Evening star., 1880-02-06
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
Electing District Delegates.
LireIy Meetings Last night.
THE CONVENTION TO-DAY.
Blaine the Fav0rite.

convention to-day at Tallmadge Hall, to elect
two delegates to the national republican con-
vention at Chicago, mass meetings were held
in the twenty two districts last night, resulting
in the election of such delegates, in some dis
triCts two sets Of delegates being chosen.
The Meetings Last Night.
FIRST DISTRICT.
AT this meeting NJ. J: Hunter, G. NJ. Paine. P.
". Shippen, John A. Moss and r. II. Berry were
elected delegates: c. W. Davis, DIR. Tore and
Charles Barker, alternateS; instructed to vote
for Fred Douglass. Contestants, delegates, JOS
s. Worthington, Albert G. Wall, Geo. w. Payne
Daniel F. Lee and Jos. Brooks. Alternates
Charles Barker, John Louden and Edward
Gibson.
SECOND DISTR1CT-P0IICEMEN CALLED IN.
The second district meeting. at Union Hall,
j0rity Of those present being colered people, and
great deal OF wrangling attended The various
motions for the mode OF voting.--by ballot or
tellers. Messrs. Laws and Holland monopolized
the entire time from to 10 o'clock by personal
disputes which reached such height OF ex-
citement that the services OF two policemen
were requisite to keep the peace between the
adherentS of the two wranglers. District At
tOrney Corkhill was present, and was called on
10 decide certain points in question, which had
no bearing on the purpose of the meeting, and
which solely concerned the family affairs of
Messrs. Holland and Laws. When the question
OF the appointment OF tellerS came up, Mr..
Holland objected to the appointment Of Mr..
Browne, on the ground that he had at former
meeting snatched the ballot from a voter and
trampled it under foot. Mr.. Browne denied the
charge, and said whoever accused him of such a
thing was a liar. Here a general hubbub en-
sued. The disorder was carried ON until 10
O'Clock, when, after the appointment Of Messrs.
Woods, Pomeroy, Sturtevant and Wall as tel
lers. the election Of delegates took place, which
resulted as follows: Delegates NJ. Greg
ory, j. N. Browne, jr., j. w. Buker, Ralph
Wormley and Rich'd Laws Alternates-MessIs.
o. s. B. Wall and Col. Corkhill.
IN THE THIRD DISTRICT
rpnubIip1nS
met last night at the corner of 5th and High
streets, in a 10X15 feet room, dimly lighted by
two beer bottles filled with coal oil. Before the
meeting was called to order, Mr.. Phoenix, OF the
finance committee, stated that he had collected
IS cents to pay for the hiring OF the ROOM
THAT isn't enough to buy my whisky" eX-
claimed the proprietor. During the election of
the delegates there was such confusion that the
chair appointed MeSSrs. Thomas and Hunter as
Sergeants-at-arms. Messrs. John r. Cole, Lo-
gan Williams J. L. Turner. r. Wilson, jr and
q. u. Morton, were elected as delegates. with
Simon Phoenix and Francis Herbert as alter
mates.
FOURTH DISTRICT
The result OF the meeting here was the cleo
ton OF delegates, Charles MoSeby, Collins CRU
sor, George Dyer, w. johnson and Edward
Crusor. Alternates, Samuel Martin and Charles
Martin There was great deal Of noisy debate
at this meeting. One party having printed
ticket wanted the vote by ballot, the other. not
having such ticket wanted TO vote by show of
hands. Finally, Collins Crrsor, lr., and Wm
IL. Lee were chosen tellerS. a motion was made
10 discuss the merits OF the rival candidates,
and amid yells, screams, cries. and howls, was
voted down. The debate-a very noisy and
much interrupted one-reSulted in a Cook vs..
PufNIS tight. Collins CruSor, who represented
me PurylS party, proposed '.three cheers for
Grant" which was responded TO Justify, and
made quite lengthy speech discussing the
probable candidates, John F. Cook and Dr.. Pur-
Wis. and was listened TO in comparative quiet
He was interrupted once by a voice calling out
That's so; why don't MI. Cook give us set-out
once in q While, anyhow This set ''Rome
howling' again. Mr.. John II. Furgeson then
addressed the meeting, sustaining John F. Cook
Finally the vote was reached, with the result
stated above.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Delegates, Henry Hmber, George w. Phillips,
Gen. Z. W. Whitaker, Henry Burch and b. f.
Grant; alternateS, Albert Harris and George
Busey; contestants delegates, Randall Bowie
W. &. Crawford, j. E. Jones. Henson Jackson
and s. G. Cannon; alternates, J. W. Booth and
j. II. Norris.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Delegates, Thomas Harris, William II. John
son, Charles johnson, l. Mudd and j. A. Clark
atefnateS- John Jennings and Edward Norris
big BIG Ds Used IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT
The meeting in this district was called for
'Shlloh Hall, l. street. but on the doors being
opened crowd of 300 jammed the place to sui
location. and motion was carried to remove to
the Quaker college. y procession was then
formed and the crowd proceeded TO the col
lege.' Here il was found that Baptist meet
Wayland seminary, and the crowd outside be-
came clamorous for admission. Finally the
minister, Rev. John winston, arrived, and after
consultation the religious meeting was closed
Mr. Winston said thai this was the regular
preaching night and they had been brought out
mere ana broke up the meeting, and he hoped
they Wouldn't do it any more. He gave way
and only charged them 81 ior the use OF the house
IhS amount was soon raised. Bro. Newton
ohered prayer, and q. l.. JOY took the CHAIR
and Cornelius Clark and himself were nomi-
lllit it.r,la,o
demonium followed, In which it was charged
That an attempt was being made to run down
caucus nominations, and when several dozen
men were talking at once the chairman was
told TO sit down and thus set a good example.
Finally Clark was elected amid cries OF .sPoor
Johns gone up" (referring to Collector Cook.
Mr Clark, on taking the chair, SAID he was a lit
tie ashamed OF their behavior, for they were on
the eve OF getting suffrage, and he believe that
lney were now political slaves because OF their
former behavior. Nominations for delegates
were called for, and pandemonium regned again
amid which one man got on the pulpit and said:
y see there Is clique here, and am tired OF
the cut and dried business" There were cries
OF 'Tale your seat" After 80 men had attempted
10 speak at once, Mr. J. F. Cook relieved Clark,
and the point was raised as to how
many presidents they had. Charles Syphax
canned that parties were present cracking the
whip. \ voicc-'Protest against it by ="
SyphaX attempted to speak, ana some one eX-
claimed ID = the rich man." Jos. Jackson
You know what you are doing. You are kill
a id fellow as you run Amid considerable
confusion the vote taken by tellers resulted
in the election of W. Beckett 12I votes; C. Clark.
9s: II. Turley, As: ID. Warner -; W. H. Clark, 30
as delegates, and John Taylor and VIM
Schooler. alternates.
EIGHTH DISTRICT-HELLS BOTTOM ESTABLISHES
IT'S RIGHT TO BE so CALLED
HeiIS Bottom was in its glory last evening
The election took place in JohnSOnS Han. on /,
street, between 18th and 18th streets, which at
half-past seven O'Clock was packed with howl
ing mob apparently iull OF mean whisky and
supplied with bad cigars. The atmosphere was
most foul. About half dozen white men were
present. working for their leaders. There were
three tickets in the held and a cursing canvass
ior each was carried on. Before the meeting
was formally opened the groundwork for half a
dozen nights was laid. out in the narrow hall
TWO young voters OF the bottom had clinched
and would have rolled down the stairs ii the
stairs had been wide enough. At o'clock
Charles Peters, the president OF the republican
club, called the meeting to '.allegedr order He
had big cane, with which he pounded the Ia
bic III mont OF him, and called for quiet. In
about ten minutes he succeeded in hearing his
own voice gentlemen" he commenced
"Shut up. Who In the HI are you?" he was
answered. A nalf hour was spent In noise and
curSing before the chairman succeeded in
bringing the meeting TO an understanding that
a mass meeting was TO be formed and a chair
man elected 10 preside over il. Somebody nom
mated Peters, and put the vote immediately
and declared him elected. Peters Opponents
raised howl and TWO men clnched. The crowd
Surged back and forth for 10 minutes making the
nan hideous with noise. Henry johnson, secre-
Iafy OF the club, got up and announced that a