, 1877-10-06
LOCAL POLITICS.
The Democratic Central Com
nittee Buck|ing on Its
Armor.
Appointment Of an Industrial Commit
tee to Palaver with the Green-
hackers.
The Rival Republicans In the
Fifteenth Ward,
TIE DEMOCRACY.

TIE DEMOCRACY.
The Central Committee met at the Palmer
House last evening. In the absence Of Perry
II. Smith, Senator Kchoe presided There was
a full attendance of members, and a large num-
ber of outsiders were also present. but tho lat
ter and the reporters, on motion Of Pat Rafferty,,
we're excluded. It wna given out that the object
OF Qoing Into secret srssfon wna 10 get It'd of
tho factions who were there in tho interest OF
Sheriff Kern and Gen. 1fcb. There Is bitter fight
between these two men, and Kern Is doing his
utmost to prevent the denomination Of the Cen
erai. Those who got tho bonnce " loitcscd In
tho hall awhile, and listened to the music OF tho
"pokcr checks " handled by parties In Room
20, whesa tho tiger has quiet lair; hut, ttriue
Of tho monotonous Jingle, they went down
stairs, where most Of them Gavc vent to their
disappointment by abusing the Committee and
cl,aractcrizing II as fraud. The session lasted
two hours and hn1f.
At the previous meeting Kchoc tenilcrcd his
resignation as Secretary, and It vas accepted.
The Grst thing done was to I'LL the vacancy.
There were two nominations. Frank Cunning
ham, who IL kern's chief clerk, and II. +. MGR
rltt, who u said to be n I.leb mar, though hc
disclaimcd L. The former was elected by ono
majority. This Indicates the strength Ut the
Kern clique, and practically amounts to pitching
Gen. I.tcb overheard.
81. H. Kenny. Of The Thirteenth Ward, re.
signcd, ,ard Tom Flood wis elected In hfa
stated 1t, TINT he hal hgen institcd at meeting
a week ago by Sheriff Kcrn. who slapped him III
tho face. In his opinion the Committee wns
composed Of know.Sotl.lngs, and not of Demo.
crntb.
Then tho matter Of tho coming election was
taken up, anu committee Ut iIye wus appoint-
ca to suggest natncs for Tho ticket nni tu Tx
imo tor holding tho Convention, their report to
be submitted Mt the next meeting.
Some discussion took pluco as to wl,ctncr the
names would 10 binding ton the Democratic
party" and tho conclusion WIS reached TINT
they would mt BE-. This mcaus, II tho Central
recommended by The, flvc gentlemen, tfoy will
rcputllato them. II, however, they do improve
OF them, they will be put through the Convcn-
ton, for It is called only as q matter Of form,
ts To5k s, being cut aud dried before tlO primaries
This was all OF general Interest that WAS done.
Tic Committee adjourned to ineGt again At 8
o'clock Tuesday cvcsling.
WORK1N4MEN's INDUSTRIAL.
The Executive Committee Of tho Working
mems Industrial purity met last evening in the
Sehlocsser Block Adams and Lnsatlc streets, for
tile purpose ot organization. Tho meeting was'
called to order by Mr.. Thomas Cavanaith, and
Mr.. John McGilvray was unanimously elected
Chairman.
Mr.. MeGilvray returned thanks for tho honor
conferred, aud said he would DO his best to Keep
the movement strictly independent onc Of
worktugmcn. There hail boen 50 much talk
about selling out that he thought It rig ht to
settlu this point once an1 fur ever. II tl,eYwcro
to be successful their SUCCESS must nut 10
d con1lot1Ietute QUO. lie didn't mean that they
that their platform was broad enough to ,,,-
clsdc all citlzrns. 1t was said that chaos had
cotne tn pol!tfcat matters. 1t WINS true tint
cl'aos had come for TUG politicians. Tor this waa
toward obtaining thc!r rights.
Mr. W. +. Canlpbcll was then elected secre-
tary.
III. D. LanniRan. from the Commlttcc on
that the. Joint Committee had Unanimously
agreed that tile proposed union of tho two
partlcs was practicable and desirable. II my
further conferences we're needed ho should
tcr with tho Democratic Executive Committee.
The Chnir ruled tho latter part Of these re-
1narks out Of order. They were talking about
TUG Greenbackcrs.
Nj. cavanaueh reported that he had seen
Committee, and had informed him tbut tho
Committee would bc tn session this 1ast) eyen-
ing, a9l asked them to send representatives
over II they wished to combIne.
Mr. 4. .. AFFAIR suggested tho appointment
Of sub-commfttee to further confer with the
Grecnoacsers, anu thought they ought to 60
instructed.
NJ. Heaue wanted 10 know Il any means e1-
stcl OF ilntllng out the strength Ut tho Green
backcrs. Hs bel.eyel there wcro ycry lew Ut
them, and thought the platform. Of tho Indus
tE!al party was broad enough for the Green.
buckets 10 come In us Individuals md not Us
Uts motion Of Mr. Lauuleap, committee Of
lve 10 confer With tho G1eeubackcFs was up
pointed by the Cl,a!r.
Mr.. Lannigan wanted tho Committee 10 10
empowered % coufcr also With tic Printc,s' mud
lressttlen's Unlons aud with other trade orEani.
cations.
The Chair said that overtures must como from
tho Democratic ant! Republican parties, 1t either
wante.! TO untte viii, thc Industrial party. The
Grccnbackcrs bad slade tho llsst uyeTtnrcs.
Alter s0lne further discussion tho frat vote
was reconsfdcTe1. a delegate then mnycI tl,at
tho C0fnmtttee be Instructed to inform tbs
tirecnbackers that the lVorklngunen's 1nluatrial
party coula make no further concessions, and
to offer them adtnittancc to the party by sub
EcgtbinE TO tile platform.
1t was agatu suggested that the Committee
should haye puwer to confer with the Detno-
cratic and Republican parties. THIS Nat put As
An amendment, uud did not prevail, Anothrs
committee OF live, instructed to offer the Green.
hackers a1n1ittancc to the fold Oh subscribing 10
Tho true fAlth wos then appointed, consisting Ut
Ates:rs. keams, Lsnniean, Kearus, Marley, and
Conlan.
On motion Of Mr.. Cavanaugh, committees on
bylaws, anatse, printing, representation, and
Judges Of election were appointed. It was
vs%tan st tue IN the cH
number from each prec!uct, md that m ettost
would be made to get \ judge Of eacctIan ap-
pointed by the County Board ou behalf Of the
party ia each precinct.
The meeting then adjourned.
WARD REPUBLICANS.
A meeting VI "the otheFn Fifteenth Ward