Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-06
LOCAL POLITICS.
Reorganization Of the Eighth District
Republican Club.

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| of choosing officers for the year Mr.. T. W.
Chase, president; Washington Waller, secre-
| tary.
| a communication, signed by Joseph williams
! president, and j. 7. Sittle, secretary, of the
| central committee, was read, stating, "agree-
ably to the action OF the central committee a
| the republican party for the House of Delegates
will be held at Liberty Hall, on Tuesday. the
| sp. m" Mr.. Brown moved that the recon
| mendstiOns be adopted. Mr.. Daniel Lomax
| moved 20 lay the paper onthe table The chair
| man ruled the motion out of order. Mr.. Brown
/ withdrew his motion, stating that it was an
| order from the central committee and did not
| require vote OF the meeting Dir. ". Ii. Bar
| rett said that
THE WHOLE THING WAS GAG
Mr.. Lomax rose to q point OF order, but was
| ruled out Of order. The meeting decided to
| proceed to the election of officers; Mr. w III.
| Gaines was called to the chair Messrs s. II,
| Bond, Edgar o. Dudley, II. L. wiswall and
| John r. Brooks were nominated for president
| and the question being taken by rising of all in
| favor of Mr.. Bonds election, he received 35
| votes. When the question was about - be taken
| on MI. Brooks the char stated that he was not
| a member of the club; and MIR. Brooks, after
/ stating that he was a republican, and no mol,
| could cry him out, declined an election. The
chair decided that
| MR.. BoND WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT,
Considerable confusion was made by the on
| ponents of Mr.. Bond, who insisted that the vote
had not been fairly taken, and Mr.. Dudley
| moved that the vote be reconsidered, but it was
not entertained. For vice president, IL. T. VS.
wall was nominated, but declined. After a
number of explanations had bcen made, Mr.
BROOKS addressed the meeting. stating that he
desired harmony, and came TO the meeting for
the purpose of uniting with his fellow rep1bli
cans but sufficient notice had not been given.
and Tor the purpose of obtaining a full meeting
he moved to adjourn. The chairman ruled the
motion out of order, for there was a motion be-
fore the house
TO ELECT SIDNEY M'FARLAND VICE PRESIDENT.
MI Mcfarland was elected. recei wing 4G votes
the other nominee, Mr.. James A. Nelson, de-
Ginning: Cor siderable confusion here ensued,
after which Washington Waller was Nominated
and elected secretary, receiving SO votes and
d. Q. Taylor 50 votes. Silas Browning was
eIected treasurer, receiving 81 votes; Edgar 0.
dudley ii. Mr.. Chase moved that the chair
man (Mr. Gaines) have authority to appoint
The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN MEM
BERs.
Mr.. Gaines was elected chairman of the COM
mittee-ii votes in the affirmative, and 90 in the
negative. Mr.. Gaines announced the executive
committee, as follows: John Pollard, Silas
Mott, Anthony Banks, Ruffin Hahns, ii. A.
Hall, Washington Waller, George Pomeroy,
Isaiah Stewart. Robert Harrison, Albert McIii,
tosh, Samuel White, and Washington Nelson.
D. w. Lomax offered preamble and resolu-
ton, which were adopted, that as
THOMAS W. CHASE HAS DISTINGUISHED HIM
as a leading colored man by contendinc for
mixed schools in the session of the lecislature
therefore resolved that the republicans of the
eighth district earnestly indorse the said action
I.
Brooks NOW of the first distfict) was called on.
and addressed the meeting.
The Seventeenth District Republicans
"A meeting of the 18th district republican
cup was held last night at Island Hail. Charles
III. Marshall in the chair, with Thomas COmmo-
Gore as secretary. The chair stated that the
meeting had been called TO make arrangements
for the nominations He announced
THE COMMITTEES
as follows Executive committee-Jas. Movers
HennIng + Rue, Jas. Hill. Alexander Lawson,
John Lee, Jas. johnson, VIM. Herrfurth, II. g.
McCauley, Chas. III. Parker, Daniel Webster,
John Hicks, VIM. Coleman, Walker GiIchrist,
Perry Carson, Robert Coleman, Thomas Perry
VIM. Bowie, Thomas Commodore, Geo Turner
VIM. u. Costin, Geo. Taliaferro, Samuel Hem
son, William Walker, and Samuel Hewitt
Finance cOmmIttee-ThOs. THOMPSON, Zach
Whitmore, Benjamin Lannum, Paris Mudd,
John Webster, Geo. Moore, and Jas johnson
A he action of the chairman was confirmed; and
the char took occasion to spur them up to she'll
out literally in aid of the coming election.
The club resolved itself into
MASS MEETING.
, Charles H. Marshall was chosen chairman of
the mass meeting. Some dissatisfaction was
expressed at the choosing of the chairman
some declaring he had not been fairly elected
ard motion was made to reconsider the vote
by which Mr.. Marshall was elected, which mo-
ton was declared carried. A motion was
adopted requiring a majority vote for election of
chairman. The test was between Charles a.
Marshall, the Boswell candidate, and Alfred
Stevenson, the TalIafero candidate The latter
was elected on the second ballot Quite p
hearty cheering followed the announcement OF
the vote. Thomas Commodore was elected sec
rotary.
MORE REBELLION AGAINST THE GENERAL
COMMITTEE.
Charles Marshall, one of the delegates 70 the
central committee, stated that by a resolution
OF that committee all the districts are 70 hold
Their meetings to nominate OIL the 10th of the
present month. He and Col Carson had con
GUIDED not TO be governed by the action of the
central committee, but to be governed by the
action OF this mass meeting. This report wa,
Yerhed by Mr.. Carson, and a motion was then
adopted that mass meeting be held on the
night OF the 10th inst. to make the nOminations
~ mass meeting instead of primary cleo
ton.
ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF
ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Thomas Commodore submitted a resolution
endorsing the appointment of Col. W. .. Drew
as chief engineer of the fire department, and
John Moore, of engine company No. T. as assis-
tant engineer.
X. }. Collins took the floor, and made
speech in favor OF the resolution, and bore
pretty hard on the present chief engineer
charging that lie had not acted justly towards
,.le Co.. -. aremeI and c0lored applicants for
positions on the force; also that he had shown
prejudice to cOlored tremen who had been on
trial by the commissioners.
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