Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-30

THf CLUB REoRGANIzED DESPITE UNCSr AL DIFFICULT
TIES MET AT TIE OTTsET-TBE WHITE DOVE OF

Tlf CLUB REoRGASIzED DESPITE UNUSUAL DIFFICCL-
TIES MET AT THE oUTsET-TBE WHITE DOVE OF
PEACE REIGSs OVER THE PROCEEDINGS
Inc meeting TO re0T;.anize the fifteenth district
republican club and 70 elect delegates to the CEN
trail repub lean committee was called for O'Clock
last evening at Market hall. at the intersection Of
Massachusetts avenue with 5th and streets Mar
ket hail Is collection Of ROOMS over Capt Ritchies
grocery and Is used bT several lodges Of the order
oi GOOD Sainartans and Daughters of SaInara, and
I"Hc Il week as d dancing school The rent OF
room Is - per night. with fire and light. About
O'Clock small groups OF colored people appeared on
the pavement and looked anxOuSiy 10 the windows
ana do2r. but there were no signs indicating that
ami Bernard West made anxious inquiries to the
Kew ana the last-named went 70 o., find the
J3nltor IL was nearly O'Clock when
the door Was hastily opened and shut.
and snae one remarked, Here's the key causing
asked What is the difficulty: How much does the
hall COST The reply being 1.-TWO dOllarS.' the
qutIoncr said that, considering the trouble in get
ting into If. It ought 10 cost 500 j night Finally
the six Kerosene lamps in the hall OH the stair
way were lighted. and about fifteen republicans
walked up To the door, This they found closed but
the wicket was opened, and IT was said that the
ttnitor wanted each to give tne. pass word The
delay was caused h. the janitGr Insisting Oh having
This having been accomplished. the door was
opened. and soon about forty colored men had
ten ne ss3ts OF the Good Samaritans: some OF
stands intended Tor the officers
THE DOVE OF PEACE
over the stand for the presiding officer was
large SILT triangle III which was suspended the sy-
Dol of peacea dove, and this proved to be not out
OF place AZ SIS o'clock Mr.. Freeman found piece
OF Stlca. with which he raped the meeting To order
After stating the object OF The meeting he said that
me INST business In order WAS 10 pay for the hall.
He had PAID for the advertising out III his own tDdi-
Itual pocket. aud tue citizens should pay for the
HALL The audience was waited upon MI Free
nan afr inGeeting the hat returned to him, sol
hsly-.
proceed. ana hope that YOU Will be as liberal In
good orier as You have been in raising money"
NM, N.Y. EDWARD Nelson was elected temporary chair
". Freeman was elected permanent presl-
dent. and being called forward said: '.You
might as well nave let me set thar After thank
ing them for the honor he said that he hoped this
d!s'fcJ would Lot have such meetings as there had
been in Other districts some OF them from all ac-
counts. h'nE il1b> rather than aSoeInblageS OF cti-
ZciiS-cIylliZed creatures
TIE OFFICERS AND DELEGATES
{. {. ErlScoe was elected secretary. Lafayette
Jeffries Vice president. and Edward Nelson treas
urcr George Ashton, Bernard West and John W.
Freeman delegates. and Stewart NJ Lewis and
IL9i.l;ts Haynes alternateS TO the central commit
tee.
A short speech was made ny Mr.. Lewis. and Mr.
Freeman being again called on, said they had had
sun rle.IStnt meeting he would simply apologize
t. the representative Of The STAR for having kept
nm out in the cold so long. The meeting thereupon
adjourned.
The Fourteenth District.
About three hundred republicans Of the four
teenth district assembled In the Baptist church at
the corner Of I'd and streets, last night, for the
purpose Of elecing delegates 10 the central repub-
hcan committee. Mr.. H. C. Boden called the meet
Ing 10 order. ON motion OF Mr.. James Roberts Mr.
y. Calvin Chase was invited to speak. and at the
conclusion " his speech the following delegates to
the central committee We're elected: H. G. Bolden
W III. simpson and StUicr .. Merrill: alternatpS-
james ~. Roberts ana Robert Logan. Speeches
were made by McSSrS. Simpson and Merrill on
motion U1 James Roberts. Mr.. Chase was declared
bT acciam3tiOn the choice or the meeting for the
cn2irmaHSk,D or the central committee. Hon.
JOAN A. Logan was endorsed for President.