, 1877-10-18

About Hfty of tlfr harl'landc'l anna Of toll
we're present, and. barring few very noticeable
exceptions, conducted themselves in fccntning
nannrr. apctrl,co wcrr nEldc hy Henry Lin.
tnln, Juiius Hflrcrt,nfth. William Baker, AMI
otl,rrt. Mr. s,lstrstnith reviewed the platform
Of HE Wosktn=ncn's party and made snr'o
goott pofnts in tn favor. While he was spcaklnE
aiuut sufnptuary laws ali! The like, three Or
fu1,r fciiuws at the bar At tic other cu'l Of tho
saloon prr,istc.I in making n raesrt by i,a-
ranrninY the fetnatc taIkrrpcr. cinnkine l'eeF.
g'a,.rs, anil vocsfcrattns loudly. They is''is!c'l
TINT they wcre not taking part in The meeting,
Anu l,ah s,aisl fur their mugs.
MT. Baker ls n venerable t0fpreh man, and
when he arose to speak 1s,wcriut workjngn,at'
who WIS Intent upon hearing fYtt ~ word lie nt-
terrd drew hts chair tl"se TN to The
plare slcrc tue speaker aml the pscsi'I-
m the table In front of them, laid f'ak IN a}l
Ills manly dignity, and lnr1ns tltr remarks sai!
"Yun're " right, ,inrk;" "B,.ly ior YOU, ul'i
hny." clc. TIE EhaFrtnnn finally arose anil lifted
the tnudhtuks gently from the ID If.
Af1@t ht tji1,sr rrrtcnt t!gn'sl thu roll pre-
arntcd ami ty'ufne mefnttsh u the Clab, whh.!t
adjourned after trtnaartinR h0c business tenl-
Ing toward permanent organization.
ENtox vEfEnAHs.
i regular kctn.tnun'hly meeting II the Clf-
caca Cn'I Veteran Club wins hrt't last eycning
at the tiraml Pacific, ti"n. Martin bectn tn The
chair. TN mutton of Capt. Weaver, Il run,n,it-
trc y! .lsc tu arrange ior LECTURES 1T the t,luh
meetings MAS appointed By the Chair. Capt.
Weaver, Col :. rl'ncr, the linn. i. u. Sherman.
t;cn. y. l.. Cllctlalit, and ''rn. Martin I'cem
wrre nrp,tiut.ri a. said Committee.
The various wartl and district Committees
ttlen rctrct fur organization. Zen. 4. l.. Ctet-
la!n was slnstn Cl1srtnan q TIC t:c'mral c"n'.
nllttce, onl ,Eat. .Jol'a T.. rratt Secretary.
Tx comttse proeee,s 'a,, ,,.,, !. ~ ,.sa. ;,.
sss ns.. ' '''sc Sy 1ces;.a''f va, tho i', ira;
within. lie b'mnlstainctl veteran. Of the battle
tlcl stctlInIng 10 atvcpt the etorY that sr. Eddy
ever sought the bui,lle reputation at the carr
non's m,ltt'. \ nninber oI names VI candidates
were suggrstcJ, and the merits IT thr respective
candidates eanvasscd. Thu Committee then
went Into secret session anil the Club ad.
1uurted, subject to The call Of The Chair.
SEVENTEENTH WAlsp. .-
The fnlnstrtals Of tho Seventeenth Ward held
| 4 meeting last evening In tho lIand-bali alley
corner vi Franklin street and ClltcaEn avenue,
thc attendance l'cing rather small. In thn all
scnce II the President, str. John Sweeney was
Nir. Join Mst;iivray WIS !ntrolucca, and nj.
drcsted tho meeting at so1ne length. lie lie.
lteved that the Worktngmen'A ttsuc was nut an
issue Of io4iay, but would nlways he the t.suc
| aud always hatl been. Only by eternal vigilance
could they secure their rights. and It l,ehulvetl
| then, u consider wrll wl,at they were contend-
same old speech, with 4 few variations, that he
/ Ind been making straight through the clin-
| patgn. Mr.. JolIn Conlan and a lev others also
illadc addresses, after whfcl, au adjournment
| was had.
| Ei1nTM WARD.
The Workinglncns Industrial Club OF the
First Precinct 0f tao Eighth Ward met ut No.
124 West Harrison street last evening, .falues
| Murphy In the ciair. Tic attendants were
| Democrats btagers,-and It was very
arn1stnc to scc how lusttly they appiaudcd
every reform sentiment.
| 'rlic speaker OF the evening was Patrick
O'SIr. and Nil that can bc said of Ills effort Is
that 1t VIVA of the usual style. Being as, ol.l-
time Democrat, and never having held al Office,
the grim spectre Of corruption stared him In
gctllcr as he contemplated what would come to
rass II he md llis fellows were not provided
| With place. Mr. Ahrat,aIns and others iolIuwctl
in brief speeches, which fell upon tho aud1enee
| as wet blanket.