Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-04

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most confusion prevailed throughout the meeting.
and the following organization was perfected:
President, j. H. Hi: VICE president K II. Cooper;
The election OF delegates 70 the central committee
was then proceeded with and the chair announced
the result as follows; DELEGATES j. Davis VIM VIM
| Nelson and Lem Mackall
| The Fifteenth District.
The members OF the Fifteenth District Club met
In dining room on New Jersey avenue, near the
Baltimore and Ohio depot. The usual members
who are In the employ of the District government
were absent. and consequently the contest was
not such bitter one as IT otherwise would have
been. Friends OF the candidates canvassed the
crowd before the meeting was called to order, and
distributed printed tickets Jonn w Freeman,
president OF the club, attempted TO call the meet
Ing to order at O'Clock. He stated the object OF
the meeting, and requested the loan of club, as
care to use his razor The time be said had come
to elect Officers OF the club and delegates to the
central committee. The first question was how
"By ballot" shouted several OF the crowd.
| "Ballott, h-llr' shouted others "By acclama-
| tion."
Mr. Freeman was nominated for president and
as modesiy prevented his putting the motion,
fusion the president attempted to inform those
mass meeting, and as president he intended to act
| as chairman.
| THE ELECTION OF DELEGATES.
| The election for delegates to the central COM
| mittee was then proceeded with, and candidate
| after candidate was placed in nomination. Ber-
nard West nominated John w. Freeman and him.
self. Thornton Davis, another candidate, OBJ
lected to the nominations because the candidate
objection, and Mr.. Freeman was elected a dele
gate. Nominations were again In order, and Ber-
chair declared him elected. The crowd had be-
come so noisy and profane that the chairman
stood upon the chair and raped on the table with
order. Before the third delegate was elected
crowd entered with their states fixed to carry the
meeting by storm, but the chairman informed
them that their printed tickets were no good.
Nominations were again In order, and M. ID. Helm
Was the successful candidate.
Nov you niggers is crying murder" shouted
''Let 'er go. Gallagher" shouted another.
The crowd had again become SO noisy that 1t was
impossible for the Chairman to recognize the ora
tors. Horace B. Bailey and Abner Jones were then
appointed by the chairman as alternateS and the
meeting adjourned.
A MAN WITHOUT AN OFFICE.
Sand may Heaven protect you in my absence"
elected to any office. The lights were extinguished,
and the forty colored men and the three whites,
VINO made up the meeting, disappeared.
Sixteenth District.
The sixteenth district meeting had its chief in.
terest because this is Perry Carsons district. The
meeting was held In one OF the rooms OF the Cali
lean Fshermen's Hall, on the south side of Penn
sylvania avenue, between Sd and AZ streets Here
were assembled nearly a hundred of Mr.. Carsons
followers. The tall form OF Mr. Carson, or "the
Colonel" as he was reverently called, was the
most conspicuous object in the room. AS the as
Sembly was gathering, he stood In silence, his
hands thrust In his pockets, and q cigar in his
mouth, and eyed the throng mediJatlvely. Tue
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officer. Mr.. Carson then made a motion, which
was carried, naming other presiding officers. Mr..
the meeting. motion was made then by Mr.
Carson that the meeting go into permanent Or
Mr. Sa The ss
elected permanent president. Other per-
manent officers elected were J. W. Loniax,
dith, treasurer. AT Mr.. Carsons suggestion COL
lection was taken to defray expenses. Mr.. Carson
then moved TO go into the election OF delegates TO
nation VIM. Ii. Lee was elected as one delegate.
Mr.. Carson then sat down, and several members
sprang up to strive for The honor Of putting Mr.
Rising again Mr.. Carson made other nominations.
The delegation was completed By the election OF
and j. W. Lomax as alternates. Mr. Carson then
suggested that Mr. Lee make a speech, but MIR.
Lee declined in favor OF Mr.. Carson. Mr.. Carson,
however, sat down in silence, and only rose again
In response to repeated and vOciferOuS calls for
Carson. Then rising Mr.. Carson disclaimed any
ability adj ", as Us, an Ito orator M saying he was
piece. There were some men, he said,
that might trying to create confusion in the
ranks or the party. This was being done by the
star chamber, the aristocratie league men who
were once with them on the ground floor, and WILL
ing TO stand shoulder to shoulder with black men,
but now wanted some other way Of eecting dele.
gates so as not To have to come into contact with
black men. Notwithstanding this there would be
at least eighteen districts represented In the GEN.
fIna w a nhnla mir % no
Whitakers, the Adams, and the ClappS MIR. Car
son expressed his undylng devotion 10 the repub-
democratic party TO having any friendship for the
negro. After other speeches the meeting ad-
JOurned.
The Seventeenth and Eighteenth.
Upon the invitation Of the National Republican
League the citizens OF the 18th district held their
meeting last evening at the room OF the club, 221
street southwest. Some twenty -efght citizens Oc-
cupied all the chairs and nearly all the standing
room when s. L. Jones, the president, called the
meeting to order. 4 suggestion To proceed to the
election OF officers for the ensuing four years was
offered, and motion Was made that Mr.. Jones be
Sumby, who wanted to have more nominations
made than one for the place. The original motion
including two young white men who sat In one
corner, the only representatives OF their race and
OF the white citizens OF the seventeenth district
present at the meeting The same solid voting
phalanx elected the following additional officers
and the delegates. vice-presdent, Robt Olmsted:
secretary, Abraham Hall; delegates Jas. T. WASH
ington, JnO. ii. Brown, JnO. Ii. Gordon; alternates
j. c. Gunnell and Robert OlInsted. Dr. Sumby
thought there hadn't been a suff1cent opportunity
given to nominate delegates, nd characterized
the ruling OF the chair as arbitrary. But the
twenJy-Si were faithful to the ticket and at 80
the meeting adjourned.
AROUND ON G STREET.
Nearly all the citizens after the meeting went
over to the friends OF Zion Hall, 3Os G street
southwest, where the citizens of the eighteenth
district were assembled There were some fifty
present, and with a few exceptions, only the
colored residents OF the district had come out
first three-quarters OF an hour was occupied with
listening To speeches In favor OF various candidates
for the Ofice OF permanent president. The preSid-
ing officer favored the greatest latitude In this re-
spect and when the shortnesS OF the time was
urged he stood out for the freest and fullest ex-
preston OF opinion. The election OF officers which
finally began proceeded slowly, and the following
were chosen: President Geo. A. Willis; vice presi.
dent, Danl Travis; secretary, VIM. Mccoy; treas
urer, BOiden Evans and chaplain, Lewis Willis
When this last nomination was made, the
temporary presiding officer was so overcome by
this public recognition OF his peJy that he threw
himself forward on the table and filled the hall
In this demonstration, and when the chairman
had regained his self possession he said: .'Well,
gentlemen never back out, and won't now"
There now remained but ten minutes, and when 1t
was suggested that the newly elected officers take
their places the chairman objected on the ground
that they had to be ''staled" first When this de-
ci5On created some confusion the chairman urged
OF the time remained, and he added that when o
O'Clock arrived he would adjourn the meeting An