New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-01
DEuOCRICY IN BOSTON.


II i announced that the new Massachusetts
State Democla c Club will be inaugratcd
April II. and hat dinner will be given in
Boston to celebrate the event. But considering
the distressed condition in which the Democracy
of the Hub now finds itself it will doubtless
feel more like indulging in solemn penltentlai
fast than in a jolly feast on the 18th OF the
month. If the managers of the dinner are wise
they will put good many funeral baked meats
on the menu.
A few nights ago the Boston Democrats met
in their respective wards for the purpose Of
choosing committeeman for the ensuing year
To say that in the majority OF these caucuSes
dissrnsion reigned supreme is to put 1t mildly
I'm the Second Ward there was dlSgraceful
row which resulted in one of the delegates
being almost pushed through the ceiling.
This unfortunate gentleman was an Alderman,
and later i'm the evening he led a bolt from the
caucus that drew of half its strength. In the
Seventh Ward one bowling faction hurled the
charge of trcachcry ut another bowling faction,
and no sooner had the names of the Inspectors
been announced than "A large number OF persons
withdrew. declaring that it was not "a square
dcalu These boilers organized, denounced the
tactics of their brethren whom they had de
serted and resolved to appeal to the City Com
mittee. The Eighth Ward caucus is reported to
have been rendered additionally interesting by
the presence of professional pugliist whose
services had been secured by one of the fac
TONS The character OF the meeting can De
Judged of from the statement made by me
Boston Journal that :" the police, who had
wisely decided to defer rcsOTtinS to their clubs
:" ms long as practicable, were frequently obliged
"to rush forward and push the struggling con
9testants apart" Before the pandcmonium
ceased the Independents boltcd In Ward
Fourteen there was tussle which The JOHgRdt
reports lasted twenty minutes. Hats were
smashed, coats were torn, coarse cplthctS were
exchanged, and a general bedlam was let loose.
Here also there was a bolt, fully 0ne-half OF the
meeting leaving in anger and disgust, notify
complaining of a lack of fair play. In Ward
Five there was still another bolt, and the bolt
crs nasscd series of resolutions in which they
nrotcsted against "any and all such cut-and
50 dried and unfair proceedings as were prac-
q tised by the men calling themselves Demo
"crats and pretending to be carrying out the
"rulcs of the City Committee
Such being the pitiful state Of the Democracy
of Boston just now, now iuIe 10 ldlh Vi boH'oh
Democrats giving Il political dinner Ii the
Massachusetts State Democratic Club is gifted
with realizing sense and is In the possession
of any bowels of compassion, it will decline to
exact this tribute from its Boston brethren, at
this gloomy stage of their history. Let the Club
counsel that the dinner be postponed, to the end
that those who were expected to give it may de-
vote all their energies to composing their quar-
rcls. We may add that this would seem to be
General Buffers opportunity. He might win
new laurcls as the great pacicator of Boston
Democracy.