss. ~
orrsnizstion. who were in the empiovmsnt 81
ths c,,rno,.tion S,o,n ,oinins ~. 10 ~ ~ 49, "
sf,.tiop az resnsct "a tss P1s.Isent ~ thn
Iia,,.J st.,a "a 10 "a TO- Ha,,sa =, - ~, .ho
Sn.eu S'sses, ana 70 inc ,wo n0uses OF Von.
sressl In tne persons OF .ne wee ftesident
ana .ne Spesker OF the nouse, on the loth
, ,n and their sndexofsto prevent others
rom who were not IN the employ Of the cor
potalonl from yolnins u IN mat demonstra-
uoh oy thIestenlng thAt they snould nave no
norA uuuer he ooIPoraton u they Jolneu 10
the psrsae' Us out anotner eVluenoe oil the
wlekea Ana proscriptive spirit inst controls
the aaminlsrsuon OF the municipal AFFAIRS
o. THIS city, and deserves our severest eoa-
demnAlon anu eontempt.
The tesolution was unanimously adopted.
Captain a. Boyd offered the following,
wnioh was also adopled.