Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-23
A HRPuDLIcAN ceNFKRkNCE.
Charges 81 Corruption as the Lass
Convention.

A RRPUDL1CAN C0NEERENCE.
Cha1ges q Corruption at the Late
Conventt0n.
MEETING % fHI CENTRAL coxNrITu lIKHlr 10
BIZ CALLED.
A number Of the presidents OF the District repun-
bean clubs and other local republican politicians
held . conference yesterday afternoon at the ONCE
OF Prof r T. Greener, the secretary OF the central
republican District committee. The object OF Ne
conference was TO discuss the propriety and adv1s-
ability Of calling meeting OF the central commit
tee with the view Of having that body determine
the question Of the necessity for holding
NEW CONVENTION
for the election OF delegates to the Chicago conven
ton. Among those present were A. N. Clapp
James Leonard, George O. Miller W. C. Chase, Mr.
proposition WAS urged that there were good grounds
Tor calling new convention on the numerous ALE
gates OF the last convention. objection was made
that mere statements were not suf1cfent TO war;
rant the calling OF & new conversion or even the
ments could be embodied in afidavits and In other
respects backed up by respectable evidence then,
vas sald, immediate action could be taken After
mittee OF three, whose duty It viii be TO collect
evidence OF maud and corruption and present It to
oAosAsCa usooSaAks IL ISk8IUeu rs OF SUM-
cisnt Importance the central committee win be
called together
WHAT PkoR. GRKENER SAYS
Prof r I. Greener was asked this morning II It
was true that . meeting Of the central committee
would b held soon.
msSee shorty was the reply, "but can't tell ex-
What = the object Of calling the committee
ct Is quite important that we should hold
meeting at this time" replied the professor
ton. For instance, the rules ought 70 be revised,
then rules for the conduct OF primary meetings
should De formulated and some steps taken TO ne
OF oeiegates sent TO the district
suppose charges Of bribery in the last conven-
t,,a, as Dro9gnt up VIII the committee consider
III they are properly sustained said the profess
sf, II think that the committee VIII consider
our duty as good citizens to correct such abuses
tney exist. We have no right, however, to begin
sm,scn,n INVESTIGATION that win only result in
tam the truth, and think that the committee Will
investigate these charges II there IS any proper
foundation Tor them
AFFIDAvrs As TO BRIBERY
1t Is stated that afdavits have already been pre.
pared charging acts OF bribery upon one OF the dele
gates elected at the convention, and upon one or
more Of the candidates Several OF the local poll
uclanS expressed the opinion this morning that q
>>SSS>>A6 ~ sAO SoAl2o VIII Dc C6ueu.
WHAT PERRY CARSON SAYS
MI Perry Carson, delegste-elect to the Chicago
republican convention, In reply to q question by
STAR reporter as to whether not there was to be
eau oy the central committee for another elec-
s S1 On mt the grounds OF fraud pTacced at the w
sell are willing 70 put ourselves before the people
again II the central committee think it desirable
amt going to DO it; they know the other was lust
as Iair an erection as would be likely to result IN
another trial"
MEETING SATURDAY MIGHT.
Mr. George lHolmes said to q srARreporter this
afternoon that it had been decided to hold meet
ing OF the central committee Saturday night II
would be decided by the committee whether a new
convention should be held or not He said that
already number OF afndavtts supporting charges
OF improper practices had been made, and it was
been promised places by MI Conger. ''''
III sa,9 sday mat whatever the central
was not" he said, selected by the central commit
tee, but by the republicans OF the District"
A Washingtonian's Suicide i'm New
York.
DYNAKII CATHOLICS AND VEST POCKET PISTOLS
AMONG HIS KFF1CTS.
Thfrty-one and one-half pounds Of Dynamite car.
tr1dges and two square-haudled Remington vest
pocket pistols with trigger attachments similar &C
those discovered q few weeks ago at the victoris
railway station In London, were found at O'Clock
last evening in tho room lately occupied by Nathan
l. FISH on tne second door OF the Carlton house. a,
FRANKFORT and William streets, New York city. In
the box with the cartridges was q square package
IN brown paper ON one side OF which was q caro-
opens this boxn Nobody opened IL. Frshis dear
body was found In the East river at the foot O
East 26tb street yesterday. The New York Sun O
to-day says: He came to the Carlton house from
Washington on November 1. 1888, and was under
stood to be printer by trade, though no one IL
the Carlton house he fell Sex and was removed e
Bellevue hospital He soon was missed, however
and yesterday his body was found In the East
Carton house said to reporters yesterday: On re-
cey1ng the Information OF his suicide had written
to Prof. n; E West IN washington, the only friend
reply from Prof Vests son, George n.
West, written on paper OF the United States Sem
same day that Fish committed suicide
In addition to the boxes mentioned. a number
OF articles were found In F1sh's room Among
them were CW0 memorandum books filled with ad.
dresses, accounts, and memorandums, every thing
out proper names being written In mongre sys-
tenn OF shorthand, about equally composed OF the
card bore the following address: "Wm. H. Van
Swartwout, President Columbias New University
sSSseS vas nenc h sSsnI Ss New r9rn Riggs
the reverse was covered with fine Shorthand
characters, almost nlegible from rubbing.
WHAT YOUNG MR. WEST KNOWS ABOUT FISH,
A reporter OF The STAR found Mr.. Geo. n. West
~ AAS oOoA IL licdouIy To-Day. 81
never knew Mr.. Fish personally" said he to the
reporter, ''but he was an employee OF my father
who spoke OF him as q smart but erratic Individual
He looked on him as q little cranky. Fish was.
think, native OF Maryland, and heard that he
was well educated. He was at one time beeye
compositor In the Government Printing ONCE
Further than the above, have no Information
about him"
BOycOtting a Church Fair.
THE ACTION OF THE FEDERATION OF LABOR REGARD
ING 81. PATRICK'S CHURCH
The Federation OF Labor at meeting held last
evening adopted resolution "That this federation
boycott St Patrcks church fair for the reason that
the authorities OF said building take considerable
pains to hire scab labor from other citiesn When
STAR reporter called the attention OF Father
Thomas, OF St Patrick's church. to this resolution
to-day, that clergyman said: 1.-THE facts are that
We let out the contract to q New York party be-
cause the bid was lower than any got from this
city, and besides we were satisfied that the work
would be completed sooner. We want the church
completed by october. We could have given the
work OF plasteF1ng now being done in the church 10
parties In this city, but they wanted us to pay for
the moulds. They did not have the facilities for
doing the work. The considerations that moved
us were the same as would move any Individual In
his private work We wanted the work done as
cheaply as possible, and done by a reliable man.