Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-06

The nom nal chairman sitting pSssivciy 10 III
chair.
kept atill until got through he would have
Learned that this was my siAtemen,i that that
delegation had applied TO The committee 90
credentials, and that thst eommittee would
report whether they would be admitted or not.
The Chair Announced that the nest business
would be the report VI the committee on ere
MI Orocker. the chairman Of the eommIuec
on credentials reported the following names OF
Fiat Ward = Henry Johnson, Cornelius
JoSes. TRo%ss T. Harris, wiliISn 4. Free.
man, J, II. Bolts, Isaiah Bnuldin, Alfred Day,
Edward Watson, John u. Brooks, y. A,
sycsnmd SpI Lasy Pe1eps oco,,e
Burgess, Henry Piper, AbtAm 0enifer, Jos.
Brooks, Henry Beverly, Thomas W, Chase,
John Miller, A. T. Moullen, Marshall hTowp'
Chase, James Nelson.
Third Ward :. John T.: johnson, lanes
Coleman, wmi A Geek, " y Knot p'9,l
Bond, n, Dyer, Peter Camphell, Albert Me
Intoah, Mishael Duly, las. W. Common, Jho.
X, Wright, Jas. Campbell
Fourth Ward-D. MoMahOn, ~. n. UAhill,
sidney Mcfarland, A, N. Green, Thomas Sor-
Tell, Maurice Murphy Mareellus West W. II
Edinborough, Allen COMA, william Bowen,
drew Gleason.
Finh wNrd-Audrew u. Tinuey, william
Wilkinson, James Reed, r.. J. Nicholson, J.
W, Mcknight, W, q. Marshall, James Liver
pool, lance II. searles, W. II, Brown, sr.,
RenIamin N. Needs, T.. S. Atkinson, ]. A.
GILES, Joseph Flynn, WIN. Tindail, Michaci
Sixth ward--J. l.. venAbls, CHARLES os.
borne, Samuel Hineline, George Mercy.
holds, George Langley, Andrew. Neville, VIM.
NIKE sinner Mo PsFsa HensT sG LIFmsS
n. L. johnson, Henry Better.
Seventh WArd-A. Bowen, Jos. Williams, L.
Culllnane, Perry Oarson, A. Pannell, X. OIL.
christ, 7. OArraher, II. o. johnson, o. $.
BaksI, z. l, Brewer NJ. I. Scott, $. y. Doug
las, W. Beekert, sampson Nuttet, J. II, Burns.
Mr.. Urocker wanted to make a statement Ia
regard TO the Second ward. PutsuAnt to the
call, mass meeting was held at Liberty Hall.
The meeting was called to order by the PreIi.
dent OF the Second Ward CLUB. There were
about 200 persons present. Arter prayer set
tho election OF sectetArieB, some rs or'2o men
left the room, leaving remaining upwards Of
500 men lie had the honor to preside. lie
believed that every Republican voter with the
exception Of i've or six voted At that poil.
The result was honestly and fairly declared by
himselfi % for Richards, 1910 for Bowen,
TSete va, meeting organized In front Of
tho hall that went through with the form Ol
an election, but at no time was thote more
than forty men there during the day.
Mr.. Cook on the call OF the Third ward re-
ported that the delegates had been honestly
and fairly ehoaeni b2s for Bowen, a. for Rich
ards. He suggested that some delegate from
held. s
MT, Morse, from the Fourth ward, said that
there was Que OF the largest mass meetings
ever held there. He presided himself. A com
mIttee was appointed TO name delegates, and
that they were voted on separately, and the
man OF their choice was SAyles ]. Bowen.
He pledged the Fourth ward Tor shout 200 to
500 majority over Emery, boilers and all.
Nj. GStGhsIl, from the FInh, announced
that the vote was almost unanimous 10 hIa
ward for the delegates read,
Charley Osborne, from the Sixth, said that
they cast COS votes for s. ], Doweni the other
party cast 6l9 Including minera and some ms.
ilnes, They announced at hrst 42O, and after.
wards he understood It WAS OiT.
Cook. They piled in.
Osborne. Yes that's wat they did. But on
the tirat Of next June we viii turn up SIS ma.
Iorlty for S. ]. Bowen.
Anthony bowen called on Joe Williams for
his history Of yoting in the ssyenth ward, aud
the illustTiouH president OF the DOmmon Conn.
ell proceeded to give n lengthy abatement Of
the dolngs In hts district. Whom he went Intn
the ward yesterday afternoon he found that
every hall had been rented. But they held 4
meeting, and one hundred and Twenty-Five
Votea were east But when he saw that there
was no disposition 90 their part TO .votr-thNr
the vote. 1t was for tho convention 20 decide
whether they were the delegates.
Mt. 5. r, Bond. would ask the ehAiTmAo
OF the Committec on Credentials to state
whether credentials OF conteGtioE dslegAtes
were presented TO the regular committed OF
this oonyention, and IL 80, from what wards.
Gen. Croekar. No other credentials thaa
those that have been presented to the ptesl-
dent and secretary were presented to the co M
mittec. All OF the credentials were received
Wy the committee, examined apd passed upoR
as being regular.
Mr.. Cook. Ia this connection Il may be well
to make this statement. appeared here at 0
o'clock. There were some OF the committee
OF credentials mentioned by the general com.
mittee present. Mr.. Atkinson was hers Al 10
o'clock Major Morse did not arrive until after
ten. Messrs. Bouldin, champion and Hall
did not arrive until 1880, and eft the hall, the
place TO receive the credentials, and dId not
make their appearance again until after the
convention was organized. Where ihey went
Major Morse To get a drink,
Mr. Cook, PerhePs they did, Ascending ia,
at 10 O'Clock, Only Mr.. Atkinson and myseic
were here. The othera went out and then re .
turned with part Of the credentials, which
Mr.. Bouldin undertook to read, and refused
to receive the rest, SO you will sec pTe-
elnely what their trick was. They received
only The credentials that suited them.
Mr.. Morse. As q member Of that committee
1 desire 10 atate thai when they were ap-
pointed on the central committee II was dia
tinoily understood by every member and by
MT. Bouldln, The man Who assumed to be the
chairman OF it-but who was no more chaIF-
man THAI 1 Am-it was distinctly undefatood
that the duty Of that eommitte was simply 10
receive all the credentials, contested or other
wise, and pass them over 10 the chairman "
that committee. This act OF uaurpAtIon 10 NOT
the nFat OF their uaurpAttoni 81 ~ hut the an,
Of the lob which will show YOU ia lea thsn
= week has been paid for, eve
Mr.. H. N. Needs. As secretary of The san
eraI co nmittee Iwlsh TO state thai Al IN. HIM.
the motioa was made for the spDointnent ~
= committee OF credentials, It was made be-
A. Cook. who had ia lines pSSt Iessix.S ,S..
credentials from the various EAFda ,isrl,ne1
to actin that capacity, as he was kno,Vn "a ~.
n frieud to Saylea J. Bowen, These men YSATs.
selected with the distinct uuderntanding ik.t
they were simply to DO the reelpients OF ik,Sse
eredent and hold them from ten oiglosk
until eleven. ....
MIR. Morse moved thst the list OF delepats.
a. read be declared the delegates to the eon
vention, and that each member respond In IN,
name as called WV ~ -
Mr. Anthony Bowen Eollowed with a loona-
ci0us statement about the Fourth ward Al Itirs
being paFtioulATly severe on Mr. Bo,VeU
Mr.. COfnn moved that the llst Do Hosept,d
except the delegates from the Seventh vgaTd
saying that no didn't believe that thew weTt,
elected according TO 4 strict pArty rule Theirs
must be tomo authority OF the RepublcAn
party In each ward. They reeogni zsd Inc vsardi
sinbs as the proper authority no IN whisb ~.
should Issue. lie held that Mr. Boswell in ~,
ward WAS the only authorize T,rSr ,
which a call could issue.
Mr.. Anthony bowen raised a noint of otds-
that the chairman Of a ward club could MOI
exercise authority over a mass nssiing.
faken ~ $50 fN'"' was .NeL