The daily gazette., 1881-12-17
A PATCHED UP PEACE.
A NEW CITY REPUBLICAN ExEcuTIvE
COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY TEE
PEACE COMMISSION Nh. BAKER

PEACE coMhIssIoN Nh. BAKER
STEPS DOWN AND OUT.
The Republican Peace Commission,
composed Of Messrs. Christian Febi.
ger, Edward Belts, BENZ. NIelds, Geo.
Richardson, Daniel James and Henry
Mendinhall, have concluded their
labors, and to-day announce the City
Republican Executive Comn,ittee they
selected to take the place OF the rival
committees. representing the Baker
and Hastings fashions, previously in
existence. In making their selection
the Commission took twenty-five
names from each OF the lists presented
by the rival committees, thirteen from
the roll OF the Young Mems Republic
can Club, and the other three names
from the city at large. The political
hodge-podge thus thrown together
and stirred up, came out In the fol,
lowing shape:
First ward-Frederick Pyle, James
Stroud, Thomas Cloud, Lewis Jacobs,
@. Il. Howard, William Wheatley,
col.
Second ward-Dr. N. B. Morrison,
Matthew Macklem, Samuel Roberts,
Joseph h. McSorley, Peter Bradley,
John A. johnson, ool.
Third ward--Edmund Mitchell, Jr.,
Fred II. Robinson, ]. H. Graham,
John b. johnson, Joseph Mcbride,
William Ellis, col.
Fourth ward-Samuel N. Wood,
William II. Turner, j. Ii. Lewis,
Samuel G. McIntire, J. A. Anderson,
COL, Theodore Purnell, col.
Fifth ward-E. II. HoaglAnd, Will
liam d. Griffith, Edward F. Lummis,
W. L. g. Thomas, II. L. Chandler,
John Dilahay, col.
Sixth ward-J. Paul Brown, David
Stevenson, w. Fl. Foulk, Lewis T..
Grubb, John W. Tilghman, COL, John
Williams, col.
Seventh ward-Samutl Oh I'm bery, @.
W. Talley, U. w. Pusey, George A. Le =
Maitro, d. p. Hamilton, COL, Is. v. Is.
OaIty, col.
Eighth ward-Lex. Barney, William
II. Decker, Lloyd w. Yonker, Robert
IL. Wright. Frank Caldwell, Alfred By.
ard, eel.
Ninth ward-Henry P. Grub, Alfred
e aches, DR.. e. @. Shortliage, John Kir-
by, John Closgh, Lawrence Fisher,
Tenth ward-F. Eden Bach enjami q
.. Clark, Jr., Gsorss Leach, Bel amin
D. Bogie, Charles W. Sollowap, John
Grinuage. col.
Eleventh ward-Jame Keenan,, y N.
Trump, Fred L. Buokmnster, William
A. Croney, jacob Pusey, oseph Lewis,
col.
The white members OF this committee
are pretty nearly evenly divided be-
tween the Baker and Hastings factions,
and II ID more than probable that the
fourteen negtO members will held the
balance Of power between tho contend.
ting clans, and practically control the d.
rection OF the party in the city oam-
paign. Ia many respects the committee
10 composed OF the most wretphed kind
OF material, the names of men in the re-
spective Wards who know something
about the preliminary work OF . city
campaign being 0nBpicuous by their
absence. Some Of It's mem bers know no
| more about Political management than
/ , yearling calf.
chairman John g. Baker, ofths 'reg.
ular" committee. gives his endorsement
to the new committee by the folio win 2
nOrss the rival Hastings committee, ae
| though It never had an existence much
| less standing and prestige:
WHEREAS, Edward Belts, State Sena-
| tor, Col. Fsbiger, Levy Court commits
stoner, and Colonel ID DAniel James have
| named for Republican Executive oom.
| mittee as per res olutionlof tho regular
Republican Executive City Committee.
passed December 8, 1881 the above nam.
cd gentlemen to serve until February
1883. Now, therefore, BY virtue and
authority OF = resolution, passed Decem.
ber o, 1881, 1 hereby proclaim the above
named gentlemen the Republican City
Executive Committee, and they are
hereby invested, BY virtue Of said reso-
luton, with all the rights and poweri
conferred on as BY the Republicans iu
mass meeting assembled In June last
and congratulate the Republicans ol
Wilmington on the happy tetmination
| OF all the family troubles and Inisun nder-
standing, and l call on all good men apC
true to give them hearty support. Fal
in line and let Ms march with CLOSED
ran ks to sohd victoryi
The above named committee vii
please assemble In the Lincoln Clul
Roou, on Monday, 19sh inst, at 9 o..
clock, fer organisation.
JOHN @. BAKER,
Chairman OF Regular Republican Exc
outivs Committee.
| Attest: JAMEs DANBY, Secretary.
| As chairman Hast ings 10 still Abson
in New York, and will not return unit
this evening, his s"proelamation" or an
expression OF his opinion cannot be q
von side by side with chairman Bak
| ara