Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-29
A LIVELY MEETING.
Observation-Disclosures Club Organized and What
was Done Last Night.

Decentralization Club Organized and VIVA
was Done Last Night
/ A meeting was held at the Hussars' Hal
last evening to organize Greenback-L abo
Club. There was an attendance of abou
thirty. Mr.. Hodson called the meeting t.
order, and F. Woodward was chosen Chair
man, with Z. Lund as Secretary. On motion
of J. Mahoney club-roll was opened, with
pledge at its head to vote for Weaver ant
Chambers. Eight persons signed the roll
when discussion arose as to the pledge, i
being held by some to be unnecessary, and b,
others that the Club could exist on no othe
basis. The debate was rather excited, and LEI
Mr.. LIE Blanc and J. d. Moynahan to max,
loud speeches, in which the latter admitted
that Weaver and Chambers cannot be elected
but the party is stronger than when it cas-
votes for Peter Cooper and it must continu,
to vote for its men until the party is strons
enough to win.
The Secretary thought there would be les.
timidity about signing the pledge and club
roll if the Observation-Disclosures platform wa.
read, which the Chair directed him to do
and he read at length.
On motion of Mr.. Lund, the platform al
read was adopted as the platform of the club
Mr.. Hodson addressed the club, and sale
the party had taken up the cause of 1776
which had not been finished, anG when pure
republic was not established. He declared
that English bondholders rule the country
and hold the people as slaves as it does the
Irish He alleged that laborers are robbed
OF forty per cent. of their earnings by the
present financial system, and entered into an
argument to show it, the central idea being
that the intrinsic value of money should be
blotted out and the stamp of the Government
alone made to give value to moneys
j. ID. Jost spoke, urging those present to
come up and sign the roll, and gave fnan-
cial statement of the expenses already in
CURED, showing the party in Sacramento to
be in debt, and that he had advanced money
from his wages to meet the debt. At this
time seventeen persons had signed the roll,
and motion was made, and prevailed, to
appoint committee on Order of Business,
Resolutions and Organization. 1t was named
as follows: J. d. Yost, J. D. Moynahan,
Z. A. Leblanc w. S. Smith and John
Mahaney.
Mr.. Mahaney said there seemed to be a
fear about signing the roll. There were re-
porters present, and that might deter some
and he moved the appointment of Com
mitttee of One from each ward to circulate
the Club roll. 1t prevailed, and these were
appointed: First Ward, w. S. Smith !;
Second Ward, A. A. Vanine; Third Ward,
j. D. Moynahan; Fourth Ward, j. D. lost.
The Chair said that at Brighton there was
Changers Club, and every member was
Greenbacker. He called on Mr.. Morton, of
Brighton, who spoke and said there was
disposition of the people about Brighton to
break from the two old parties, as they con-
sidered there could be nothing worse
than the success of either, and
neither one had an attraction for
the worker or producer. The Republican
party he declared the aristocratic party and
swayed by the money power, and there is
enough of the same in the Democratic party
to prevent it doing anything on the financial
question. He had left the Democratic party
because he saw no principle remaining in it.
He hoped the Greenbackers would unite, and
if only ten in number that they would stand
up for their principles. There would be
Greenback club formed soon in the upper
part OF Brighton, and probably soon after in
the lower part.
j. d. lost was appointed temporary Treas
urer, and he proceeded to take up collection
MIR. Meagher asked if the organization was
distinct from the Workingmen's party.
The Chair replied in the affirmative.
MIR. Jost said the w. P. c. had had no CD.
paign, and therefore he had concluded with
otherssto go in and aid the Greenback- Labor
party, but he was still a member of the w.
z. O., meeting of which is to be held to see
If it will go in with this new national organ
ization. If not, he should resign from it, and
he didn't want any go-as-you-p please on
Presidential questions and an organization as
TO local matters only
j. u. Moynahan said meeting had been
held by the w. P. c., and it was agreed that
men should go where they pleased, but he
held that the present meeting was the real
Workingmen's Labor Greenback party.
Mr.. Meagher was in sympathy with the
party, but he had not signed the roll, as he
saw by the vote, and the proceedings in
Maine, where only there is an organization,
that the party has no show to win now. The
Democratic party, he found, had the prin-
ciples of the Greenback party in its platform
In Maine the Greenbackers and Democrats
had united to fight the common enemy, and
he liked the idea. He charged that Maybell,
poor man in debt, is not working now, and
yet can go to Chicago and back. and travel
around and speak for the Greenback party
and yet he has no money, and he thought
there was something back of all of it. He
favored union with the Democracy.
A member objected that the speaker was
out of order as opposed to the meeting.
Mr.. Moynahan, in hot speech, declared
such talk taffy," and hoped the party
would stand up alone
Il. Lund asked when the Democrats had
ever kept promise. 1t got parties to con-
solidate with it and then deceived them. He
would not go with the Democrats for free
trade, free ships and China goods to compete
with. Ii the Democrats are Greenbackers,
let them come over to this party and sign its
roll
Mr.. Hodson didn't want any Democratic
lollipops to suck and then be thrown over, as
the Democracy always did.
Eighteen names now appeared on the roll,
and the Chair said as great movements had
had smaller beginnings.
The meeting then adjourned, subject to
call of the Committee on Organization.