The weekly clarion., 1872-07-25


negroes and mean whites, who were gen
orally for the man with the unpronounce-
able name. They paraded the streets and
drank Mckee's lager beer and Shaughnnes-
sey's whisky until the time of
| THE MEETING.
At s o'clock they assembled in the Repre-
sentative Hall, having in the mean time
been recruited by the Jackson Grant Club
with jacobson at its head, who took the
chair without being invited, and attempted
to explain the object of the meeting, but his
voice was drowned by yells, boots and cries
of Git down from dar.' 50 We don't want
yer" ave wants Pease.'' ''More Pcase."
" Pease!" ''Pease!" Thereupon, Pease,
who was known to be Mckee man, arose
and told them "to keep the PeaSe,' etc, then
retired.
After that, for about ten minutes, yells,
hootings, whistling and renewed cries of
. Pease!' Git out, you little Jew to
jacobson, &c. jacobson in the mean time
trying to quiet the tumult with the gavel,
Mckee poured little oil on the troubled
waters, but did no good, and subsidized. More
tumult and repetition of the yells, &c, for
about the same length of time. Caldwell,
Morris, Jim Williams, John Patton, each in
turn, rose to pour oil on the waters, and
each went down amid the tumult and yells
of "Pease!' More Pease!' At last the
stand was taken by
gHE MIGHTY SCHOOL MAN, PEASE,
who, after making Il speech of five or ten
minutes, of which little could be heard
above the yells of ''Git down. FGo onr7
g jacobson ~ ''Git out oh dar,'' 'sGit out,
You book thief" &c. At last Pease put the
following part of motion ''All in favor of
Col. Pease taking the chair, will say
when Jacobson interrupted him, and words
passed unheard by the crowd, Jacobson
struck Pease, who collared him and at it in
rough -andtumble style they went, when
the crowd rushed to the stand each to sup
port his man. Shaughnnessey made his ap-
pearance upon the scene, gave jacobson a
pistol and told him to stand his ground, and
also sent runner to camp for
SOLDIERS,
who, fortunately, or unfortunately did mt
put in an appearance. The fight was in
terrupted by Mayor Marion Smith march |
ing in at the head of the police. He took
the stand in front of jacobson (Pease hav-
ing Disappeared and dispersed the crowd.
THE SPLIT.
McKee's crowd here marched out; that is,
the Lake Club "White Rock Club" 'sFor-
rest Hill Club" and a part of the jackson
Club and proceeded to the City Hall. In
front of the Capitol Mckee got carriage
and harrangued his cohorts, He said ''they
had been browbeaten by United States
officials, Deputy Marshals and United States
professional jurors,'' &c, which speech was |
much applauded. At
THE CITY HALL
delegates were appointed to the convention, /
and resolution passed instructing them to
vote for Mckee.
AT THE STATE HOUSE.
The remainder of the Jackson Club held
their meeting at the Representative Hall,
with jacobson as Chairman, who said the
meeting would proceed to the election of
delegates, when the following dialogue oc-
Cured
John Upton (colored) arose to point of |
order and said: jacobson had not acted |
like gentleman. He had been cheered out |
of the chair three four times, and |
wouldn't go out. That Mr.. jacobson could |
see him in the hall ont, and he would |
make Jacobson's bones ache =
Jacobson-''You d-n black scoundrel, /
will knock your brains out if you don'thush
up
Tipton-''I don't care if you are L. S.
District Attorney; I'm not afraid of you.
You are a nice officer, trying 20 create a
disturbance
Cries of ''Take Upton out!' Go it,
john" &c.
DeNyse, (white,) who was standing
in about a foot of Upton (eolOred) said
Give Upton two bits, to buy drink
Tipton-'I don't want any two bits, but
you would take two bits, or anything else
you could get your hands on
About this time committee reported a
list of delegates TO the County Convention,
and the meeting busted.
During the first meeting at the Represen-
tative Hall, Rev. James Lynch, Secretary of
State, prominent aspirant for Congress, see
ing Mckee and Shaughnnessey had stocked
the kerds on him, got very sick and left the
Hall, vomiting on the floor as he went.
Some Democrats present were mean enough
to say he was drunk on mean whisky, while
his friends positively knew he had not taken
a drink during the day land that the sickness
was caused as above stated, and that he only
reeled under excitement. The thirty dollar
State desks and fine carpets are the worse
for wear this morning, from tobacco juice,
Of foot Halls from bicr SticEc go |