Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-06
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| ceinng depended rows OF tawdry hags and ban
fsr mnsts one an, s,ds was gun s.ch hOa,nS
picture Of the angela white angel-with white
| white robes and white wings. II IL represented
the angel Of peace il was not out Of place at the
meeting. for the business Of the gathering wa,
conducted in . good.natured way and at The
end the defeated faction acknowledged tina,
they we're fairly beaten. With the exception
| OF those Of Lawyer Cahill, Alexander Kahn. five
policemen at the door, the reporters and the
angel. all the faces upon which the dim lights
shone were colored. William II. Lee 10 presi-
dent OF the sixteenth district association, and
by virtue Of the authe rity pertaining TO that
once hammered the table at the end of the hall
WIFE short club. This was o sign that busI-
ness was opened. Mr.. Lee Is a man of few
words and he uttered them at the opening of
the meeting: The rest Of the talking was
done by W. r Laws and some others.
First there was an election Of secretary Of the
meeting j. h. Roy and John Crown were
nominated. There was some confusion be-
cause the chairman called upon those who were
IN IN favor OF Roy to stand up and those who were
In favor OF Crown to sit down As there were
Out a limited number of seats and those who
possessed them did not want to be gerryman-
dered out Of them. This system Of voting was
found to be impracticable and q resort was had
to tellers who counted the votes AZ they passed
between them. The FIRST count was announced
as Crown 22, Roy 43, but this WAS not salts
factory, as one man insisted that some voters
had repeated. There was new count which
resulted IN Roy's election by a vote Of SO to 80
before voting for new president Mr.. Lee Gre
ated considerable enthusiasm by stating that
he wanted this to be the best and quletest
meeting in the District of Columbia and prom
ising TO treat the crowd If his
wishes were gratified Mr.. W. n. Laws
then nominated MIR. Lee for the
umated that Mr. Lee paid the freight There
was no opposition to Mr.. Lee. The secretary
cast the ballot of the meeting for hun. Mr..
Lee was too much overcome by this evidence
OF popularity to respond to the cries of
speech speech !" and said Mr.. Laws would
speak for him. Mr. Laws did it quite band
somely. He said, probably in reference to Mr..
Lees inability or reluctance to pose as an ora
tor, that they could not all be Websters. Clays
or Calhouns. Mr.. Lee, however. did effective
work. He was philanthropist, who had given
his thousands to help his race and 20 furnish
the bands of music that tickled their ears and
to which their feet kept time. They wanted TO
demonstrate that night, in the presence Of the
newspaper men and the guardians of the
police, that there lies in the negro that which
made them compare favorably with any class
or race. He called attention TO the fact that
there never was a Benedict Arnold known to the
African race. This and other remarks in Mr..
Lee speech as acclaimed by Mr.. LAWS evoked
loud cheers, but the enthusiasm and cheering
was greatest when at the close Mr.. Laws said
eudt TIE SdtnerlnS cOulu take MI. Lee speech
out at the bar OF one OF the saloons near by.
The chairman having called for nominations
for delegate Mr.. Laws again made a speech
which called out much applause. He referred
to the humble beginning of his nominee and
how the tall cedar of Lebanon" had come ito
tower above all that you have in the District
OF Columbia" The man he nominated was
Perry H. Carson
Mr.. Alexander Kahn nominated VIM. H. Lee
Mr.. Cahlll In seconding the nomination Of Lee
said he did not want to take one word of praise
from Mr.. Carson, but he said, with the best in
the purpose of securing suffrage for the Dis
trict, which Mr.. Carson had not obtained he
favored another man.
The chairman, who evidently wanted to try
an experiment in another system OF voting,
called on all who we're for Lee TO 20 to the left
ana all for Carson to 60 to the right. There
we're soon evidences that Carson men were
getting mixed up with Lee men and tellers
we're again resorted to. There was some speech
making before the vote was finally announced
and one or two Prints of order, and the only
thing approaching unpleasantness oc-
Cured. Mr.. Cahill made a remark to the effect
that he had not, Mr.. Laws had, made
fulsome speech in favor of his candidate.
Mr.. Laws understood Mr.. Cahill to say
'false speech" and rose with much difficulty to
q privileged question, but when Mr.. Cahill ex-
planned that he used the word '-fulsome," Mr..
Laws said OH and shook hands with Mr.
CahilL When the vote showing that Carson
was elected by a vote of So 20 SO was
announced there was loud cheering. Mr..
Cahlll nominated Mr.. Lee for alternate,
but Mr.. Lee declined, and Peter ID.
Meredith, nominated by Mr.. Laws, was de-
clared the unanimous choice Of the meeting for
alternate. There was nothing left to be done
then but 10 take Mr.. Lees speech out in
the manner Mr.. Laws had indicated. and the
voters OF the sixteenth district adjourned al
most to man to a neighboring bar for the
purpose.
Seventeenth District.
The meeting in the seventeenth district was
held in the Galilean Fisherman's Hall on F
street between Sd and ~ streets southwest.
1t was quite an orderly meeting and there
were no disturbances. The meeting was called
to order shortly after clock and Immediately
proceeded to business Samuel Jones was
chosen president, Asbury Jones, secretary and
Thomas Cephas, treasurer.
After the organization had been completed
Chairman Jones announced the business Of the
meeting and said it was in order to nominate
men for the positions Of delegate and alternate
to the central republican committee.
The names OF J. L. Washington, representing
the Carson faction, and Charles Marshall of the
Chase delegation were placed in nomination.
The voting then commenced and when the
tellers announced the vote q cheer rent the air
shall but 81. Washington was accordingly de-
clared elected. Robert H. Keys another Car
son man, was elected alternate by reclamation.
The meeting then adjourned. About l50 col
ored men were present
Eighteenth District
Abraham Hall, on L street south west between
Sd and ~ streets, was the meeting place of the
eighteenth district, anA the politicians down
that way had merry time Of it. The hall it. |
self is the top room of q rude two-story shanty.
and is used as q meeting place Ct a mysterious
colored order. Great things are said about the |
Initiation ceremonies which take place there
but it is safe to say that the coal oil lamns
never gave light to more peculiar things than
they did last night at the election which took
place within it's walls. There was not much had
feeling manifested, 4 and every one present.
seemed u member of the organization which
meets in the room on other DAYS. II vas
brother" this and brother that ali the time
and when the chairman gave Q peculiar series
Of knocks on the table with his gavel there was
immediate silence. About ITO men. IOs of
whom were colored. crowded into the room
and had an opportunity of exercising the right
Of American citizenship.
Unlike any of the other meetings the eieb- |
teenth district opened the business of the |
evening with prayer by Rev. w. Gilchrist |
The chaplain. After considerable confusion. in |
which fourteen men tried to talk at once, the |
meeting appointed George A. Wills president,
Danl Drivers vice president, Jno. H. Brown |
secretary and Lewis Payne treasurer The |
chairman announced the first business to be |
The selection OF a delegate to the central COM
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