The Washington bee., 1907-11-09
REPUBLICANS MEET
GRAND ARMY HALL FILLED.
UNITED REPUBLICANS
SOUND THE KEY
NOTE
NOTE


Legislative Districts met in the main au-
ditorium of the Grand Army Hall last
Thursday evening 1t was a represent
atiye gathering of white and colored !
Republicans, who met 10 adopt plans for
the coming election of delegates in the
District OF Columbia to the next Ma
tional Republican Convention. The full
capacity of the hall was taxed.
The meeting was under the auspices
OF the w. Calvin Chase Republican Club
of the District of Columbia, a club
named for Mr.. w Calvin Chase in
1900, when he was elected one of the
delegates TO the Philadelphia convention
that nominated the late President Nc
Kinley.
There was a large representation OF
ladies present to listen to the speeches.
At eight o'clock Attorney Thomas L.
Jones, Of the local bar, called the meet
ing TO order, and introduced Rev. J.
Anderson Taylor, of Trinity Baptist
Church, who offered prayer, after which
the chairman, Mr.. Jones stated briefly
the object of the meeting in an eloquent
and pointed address, which will appear
in full in the next issue of The Bee.
Addresses were then delivered by 9th
rs, which will also appar next week.
Music was furnished by the Howard
University Young Mems Christian As
sociation Orchestra. The committee on
address and resolutions, through Mr..
| ]. 7. c. Newsom, reported the follow
ing, which was unanimously adopted:
The United Republican Clubs of the
District of Columbia, representing the
twenty-five (22) old Legislative Dis
tricts, now assembled in an edifce nam
ed for those heroes who made this ma
ton great and the republic the foremost
in the civilized world,tO the Republicans
Of the District and the Republican vot-
erS of the country, Greeting.
We continue our allegiance TO the
grand old Republican party, firmly be-
lieving that upon its policies and princi-
pies depend our continued peace and
prosperity prosperity the stability Of
which has recently been demonstrated
in the checking of the furry in the
stock market and the banking world
| We believe this stable prosperity to be
more the result of the wisdom and the
righteousness of Republican principles
than to Individual policy or direction
or to natural conditions. Upon its pol
icies, also, depend the perpetual amity
between the nations of the earth, anC
the mediation and arbitration of strite'
that may exist between other nations
But, while we credit our present happy
material and domestic conditions to Re
publican policies and principles, eXperi
ence and necessity demand that we Civ
, increased attention TO the character o
I men we select for public Office, believ
inc that in this nineteenth century o
political wisdom and advancement mel
are often more important than meas
= ures, and principles more than parties
S We express our confidence in tn
c wisdom and good judgment of the Am
5 erican people, and the expression Of tha
c wsdom at the polls, Tuesday Novem
n Der 8, 1908, in no uncertain tone, whlc
d means confidence in the administrauo
It and the loyal representatives Of the tw
S legislative branches Of our national gov
s ernment
;t The standard bearers OF the Republ
e can party, who are to be selected by tn
ensuing National Republican COnver
n ton, should be men who, idealize ii
e principles of the late lamented Llncoll
=. Garfield. Grant, Sumner, Conkling, MOI
.e1 ton and Chandler Upon the wisdom an
n Judgment of the delegates however "
" relv upon the selection of condidat
% who will unite all Republicans, regar'
r ess of individual preferences.
To this end the Republicans OF Il
Unuited Republican Clubs beg to advi!
the National Republican Committee TIL
= delegated convention would be mo-
: acceptable TO the Republicans OF Il
= District than the primary system whl(
= has heretofore been the occasion OF
=, ots, debauchery and bloodshed. 1t
; further suggested that no candidate II
delegate be permitted to serve upon Il
- election committee, which has been Il
R cause Of so much dissatisfaction amor
Republicans.
We believe in temperance, but let
-g be non-coercive, and with a due r
gard for personal rights and hberu(
Whereas, a deplorable condition, no
amounting almost to decentralization, e
n lists among the Republicans OF the Dl
trict; and
Whereas, this condition Is due to {
q nlacing of Democrats in positions
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