, 1876-07-16

terday afternoon in the ladies' ordinary of I'll
Palmer House. Several of the bright Ifgh,
we're there. ]. r, Doolittle, Jr., John AIattock
j. c. Richbcrg, Gen. Stiles, T. A. Moran, Mix
Evans, Tom Foley, Mike Bailey, and other
representing tho two wings Of the party-th
| respectable and the rag-and-tagg- hummer cl,
ment-were On hand. a Federal flag covered
| portion Of the marble floor, leaving tho bt
holder to wonder whether It's humble postio
were OF accident or design. The untcrriic
| keformers vigorously squirted tobarco-iuie
| over the floor, and consulted for the country
! good.
| The meeting was called to order at o'cloc
By John Mattocks. 4 volub1e Secretary rattle
of the minutes, Of the last meeting, which wer
| approved. When it came to rcodins the repo1
Of the Committee On Constitution, Mr. MAJ
tocls resigned the chair in favor OF Afr. s. +
Baldwin. The Secretary then read the follow
ing report:
We, the members Of tho Democratic CITY ccntrt
Committee. in order to form more perfect o.
ganlzatiou and promote the best interests of tn
iarty b. 1aboring earnestly for its success do or
dan and establish those regulations as our rnG an
This CitT Central Committee shalt consist of on
member from each ward and two from the city a
large, to be elected annually ut the regular cit
The officers Of this Committee shall consist OF
President, Secretary, and Treasurer; who shal
hold their respective offices for the term Of 3a oa
year.
Each member Of the CITY Central Committee fo
his respective ward, shall appoint some onc 70
aetIEe ward work. attend 10 the securing of speak.
e.s, renting balls and eaectins thorough canTar:
voters in each ward, and to attend to other detail:
necessary for success.
Thi. Committee of riys shall enaearor to bar.
efforts prove unaeailing, then an appeal slaall Be
bad 70 the Censral Committee ot twenty, whose
decision saall be hnal.
Tie members Of the City Central Committee
shall aahdlyldc themselves for their respective d.
ylslons-North> South and West-as .appointed
for ouch district by respective wards, into sab
committees for the purpotc OF exercising SUPER
visory action over the town elections.
For tho purpose Of hatmony, when elections for
NATIONAL State, and county officers are to be held,
the City Central COMMITTEES will consult with the
respective National, State, and County Commit
tees what may be best to s,c done to secure unity
Of action and success for the Democratic party.
Mr.. J. B, Vaughn introduced the following
amendment:
That each member Of the Executive Committee
appoint, with the advice and consent OF his Ward
Gnb CIV one nan a. tor each precinct as n'7noer Of
1fr. Mattoclks, the Chairman Of the Commit
tee which prepared tha report, suggested the
insertion Of clause providing that each meru-
ber Of the Central Committed, for his respective
ward, should appoint five men for active ward
duty, to constitute the Ward Committee, He
Thought this addition would cover the case, and
said It would probably 1laye been inserted III the
original report, but that the latter had been
hastily read over By the members Of the Com
mittee. T.
Several brethren spoke on the report and the
amendment. and tie general feeling was in
favor. Of adopting tho report with Mr.. Mat
tocks' addition, and IN opposition to the amend
ment offercu By Mr.. Vaughn, which was finally
!. TIC following amendment, offered by a1r. A.
c. Storey, WAS adopted, after which the report
OF the Cqnmittee Was adopted as whole:
Each member r-at-large OF the Executive Comrlit-
tee shal appoint ten men from the city Mt large
aud ward members Of the City Central Committee
to constitute Ward and General Working Com,
mittee.
aIr. Mattocks announced that Rooms % and
90, the permanent headquarters at the Palmer,
aud would be open to all Democrats until tho
end Of the campaign, under the charge Of the
Secretary, Mr.. Crowley.
:, On motion, the Committee then adjourned to
Saturday at p. N.
AZ THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS
Vcstetyla7 not even an '':old liner" showed him
self. The pail Of defeat seems to hang over the
dusty chairs and cobWcbbcd raf}s. Even Miles
kehoe, the presiding genius Of young Dcmocra-
ey, was not about Perry u. Smith IS said to be
4sASt3 AS4AllIs AoiloQ1tstLtOu With .. us
to how much Of that "bae'l OF money " viii be
expended in the West, and how much the rail
road interests and the wealthy <srocli-rootedn
are expected to contribute to aid in carrying on
the campaign.
Some of the Democrats talk of running ex-
doV falmcr Tor Governor on their ticket Ia
case the Independents don't unite with them
koerner is Acknowledged to be out Of the dues
tion, because he was beaten fo1ff years ago, and
caqnot even carry bis own county. AS to JOHN N.
palmer, many OF the Democrats are doubtful Of
his loyalty to their cause: They seem to think
that the Ex-Governor will not swallow Tillen |
aud Hcudr1cks, though great efforts hare been |
made to make him SO, but that 1le will fnnllv |
some out straight for Haycs and Wheeler. x !
likely to aEise, and WHICH will probably
act that the Iaacpendontss ea d. not xant anf
"a swallow Tldcn. They can take in !
'ott,money Henericks, but, rs to Tildcn, they
.hnk ! he is - too lard II to take In with Perry
Smith, Tom Hoyne,, John Foysrthr, Miles
aehoc, and the rest Of the Democratic leaders.
The Conference Committee meets In Sprf1ie-
'eld on the 2Sth inst, and from all appearances
threatens to be lively one, not calculated to
,slns harmony to the Democratic party, as
many OF tho honest money men are opposed to
aiiing In and sleeping with the rag-baby. Al
oscthcr, things loo1i anything but bright in
he Democratic wigwan1.
ZENITH WARD.
uiCAs pEtl'AlallOuS I1ll DcC0 MADE during the I
ast few days by the Democrats Of the Tenth !
9ard to lsold grand ratification meeting last |
;ening and to form an immense Tildcn Reform |
,iub. The old Aurora Turncr-nall, No. l}3 !
Milwaukee avenue, lad been fixed un in grand
tyle, and number Of prominent speakers had
cen inFitcd to address the fmtnensc assem-
]age which was expected. But up to o'clock
0 one had made his appearance except Mcssrs,
!. e. Richherg and 4. c. Storey. Both OF them had
arrfullg g-preparcd speeches in their coat pock-
Is, and were burning to fling them ut the crowd
rcforn1crs. After waiting about tcn naIl,utes
11 no one else coming to see what was going on,
Ii. Storey thought that the reason for the slim
lrn-out Was because be had Advertised the
,eetlpg in the newspapers, while the rcfor1ncrs |
the Tenth Ward could not read ut ill, Nir.
iehbcrg suggested getting drummer to dru1n |
crowd together, and Mr.. Storey hunted around
II one quite a while, bu1 did not succeed in
aaing one. Hc picked up, however, an Italian |
rgant-gr'nder and gave him nickel to grind a
,0wd together. Though the Italian ground
Tay as II for dear life for nearly half an hour,
It hs did not succeed in bringing oat any one, !
ID finally lie gate up tue job In disgust. At
,out o'clock only half dozen persons were |
'eseut. Somc one suggested to organize the
eeting any way, but several objected On the ]
ound that there were not enough persons
csent to I'll the offices. It was finally decided
postpone the organization OF the ward club | |
It'll Uncle Sam :" hod scut on some Of that