, 1879-03-07


to tho memhershlp roll. Mr.. E: Il. Tforo called
the meeting to order and occupied lilo chair.
Unon motion the Ctinir nppo1ntGd Afcsfrs.
Gardner, Frlsbce, md Dueuard a committees To
tc1est twe,vu nasnrs for delegates to tho City
ConsGntion s',! twelve hn'nea for delegates 70
thu Town Convention, from Which lists thg
Club was to select Two dctcUatfo1Ia Of nix mcn1-
tcrs each to represent the wnrd In tic respective
Conventions.
W!ilo The Committee were considering their
bustncss, tho n,ccttHE wns addressed by Mr..
Samuel Appleton und Mr.. rlfnv Il. Smith, cnr.
dtdntes Tor tho office ot CITY ATTORNEY.
A. tl,is point Atr. schmcltx ,naiic speech.
.< Mr.. Farwetf candidate. for t!,c oftIve Of City
Intended. he said. merely Tor acquaintance rake.
Tie Comntttcg on Nomination returned anil
rep1rtct! lIslof names In aecorancc wItA their
ilstractl0ms,- Twelve nntncs for catl' hcte1ate
Ticket Tie report was accepted u1I,l recess Of
ten minutes. tn acknowledgment of hlr. Far
well invitation, wns taken.
Upon rcossesnoling bal1oting was hcgun. It
listed tnnFc tlian an fnut, a.M! Mt tin clso re-
CITY Conveniion-Atc:srs a. ural,ata,, r. Dc,,s,
]. Atslf. lawn Convc,1tt"n"Messrs. &. ". ".
WoodInan, 4. shnbett, L. Thorp, J. Schmcltz,
4. y. stcarns, nni II. K,igcr.
The mccsIng then adjourned.
NATIONALS.
Tic City Central Committee Of the National
rartr n,ct last night ut Maskctl ilall. Tie
objcet Of the meeting was to drtcrIl,inu whether
or or, tiot t'Io NatfSnass should attend
I nbor norty bc ha
II was decided tint The Nationals should uttcnd
a.Nl Rccp Their oycs anil ears open in tic search
for corrnptlon an,l fraud. From the speeches
which wcrc made bcforc tic aboso cotiesustou
was reached, IL was plain Ia he seen that tho
Nationals, OF nt least the City Central Commit
tee Of fl,at body. reVatd tin UrecnbacHcrs with
very suspicious eye: One member sud TINT
no llnd heard ar. Dunssal', one of the urcu,,-
made between the Nationals and the Grccti-
hackers, that the hitler lad the whole business
arrangetl, und would run tho Convention TO suit
themselves. Another 1nahlher proposed t!ut
all tlIu Nationals asfsc and quit the Con
ycnt!on rs koun as any corruption SHOULD be
discovered. This naturally Eavo rlsu 10 the
query: "llow arc We to know when corruption
l'as been discnvcrcdi" Ono man Thought that
1acnbcr Should tr anpufutcd to watch for ii,
mud give thc signal when the tnuct-souEht
asttrlc lad l,cen brought tp light. To nltutlcr
member there seemed to be MI objection to That
scleEc. He behaved lack OF overwceutng
confidence IN his feluws by nsleing: "ltow arg
VIC 10 Rnow tint Tie mnn whom We cloose 10
give tho slCnnl nny hot bc scountircl, Nut rLyo
fttc sfEnnf at tile wronE time, no tatwe wifi rush
out a,hl make grand ilasco Of stit. wtolo Of
falri" The Question was NOT answered, nur
Of watchdog artcd upon. 1ioweser, Dr.. Dun
was ilxed upon as thu man whom the Nationals
should put forward rs Temporary Chairman Of
The Convention. Tils was dcritIcd upon be-
backcrs haa things oil cut alMl tr1ed,-hn4 al
ready selected two "GeMcrals.n Ono Of tl.cse
Generals would be put forward for The Tempo
rrnry Craftsmanship only to give place to Gcaeral
discussed, Brick Pomcroy cane III Tor q tralla
Of n6usc from a1t sides Of the l,ouso. ie was
denounced rs hutnbug, u trickstcr, and a
hypocr!tc, pretending to bo labori!ug for the
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