The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-17
DISGUISED INDEPENDENTS.
A Host of Distinguished Dissenters
from Radicalism.
A REGULAR BRIsTow CROWD.

n hEGOLAR BhlSTOW CROWD.
BRYANT, wooLsEY, scHURZ q CO.. HOLD
THEIR INDIGNANT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ELECTED - VARIOUS INDEPENDENT
SPEECHES ANXIOUS FOR RRIsTow-
GRANT Nor A BAD MAN, BUT KEEPER
OF BAD COMPANY.
NEw YORK, May l5.-About three hun
dred prominent gentlemen from various
parts of the country assembled at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day to attend the
political conference called by William G..
Bryant, Horace White, Theodore d. Wool
ssy, A. 81. Bulloch and Carl Schurz.
Secretary Lodge called the meeting to
order and read the call. The fog-
lowing were appointed as permanent
officers: President, Theodore ID. Woolsey:
vice presidents, G. g. Fogg, of New Hamo-
shire; G. w. Willard, OF Vermont; II. L.
Pierce, Martin Brimmer, Julian n. Seelye,
Mark Hopkins and James +. Clark, of
Massachusetts,; Leonard Bacon and Joseph
and Wentworth Higginson, of Rhode
Island; w. G. Bryant, John Jay,
0. Ottendorfer, G. Solomon, Bradford +.
Wood, Cyrus W. Field, Charles Butler and
Samuel Osgood, of New York; Thomas
Balch, Henry Lea and William Welsh, of
Pennsylvania; ex-Gov. Miller and j. ID.
Cox, of Ohio; Col. Martin, of Indiana:
illinois; w. l.. Davis and f. w. Horn, OF
Wisconsin,; John Mcneil and Jas. s. Rol-
Inns, of Missouri. Secretaries-H. c.
Lodge, oftMsssacbusetts; +. A. Walker,
of Connecticut; 81. A. Brown, of Penn
sylvania; A. Riconne, of Ohio, and Enos
Clark, OF Missouri. President WooIsey
said hat for eight or ten years pat the
country mad been growing politically
worse. The leading and strong men of
the Republican party has made the coun-
try blush with shame, and now this meet
ing was called to decide what was best to
be done to remedy matters. Carl Schurz
thanked the audience for such large at
tendance. 1t was good sign when men
came forward and lowed their
POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE.
Every citizen should see that the party
he belongs to is a good one. None has
been invited here but men not overawes
by any party and such as are known
have the best interests of the countryi.
heart. Independents, it is said, are Z
the fence, but it is owing 10 AZ
vast quantity of mud on D;
OF the fence that they are afraid to
scend. The object of this conference is to
promote and further the general interests
OF the country. Psrke Goodwin, Judge
l.. ). Foster, Of Connecticut; John w.
Hoyt, of Wisconsin; Martin Brim-
mer, OF massachusetts, and Carl
Schurz were appointed COMMITTEES
to draw up some definite plan
of action and to take such other measures
as may be deemed necessary, and report TO
the convention. DR.. Osgood spoke as fol-
lows: sit Is every mans duty to be q
patriot, be he clerical OF lay. or late the
government has been separated from
that high morality nece sssry, and
sporting politicians have crept into office
who are OF q base and most
damnable class. We do not like the
White House. An unpleasant odor has
arisen ell around it, and while believing
that the present incumbent is not bad
man, yet his associates sre bad.
He hes placed men in Office who have
made us all hang our heads by their mis-
deeds. We want a man in that Office who
is intelligent, honest, capable, bigh-toned
and fearless. [Applsuse.l Franklin Nc
Weigh, of Chicago, said that he came
on as he was interested in Mr..
Bristow, and thought the conference
was also. He did not know what would
be done, but thought that the composers of
the conference were mere boys in politics;
that they were too abstract and should
get down to something personal and
definite. Charles Francis Adams, Jr.,
said he would not fire off his gun
like Mr.. McVeigh, until he first saw
his bird. [Laughter.] He preferred waiting
for the report of the committee before pre-
sumjng that nothing positive would be
done