National Republican., 1881-08-06
JORGENSEN'S PLAN
EXPOSED BY COL. JAMES D. BRADY.
An Open Letter which Shows the Methods Pur.
sued by the Petersburg Statesmsu-Dis.
graceful Actions or His
Adhcrents.

Colonel James d. Brady publishes the
following open letter to Hon. Joseph Jorgcnsen in
the Daily lirginfdn, Of Petersburg, on Thursday:
DEAR SIN: The efforts Of your supporters to
elect what are called Straight out delegates to the
| city convention, which elects delegates to the
| Lynchburg convention. ut the Republican meet
ings held In this city last night were most disgrace
ful. In the first ward, without taking vote, del.
| egatcs in your favor were declared elected and the
lights were putout by your supporters Seventy per
cent Of the Republicans in attendance at this
meeting being denied their right to vote by the
illeeala action ofyour urchairman, they organized and
elected delegates to the Republican city conven.
tion.
VoUR DELEGATES wERR DEFEATED
In this ward FIVE to one. In the Second Third, and
| Firth Wards your bogus chairmen OF your illegal
meetings could not rally TO their support In all
three wards more than thirty followers, while at
| the regular Republican meetings held in these
wards the halls were crowded 10 suifOcation with
Republicans, hundreds being in attendance at
each meeting aud regular delegates were elected
In favor OF coalition aud opposed to your Straight.
Out programme AT Lynchburg The Republicans
Of these wards are in this movSment opposed to
you ten to one,
AND You Know 1T
IN the Fourth Ward, under your eye, a large
majority OF the Republicans OF the ward
active. worthy. intelligent Republicans. col.
| orcd men who at the last election aud for
years have supported and voted for you
were, with your consent denied admission into the
room where the meeting was held and not allowed
to vote for delegates. Mr.. George T. Marable an
ex-Union soldier who on election day some years
ago came near losing his life at the polls In this
city contendng for your rights Of the most in
fuental and respectable Republicans in the ward,
! says that
HE WILL SWEAR
that the Republicans in attendance at the meeting
in your own ward were two to one opposed to
YOU that he will furnish the alldavis Of at least
| Hfty Republicans of the ward to the same effect
aud that those who were not in favor OF the
| Straight.0ut delegates were not permitted TO be
heard or allowed to vote by the rulings OF your
chairman. In the Sixth Ward your supporters
were few In numbers but your chairman decided
| your delegates were elected, without permitting
the vote cast to be announced Upon the demand
fan overwhelming majority of the Republicans
| in attendance that the vote cast be declared,
THE LIGHTS IN THE HALL
were extinguished by the proprietor of the hall
| one Of your most active supporters In the ward,
and the police called TO clear the hall. The Re
publicans OF that ward, after this outrage upon
their rights. Immediately assembled In the hall
next to that from which they were oustcd and
elected regular delegates to the city convention,
all opposed to you. In this ward such good and
faithful Republicans as james H. Bailey, Peter
u, Ramsey U. J. Smith, Glemory Hcnsen and
Armistcad Green positively assure me that at least
three to one of the Republicans in attendance at
the meeting were in favor of electing delegates for
coalition, and opposed to you and your Straight
Out delegation.
HAVE THUS GIVEN YOU
true statement of what occurred in the ward
meetings last night. II remains to be seen whether
you will indorsc the great outrage which your
supporters would inlict upon the Republicans of
Petersburg by having them msrepresented at the
Lynchburg State Convention by delegates opposed
to coalition. You have been here several days;
you are well acquainted with the feeling of the
Republicans Of this city and there is not the least
doubt but that fully eighty per cent. of the Re.
publicans of Petersburg are in favor of sending
delegates to the State convention who will vote
for coalition.
4 REPUBLICAN, CONGRESSMAN
cannot afford to be n delegate to q State conyen.
tlon elected by intimidation and fraud and gross
outrage practiSed by his hackers upon his con.
stituency challenge you to fair, honest and
free expression Of the will of the Republicans of
Petersburg upon this question. Your bogus dele.
gates Illegally chosen in the manner herenbefore
described met to-day In another place than that
designated in all the calls of the City Central Re.
publican Committee, and at what they presume
to call city convention undertook to elect four
delegates from this city to the Republican State
Convention, which assemblies at Lynchburg OH the
10th instant,
YOUR NAME APPEARS
at the head Of this bogus delegation The duly.
elected delegates who were properly chosen at the
regular ward meetings assembled in convention at
Armory Hall, on Lombard street, this city to-day,
the place and time designated by the City Central
Republican Committee, and have elected four del.
egates to the said convention. am at the head of
This latter tnlnpaton m IA nd thor
three gentlemen elected with me say that we
would scorn to accept such position in opposition
TO the expressed will OF q majority of the Repub-
licans OF Petersburg
No HONORABLE MAN
would knowingly and willfully attempt to mis-
represent his party. Thus by your action we shall
have two sets of delegates from Petersburg claim.
ing admittance to the State convention your dele
CATION representing very small minority Of the
Republicans, and mysefand colleagues represent-
ing very large majority of the Republicans of this
city. Now, in order that II may be definitely as.
certained whether or not my statement as TO the
strength of the respective divisions OF the party Is
correct, submit TO you
THR FOLLOWING PROPOSITIONS, VIZ:
THAT mass meeting of the Republicans Of
Petersburg be called al the Academy OF Music, this
city some night this week, and that the question
OF whether or not you and your delegates or my
self and the three delegates appointed with me
arc the regular delegates and entitled TO be nd-
mltted TO the Lynchburg convention be passed
upon by the Republicans at the proposed mass.
meeting. That you designate one man from each
ward, and u like number, to take count and an.
aounce tnat vote Of every Republican present at
| said meeting upon the question in dispute II
yon will agree TO this fair proposition, undertake
10 say that can demonstrate TO the satisfaction of
every honest man
"FiTst-That in the First and Sixth Wards YOU
will be beaten three TO one; In the Second and
Third and Fith wards you will be beaten ten 10 one
and tnat you cannot carry your own-the Fourth
ward.
"second-That ofthe more than sixteen hun.
dred votes you poled for Congress IN this city in
November last you cannot induce two hundred
Republicans 10 declare that they sustain your
present course and who will come to public
meeting and ask TO send you as a delegate TO the
Lynchburg convention.
Finally. sir, II upon fair, square contest be-
fore the Republicans of this city upon the present
issue cannot beat you five to one, will withdraw
my claims for admission as delegate TO SAID State
convention, await reply"
| TrRnsactiOnA mt thc District buildings.
| The Commissioners have referred TO the
First Comptroller of the Treasury for an opinion
request OF Hon John J. Knox for papers IN case Of
au alley IN square $50. The question has been
raised as TO whether " land condemned and used -
can be made III the case OF an alley condemned
and partially opened. Heretofore the Commis.
sioneTs have held that the condemnation was made