National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
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They emily intend 10 send three delegates to the
great International Convention Of Typos Whien
convenes at st. Louis the LIST Of June. and tnis
fact made the printers monthly meeting on
Saturday evening one Of the richest ana nVehesa
affairs Of the season. AT about four O'CLOCK p. ~
squads Of men might have been seen passing
down the most prominent thoreughferes Of the
city. gradually csnterins ct the corner OF Ninth
ana d streets, where the meeting was 70 Be held.
| Each man was telling what-h knew about the
oua neatIons OF some other fellow, emphasizing
| his words with gestures that made Il dangerous
to be safe anywhere in the neighborhood. Each
mans character, habits ana ability were DELHI
Grated upon with that delicaey Of language and
generosity Of thought which 10 so characteristic
Of the printer. "NoW there's Charley Jerks, -
said Jones, man OF unlimited beer drinking
capacity, who has been known to set up
eighteen thousand ems in ten hours and hold
o hundred and sixty.pound EN- on his rheumatic
knee for three consecutive nights, and yet don't
think the man has the proper qualifications for 0
delegate because Of his hereditary inclination TO
be obstinate. Why. It was only night before last
that Ems father usREed into the back parlor
with pair Of number tens on and requested
Charley TO walk home for his health. But he got
contrary, and looked at.En, and signed yes or no,
and EN- signed back ne; then he chung closer to
her belt, and asked the old gent why things were
thusly, and the old gent, In reply, bounced in
back Of the sofa and kicked all the springs loose
| In explaining the thusly; and Il wasn't until En-
Jumped up and caught the exasperated old pa
rent lovingly about the mock that Charley made
up his mind to move; which he did with the accu-
mulated quiekness Of condensed haste. Now,
boys, you know that such obstinancy as that
would be An intermina Die evil in o con-
vention where there must necessarily be more or
less pting OF IDEAS and other peculiar difficulties
80 mi dam oUfn sci
to surprise the other members Of the squad who
had supposed that JenkS' life and habits were as
pure Is the ripping canal, but now they unani-
mously opposed his nomination, and couldn't for
the life Of them see why man with 80 many
faults should attemptto secure the high and ex-
allied honor Of delegate. This little instance
shows how frail are political fame and prospects.
Oftimes the Insignificant disposition Of Q mans
minor faults will ruin him as publicist forever,
and sometimes longer.l This Is but ono Of the
thousand similar scenes which transpired on D
street Saturday afternoon and evening. Every
body appeared to be candidate, and some Of
them were mad because they couldn't be two. In
fact, John Dunn openly acknowledged that he
would like to be triune delegate, g. e. that they
abandon the idea Of sending three delegates, and
nominate him as one with the power Of casting
three ballots In the Convention. This he
thought would save expense, and please. his
IclhtlVeb uugclgs WHICH IdCL OuBub 70 noNo Uceu
considered BY the caucus, but business was too
brisk, and consequently the proposition was for
gotten. There was an unusual amount of lobby
ing done on the ourbftones something very un-
common in this city, where that royal art has been
worked down to such . nne point AZ to require the
striotest secrecy possible and the best juleps
made. Occasionally an anxious aspirant might
have been seen nudging aconservatiye man in the
ribs, at the same time making violent expressions
about the mouth, indicating dryness, and then
the twain would dart dIagonslly across the street
and disappear through the doors ofthe Capital"
when the sspirant would describe his intense de-
sire to see St. Louis, clinching the point with .
glass Of Philadelphia ale, and then returning
confident that he had roped the conservative into
his support. And thus the battle ragged until
o'clock p. m, when the balloting commenced.
THE RESULT.
The election resulted In the selection as dele
gates of Mr.. William r. Mclean, Of the Evening
Star, (who is the president OF the International
Union,) and Mr.. John NJ. Richards, Of TEE Ma
TIoSAL REPUBLICAN ONCE. A tie occurring be-
tween O. NJ. Cyphers, OF the document room,
Government printing office, and Allen CONN, Of
the piece department Of the same otfice, Q new
election VIII be necessary for one delegate, The
following IS the vote IN detail: Votes cast, B57
William R. Mclean, 25s; John NJ. Richards, 257i
O. NJ. Cyphers, 1856; Allon Conn, 1se; A. T. Ran
dolph, III; B. A. Ford, 1s7; John W. Thomas, 9S;
N. Watkins, II; JsbeI Lord, q; T. D. Sandy, %;
A. r. Plat, o; scattering, 8.