Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-22
Want Suffrage in the District.

| want Suffrage in the District.
| A MEETING OF EIGHTEEN LAST EVENING.
| meeting OF advocates of popular suffrage In
this District, composed Of representatives from
the old legislative districts, who had previously
been consulted, was held last night at the Off e
| OF Justice A. c. Richards. Mr.. o. S. b. Wall
nominated Justice Richards as chairman, and
ne was elected. Mr.. Appleton P. Clark was
| chosen secretary
/ The chair stated what he understood to be the
| OBJECT OF the meeting. He stated that the citi-
| as effectualy as If we lived within the bound y
| r1es OF the Russian empire. We have no vote in
ANYTHING OF local character. Even petitions
| of our citizens are disregaried by the masters
set over us as If we were cipherS in the body
| polite. 1t has frequently been stated by the
trends OF our District monarchy that we do no
desire suffrage. He did not believe t. The
sentiment of our people had Undergone a great
| change the past few years. and we now find
those who We're opposed to franchise, its strong
| est advocates. The sentiment which had been
| engendered against suffrage was OccaSioned by
| the extravagant and partisan actions of some
| OF our former District authorities but those
| days have passed.
OUT OF sIXTY-sIx INVITED ONLY EIGHTEEN COME
TO TINE.
ME- T. W: SWaSgart here laid before the meet
| ing list OF names of gentlemen who had been
invited to be present. and asked that the roll be
called. The list embraced three from each old
legislative district, making SiXty-SX altogether
Inc following answered to their names: Joseph
Brooks, .. $. B. Wall. 4. P. Clark Otho Brans6n.
ID. NJ. Davis, John Coggens. Thomas f. Green.
Thomas Thompson, George A. Newman, J. T. X.
Plant, A; G.. Richards, II: b. Moulton, Philip A.
Julien, X. A. Waters, DR.. Stephenson, c. w.
SWaggart, Geo. w. GOOdall and Patrick Quirk
COMMITTEE OS PLATFORM
Mr.. wall advocated the appointment of CON-
mittee on platform.
Mr.. MOultOn moved that committee of five
be appointed and that the chair be one of the
number and chairman also of the committee.
adopted, and the chair appointed Messrs. H. b.
Moulton. A: P. Clark. o. S. b. Wall, c. s. Vena-
bic and Phil. A. Julien.
Joseph Brooks got a hearing and said he
thought there should be one from each Ieg-isla
tive district on the committee in order to have
harmony and good feeling.
Mr.. JULIEN said a committee of twenty-five
would be an unWieldy body: five could transact
business much more readily Their recon-
mendat!OnS would be subject to revision by the
mass meeting.
The chair said this meeting was an impromptu
a1alr, and they cannot assume too much. The
business or the committee is simply to consider
ana recommend what course should be pursued
IN bringing about the great object-popular
Jure politics in this matter.
DR.. stephenson said the committee should
lose sight of old party lines. There had been
manifest change OF public sentiment in relation
10 franchise in the District
Mr. d. NJ. Davis advocated the enlargement of
the committee.
MI julien opposed it.
Mr. Brooks moved that the committee be in
creased to fifteen; lost.
Mr. Swaggart moved that the secretary be
instructed to invite five persons to be present at
the next meeting from each legislative district
Conslderable discussion followed; DR.. Ste
phenson and Mr.. Brooks opposing it, and Nj.
SWaggart. the mover advocating the motion
The chair hoped no wrangling would be in
dul9ed IN. II appeared to him that everything
started in this District falls TO pieces by over
loading with ideas and disSensiOnS.
Mr.. SWaggaitS motion to Increase the con-
mittee was finally adopted
HANDSOME JEwELRY.-The Lake George dia
monds are constantly becoming in more demand
by fashionable people, and for ornaments and
full dress occasions they are preferred by many
TO the more expensive jeWeiTy. We have lust
seen at Mr.. Prigg'S store, 45I PENNSYLVANIA ave
nue., a magnificent brooch set in gold with da-
mond pendants, earrings and hoops to match
for $50; cross with diamonds and chain with
earrings TO match, with pendants, for SIS: a
cluster ring with 10 diamonds representing a
$500 ring in value. and q superb Lake CeOrup
diamond solitaire stud with gold back on the
stone. which renders it imperishable. and which
IS remarkable for its luSter and its brilliancy
inese stones are all mounted in the standard
diamond setting, and are well deserving the
examination or connOisSeuis.- Sunday Chronicle.
IT is NOT GENERALLY KNOWN AMONG ladies'
that gentleman'S old felt hat, as well as q
lady s hat, can be modelled into one suited to
themselves, and in any of the new fall shapes
1t matters not whether the hat be hard or soft
one. the same end is accomplished, at the old
established ''Bleachery" OF L. r. Whiting. 924
pennsylvania avenue, where the work is done
on the premises and only good work sent out +
A PEN0GRAPH OF BiSMARCK.-Th,lS looked
Bismarck during his recent speech on socialism:
AS he raised his eyes for the first time, and
contracting his bushy brOws into a fruwn
looked round the house rapidly, as though TAX
ing stock of his foes, his face wore an angry
look That BODIED evil to those who should cross
MIN during the days proceedings. Judging
from his appearance as he subsequently stood
up While speaking, 1t seemed that he had added
stone to his weight since last June, and that
his health is still far from what his friends
must wish II to be. His delivery is more
broken and spasmodic than ever; he strug-
giles obviously with some difficulty OF breath
ing. and is obliged to pause from time TO
time even in the middle Of a Sentence) appar-
entity 10 gather strength or to control his tenn
per- His hands are hardly at rest for mo-
ment-either they are twisting huge lead
pencil, brushing his cuffs. or clutching at the
shining breaSt-buttOnS Of his dark c,iirasSier
t'inlc But his gray eyes are as bright and
hefce as or yore. and his voice. at moments OF
paramount excitement, rings out as defiantly
and menacingly as ever. Altogether he is the
most remarkably incorporation Imaginable of
conscious power and restrained passion, and it
Is not TO be wondered at that weaker natures
positively cover before him when he is in one of
his reckless and desperate moods
NIGHT SIDE OF CITY LIFE.-Itey De Witt Tai
maIge delivered the second of his series of SER
mons on the might Side of City Life' at the
brooklyn Tabernacle. Sunday morning last, in
the presence OF six thousand persons. These
sermons are based on DIR. Tanage'S recent OBJ
servations in visit through the New York
Of vice. The preacher declared that he noticed
that these haunts OF vice were supported by
men OF means, by men who come down from
the avenues OF New York and cross from the
finest mansions of Brooklyn He said he could
call, and might do so, the names of prominent
men from all parties who patronfzed them
Call the roll lie said, lin houses OF iniullity
and the answer will be stockholders from Wall
street. importers from Broadway, lawyers and
merchants M from all about II lift" said Mr.
Talmage. '.one-half OF the burden OF maledc-
ton from the unpitied head of unOffending wO-
man and hurl it on the blasted pate Of offending
man.
The MIsFORTUNES OF A Observation-Disclosures
the sufferers by the recent prairie fires in this
county was GuStave NJ. Finotti. who has been
engaged In farming Jas. S. Fosters place on
the Jim river, and his case is a peculiarly un-
fortunate one. Chevalier Finottiw was at one time
In a1fluent circumstances in his native country,
Italy, where he occupied prominent social and
political position. He met with reverses, how
ever, and lost completely fortune of over
SSOo,0 600. He surrendered all his vast estates to
pay his creditors their dues, and came to Da-
kota Two and malt years ago TO recruit his for
tunes by filling the soil upon our rich prairies.
The first years efforts resulted in losing his en-
tire crop of corn and VEGETABLES N tho oroc-