Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-22
THE MANOGUE COMMITTEE.

Secretary Brown Says II VIII Never Merge
with the Wei!erites.
The ManOgue central democratic commit
tee, said AIr James E Brown, the secretary OF
the committee, to STAR reporter this after
noon. will never merge with the Wellerites. as
we regard them as usurpers and interlopers.
When the national committee recog-
nized Mr.. James L. Norris as one
of its members it thereby recognized
the Ma rogue committee. As Mr.. Norris owes
his position to that committee, and is and has
been held out as a creature of the Manogue
committee. and is 80 recognized by the Weller
ties, ii is now too late for him to make conces-
sions peace with the so-called Weller
central committee. A casual and unotfi-
cIal remark made bv Senator German at the
meeting of the national committee seems TO
have given stamina to Mr.. Weller and his fol-
lowers, three OF whom stated that they we're
about to depose him. being tired Of his admin
istration. Those three gentlemen. Messrs Boyle.
Burns md Costello, are now acting strangely,
inconsistent with their former professions.
Were it not for the ingratitude displayed by a
delegate TO the late democratic national con-
Venuon, who has q grievance against his late
colleague and also against Mr.. Manogue, the
differences in the democratic ranks here would
be thing of the past ard Mr.. Weller would be
relegated to obscurity.
WILL GO RIGHT ALONG.
The Manogue central committee. continued
Mr.. Brown, las organized today was good
enough in the hour of need and
should be good enough now. We will hold
our next meeting tomorrow night, wien
the then existing vacancies on the committee
will be filed. That is, the then absent mem
bcrs will come in or we will declare their places
vacant and fill them. We of the Manogue COM
m he p oht IF he ppol
democratic committee or any one else to inter
fere in our affairs. We have the assurance of
the largest ratification meeting here next month
ever held III the District.
HIS KESsISGroS SPEECH.
''Mv remarks al the recent democratic meet
ing at kensinSton. Nd. see have been Sc
verely criticised said MIR. Brown, ''and l no.
tice that MIR. Weller has taken it upon himself to
explain them. In that connection have addressed
a letter to Mr.. Christian Storm, the chair
man of the meeting in East Washington. at
which meeting Mr.. Weller made the so-called
explanation"
MIR Brown showed to The reporter a copy of
his letter to Mr. Storm. which referred to the
remarks made by Mr.. Weller at the meeting re-
ferred to-: said he could conceive of no pre-
ten.e of RICH. on Sir. Weller part TO apologize
for him; that he was able 10 speak for himself
ami needed no substitute. and that his Kensing-
ton speech had been misrepresented.
The letter closed by saving: MY remarks
were directed to the management OF the q. A.
II. encampElent in this District, and what
faid was that the e.. A. Il. of this District was a
republican ring, controlled by republican poll
ticians. and should be named the grand army
of republicans; that it did not represent the
Grand Army OF the Republic of which we are
SO justly proud.
II would not have written this letter of ex-
PLANTATION, but this matter has assumed such
serious shape that deem it but just TO the q.
A. X. and in yindication to myself that the facts
sho1ld be known.
Il think twenty-five dollars 1920 worth of the
vets and the books of George Z. Lemon chair
man finance committee. viii verify my love.
That is possibly more than some of my critics
think of them. Very truly yo,lrs,
James r RRovSn