Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-09

VINO THE OFTICERs WERE,
THE Mass nEsIING % A PIZzLE FnoA
HEaINNIsG TO RNB.

things could be; aud II went further, 70 show
that in this city, where Intelligence is supposed
TO reign supreme, tow men could be gathered
together who had temsrIty enough 10 suppose
that a decent meeting In favor Of the bogus can
dIdatss Of their choice could be gathered together
By the sounding brass and tlnkllnE clmbals"
and hurraha In their behalf THIS last nights
demonstration showed that they were nightly
All the aid possible had been given
them TO make Il a success.
The use Of the battery TO fire saluto, the
uovemment cartridges at cost price, and such
a periect whole, were attended them. During
the two preceding days duly authori1ed can.
yasssTs with small book were busily engaged
10 boring citizens for small subscription, .,eyon
one dollar" to aid In the good work. What
their success was Il Is impossible TO state, but
the lists looked rather slim, and among the
workers the cry Of "mean" was rife. BY the
way, this has been their cry since tho Chapman
election, And they OF all others should know.
had been ersetsd N me tss ular space on the
central s.sps q The C,ty Hal a. 70 iSs,sS 90
tlOn OF the work was we'll performed. A stand
Of the usual Size had been erected, and u was
handsomely decorated with hags aud banners
lstisrs "The Consultation" and on either side
above lily executed pictures Of the candidates
were their names, "Hreeley aud Brown."
Ine nOur nmulNu lnf tAllluk lho htoNlhA W
order was o'clook, but there being no one
present at the time II was postponed. That there
may be no mlstake In regard 10 tue composition
Of the meeting II Is sn1io,snt only tOmention that
the best known and most prominent men on the
platform were Charles NJ Alexander, John y.
Norris, John N. Oliver Jesse ", Wilson, Judge
Moore, j. J. UOomhs aud d. Hin, Of Alexandria,
There may have bven other men who represented
The conservative vote, but they did not show up
In time.
the stage for II was clearly seen that two thirds
Of It had been attracted only by curiosity, tact
which was fully demonstrated by the lack OF ap-
plause at the most pointed hits Of the speakers,
who did all In their power to secure IT,
At about O'Clock, after waiting - long ~
possible for the clubs, the meeting was called 10
order by Jesse Il. Wilson In n low remarks,
entirely unlntelligihle u tho reporters, amer
which on motion OF X. J. Fleming, MIR. John 4.
Norris was chosen president. On assuming the
dulles Of the char Mr.. Norris, who wa taken
completely by surprise, drew from his pocket q
sarsllliy RteRaTed speech, 10 when hn ne VEN
cspted all the Liberal heresies 10 beat Grant
As he spoke In whisper the enlF Fprlauee he
received was from Jonn n. oliver and hlshasl
Smith. who acted as fright bOwsrs,'' and Il was
rather faint, although no swallowed the crow,
wings, ieet and all.
At o'clock the cluhs Ut the various districts
nue., where they we're assigned thsiT pusiuOus ~
the line. and about = O'Clock the signal Tor ths
hAteh Was gwen anu tho prNeaa'"h e'H''s' ""
Platoon Of police; WIN. Dickson, chief mar.
shat, and hessrs walsh Lyons ana tIalneS alls'
Doneh brass bandi Nauohsl J1shson Dg hlI
Young Mems Democratic Club, Thos. Kelley
marshal, 100 men In Tine,
seventeenth District greeley anu btoWn c ,i,.
drum oOrpsi Greeley Ahh brown eehtrai oiu"'
VERY lev. n,.,.,,, ,,...,., an, pr,,r ,,,n
Tgentieth DlslI1t Hteeiey anu n'o"n ''u"'
W y. Fletcher uarshali Az p9{s, .,,,, ~
Carver marshal, my " Tins. n .,..,
flIteenlh Dlsilet nIeeleE Ahn bIoHh eigp,
U; Clageu mArshal' hbout my IN nus nearly
al ooJs. .,oO, nt.,r,,, o...l.v AMI p,o.r
club, George shelton marshall very slim turn
out a., ,,,.,-,., ,,...,.,,,,,, t,.,.,, ,t,,h
;. il. Langley marshall about seventy i've ID
line. ,,. n,.,-t,, .,,,, u ,vonh ,,,,s,.I
Sixteenth DlsIlet elnns Is. Menu hAr'na'
eighty 10 line large humoer OF boys
Tenth Dlslrie Greeley and Brown club, j.. w
usheI lnhtsinl an9u' ,eu lion a.ia t n"Sny ~,
- ioeRtl VI ", ~ NtV3'fi2 = A. H. ''"'
N; sArIo ~ ~, RS,,vD .,I,
r. iormiey maiseas very ", b. .,,, u,D
Elkht BlstIlet hteotey ~ g,y.g StLu' !"
Ohhm6eTil m Rad Ih wv S snd FnSSt SIst,lcts
Holy hlll bahl, lhliu aha IV w ~ u'S'Foh
II: Il. BurrOughs, maIshai MY ~ NJ nng 1,u,,,,
rontr ~ tLs INV Hall;
io ~ S ~ S,ryst 20 y alonV y street In FiI
Up s,sa., ,ISSs Shsre he county GsoTyn
ss No.. Jl.trirI cluhS ioInei Inc Inns Il
| tSsi. a''msIltsi nrdsr tbense along Eifieenti
s1Ssst veal IA PsnnayiEsniN Avenue dow
PennsyiyApIa avenue ID your. and. .. hall street
Ia aign Four baif slrsst ~ tbe raitea
/ IIan msssiny A. tbe T'IiV Han.
| IIrHn aSr1yinS A. tbs plnSe Of meelIoR tn
r,enpP Sars az tha difteSsnt eiubs were uut any
,SbsrS, uhars being plenty oil room aud III,
4 hsnds ,yssra dismisss1
nSdsS hsiny yeStSTed Mr.. NorrIs Whlsnere,
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