Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-17
The Twentieth District I'm Line for Inn.


The Cooke and Chapman association of the
nth district met last evening at Crutc hett's
Han, corner North Capitol and ID streets, David
Parker in the chair, and w. T.. Wise secretary.
Mr.. Humphrey Foster submitted a set of reso-
buttons declaring that the patronage of the dis
trict has been distributed In cutter disregard of
the claims of our leading men, we unqualitieily
condemn the course pursued by our delegate;'
THAT we observe with horror the action Of Com
missioner Eaton in promising work only 20 men
who will pledge work and support to men now
loan bill, the Board of Public Works, the Gov
ernor, and the system of eight hours work at
81 per day, which was adopted. Mr.. Samuel
Brown moved that G. II. Holden be endorsed
by the republicans Of this district as their choice
for delegate to the Legislature; agreed to.
Double barreIed Open Air Meeting I'm
the Twenty-Grst District
In pursuance to notice published yesterday
very large number of republicans of the
Twenty-frst district assembled near the Baptist
church corner Of 18th and G streets, last eve
ming. There were probably 400 people on the
ground, and il was loudly claimed by the friends
of both the contestants for the nomination
Bursley, the present delegate, and A. NJ. Green,
his opponent-that each had a majority present.
the ground he found the crowd waiting for the
key of the church, and BRAZIL lobbying around
talking SCREEN agin Bursley," and charging that
Boron, as superintendent, had refused to give
The key didn't come, and at about i O'Clock
Mr.. W. L. Davis called the meeting TO order
and nominated Nose Bradshaw as chairman.
Putting the question, he declared Bradshaw
elected. w. T. Davis and VIM. Brown the elder
were elected vice president aud VIM. Brown the
younger vice president. Aaron Bradshaw moved
that they proceed to nominate a candidate for
the House OF Delegates, and the Chair declared
it carried.
W. Ii. Brown the younger nominated A. NJ.
Green for delegate.
The Chair.-Au in favor of declaring A. NJ.
Green the candidate for the House of Delegates
say AYE" tVoices-"Aye," and No." and
cheers and hisses.l
The Chair declared, amid much confusion.
that Professor Green was the nominee, and he
advanced towards the church door and handed
over three pages of foolscap. A voice-"The
The chair, by the aid of a candle, read the
resolutions which declare the call for a mass
meeting to nominate a candidate to the House
Delegates Tuesday evening unauthorized, ille-
gal, and void; that 1t is believed that the sigma
tuTe OF Mr.. Herbert to said call was proc ured
through int mdation and threats; declaring the
present meeting the regularly authorized and
regularly called meeting of the republicans of
the 2lft district for the purpose of nominating
the republican candidate for the Legislative
Assembly from this district, and that We do now
proceed to make such nomination. These reso-
iutlons were carried without taking the mega
tive vote.
Mr.: Davis offered resolutions indorsing the
s4,oO0,OW loan, indOrsing the platform intro
duced in the House Of Delegates by Mr.. Bursley
instructng and pledging the delegate to use ali
lawful and consistent means to secure to the
uoller, register, treasurer, superintendent of
assessments and taxes, coroner, water registrar
and board of appeals, and pledging the delegate
to the principle of eight hours labor and two dol
lars per day.
The resolutions were adopted, or were so de-
clared, amid cries of 'division," ''Bursley,"
"Green," yells and cat calls.
Green was invited to mount the platform but
declined, saying, 81 won't get up there, for
there is a party on the outskirts throwing for
ready to throw rocks" He proceeded to make
his little speech, while the friends of Mr.. Burs-
ley assembled on the opposite side of the street
and held their meeting, about equal in numbers
to the other. Mr.. Green said he was disposed to
fair play, and if the question came to a square
night, and the people were allowed to vote freely,
he would support the four million loan, but III
any power attempted to interfere with the rights
of the people, he would stump every church i'm
the District against the outrage and wrong at
tempted and those white men who ATTEMPTED to
ride on the backs of black men would find their
they were determined to carry the four million
bill and the election of parties by fraud, he would
do his best for their failure. Cheers and proans1
The President (Mr. Bradshaw read a letter
from Ex-Mayor Bowen, endorsing Mr.. Green as
proper person to represent the people of the
after which the meeting adjourned.
THE OTHER WING.
The Bursley men organized on the other side
OF the street, by electing Mr.. Sydney w. Her
bert president of the twenty-frst district repub-
lican club, who said that the meeting on the
other side was unauthorized and illegal,
and that the regular nomination would
Hall. Mr.. Lemuel Bursley was informally NOM
mated as candidate to the House of Delegates.
and, after a few remarks by Mr.. w. Boron, the
meeting adjourned, with cheers for Boron.