The daily gazette., 1878-09-12
The Greenbackers.
ANOTHER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THE WARD
ORGANIZATIONS.

/ 'A N.1 iEsN WARD
ORGANIZATIONS.
The Fourth Ward Greenbackers held
another meeting in Saenger Hall, last
night, Representative from both clubs
Deing present to the number Of about
one hundred. ~ - r
The first business was the report of the
committee of three appointed at the re-
cent fusion meeting OF the two clubs, to
the effect that general Greenback Con-
vention would BIS held in the City Hall,
on Saturday evening next.
The resignation of David r. Mont
gomery, Treasurer, was read and accep-
ted. The election OF his successor was
deferred until Saturday evening. ri
Francis Scheu, VIM. Hammill and
james A. Kerns were named as the COM
mittee on organization for the Second
ward, and John II. Duntze was named
as one of the Tenth Ward committee.
Ward organizations were reported in
the 9Th, 9th and 10Th, Wards, and it was
announced that organizations in the
other Wards would be perfected this
evening
MIR. Rosenblatt announced the news
OF the success of the Greenback parry in
che Maine election, and proposed three
cheers, which were given, foilowed by a
round of applause. - ID ~ - .
Mr.. B. B. Cooper arose to ventilate
some Greenback ideas. He opposed the
plank in the Toledo platform which
favored the COM ersiou osgreenbacks into
interest beari ng bonds, and did not want
the greenback party of Wilmington to
he allied with any such doctrine. He re-
ferred to John Sherman's recent speech,
In which it was stated that the tax on
National banks amounted to 81 900 900,
and admitting this to be SO, he claimed
tl at fbara xxyao or Io 10 oct ~,
est on the national debt amounting to
about $50 ,OO0, 900 peryear, which would be
about 81 85 for every man, woman and
child in the land. .l
Mr. Cooper further said that over pro-
duction was not the eau 70 of the present
business depression; and that plenty of
money put into circulation in Whining
ton would deplete its present supplies in
80 days and put the wheels of industry in
motion: He favored the issue of green
backs for every bond now outstanding,
and the immediate cessation of inter-
est. l.I0 80"
Mr.. Lewis said that Objectionable
planks in the Toledo platform need not
Interfere with the greenback work here,
as the platform could be amended at the
next National Convention. ...--
A man named Doyle made some angry
remarks about "subidized press and
said he had been misrepresented and
lied about by the Herald. '''i 'e +.
John s. Row botham favored the es-
adjustment Of "a morning greenback
daily paper, and said it would be done if
helping hand was extended He said a
move in this direction was now being
made, and it was hoped that by doing
the advertising now done by the other
city papers for one-third less price, the
new paper might get enough advertis-
ing to support it. The speaker said the
Morning Herald was of no account and
could be read in four minutes and half,
the Republican was edited by two old
women, the Eoery Evening was a black
guard sheet, and the GAZETTE was a
pretty fair sort of a Journal but real,
lively well conducted journal he thought,
would take with the people.
A number of copies of the Sunday Dis
patch were placed on the table for free
distribution, and amid the rush and
scramble after them the meeting ad-
journed. .L