National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-27
THE DISTRICT REPUBLIC1Ys.



Delegates Elected to the Central Committee.
The Republican Central Committee will
meet tonight at Shea's Hall. All of the dis.
| tricts hhv0 elected delegates. Two sets Of
| delegates have been elected in two districts.
| These districts arc tho Thirteenth and Twen.
| tieth The meetings were held in the
| Twentieth district last night. Mr.. Joseph
Gibson, who was designated to call
the meeting in his district, having
fuiled to issue u call up to Sun.
day night tho chairman of the Central
Committee requested c. o. Moore to call the
meeting in that district Mr. Moore called
meeting at the Cosmopolitan church, aud last
| evening Mr. Joseph Gibson also called a meet
| ing tO assemble on Fourth street east so that
| IL happened two meetings were held last night
The club was organized by the election of Mr.
| Lewis 4. Cornish as president, II. =. Goodwin
rs secretary, and William ii. Grimshaw as
| treasurer. The ballotng for delegates re-
suited in the selection of Mr.. Charles o. Moore
j. L. Ballinger and w. T. I'nney us delegates
and John II. Crane aud Michael II. Robinson
as alternates. Mr.. Robinson, however, de.
clines the honor conlGrred upon him.
At the meeting called by Mr.. Gibson, n club
was organized with the following officers :
Joseph Gibson, president; Michael II. Robin
son, viccpresident; James A. Bean, secretary:
a. Grant, treasurer. The following delegates
were elected to the central committees: Joseph
Gibs n, james A. Bean aud Henry Young;
| alternatcs John Ballingcr, William Brown and
Michael H. Robinson. The following resolu.
tions were adopted
WHEREAS, The Forty-hird Congress Of tho
United States, IN consequence of certain aegu-
tons ol iresulary on the part OF legislature ere.
atcd by congress, amenoble to Congress, no act of
said Legislature being valid without the assent Of
Congress, express or implied, thought fit to deprive
the citizens of the District of Columbia of tbe riu
q a ln pf
crnment by Commissioners; und, whereas, the
right Of suffrage Is one of the rights of an American
citizen, exercised and enjoyed in all parts Of the
luid except this, and only to be abridged In
conformity to tht fundamental law of the land;
and, whereas, thG unanimous opinion ofthe trainers
of the Constitution, rs expressed in their writings
IS TO the effect that the establishment OF the seat of
Government did not deprive the citizens OF this
District Of local legislation; and whereas, the oS-
tabliShment Ofthe present form OF government was
0YOwedly temporary aud experimental however
judicous IL may have seemeda at the time, and In
view OF the evils then complained of; now, there
tore,
Re.olred That it Is the duty of Congress to give
the District OF Columbia form of government
which shall reconcile the requirements OF the Con.
Stituton with the inOionablc rights of tho people
Further
RcSo'ref. That suffrage In some form presents the
only Just and practicable solution of the question,
and is demanded at the hands of the National
Legislature.
The Republicans of the Second district held
u meeting last night ut Mount Pleasant aud
elected the following delegates to tho Central
Committee: Ralph WOrtnlcy, Professor Greg
CORY and j. w, Baker; alternatos, J. w. Brown
and Mr. Groom. Tho meeting was large aud
harmonious.
THE DEL EGATEs.
The following is list of the delegates
elected to the Central Committee which meets
tonight
First Distrct-P. w. Shippcn, A. G. Wall
and c. Paino. Alternatcs-J. WOrthington
and VI. II. Hunter.
Second District-R ,lph Wormley, Professor
Gregory and j. W. Baker Altornates-J. w.
Brown AMI Mr. Green.
Third DStriCt-LOgan Williams james L.
Turner aud Arthur Shepherd. Altcrnatcs-
Francis IL. Herbert and Simon PheniX.
Fourth Dstrlct-E. NJ f, Cru5or, Samuel
Collins aud c. Dyer
Fifth District-General T. w. Whitaker,
Henry Hunter and Randall Bowie. Alter
nates--G. G. Cannon aud ]. w. Kennedy.
Sixth Distrct-Willam II. Barker William
b. Reed aud Lloyd Mudd. Aternates-Perr
Wilson aud MarcelIus West.
Seventh DisLrct-John L. Cook, David
Warner and Hamilton Turloy. Altornstes-
IL. Piper and S, H. Williams
Eighth DisJrict-James A. McNabb, ir., |. |
Washington and J. 4. Nelson. Alternates-
Messrs. Hudnell and Johnson.
Ninth District-C. b. Purvis S. s. Smoot
and Lewis Howard No ulternates
Tonth Distrct-Matthew Trimble, C. Hur. |
die and H. Young, Alteruatcs-A. johnson |
and Il. Warrace,
Eleventh District--Dr. W. II. TndalI, +.
Myers and r. w. Tompkins. AIternates-J.
i. n. Wilkinson and i, Beverly.
Twelfth District-Arthur shepherd, George
Holmes and Lloyd c. Brooks. Alternutes-S.
A. Bell and Richard Bntlor
Thirteenth District--W II. Chase, G. Ii.
Bliss and J, II. Smith, Alternstos-Dr j. IL.
Bushnell ana Robert Johnson. Contestants
Messrs. j. II. Smith, 5. Gibbs and Jas Tally,
delegates, and James Woods aud j, r. Drew, |
al ernatus.
Fourteenth DsIrict--Jamcs Reynolds II. G. |
Bonldin and p. Roberts Altcrnates-J. II. !
Roberts and VI. G. Maxiield.
Fifteenth District. II. Crossman, j. |
Holmes aud b. West. Altornates-J. Fitz- |
gerald and l. Jeilries.
Sixteenth District-C, NJ, Barton, William J. |
Lee aud c, w, Swiggart.
seventeenth Dstrict-JOhn S. Goss, Perry |
Carson and W. A. Wilson. Alternatos- James
Thompson and Stafford Parker
Eighteenth DistriGt-A, X. Manning, Will
lam X. Hunt and d, Travis Alteruates-
\, B, Mcdonald and J. w. Branson
Nineteenth DistrCt-Audrow Gleason, p.
A. Julien aud Charles w, Hastings.
Twentieth DstriCt-C. O. Moore, J. T. Bal
liuger and W. 4. Tiuncy. Altornatos john
H. Craze and Michael Ii. Robinson, Contest.
Gibson James A. Bean ANA
Henry Young; atOrnatGs-JOhn BulinRer
William Brown and Michael II, Robinson.
Twenty-frst DiStrct--Thomas Scott G. p.
Cunningham aud l., q, Fletcher. Atcrnatos
r, Dyson and VI, Brady.
Twenty.sccond District
Ia nn.a