, 1875-01-03
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
The Leaders in Search OF a New
Mama.
Conference at the Sherman Tes-
-... terday Evening. -

The leaders Of ths Peoples psrty ~ no long"
er satisfied NTH the name they ne "Demo-
cratic better, and it it is nat ippTooab!a that
:hey will mako the chanso in TIC noxt campaign
There is dissatisfaction IN tts fanks. Every one
.ho imagines ne has "iattGenca with tho
.:lads who vote" Va1-s to be rewarded, snd
| sicco there arc not enough to 90
around tho groules cannot DO pacilod- Tho
| conrae of SheripAcnew in permitting tho Jpd.ox
to select b.ilff Tor their respective coars-
| rooms il r-ttetly denounced, TO: tbs 1cason that
| q few 1.publicans ~vcro pzofcrrea to the scum
who. .tere anxious to get tl.~ position-- Tha man
- are at the head of the party are very a.x;on.
IfeGatding its future, and are dong all thay caa
to hold the respectable voters who wero dli7en
into it's ranks because they We1e opposed to hay
ing water allotted ia them when they thought
they ought to be SLOWED to drink ubatever they
wer. able to pay for.
These leaders held secret meeting In tho
c1nb-7oom Of tue Sherman House last evening
TALK OVER THE SITUATION,
and SEQ il anythog coald be doae TO keep the
''sheep" 10 the fold Among those present
we're A. c. Hesing, City Treasnrcr 0'Hara. thu
Hon. LYMAN Truneull, Col. Sherman. tho Hon
Carter Harrison. tho Hun. B. &. Cau1Gs!d, this
Hon. John Wentworth. County Attorney Roun-
tree County Clerk Lieb Obadiah Jackson. Tax
Commissioner J. j. a1cGrath, County ConmiB-
Hloners Loaerg2n. Cra" ford. and McCanrey. And
AID. Tom Lynch. Phil Conley. Tom Hoyne,
Senator, elect hehoe, s1er'n Asne"' aud oehosA
F. II. Winston presided
The orator Of tie evening vas, OF cou1zo,
MI. HEsIN0,
who, az usual, abused the Republican, and
charged thon with all sorra OF crimes, and hM.
charges, encouraged him With signs OF approval.
h. however said some good things, bu: incor.
rectly attributed the recent scandaous actions o3
some Of the Aldermen aud County Conn.,
the monbers Of the s'unvashed gang
He asserted that Republican Alderman passed
tho Wabash avenue railway ordinance, aud that
the ring in the County Board aas made mp Of
Republican commissioners. The Aldermen who
took Cobb's money were abused Is only Mr. ~
Heaing can abuse man whom ho believes has
doaa wrong. and his denunciatlons uer4 80 bitter
that AID. Lynch became very much exc.t4d-
and denied that he Ind had anything to do with
the steal
Mr. Heeing had not referred to him person.
Al}y, his remarks being directed mainly TO Aid 4
G'Btien, who refused to be dictated 70 year
ago. but voted for whom he thought fl to I'LL
the minor city offices. That presumption has
When Mr. Hesing had modified all 10 h.d said
about the Alderman, he went on 10 say that tho
pkrt3 had cc-a1 been properly organized; that
scalaHags and dead-beats had c1ept into It;
and that
Il P1ArroRa or DEFINITE PRxcp1Es
vas essential He bad no special planks to sug.
goat beyond 'sDown With corruption, but be-
leyed something should be done immedlaseiy il
that direction.
GEN. LEE
next spoke. He also deprecated the loos9ness
OF the party organization and thu presence OF
dead-ueats aud bummers, and advocated tho
adoption Of \ substantial platform tor tho
party to stand upon. He referred at some
forr IS. IN in fha ~ ri