The daily gazette., 1878-08-29

- AN ER CONSlD
ERABLE LABOR A CAN
DIrAGE FOR MAY
oRIs NoMINA-
TED.
Ihe mountain has labored, and brought
iorth, not mouse, but gentleman well
known in the community as a candidate
tor Mayor, and now all hands breathe
freer.
The announcement was made through
the medium of circulars that on Wednes.
day evening September 2Sth the Nation.
al GreenbackLabor Party, recently or
ganihed in this city would meet at Saen.
ger Hall for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for Mayor, and perhaps fol
Council in the different Wards. This an.
nouncement had the effect of comfort.
ably filling the room, with crowds OF
men, the great majority Of whom were
not the horny listed workingman. but
men who have always been discontented
no matter how the times have been eX-
pecting money to flow into their hands
without doing much labor for it. Ward
politicians could also be seen there look.
ing after the interest of the various can
didates, and if it had not have been for q
sharp dodge on the part of some of the
prime mt v rs, they would have captured
the meeting and the labors of the NOV.
ers would have gone for naught. Many
were the assertions that this move OF
that move was in the interest of Gala
q er or Simms, but says DR.. Welsh we
are going TO haye no gag law here, and
no set of men can capture the meeting in
favor of either of the candidates for the
| Mayoralty, as we do not intend to sell
out, but if persons look closely, they
| will no doubt think that the meeting was
captured by one af the candidates.
The me, ting was called to order about
s o'clock by the chairman William Price
who after the minutes of the previous
meeting had been read said that at that
| meeting 1t was suggested that commit
tee be appointed for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for Mayor and City
| Council, for the Greenback Labor Party
| to vote for, but for some reason said
| committee had not been appointed, but
| that the meeting this evening had been
called for that purpose, and he sincerely
hoped that the party were not going to
back down, aud become laughing stock.
The Secretary moved that a committee
| of three from each Ward be appointed for
| the purpose of selecting candidates TO be
voted for by the party. If this motion
had passed there would not have been
enough members on the roll to make up
the committee. The committee was sub
sequently made three instead of three
from each Ward.
Mr.. Crawford, wished to know of the
chair if it would not first be better to
find out the sentiments of the meeting,
before passing such motion. For one as
a member of the Greenback Labor Party
he thought it would be suicidal to go in
to nomination for Mayor at the pres
ent time, as it was only few days be-
fore the election, and he had not doubt
but that every man in the room had made
up his mind as to how he would vote at
the coming election. The time is so
short, and not being organized for work
in the different Ward, we would find
that on counting the votes on Tuesday
next that We would not have enough TO
make up corporals guard, and then we
would be held up to scorn, and to be
laughed at. But if we were to nominate
State and county ticket we would have
more time to organize, and thereby get
more votes.
John Lewis said he thought it would
be very foolish to nominate "a ticket at
the present time.
DIR. Welsh SAID he differed with the
two former speakers. What are we here
for? Are we here as Democrats ? Are
we here as Republicans or the National
Greenback Labor Party? Mr.. Lewis is
here, no doubt, in favor or the interest of
one of the candidates.. If you nomi-
nate ticket you will give one hundred
freemen an opportunity to express their
sentiments at the ballot box. If you do
not nominate ticket how can you ask a
democrat to vote with us, as the Repub-
lican party has not got a corporaps guard
outside the corporate limits of this city.
He wanted a man nominated who did
not secure his nomination by chicanery
and iradd, or by deluging the city with
rot-gut whisky.
Mr.. Leary wanted to know If the party
had the Wards organized; hs hoped that
II man was nominated that all would
ge heartily to work and endeavor to elect
him. The party could rely on his vote
and help, as he would stand at the polls
until the nominee was either elected or
defeated. If we would nominate a man
we would have to organize the Wards,
get tickets printed, and see that man
was at every voting place to give out
tickets.
John G. Doyle thought that if we de-
sired to go back to the good old days of
our forefathers, we should nominate
tickets all over the country and see that
the ticket was elected.
Mr.. Gardner wanted to know If those
present were present as Democrats or
Republicans. He wanted ticket put in
the field. If you are party men why go
back to the old rotten rats If you are
afraid to put ticket in the tield,go back
to both the old thieving parties.
James ii. McSorley said talk was
cheap; it is only four days until the cleo
ton, and we cannot organize three
Wards let alone ten. Let the old parties
fight 1t out let them stand up and fight,
as it will be their last one. If those pres
ent were in earnest let them not no,Ai-
nate ticket.
b. b. Cooper said he had no idea that
there was any one person present
in favor of either of the candidates. He
claimed to be the oldest Greenbacker in
the room, as he had not cast ballot for
fourteen years this act on his part was
because he could not vote for any of the
candidates of the other two parties. He
got his idea of the Greenback Party from
Sam, Carey. We must come to the