Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-12
THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

Committee OF tile I2th district-A
Lively Time I'm the 2ist district.
Republican meetings we're held in several dis
tTiets last evening as follows:
second District.
At a meeting OF republicans of the 2i district
the president, Robert G.. Cunningham, rendered
his resignation on account Of his intention to
remove from the district, which was accepted.
Josiah T. Settle was unanimously elected presi-
dent, and DIR. j. ID. Harris was elected secre-
tary, pro TEN. Mr.. Settle, on taking the chair
Acknowledged the compliment, and addressed
the meeting on the issues of the campaign. DIR.
j. l.. y. Bowen made a speech on the present
status Of the colored citizen, and referred to
Mr. Wallis course in the two last sessions in the
most complimentary terms, and advised his
constituents TO return him to the House.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Cunningham
Settle, jackson, Holland, and DIR. Harris, COM
recommending him to the favorable considera-
ton Of the voters Of the I'd district. Mr.. Wall
made a speech explaining his course in the
Legislature.
Twelfth District.
The executive committee of the 18th district
republican club held a meeting at No. 1908 T.
street last evening, and decided upon primary
election as the mode of nomina ting a candidate
for the House of Delegates on Tuesday next
between and 8 p. m. They also decided to
hold mass meeting on Monday evening next
at Union League hall. Prominent speakers
viii be present.
Twenty first District.
meeting of republicans Of the DIST district
uciu ldSl night at the corner Oh ftl and ID
streets southeast. In the absence of the presi-
dent and secretary, Mr.. Isaac Sinner was ca He'd
on to preside and Sidney Herbert acted as sec
rotary. The secretary stated the objects to be
to give a fair expression OF the republican senti-
ment of the 2lst district which had been denied
at the meeting held at the market house last
week, and TO see what course the club would
take in the coming campaign.
GIN THE HANDS OF HIS FRIENDS"
He announced himself as the candidate in
the 21st district to the Legislative Assembly,
and dam aad thn Iata rfV,n a..
market-house to control matters in that dis
trict. He approved the plan of holding mass
meetings for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates. By the action of the central committee
the election in any district could be manipula-
ted by the judges and clerks appointed by that
committee. He would be willing to go into
primary election, or run his chances for nomin-
alton in any manner, If there was a fair show
allowed him, and could win in any race with
the contract ring, If there was no interference
from outside parties; but this little trick of the
central committee was originated to control the
districts and manipulate things to suit them
selves. He saw present one of the delegates
from the 2lst district to the central committee,
Richard Rothwell, who had been sent to that
committee as servant to represent the Dist dis
Tict, and had been sent back to them as their
lord and master, instead of their servant. He
had been told by those present at that meeting
that their delegate, MIR. Rothwel, sat still while
these jobs were being put up. and never so
much as entered his protest; they might have
been represented by a wooden man as well as
Rothwell. He was ashamed of his district for
sending such man there.
MR.. ROCKWELL IN sRLF-DEFENsE.
Rothwen attempted to reply in defense of
himself, but the friends of Herbert were not dis
posed to listen; at all events, Mr.. Rothwell said
ne thought the action of the central committee
wise and proper. Mr.. j. A. Clark (colored) who
was arrested at the market house meeting last
week as a disturber, and who was locked up and
fined So in the Police Court, was opposed to let
ting any Of the participants and sympathiZers
in that meeting take a part in this, and moved
to go into mass meeting, with Mr.. Isaac Sinner
in the chair; and went on to complain of how
they were gagged at the market house meeting,
which had been started and got up by Bursley
and ring Ofcontractors. II e had tried to get
hearing to protest against such arbitrary
proceedings, and had been jerked out by police
officers and made to pay fine of S5. He would
not consent to hear Rothweu or anv of that
crowd condemn the action of the central com
mittee in sending judge and clerk into each of
giving their candidate two judges and two
clerks, and was one of W. A. Cooks
LITTLE CHINEE TRICKS,
for which he was so famous, rather so infa-
nous. Here Rothwell tried to get the floor
but could not be heard, the friends of Herbert
shouting him down. Mr.. Clark introduced a
Hcans CT the 21st district in mass meeting as
sembled indoTse MIR. Sidney W. Herbert be-
heving him to have represented the interests of
the district with marked ability and unques-
toned fidelity. The chair here announced that
he held in his hand two communications, which
were addressed to the club, but as they were
sitting as a mass meeting he could not have
them read, but would reserve their reading
until the next club meeting. WIN. Boron here
entered his protest at the decision Of the chair
lie had sent in his resignation as secretary of
the club, and the president of the club. Mr.. b.
+. Peters, had sent in his, and the club refuses
to hear them read; it was gag law, and he
would not submit to it. Here he got greatly ex-
cited and the chair called him to order, but he
did not mind it at all; his gesticulation was all
that could be seen, as the chair with the aid of
BIG HICKORY STICK,
Nh 10 ia1 vi al TO.
ehectually drowned him out. After order was
restored, MIR. Gray got the floor, and urged Mr..
Herbert to go ahead, and he could beat Lem
BuIsey without halt trying. He was followed
by Isaac Sinner, who had called another to the
chair for the purpose of giving vent to his pent
up wrath. He said they would no longer be
who had beat Sayles j. Bowen by his trickery,
and would finally burst up the republican party
in this District. The central club could not
force them TO accept OF Lem Bursley or any
other ring man, and lie called upon them 10 ig-
more Bursley, Campbell, ROthwell and the
whole gang Of them. He was surprised that
Rothwel should have the audacity to come to
that meeting and attempt to speak after what
had taken place at the market house meeting.
THIS VERY MANS BRITISH SUBJECT,
and has British crown placed over his door all
the time, and he could prove il. The friends
of Mr.. Herbert had been denounced as boters,
which he gloried in if by supporting such men
as Campbell, Rothwell, Bursley 6 Co. was to
be taken as a standard Of republicanism. They
might as well be slaves one way as another and
II was no more honor to be slave TO the repub-
ncan party, If it is to be governed by trickery
thanlt is TO be slave to the democratic party.
1t had been urged by the opponents of the cleo
tive franchise in the Congress of the United
States that if the franchise given to the ne
groes in this District, trcksters and demagogues
would use them for selfish purposes, and they
now have full and fair sample OF 1t.
Old Mike Sinner" That they did! That's
Gods truth"
Here old Mike could stand it no longer, and
took the center of the room, where he delivered
ONE OF HIS CHARACTERISTIC SPEECHES.
commencing by announcing himself boiler.
tie had been working in the traces ever since
the right of voting had been given TO him, and
he found now that he was all the time working
for the ring. He had concluded to have a mas
ter no longer. His sold marster and mistress
he hoped were now sitting at the right
hand of God" All the devils in hell,
by "the 'sistance of God, could not
drive him. He was opposed to rings. Hero
he cut the figure of ring on the DIRT door with
his right foot in the center of the room, and
made it the subject of a lengthy discourse,
much TO the delight of the cTowd.l He described
how colored men were driven into the ring by
white men, and afterwards they would turn
their backs ON them and say, 60 Oh, he's id
old Niger; what do we care for him." At the
close eff his remarks, Dir. Herbert announced
himself in the hands OF his friends, and after