, 1874-07-27
LOCAL MISCELLANY,
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TEE O0IlMUNISTs


" The victory Of tho Communities OF this city.
galnna over tho taxoayors OF tlle soyentoouth
Ward last Friday ovoa,ug, by breaking up the
lre-patrol n,aatiug, sccr,a to have exhausted
tllcir strength. For months they havo boeu IN
stato Of dissolution and, In spito of
tho ablliiy aud cncrgy Of tl'eir loadore.
thor fanks bcoamo thtnnor md tliuuar.
For weoks thoy have been q,,arroling mud charg-
inK each other with tyoncllory mud bpt for tho
fso Of tho f4th Inst. thoy would now .bo doa}or
titan All Egyptian mummy. Tho csc'temout
created by Lint fro, nnd tho consequent oxton-
nson Of tho firo-)imlta, gnyo their willy lcadora
another nhance 10 thrust themselves boforo tho
public md Keep up tho uotorioty which, taoy Ind
gatuad duriug tho workingH1au'a trauhlo lqas
winter. Like drowning man catching for
straw, thoy caught at tile opportunity Of mating
another elfurt 70 nave themselves from po5al-
cry agaiuat tile extonuon OF Tho nro-lni.ta. on
account Of injustice to tho woriiuBanclit
thoy might nsain oolieet thesr seassosea
10fss1 ,d For ih9 t zco swH o, sag oSsh
which, hoWoycr, would laso turt'ol out q
t,ofont, Ind MIR. schooninser and Mr. ,Karla
shown u little moro Bngacity. and not niiowcn
themselves to bo ont%ittad by ,.!' tho u, alTowd
tory of lnas Fr!dny will boar them no fruits. AZ
tho taxpayors Of tho whrd aso now OIL their
gunrd aud will DO propnrad for them nt tho next
llcotlng. Their loud ana poinbastlo talk' Of tho
last fow iays his bcoomo mora Bnbdund. and M
thoy do mol aoe tho massea Of workinglnor raj
lying aroaud Thorn M tlloy expected, they arc
gottiHg DISCOURAGED, and begin to tlnd out that
ths is d bal country In which to practice con1-
mn1lie1n. OF oven to teach Hocin1iBn. -" ::
The lack Of interest exhibited by tho working
n,tn towards them Ia nacribed by tho leaders to
t1o incapaetty Of tho Contral Oommittoo. They
therefore forced TIC old Contra! Committee to
resign, mud elected n nov. QUO yesterday
afternoon. 4 convention for this nur-
,,use waB hold ut No. 129 Wost
Folk btroot, twenty dniosatpB bninE present,
and among thon, Mr. Albert Mchelsoa. Aftor
Mr. Kloil:had boom olcctoa President and 1fr.
thero wern Hnverai roportprs .1,reRont, and he
should ]iko to know what to do with them. Mr.:
KlinEg 6nl thnt tho reporters should bo oxcudol
BECAUSE tAoit hall was too gna1l to hold
them md alt tho de1cgntoa. Mt. ziulpel
also thought tho roportera should 10 excluded,
thoro would bo nothing but privnte b'ltl-
nessa transacted, and ~ was Of no lna}.oytnuco
to tho public whom they elected a. delegates.
Tho roportora informed tlpn tint that Sna OK
acty their opinion, and thoy therefore loft, ieay-
lug t1e Communists alono ln atl thelr glory.
tfhors wero present dofesatca from seventeen
scctiona. representing 500 Bohomian aud ,0oo
t;urnan mombnrs. After como discussion, .
Central Committee wns eleetea By tho following
vote: Hut1or, 1,274; Joifcra, l,C1b: Klipgs,
1048; Moinbooh, 1,040; zinpel, DIT; Btoin, 0s8;
KlauaB, 884 Arnold, 8B4 Woboking, 84B. It III
stated TINT t1o strength or the varioua scctiona
+ ~ ts'lsa ax @ F1st 1s 1s7 st Ssfond az oTn h1 !?
Eighth, q; Ninth, o.; Tenth 43 !; Eleventh,
. 65; Two1fth. 5D; Thrleouth. 11a; Fonrteontl,
81: Fiftoantl, IS: Sixtaouth, $40; sovautooutA,
2G; Eighteenth, 40+