New-York tribune., 1870-09-09
LOCAL POLITICS.
ATTENDING A PRIMARY MEETING.


To the EdftOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: The urgent exhortations of THE TRIB-
UNE that the citizens of NewYork If they desire pure
government should take part in local politics induced
me- the other evening" to do what no other respectable
NewYorker OF my acquaintance has ever yet attempted
Il attended primary meeting.
The meeting was appointed for o'clock When en-
tered the hall there present two men engaged in
folding ballots. During the evening perhaps fifteen
soverens I'm all passed in and out Of the roOm At no
time were there moro than six together. There was no
organization of the meeting, there were no nominations
declared there resolutions offered There were
simply printed ballots lying on the table and those rev
governed by recondite principle OF the science OF
crsona repre- and deposited from five TO fifty
ballots according to their individual hkng Tor the CAN
didat0s ,,, .,o mol, -oo,,o,o, ,,o
cbinery M the party-it q Democratic primary
made ms feel any undue exertOn unnecessary, and we
FnI into social chat We were chiefly amused by the
acconnf one gentleman evidently shining lghtb gave
of recent canvass, in which he was candidate TOT AS
Sisfant Alderman A the canvass progressed he found
be hond need the services Of certain local politician
This {" statesman" however, had unfortunately mur
all AWAITING trial lie would have been hung sent
TO the state Prison sure, SAID the shnng lsht Out
80, around and got him and set him 10 work cleo
tioneertng and tlen"this with much honest indigna
ton" the sneak went back on me We az appiagaeu m
his vigorously expressed determination 10 break the
staeman's bloody head " and then, the hour
OF m hahs ballots into the hat which served
for ballot box aud took the whole away, saying he
Cuessed he'd take tncln hoinc anu Couht bch' iho
da1.t think any apology is needed for sending you
tbis account for probably TO most of your readers the
,,ri,r.r- ia IL mystery. IL. ID. l..
In the Ninth Ward the Germans have al
ready collected sJOo
About $500 were nctted for the German Pa
,t,c Fund y the concert last evening in Atlantic Gar
den.
The Eighteenth Ward James 0'lIricn Asso-
otnn La. ,rs,yed TO call meeting to discuss the
nsuIpation of the people rights by Iammany'
The First Ward Union Republican Associa-
t,i Snr.aud the nominations made Saratoga and
pIcmfa earnest work for the success of the ticket
French-irsh meeting was convened last
I'm, ni 40 32 Canal-s Mr.. MeTigau, who presided,
mode sp ech in favor Of tue union OF France ana Ire
land d. ring the present troubles IN Europe
The Seventeenth Ward German Patriotic
IA iNc,cv ll,,ied TO address last evening by A..
fnn President, and handed ~ the Secretary an I'd
| aiiional ESQ. 49,
THE Young Democracy General Committee
biiierly denouoe tie coirutlons Ot Iannany ana re-
vad evening To do All In thclr power 10 Tree no
cctt1 nom The abuses OF that organization.
Mr William McNally has accepted the nom
-, f,y congress In the IXth District, given by the
I,i1.ns and in u speech, delivered last evening, ex-
r-s.s t1II confidence in triumphant election Inc
Wi,co,1iast a. now represented by Fernando Wood.
&, Woodford and Kaufflnann Campaign Club
"a W tor,,ed In the XVIIIth Assembly District, with
rse tovug officers: President, Christopher Pullman
vice PresdensmDr o. c, psn s,ue 1 BIassbe - Treas
Secrei arics-Sanirl M ''N' ""'""'' "u''"'' A''
| pcr d. ID. f. Marshall
,rho following address of the General Com
-, az the German Patriotic Aid Societies. has been
issued hieh sl ron, b..rt, ana ,Ds pifr,,s t.slf
s The German has thrown down
the hAa a Fsberlud through ~heh the 0rmn Rhine lows
i ,obiug wrrne from US shall he ours again oefmany
u1s ,he cenI national triumph. forget ....
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