Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-02-17
GEORGETOWN.
Municipal Politics.

Municipal Politics.
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATING CONVENTION.
Dark Lantern PrOceedingS-OW Reporter Re-
pedfedly Voted Out-Bigck Cas- A5ovf-W keye as
the Ledks-IAr. L. l.. Clements Isdigsdlk- The
Adrket-hoGse Question RediciraS.
Pursuant to call of the Chairman, the dele
gates to the Republican Convention which IN 4
on Thursday evening last and nominated 4 mt
nicipal ticket, reassembled last evening in OF -r
to nil the vacancy caused by the declcn>ion al
Dr. Cragin. nominee for the Board OF Com
mon council. At the previous meeting the Star
Chamber principle was carried out, and even
the representatives of the press were exciV,ied.
but our reporter was assured that the Knights
of the Pencil were shut out on that occasion hv
mistake, and ventured to attend last night. The
meeting was to be held in a room in the second
story OF the cOlored school building on Hcrrin.
Hill. The entrance, which is the siie uf
the building is approached through a lon.
alleyway, to which one can only gain ace :,
by gate, which was not unlocked except to lie
In a delegate. Our reporter appeared e,trlv
and after satisfactorily explaining to the ianitur
that everything was right, was let into the nd
ing: Soon after the delegates began 10 arrive.
ana the face OF each assumed a paiiil nue. H.
they gaZed on the "ncwspapCr man. They col
lected in groups around the stove Though the
room was roasting hOt) and there dsc0urSed
thusly: "Well. how did he get IN here?'' I'm
going to move to put him out." well how arc
you going to pat him out, he is in here now -
why take and put him out" .'Wcll,I wouldn't
like to under take it." "Whv he'll 70 out il you
request him to-" "Well, but he ought never 10
have been let i'm here" Finally the full numhar
OF delegates having arrived, the ianitor ap-
peared and inquired, IAN here now?"' To-
which he received an affirmative reply, and
wheeled on his heels, with bunch OF KEYS,
to lock all entrance to. or even exit from
the building Mr. John W. Bronaugh, chair
man, then called the meeting to order, Mr.. A.
H. Grimes acting as secretary; bat before the
business OF the Aeeting could be stated by the
Chair, Mr.. L. l.. Clements rose to a personal
explanation: First of all, in referring to tn
reports of the proceedings OF the last meeting.
that portion wherein it was stated that his name
was presented to the convention, As false. The
convention refused to admit reporters. ami AT
forwards a gaTbled report appeared in print.
He wasn't going to be misrerresented by TIE
STAR, Chronicle, Republican, or any other paper.
and for that reason he moved at once that That
reporter setting there be excluded, and [ don't
pnt the motion, and it was carried ut once.
only one member voting iu the negative.
lkeporter, to the Chair Shall L go:''
MIR. Adolphus Hall thought this rather rousii
treatment OF a gentleman who had come
to that out-Of-the-way place to report Their
meeting; The reporter need not be excluded
just let him make an explanation correcting thc
report OF the previous meeting, and that would
fix matters. [Sevcral yOices.-'Yes. yes
Ex-Market Master Grimes then said that tin;
convention ought to strike at the root of the
evil. This gentleman here (pointng to our re-
porter was not to blame. Ii he wasn't let into
the last meeting of the convention, it was his
business to go around afterwards and Try TO pro-
cure an account OF its proceedings, which he
had done. He did make one little mistake, it is
true, but shutting the door of the convention
Just opened the door to mistakes OF that kind.
He had inquired all over town where the re-
porter got his information about that meeting
and it was impossible to find out lie was salts
tied, however, that the proceedings leaked out
blame should fall. Ii any in that room were
enemies of the parties who felt ag-
ievea by the report the public should
Gassaway Waters here Indignantly inquired
who it was furnished the press the report of tie
previous meeting; and addressing himself to the
tary?'' to which the Chairman and Secretary
responded with one voice, 90 1t was not me-"
Gassaway Waters" Well, then, who was it?
that's all I've got TO say" Another member
thought the convention should not be ashamed
Of ITS proceedings, and the reporters were the
proper ones to place them before the public; To
which Mr.. Clements replied, with some warmth.
that he had been misrepresented, and wouldn't
stand it. member here inquired what the re-
porter was doing in there, when motion had
been carried. [RepOrter to the CHAR Had |
better Ieave?" The Chair" No! nv goodn dine,
no! Don't go yeti Mr.. Halls motion was
then put and carried, allowing the reporter to
remain ON certain conditions; bat the
meeting refused to stand by it, and di-
rectly afterwards adopted a second resolution
to exclude reporters. and as soon as the vote
was taken on the same. member in the rear
the use OF sending that gentleman out now? He
has got all the news he wants and what he amt
got now he'll get to- morrow. just as sure as you
are sitting there. So think you better let him
stay in" Several Voices" No; put him out
Some confusion was here caused as to the proper
motion before the meeting, when a motion was
again made and carried excluding reporters,
and several members inquired "Mr Chairman,
What's that reporter doing there when he's been
voted out? lRepOrter to the Chair.-'!Shall 1
60 Governor? The Chair, mournfully.-Yes, |
a. hnI.. fn-
left and was no sooner outside the hall than a
motion was made to close the doors, and with
out vote being taken even, chang" went the
aOOr TO The tune OF the the reporters retreating
footsteps.
LATER-Reported by our 4" Black Cat" Speci1l
With the doors closed, the Convention at once
proceeded to business, the Chair reading the
letter of DIR. q. II. Cragin declining the nom-
same be accepted; which was agreed to- and he
then nominated Mr.. A. b. Mullett when VIM
ii. Lee, son of the late Alfred Lee, the col
ored feed dealer, and p. f. COakley, colored,
were named. The first ballot resuited-Lee,
10; Mullett, 8; COakley, 5; and OH subsequent
ballot Lee received the nomination. A mem
Der here inquired if there were not other decli-
nations expected, as it was well known that
Messrs. Fuller and Grimes, two of the candi-
dates, were objectionable to a portion Of the
Republican party. Mr.. Grimes said he would
withdraw in a moment if Mr.. Fuller would also,
as that was the understanding; whereupon it
was moved that committee be appointed to
wall Ou MI. ulieT anu ask MIN fOr Ills decision.
This motion was carried, and the committee
having been appointed performed their duty,
and, returning, reported that Mr.. Fuller
couldn't see it." and had &" declined to de-
cline" saying that his intention was based on
the condition that w. II. Lee was to be nominated
in his place. But Mr.. Lee was already provided
for, as sta ted above. Mr. Grimes then stated
that by the advice of his party friends, he would
hold on also, the arrangement for the declina-
ton of himself and Mr.. Fuller having been an
nulled by the refusal of the latter. The Chair
then offered the following resolution:
Whereas. 1t is but simple Justice and common hon.
esty towards the occupants of stalls in the
ton Market to secure to them the privileges for
which they have literally paid that the corporate
means the establishment Of the Butchers or other
Resoiced, That the candidates nominated bv this
convention for the Boards of Aldermen and Common
Council, as the "Union Republican ticket, % will
sustain the Corporation Market and that the ticket
be headed.
"UNION REPUBLICAN TICKET
Corporation Market Sustained Therebyn
A lively debate here ensuing terminated in
the adoption of the resolution with the words in
heading OF the ticket, " Corporation market
sustained thereby" stricken out, and the meet
ing then adjourned.
The following Is the ticket as II now stands:
For Board of Aldermen-Henry d. Cooke,
John L. Cox, James A. Magruder, George r.
isher, e. +. Peck.
For Common COuncil-George W. Beall, VIM.
X. Collins, A. N. Gangewer, Peter Berry, W.
w. Curtis, Geo. w. CASTELAR,, Alfred Pope. Rev.
A. Alexander, A. L. Grimes, Wilson Z. Fuller,
VIZ, II Ice