Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-16
Radical Convention,

d!r'y mccllogh ever he'd Ia this city. There
we're, however, few respectable men present,
who oJuine;ed themselves decantly. among
Ehoui were W. A. Rowe. of the county; Han.
nibal King. A. W. Harris. R. H. Lyles and
Augusta, RGiGey, of the city.
The convention was called to order by W. A.
Rowe, chairman of the executive Committee,
aGd, alter aboat an hour of wraDgiug.
The convention succeeded 10 effec!ieg tenn
poraty nrganz alton ty tbs election Of L. B.
Pua Chairman aud II. 81. Lyles secretary.
a c)mnitteG Oh credentials was then ap-
pointed, and they reported lha: thcra was forty
t1o delegates ptesent.
a prois; wa3 then PR S ,otsd by the city ext
tu:ive couni,,cc against the admission of Geo.
w. Holiday for his apcstacy 10 parry p sinoipes
at the LAST municipal election, and u mo,iou
made 10 eXpel him; but, after Mu.h noise and
confusion. the motion was list, anti cheers
and hoors.
MIR. Edmund Burke Was called on for
| speech, but declined 10 speak, on the ground
| that he was Gu. of condition.
K j. Cunningham. who was introduced az
| the mambar fran the chiaquapio district made
| c b!03d and thuuCer speech, slsndeiiag tic
people Of the South, End said tho negro was
| not allowed to vote in that ee1liun L. was
regular pistol and dag:ec speech, in which he
told the peer ignorant aud deludsd Deerocs
present that when their poor down trodden
brothers Of South Carolina aud Louisiana and
ell the o: her southern States met at the polls,
they were told that if they voted tn, radical
ticket tEey would be shot or stabbed end their
| htusea burned.
The committee On permanent organization
made theirreport, II recommending W. A. Rowe,
OF the county, for chairman and Il. Fl. Lyles,
Of the 9TH ward. for secretary.
| w. A. Rowe made some remarks, attacking
the school tax aud other things he did not like.
but his speech was characterized by more good
serss and gcntlGman'y language than that Ct
| Cunoingban's.
Elder Bailey, from lhs city, opened the
mob Nth prayer, to which thelc wal no a!ten-
ton paid
As SOON as the prayer was over the fun COM
| mercd, acd pandamolium could not equal
tkat small room, packed with nagrces, ali en-
the floor ct occe calling for questions, points
OF order, aod coupes all over tho room getting
ready Tor fight. Al this was oc,ssioned by q
renewal of the motion to exclude Holiday.
| HOLIDAY rose, and With him another storm;
the chairman rappiug with horse whip on the
table Ter order, aud the negroes yelling and
hoHling. HOLIDAY denounced Chas. Seals, who
had presented the resolution, signed By six
others, ai liar, coward aud hypocrit,. and one
| who would se out at any moment, aed said
he, dat Mcker2io Ware goes round vii his
hands open. ready to sell himself to any gen man
dat will buy him, ard desc are the niggers
Dat oomo TO dis convention sDd cuse me Of dat
| habit.
r. Gaines talked, AMI sid, wherever the
black man takes tho back step he could walk
upon his dead body, and tbiuk he was doing
ius.ica. Ho could this day sec them 10 perdi
| tiOc.
A. W. Harris intcIigently explained The r,a
s,ns why the resolutions to exclude Holiday
had been presented, aud said that be HOLIDAY
came into the convention, les; spring and
| DleIged himself to support the roninee of the
radical party-Dr. j. B. Johnson-and then
for palry sum, did all BIO could TO SECURE
tho election of Mayor Smith.
| Cunningham, little, red whiskered man,
spoke again and compared Gee. VIM. Curl,
OF New York, to HOLIDAY, who he styled rere,
9ade. but lie was 10 favor of extending help.
Inc hand 10 the erring brother.
| Cunningham WIS htrs interrupted by the
nols, 5nd confusion, and told by Seals that BIO
had privately toll him that he was 10 favor of
excluding Holiday. Then Their, wcro cries of
! DOTS SO !" 'While mau no good |" won't
talk straight, anyhow |"
Cunningham, with u Very solemn counte.
nance. tyld them that they had hurt his feel.
in2s by such behavior.
| Then came another st,rD, AID tho greatest
| confusion prevailed
+. Pnekney was appointed sergeant at arms
With power to put any member cut who be-
| havod urgent emanly, aud be ought to have
walked 10 and cleared the roon.
SGlls then rose, and, as usual, created anoth,
er wild srnur. He denounced the chairman
and everybody else, aud said the Negroes of Al
eSandrls would all have to die and 20 to hell
bafGro they learned what principle was
!he convention then, amid the widest con.
fusion. 2, oc aodod to nominations.
L. Is. PIun nominated VIM. A. Rowe, who
PROMPTLY and squarely declined.
y. i. Syph3x was placed 10 nomination, and
ne made s. cob, in which he declined and
did ut decline.
Ii. w. Harris nominated R. T. Luca7.
After much wrapgllng about how they should
vote, Syphax withdrew his name, and r. r.
Lucas was nominated as the candidate for the
House OF Delegates by reclamation.
Seals here raised another fuss, and O white
man. by the name of Nelson, said he was a
Stranger, and that be was going to say some
lL!Eg hat be did not know much about, bat
ina poor fellow WAS not allowed to say it.
a. w. Hatisgo:e to present the following res.
oiuHons, and, 10 explaioug them, said that Mr.. |
Mushbach had told Lin that he DOR the c,nser. |
Vauva party maintained that the free school sys.
tenn would he Dsiu!ained intact if the McCul. !
!eca Dill was passed alore; but that it was
intended to pass bill called tho "Henk!e BILL"
Whl'h would make provisions TOR the fires
schools
Resolved, That we are in favor Of q lust, fair
snd equitable settlement OF the public debt ques.
uon; mat We ara opposed TO reputation, and
thst we regard the so-caled McCulloch bill "a !
not settlement tina. protects. but which really |
sacfltcss the public schools; and that there is |
moreover, in i,s auditor certificate clause. in |
section II of the BILL forcible readjustment-
iorclole resdjustment is in fact and effect repu-
diation. Besides which, the said clause is of
dangerous policy, .inssmuch as, while it is q
menace to the public creditors, it also confers
upon ING Auditor and Sinking Fund Commits.
sioners the power to increase the public obliga.
lions still further at their discretion to an I'm,
snoWn and perhaps disastrous amount-s power
which haIOp m 10 70 tho