The Washington bee., 1886-09-25
GSpeaal 70 tie Be-
Editor Of the BEE.


present representative from our dis
trlct isl. RUHars. He has rep
resented this district two terms
The FIRST term against the vii OF
the people. I VIII. in a few words
AZ TsoesibIe attempt To give yon the
state Of affairs a. they really exist
On the 18th Of July last. Our znd
Congressional Distinct Convention
convened In the town Of kinstOn
TO nominate q candidate for the
J0th Congress. Their were six as
piraufs for nomination three white
aud three eOIofed. Prominent
among them were Messrs- r L.
Young, j. A. Moore J. r O.Hara.
and L y. Abbott. Ii was under
stood weeks before the convention
met that Mr.. O.Hara would bolt
the nomination Of the convention
should he fail TO receive II. And
the night before the convention
convened osHara saw that it was
impossible for him TO be nominated.
Hence, he invented a trick. The
call for the convention read Il NJ.
The chairman, secretary and a po-
liceman came into the convention
at one. One hour after the call.
The chairman called the cOnvenfiG n
70 order and commanded delegates
and every BODY TO leave the Hall.
A delegate arose aud asked the
chairman why he desired delegates
and all TO leave the hall, and bis
reply TO the delegates was, that he
was no delegate. When he repli-
Cd thus TO a delegate, even before
the committee on credentials had
been appointed, the delegates took
In the situation at once and sooD
had the chairman 70 understand
that he had no night 10 say who the
delegates were, but that was the
business of the committee on credeI-
tals.
OHara's clique was. TO have all
leave the room. and TO admit none
but those whom be could use, aud
TO have the policeman at the door
as seminal TO carry out his orders.
He failed. The delegates in their
power resisted this high handed
outrage, by electing a chairman
who would preside fairly and hon
estly, one whose Influences had not f:
been sold. He proceeded with the.
appointment Of com mmittee On ere
dentlals. CThere are eleven c0u1-
ties composing this district.) Tue
committee reported nine counties
out Of the eleven represented. The
convention then permanently o.
gained and aspirants were put in
nomination, ON the first ballot no
nomination was made, on the 2nd
ballot, Hon. /. b. Abbott received
the nomination. He having recei1-
ed 15 votes out of IS votes cast
and was therefore declared the
nominee Of the Republican party of
this district. After several speech.
es by prominent gentlemen present
and the election of an executive
committee the convention adjourn
cd.
About 4 O'Clock in the evening
O'Hara called his convention. 1t
was composed of Alternates and
anybody who would act with him.
As we call it "tbe second meet
ing" and in that body bad himself
nominated. During the canvass
prior to the convention O'Hara
made The fight that a colored man
should represent the district (mean
ing of course himself.) But his
color is much doubted down here.
still they gave him a man not col
ored but black a true representa-
tive of the race, and a native of the
district. Mr.. O'Hara got to con
gress in 1882 by boiling but be will
tail this time. lie is above his CO.
ored constituents when he meets
them in Washington and only PLAYS
on a COlorod man every two years
to get back TO congress. He pride> |
himself on his ancestry, no one
knows from whence he came. He
does nothing for the district, he
spends his time and money In the |
north aud the people have decIar-
ed that they will have no more Of
this political tricksters represents
tiOn. To give you an idea ofhow
he stands as to influence in his
own. county convention as a con
tested delegate. His county was
contested in the district convention.
This is the influence at home of the
political bolter. IL is thought that
he has bargained to send the dem
ocratic candidate to congress. He
being son in-law of a gentleman
who has been backing him here to-
fore for congress, in order that he
may pay back the money which he
owes him.
Mr.. Editor, these are the facts
and believing that this article will
nrovo of uunh inforocf m ,,o,r rool 1