The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-25
PREPARING FER THE Spring,
ELECTION.
CoNSERN ALIVE WARD MEETINGS.

In accordance With the recommendation
of the late City Executive Committee meet
inrs will he held in all six OF the wards of
the city this week tor the purpose Of elect
inp delegates to the new city committee,
ana TO determine IN what manner nominal
lions for the City Council shall be made.
Meetings were held last night In Clay,
Jefferson, and Marshall Wards, With the re-
suit stated below
CLAY WARD.
There WA Il large and enthusiastic meet
inc of the Conservative voters OF Clay ward
ot The Wr>,ham House last night for the
puypoSc OF organizing Tor spring cam
naign. Mr.. Geo. j. Hooper was called 10
the chair. and Mr.. Geo. W. l'uesherry ap,,
pointed secretary. Mr.. j. III. Gllmer ana
Others addressed the mt cling. But III view
of the fact OF Il conflict in the notices IN the
citv papers aS 10 the day and place of hold
| inG lhr meeting il was determined to meet
| tonight nj Eukcr'S Spring Park, where
| there will hc another outpourlng OF the
Conservatives for organization and victory.
JEFFERSON WARD.
The meeting in .Is tlcr>on WardwaS called
! TO order i,y MIR. Il. II Davis. on whose mo-
| ton Ca,l!jn i. &. Hahcock was called to
the chair. alrd Luke Harvey. ESQ, APP
| pointed secretary.
The Chair having stated the object of the
meeting, on motion Of Mr.. Higgins. the fol-
| lowing committee was appointed to recon-
mend ten persons. from which number five
delegates 10 the City Executive Committee
should be chosen: Mcssr>. John NJ: Hig-
gins. J. j. Wilson. chaS. Talbot, James
! Haunun. and j. 4. Pace.
| While The committee were out MAJOR
john Johns was call, Il on, and made Il few
remark. urging the importance OF all good
citizens taking Il mole active part IN city
politics. lie thought no cruciblc more
surely testing The >pirL CT the patriot.
| Col. W. :. Gilman was also called out,
and enter tanned the crowd for several mill
utcS.
| The committee then returned and re-
commended the iolluwin. names: Capt. A.
G.. Bnhcuck. john J2hn>, Jr, :. Maccub-
| bin. W. J. Marlborough. James Is. Pace, j.
j. WI on. Cha>. Whltlock. II. II. Sullivan,
| James NJ. Talbot. Sr., Solomon Wise.
| Captain Maccubh'n asked that his name
| bc Withdrawn. hut at the request OF many
| in the meeting allowed it 10 lie used.
| Mr. sol. WISE hc"-cd ~ withdraw in favor
of Mr.. Aaphlali Ezekiel.
Nj. ezekiel hoped that Mr.. Wise would
hc returned to the committee.
4 gentleman nominated Mr.. Elijah Ba-
| ker, but the nomination was decided out of
order, rs the meeting had contdrd the work
Of nominating to a committee.
Mc>SrS. +. +. Cook. VIM. +. White, and
Il. II. Davis. being appointed inspectors.
after counting the ballots, reported the fol-
lowing rs the result:
Bahcock. 73: Johns, 20: Maccubbin, - ;
Pace. Il Marlborough, %: Sullivan. 43
Wilson. u; Wise, 20; Whtlock. :; Tai
bott, II. Messrs. i}ahcock, Johns, Mac
cubbin, Pace. and sullivan We're therefore
declared elected.
Dr. McRac offered 4 resolution declaring
it the SENSE of the voters OF Jefferson Ward
that the Conservative candidates for the
CITY Council be nominated by the Conser-
vatiye voters OF that Ward in primary
mcctin. a>>cmbird Adopted.
On motion of Capt. MatcUbbin, the nomi-
nations Tor City Council We're postponed
until aiter the registration, which takes
| place next week.
After some remarks hv Uagan's John. OF
The Creek Nation, the meeting adjourned.
| MARSHALL WARD.
The m1rtin. WAS called to order by Capt.
JOS. J. English. chairman ct the ward COM
miitcc. who explained the object Of the
meeting otter which. he rendered his re-
| si,.nniion IL chairman cf The Ward Club.
| On motion, he was unanimously requested
! to withdraw biz resi- cnallon. which he did.
! Mr.. +. Wiley Davis was elected secretary.
The meeting then went into the election
Of live mcml'crS OF the CITY Central Com
| mittee tor tue ensuing l. months with the
| following result {: John Il. B"SSicuN, John
J. Cannon. Geo. W. Allen, jos. }. English,
and Henry MctZgcr.
On motion of Mr.. james Parr, the follow
| irg re .nution was adopted:
"kcSo'rcd. That the Conservative citi-
Zens of this ward insist upon their privile e
and right to select their own members OF
| the Common Council and other ward
| officers.
The introduction OF this resolution led to
some discussion, and several amendments
were offered and voted down before the
resolution was finally passed.
On motion of Mr.. G.. \. Ain>lic, the
mcclin" then adjourned to meet again in
| three weeks from lust night for the purpose
OF nominating candidates for the City
Council.
WARD MEETINGS TONIGHT.
The Conservatives Of Monroe Ward will
hold mass meeting at st. Adams Hall at
O'Clock for the purpose of electing dele
gates to the City Executive Committee.
4 mass meeting Of the Conservatives OF
| Madison Ward Will be held At the City Hall
ut 5 o'clock for the same purpose.
The Clay Ward Conservatives will bear
in mind the adjourned meeting to be held
ut Eilkcr'S Spring Park at S 80 clock tonight.
REPUBLICAN WARD NEErISG.-Our re-
porter, hearing that there was TO have been
Il Republican meeting in Marshall Ward
| last night, visited all the places where such
meetings are usually held, but failed to find
one. Two visits to the classic heights OF
| Chmborazo served to show that if such 4
meeting were held it must nave been very
small one. He converscd with number OF
residents there, and not one knew of its
existence, though all had heard that
there was to be one
PERsoSAL.-Dr. Geo. W. Bagby left the
city yesterday morning for Danvlile, Ill
which place he proposes to deliver his in
tercstinr lecture Oh {" Love" this evening.