Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-18

general reduction Of all the higher class Of sala.
ries now paid 70 District oiipers.
Retolped, That The oompensatl0n now paid u
| day laborefs upon our public works is wholly
inadequate, and We are IN favOr OF Increasing the
waEee Of ssid laboroIs 70 two dollars per day and
ofeavlnE the Increased expense Of labor thereby
Incurred, By abolishibg unnecessary oiness and
| reducing Ofholal salefles; and We are also 10
favor d exceeding All laws 10 fofos relating 10
the WOES aud working hours Of tho labOrlng
RsIolped, That fthe uystem adopted By the
board Of fabhe Work. Of giving out contracts
V Thom thsy plssse, a. p.iGes aL6lLisrlly ND sS
ton, Il radically porniclous and tends 10 corrup.
Rtsoised, That tho people q this District
Gray bill and ihsist upon q modification Of our
| laws A. Will protect property from onefous tax.
alton and speedy oonhscati?h;
DIR, W. U, Baldwin moved that the convention
go into an election Tor candidate FOR COngress.
u. y. Mockabeo nominated l.. q. Hlno.
". II. shelton nominated ox.MAyOr Wal.
II. l., Croplsy dominated Charles ,. Peck.
Dr.. W. L. Poulton nominated J. II. Brad
X. W. Fenwlck nominated J. }. Uoombs.
CHARLES =, Thorn nominated j. y. Kennedy.
George W. HAtton nominated y. A. Boz.
Dr. W. q. Baldwin nominated Capt W. W..
n. II. Waters nominated VIM. u. Webb
W. Smith moved that the nominations close.
MI. ii. J. Ebbs moved that the arst vote be
informal. Agreed 70,
90 motion Z was resolved that tho candidate
receiving tho highest number Ofvoles should DO
It was then resolved that the vote DO taken
by roll call, and that afer tho second ballot the
names receiving tho lowest number OF votes DO
dropped until result should DO arrived at
Secretary Lewis then proceeded to call the
roll, and the following was tho result on the 10.
formal ballot Hlne y, wallaeh 9, Peck I, Brad.
ley 10, J, J; Ooombs 8, J. q; Kennedy. 2, p: A.
iossol z, W. W. Moore 8, W. b. Webb 4, ]. y.
HaTkness 2
The iirst formal vote on tirst ballot was taken,
resulting as follows Wallaoh 10, Hlns II, Peck
Moore 3 Bradley II Kennedy 2 Boswell 8,
The second formal ballot was then taken, re.
sulting as follows: Hlne 10, Wallaoh 10, Peck 2,
Webb 1, Moore /, mo names OF Msssrs.
Moore and Kennedy were here dropped from
MIR. Marbury moved to reconsider the vote by
which the nominations were closed. Lost
The third formal ballot resulted a. follows:
Wallaoh, s; Hlne, y; Peck, I; Boswell, I; Webb,
O. Bradley, l9i Epo@6', .; Norris, !: l., 49,,
the list.
Before the fourth formal ballot waH called a
letter was read from Mr.. Jos. Bradley, Jr., de-
ollning to he a candidate.
The fourth ballot was then taken L. q. HIne,
IS; Webb, I; COombs, ].
Before the ballot was called lively time en-
sued BY the various districts changing their votes
Mr.. MIarbury moved that the domination Of
AlT. Hino be made unanimous. Agreed 10.
MIR. Hatton moved that a committee or three
be appointed 70 wait upon Mr. Hlne and inform
him VI his nomination.
The Chair appointed the following as tho com.
mlttee' George W. HattOn, Thomas b. Kalbfus
and Jackson Yates,
on motion, tho convention took recess for
htteen minutes.
The convention Eeas,Om6lod at 1870 o'clock,
when the nominee, L. q. Hlne, was introduced
and said: His name had been associated with
this nomination, but he had not expected that
he would he chosen. Having been selected as
the choice Of the convention he returned his
thanks. He thought there was never q time
whom good and true men were wanted ns now.
He thon went on TO charge that the Board Of
Public Works had robbed tho people, and that
cruel taxes had been imposed upon them. He
also claimed that the District government wAs q
mongrel set. He reviewed what he called the
iniquity OF tho board, and tTiol to show that
they have been Wasteful In their expenditures
Of public moneys.
He made plausible speech In bob alf Of the tax.
BILE sufferers, and urged that the board be ar.
ralgned before the bar Of public opinion for their
extravaganza. He did not object to iudielsus I'm.
proyements, but objected 10 waste. This OK.
travagance should DO resisted by every legal
means He gave figures to show that nearly
twelve millions OF dollars OF Improvement
had been contracted for, whereas the RpprOprla.
ton OF sl,OOO,QOO was all made for the
some time, aud aiter exhausting himself ne-
cepted the nomination.
Dr. W. D. baldwin followed, and said that
Mr. Hlne was not his first choice, but as he had
been nominated he should have his unqualified
Speeches were also made by Hon. VIM. Dick.
son, J. j. COOmbs, Geo. W, lIatton, after which
the convention adjourned SiHe die.