National Republican., 1876-05-31
DISTRICT POLITICS.
Call for q Republican Convention Of the citi-
Gems Of the District Of Columbia

The undersigned duly accredited delegates TO
the late convention on the 9th Of March, who
were foreibly prevented from exercising their
functions as said delegates by virtue of mob vic.
lencc, instigated by a crowd Of irresponsible and
unauthorized persons, who succeeded in driving
out large number of the delegates, filling our
places thus vacated, voting aud acting in our
stead as regularly-elected delegates, do hereby
repudiate and denounee the proceedings of said
convention as unauthorized, illegal, mobocratic
and Of no binding effect whatsoever. We there
fore call a convention to meet on Wednesday,
June I, 1876, at 10 o'clock a. m, ut Lyceun hall,
for the purpose of selecting four az citsens of the
District Of Columbia as delegates and alternates,
respectively to represent all interests of the Re
publicans Of the District in the forthcoming con-
vention at Cincinnati on the 1ith prox.
In the absence Of any responsible organization
of the Republican party in the District, we here
by request the following well-known citizens to
call meetings of the Republicans in the several
districts unTepresented in this call and elect the
following number of delegates TO represent said
districts, TO act in concert with us and to fill va
Moss, five delegates; Fourth district, Henry ].
Cryer, four delegates; Fifth district, Daniel VIII
liams three % delegates; Eighth district, Wm h
W Tompkins, four delegates; Twelfth district,
T. Q. O'Neill, three delegates; Fourteenth dis
gates: Sixteenth district, Q. W. Swaggart, four
delegates; Seventeenth district, Chas. H. Mar
shall and R; E. Taliierro, five delegates;
four delegates; Nineteenth district, Colonel
T. Lubey, five delegates; Twentieth dis
trict, Samuel Brown, four delegates; Twenty
first district, Michael Sinner, four delegates;
LOgnen Williams, chairman Third district dele
cation; Hon. ]. W. Buker. Second district; Henry
J. Cryer, Fourth district; R. Bowie Fifth district;
b. ]. Freeman, Sixth district; VIM. Schooler,
Seventh district; Wm. H. Bennett, Eighth dis
trict; Colonel S. g. Smoot, Ninth district; John
d. Wallace, Tenth district; r. W. Tompkins,
Eleventh district; T. C. ONeill, Twelfth district;
Geo. H. Boston, Thirteenth district; Columbus
BriseOe. Fourteenth district; q. w. Swaggart,
Sixteenth district; r. E. Taliferro Seventeenth
district; Colonel T. Lubey, Nineteenth district;
Middleton, Twenty-fi first district; Isaac Sinner,
Twenty second district
Being desirous of having the capital OF the
tion duly, properly and respectfully represent
in the forthcoming convention at Cincinnati; {.
all interests including property, Intelligent,
business and labor, we, the undersigned, Repub-
icans regardless Of color, citizens and taxpayers
of the District, heartily recommend the above
call, and pledge it our earnest cooperation aud
support;
H. Bennett, president Eighth district club; John
H. Bell president Sixth district club: Jos. Jack
son, president Seventh district club; LOgnen Will
liams president Third district club; John A-Moss,
district club: VIM. H. Brown Twenty first district
club; Henry Better, Twenty second district club;
George H. Boston, president Thirteenth district
club; John ID. Wallace, vice president Tenth dis
trict club; F. c. O'Neill, president Twelfth dis
trict ciIb; c. W. Swaggart, Sixteenth district
club, and others.
approve the above call, and take this occasion
to repudiate the action of the A M.Green conyen-
tiOn on the 9th of March as illegal unauthorized
and OF no binding effect.
JEROME A. JOHNSON,
Chairman Republican Executive Committee, Dis
trict of Columbia