Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-15
Radical M,,yOralty Convention.


lower story of the colored Odd Fellows Hall,
,u Columbus street, there being present, be-
.;J,. the delegation. about thirty or forty white
,,l ,olorcd spectators. The Convention was
,ril,l to order by L. b. Pinn, who stated that
H.. first thing IN order was the selection OF Il
temporary chairman.
Whcrcupon the following persons were plac-
Il N nomination and declined as fast as nom-
n,t,d r I. Lucas, y. &. Harmon, Thomas
! El,in L. l.. Van Aukeu,A. Hopkins, re.
Armstrong, e. G. Thorp, .. G. Whittlesey,
nyh, was not dceeate) John Seaton and Ed
ward Evans.
! II, Clagett who was then nominated, hav
inc stated that il every body declined there
w[ud be 10 organlzatlon accepted, aud was
una uluou<ly elected,
I'n,n taking the chair he returned thanks
f,r ,he unexpected honor conferred, and desired
,h,t 4 secretary be also elected.
Il g. Armstrong was nominated Tor that po-
,;,n, hnt decliucd in favor of some one better
'":" & Thorp and 0 C. Whittlesey were next
,,m;n,tsd but both declining, Armstrong said
# NO ONE else would take 1t he would and he
WAS therefore declared elected.
I,bn S,aton moved to appoint committee
u T T, chair desired to know from what ward
the fifth person was to be appointed.
saat,p suggested the 18th Ward, as that was
the only Republican ward:
5,esatc from the Sd Ward suggested that
that ward cast the largest vote.
Armstrong desired harmony, and therefore
surre,tcd that the extra man be taken from
me extra Sd Ward delegation.
Cries of no, no.
The chair then appointed Edward Evans, LIST;
L., ~ I.,l-. Il.
Cruppcr Sd; and T. B. P1nn, 4lh, as the c'm
lnlttce.
Considerable discomfort was expressed in
reference to the appointment Of Crupper, and
suggestions were hurried in from all sides in
such confused manner that the chair was uu-
able to take cognizance OF them.
Gustavus Luukins at last obtained the floor
and said that "the chair had made wide mis-
take in appointing q man on the committee
who was not delegate.
John 4. Seatou and II. j. Edelin took part
in the discussion
Jnhn Birrcll thought it was for the Convcn
ton to decide who were the delegates.
After considerable talk on all sides, Crup-
per $ name was omitted and the committee re-
tired
The President next stated that the one thing
n,rIlu| was Il sum Of grecnhacks sufficient to
my thc rent IF the hall, and Gustavus Lum-
l,ns WAS appuiutcd to baud round the hat.
This was accordingly done, but when the re
CENTS were counted, the amount raised was
not sufficient by fifty cents. The deficiency,
however. was at ouc. advanced by one of the
delegates.
At this point r. e. Armstrong arose and
said: Mr. President, the Conservatives have
u,minatcd the Hon. Hugh Latham as their
canlidatn for Mayor. Applause.
The chair said he would rather have had
Mr.. Latham nominated than any man IN that
party, because the Republicans were sure to
beat him, though they might have been beaten
by another Conservative.
jarkcn Patton moved to hear from h. Ii.
l,cahay, who declined, not being speaker.
Patton next moved to hear from Edward
jIuyhcs, bur he, too declined, having came to
work aud not to speak.
Armstrong desired to hear from \. Z. liar
mon, AS he had seen his face once more among
those present, but it was stated that he had
gone TO church. Some one desired to hear
from Armstrong, who desired to be excused as
he Game not here to speak, y but moved, il he
c,ud get second that r. p. W. Garnctt be
heard from, but Garnctt had also disappeared.
L1rkcn Patton desired to hear from y. u
Whi;tlesy, who never made speaking spc-
ciality
b. Il, White also declined when called upon
I.lrkcn Patton again desired to hear from
\. e. Harmon aud from |. &. ONcale, but
both declined.
T. Il; DcIahay moved that Larkcn Patton
would dry up"
c. F. Douglas said as so many had declined
to speak he would move that the gentleman he
saw sitting with his hat on, here the individual
alluded to pulled off his hat in a hurry be in-
viled to address the Convention.
Armstrong moved that, rs the reporter
of the Virginia Sentinel be requested to ad
dress the meeting aud in response, MIR. LOUIS
+. Payne thanked the meeting tor the compil-
mcnt paid him. but said he did not come to
the meeting as speaker, but in the capacity
of reporter for one of the daily papers,, who
would lay their proceedings tavorably and lul-
partially before the public.
4 motion to hear from Charles Scales, being
carried, that individual Immediately took the
floor and proceeded to deliver characteristic
uonscnsical harangue, in the midst OF which a
tremendous racket was heard over head as
though the inmates of mad house had been let
loose and which etfcctually stopped Seales's talk.
1t was suggested that the chain gang had
been taken up stairs to annoy the meeting, but
the noise which continued Tor full half an hour,
arose from the initiation Of some one into the
mysteries of G. u. 0. of o. F.,as the Lodge of
Culorcd Odd Fellows was then in session up
stairs
The committee on credentials reported the
following as the delegates: o,.,
LIST Ward-A. G. Harmon. L G. O'Nea,
JAS: Taucil, Ed Evans, L. II. Delahay, and
}. II. Payne.
ID Ward -Larkeu Patton, G. c. Thorp. R.
T. Armstrong, T. H. Van Aukin, Geo. Holiday,
'" nm Yin Hnreli and Thos. Carroll.
ID MMd -llauibal King g. A. Lumkins,
'ol'n WI Fields, John Chinn. A. Hopkins, Z. Jack
sou sou M% p; N1iaiuey, W. Morgan, +. Harris
=, 4lh Ward JAS IL. Chgctt, T. b. Pinn, Ed.
i 'lcw'S d. \. Scaton, d. w. Chnn, VIM.
'E ~, Chas. Scales and r. 1. Lucas.
lie committee also reported that as another
Legation claimed to represent the Bird ward;
tllc cOMmlttee slunv rennrted the MINES and