The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-04-05


,posge and nominated Lee II Monroe, OF the
,c allawag and ..oul'' faction, for permanent
manager of Tn. wake, and moved him 10 the
position by loud shout under the rattle oil
he yavaI and the call OF question. qnes-
tiou - Grand keeper of the records "hiUT'
was retained, ami Minor If Claiborne, was
made assistant. Everything was now ready
lnti under the rapof the hsmmer calls
sMr. Chairman.' 'Mr. ChairmanP' "ques-
tionr' By the Chair: You are out OF order
sir. mir Chairman" stake the vote, slI
down" Motions to appoint the various
com mittees were made, put and announced
Carl led, every body voting AYE" and eE-
cry body else voting No! no! no.. Mr.
Chairman. "Divisi"n." The Chair d"cide's
there should be no divisions. The hammer
flew off the handle, and the chair said the
Democratic hammer was broken (no laugh
ter-nobody heard the renaek or saw the
point bur the reporters The committee
were appointed and the eX-"ins" we're dis
appointed tor they thought Lee would
.conp." but he wasn't that kind of hair
pin
THE SMALL FRY.
While the committees were car the small
try let off while, buc som broke 10 vn.
Tie thing was getting dull; there wasn't
much of "A wake AFTER all. When
SLIGHT START
for the dance was made by Hill, OF Kinds,
introducing a resolution to invite the great
Pinch.-Pinch. OF Louislana-P. Il. 5.
Pinch.-to ora te The white folks couldn't
see il, and the darkies got little mad--not
m uch mad. because tn ere were not many OF
them present TO get mad white folks were
running that thing, aud Mr.. Darkey was
nowhere. Gray sailed in aud tried his
voice at Mr.. Chairman and then black
fellow tried it while at Mr.. Churmun!
and Mckee said he didn't want any Louisi-
ana politicians to run Mississippi RAIDS
Then The,e was general uproar, when
Hill, seeing the resolution would be killed
withdrew it. Ireland couldn't see the with
drawal; the Grand Manager did, and out il
went. By this time the boys Threats were
dry, and they took another recess until
z O'Clock.
SECOND ROUND.
Time called at z o'clock. The ex-" ins >
had found out that the Lee dodge didn't
win, and came up in diminished strength
but squarely to the scratch. They missed
the cOlOred troops. who always tout nobly
for them-they weren't there. Posted per-
sons could see that the blood of rhe boys
was up; there was some small sparring, and
good deal of lodging.
The Committee To appoint an Executive
Committee reported. Sullivan OF Toronto,
tiful voice, cleverly parried, when Avery
countcred on him, and the gavel came in
play; and amid "Que>tion! question y
Ave! aye! aye!" No! no! no." it
AS put through, and the eX" ms " went
to grass.
At this point, both sides being willing to
take rest. and the late .out>" perceiving
that the darkeys were not exactly satisfied
ut the way the thing was running, Lake,
the banner-carrier of the .Outs," introduced
a proposition to invite
PINCHBACK
to speak, which was adopted and accepted,
and the distinguished ex-would-be Senator
delivered AN address, during which good
many of the boys slipped out to ROhrbac
er's, where pool selling was going Oh for
the
THIRD ROUND.
Time was called at about II 30 O'Clock
both sides stepped up promptly to the
scratch. The Committee on Resolutions
reported, and as the "outs" had given the
ms " show by com plimenting Nor
ton, the Grand Manager of the wake was
about to seclare the round draw when
SIDE FIGHT
was gotten up by Fisher, of Akron, Ohio.
who introduced a resolution endorsing
Ames. Carter of Warren let fly stun
ner, by moving to add Cardozo. Then the
boys went at 1t. 1t was no longer carpet
Dagger against scalawag, but darkey against
white man. Sullivan said he knew Cardo-
20 was Il thief and Ames was not. He in
vestigated Cardozo during the last Lcgisa-
ture, and knew it. Carter said they had no
evidence against CardOzO, except what they
had against Ames. Then the boys yelled.
aud then ireland took a hand, and then Ces-
sOr said he would tell what he knew about
Ireland and Carter, and that Cardozo was a
thief; and then the gavel ratified, and the
question was called. CardOzo went on TIE
table, and Carter and ireland went under
the table, aud the side fight was over in
time for the
FOURTH ROUND.
which was, by all odds, the liveliest.
Sullivan moved to strike an individual off
the list of electors. He said he wasn't
worthy to be there. [Cries of ''name him.
Sullivan: 81 will name him, Dewitt
StearDs--he is a coward and traitor ana
a liar.'
The chair raped, and Order! order ~
was rang out. Mckee wanted vote of
censure. He said no man should use cuss
words and say damn and the Sergean at
Arms, Kerr, collared Sullivan and shook
him while. and Redmond grabbed Suni-
van and they had wrestling match. GEN
eral melee, everybody calling at once,
the gavil doing duty as usual. SteaIns
didn't like to be insulted. Sullivan said he
meant it; the Grand Manager declared the
round off. Sullivan objected more fun;
referees. Democrats sitting on the steps or
'he stand near HIM. agreed to the decision
md the round was ruled off, amid great con-
fusion, in which Sullivan could be heard to
'ay,' "A most honest chairman etc. [Pri-
zate opinion OF the reporter, the ex-H'ins"
lidn't stand up to sullivan in that round.I
FIFTH ROUND.
uch confusion &t the commencement of |
his round, and lookers-On saw at the be-
ginning that it woul I'd be short one. The
'x-"ins' came up promptly, but showed |
bad puLishment-both eyes black and nose |
BADLY mashed. Shapghnessy offered pass
N the way Of resolutions; the Secretary
cad: ''Whereas, the Hon. Oliver P. Nor
On"-"Mr. Chairman! Mr.. Chairman ~
I move we adjourn !'-"Read !''-"Dop't
cad ?'-rap, rap, rap with the gavel-
read read is,-tsadiOu ~, .Goua.fiou'i ran0