Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-20
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in the second sto'y of house on Princess
street, between Fairfax and Royal, Larkin
Patton in the chair, and Robert Armstrong,
Secretary.
The object Of the meeting having been stated
to he Ito elect Board of Aldermen aud Com
mon Couucilmen T. and nominations being in
order,
Armstrong said he had cauvasscd the Ward
and found that the following ticket would be
favorably received For Alderman, II. l..
Simpson; for Common Council, Lewis Nc
Kenze, John A. Field, Lewis Stein and John
W. Henderson; for Constable, John Birrell,
and for Magistrate, D. d. Gould; and on mo-
ton the ticket was declared to be the uuani-
m. us choice of the meeting.
Richard Miles wanted to know if he had a
vote.
The Chair decided that he had not as he
Miles lived in Washington.
Upon this decision there arose tempest y
al present participating and talking at once,
until,
On motion of John Birrell, the "discuss,on
was laid on the table" and 50 Miles was dis
tiauclllsrd,
Holiday now objected to the manner in which
the nominations had been made, and moved a
reconsideration, but in the confusion the chair
took no notice fthe motion.
Armstrong moved to adj urn.
Brrell objected, as there would be I'm
rortant business before the meeting
The motion was withdrawn.
Committees were appointed to have tickets
printed, and to attend at the polls ON the day
of election
Holiday again put 10 au objection to the
nominations, and tried to have rehearing
Birre now came to HOLIDAY assistance and
moved that the nominations be again an
nounced.
HOLIDAY moved that STEMS name be strick-
en- of and E. f. Downham's substituted.
Birrell objected
Holiday spoke in praise of Mr.. Downham,
and referred to his being Northern man
Robinson was sick Of Northern men; ifwhte
men were to ride Into office on his vote he
wanted Virginia gentlemen, but nevertheless
thought Mr.. Downham good man.
Birrell said because man was born III II
stable, he was not OF necessity horse. He
wasted men chosen regardless of place of birth.
Holiday rose to j pint but the visual Or
gan Of the chair not embracing 10 its scope the
aims, object or purpose Of the said pint" it
was ruled out Of order.
Patton said he was going TO say something
which did not amount to much, lin which as
Serton the meeting seemed to concur, judging
from the very slight attention pali.) lie knew
Stein to be Republican Of the straightest sect.
He did not care If u man was born SO far North
that he had to sit down on Il lump of ice (The
assembly shivered.) He would nominate John
Lanuon, who, he said, was Irish, but he did
not care for that
Richard Miles here left, "baggod,' as he
said, by Patton.
Holiday rose, but the chair suppressed him.
However, as he took his scat, he said that he
wanted the Conservative ticket endorsed.
There was now much confusion of tongues,
amidst which Holiday was heard to say that he
would not be choked off.
Armstrong desired to say something, but
Holiday called for the question on his motion.
On the motion to strike out Stein aud insert
:Dowoham,
Armstrong said he and Stein had gone hand
in haud through the streets Of Alexandria
when II was dangerous for Republicans to
travel these streets, aud as he looked upon in
gratitude az the basest OF crimes, and was OPP
,lOSodl 20 swapping horses In crossing stream,
he would rather fall with Stein than win with
I)ownlam.
The motion to strike out was lost.
There was now much 'babbng' and noise,
whcrcupou,
Robinson arose and stated that one hundred
people down in North Carolina had been Killed
pn account Of politics.
This announcement sent thrill OF horror
through the assembly, and several suggested
that politics had better then be let alone.
The motion to rc-endorse the nominations
made at the fore part Of the meeting was
then carried unanimously, with one or two OK
captions, aud the meeting adjourned till We'd
nesday mig Int next.
CRY Police Force. city Police Force,
rank aud file, dressed in their new summer
uniform, were inspected this morning at Po-
lice Headquarters, by the Mayor aud the Police
Board, aud presented q musr creditaho ap-
pearance The whole force, officers and men,
with the exception of two of the latter, one
disabled by pistol wound, and the other on
duty at the Court House, were present aud of
such body of men any city might we'll be
proud. They are all sound aud healthy, and
40 their new Panama hats and blue cloth suits
attracted general attention and admiration as
they marched up King street after the inspec
ton was over. The review was satisfactory in
every respect, and the force was complimented
by the inspecting officers Considering the
extent Of the city and the duty the members Of
the force have to perform. many are of the
opinion that an increase in their small salaries
would be but an acknowledgment that the
aborer is worthy of his hire.