Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-23
Ehc Seventh District.

TWO SETS OF DELEGATES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AT
SHILOH HALL-AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH EXPE-
Di1IoN-MR. CHASE DISAPPoISTs AN ARDENT Al
MIEER.
a meeting Of the republican club OF the seventh
district Ct Washington called to ba held ut Sill
Ion hall last night to elect delegates to the repuh-
llcan central committee. Seven o'clock was IN
ders'ood to be the hour for meeting. vi halI-rast
seven the hall was dark ana still, and about twen:v
coiorcd men stood Svaring in front OF its closed
aoors Mls:lVigS had brg,n to take possession %
The assembly, When the delegation Which had been
sent f'ir the key returned to say. with erna-
ton IN theirtone that the meeting had been he'd
and the Delegates elected. Then indlgnation too!
possession OF the tbrong. Cries OF treason snni
"burconibe game" went up from every Side they
b"ctE aware that tric., had been played uoon
thea. The president OF the club hid pr.;c,icet.
Dec pton upon them, they S"td He hat ii nO' n rs
about who SlC,lid represent the district la III.
fepunan Gcn,rtl committee, and the niority Of
the cll0 had different IDEAS upon The subject. So
In tlt interest OF harmony. h" advertised The meet
Ing without stating the hour, then announced 10
the club that : o'clock was the hour and to his
friends time somewhat earlier. This plan was
very eGect'lal. Mr. 6. l.. Joy, the president: Mr.
William Barber and Mr. William Cant met with u
few others and elected themselves as Geerates to
the central committee
THE MEETING OPENED.
After some discussion, the hall was opened and
the lamps lighted. Thirty or forty excited mon
gathered in tine hall. but they had no officers and
no organization. Confusion and indgn ltion took
possession OF the assembly. but they succeeded in
erecting temporary organization by cltcting Mr.
WIN. Beckett rs chairman and Mr.. Samuel Jackson
as secretary.
Mr. Henry Lacy then took the floor and moved
'that this meetin' amt Elcetin and the chair an
point committee OF three to fetch the president"
The otion Was adopted, and ,essrs. Henry Lacy,
W. H. Black and Henry Piper were appointed to
execute this important commission.
III a short time the committee returned, and re-
ported that they had ''fOund Mr.. JOy absent"
Somebody then moved that ''thls assembly do
now deso.ye Itself into a mass meeting" Some
t,y e was In iaSol OF the moion but did not
thlnh the meeting had right to "ceSOlve ITSELF"
SEARCH EXPEDITION.
"Speeches We're made pro and con- and the ex-
element had reached fever heat when Mr. Lacy
jumped to his feet and cried: "Mr chairman.
am informed that Mr.. Joy am and at this
time peepin' through the dOah. and move that
the committee be constructed to go out and bring
him in"
This announcement was followed by general con-
FUSION. and head that had been pe.Dng eau
back prec1pitouSly, and the door shut with a
slam The committee FASTENED after the fugitive.
and, after about twenty minutes, leturned to re.
port that they had caught him, but that he would
not return with them. ale says" cried Mr. Lacy
Indignantly, "that he does not recognize YOU nor
your meeting, and If you want to see him, your
majesty you Will have to call upon him at some
other time"
Mr.. hamilton.Turley moved that in view Of the
tive 'SeSShun."
Mr.. Lacy moved that the meeting was club.
MIR. Turey then moved that he did not want to
be technical in the matter.
MR. COOK TO THE RESCUE
Mr.. John F. Cook finally came TO the rescue. and
proposed reorganization OF the 9TH district repub-
ncan club.
Under this motion Mr.. VIM Beckett was elected
president, Mr.. David Warner vice president, Mr. NJ
J. Taylor second vice president, Mr.. Sam jackson
secretary. and Mr.. John +. Cook treasurer
Another motion was made to ''desOve iDt< mass
meeting" but Mr.. Cook again came to tLe rescue,
and prevented that catastrophe.
the ''gentlemen to remember the scene in Geo 3e-
town the night before" Then, when the confusOn
threatened to get the better OF the Organizai 3On
Mr.. w. II. Black was appointed sergeant-at-arr7e
was suppressed through the influence OF eyr,
Messrs. Frank b. Conger, Henry Lacy and j. W.
Taylor were elected delegates TO the central com
m1ttee, with Messrs Henry Piper and Hemilcar
Turley as alternateS.
Speeches were then called for.
Mr.. CHASE DlsAPPOINTs MR.. LACY.
Mr.. Lacy called for an address from MI. Chase.
who, he said, was a man OF great learning one
whose views would be adopted by all, and who
would do credit to the central committee. But Mr..
Chase's speech did not quite come up to Mr.. Lacys
expectations. Some reflections were cast upon the
legality OF the meeting. Mr.. Lacy jumped to his
deet ana denounced Mr. Chase, saying, III that
central committee. God help us"
The Hon. Mr.. Stephenson, OF Virginia, spoke in
high praise OF the harmony in the seventh district
MI. Joy and his associates, who held the first
meeting, Claim that their meeting was the Only
Legal one Mr Joy was unanimously elected pres
Thos- H Cant, treasurer, and G. W. Stewart secre-
tary. The following named gentleman were elected
delegates: B. H. Freeman, w. 81. Barker and Geo,
W. Stewart; alternates Thomas Wells and Thos a.