Year: 1874

A Battle OF Demagogues-Demilt Hall


Last Night In tho Hands or tho Oppos-


Ing Green and Van Mort Factions.


meeting of workingmen was held last night in
Demilt Hall. 1t had been called by q committee OF
which p E. Dunn was chairman.


Upon the assembling or the meeting Mr.. Dunn
read set OF resolutions to the effect that every
body and everything is under the corrupting inlu-
ence OF lobby legislation in Albany and elsewhere;
that both political parties fearful frauds upon
an honest patriotic people, and that nothing
but the expulsion from ONCE OF Andrew H.
Green and the permanency at his post OF George
M. Van Mort could save the country from utter
ruin or preserve the national life with any degree
OF security


man In the crowd called Smith wanted to
speak to these trenchant resolutions. but the
Chairman would not hear OF 1t, and roundly de-
nounced Smith as an unworthy tool and instrument
who came there with Green's gold in his pocket to
break up the meeting. The Chairman and Smith
INDUCED In round OF expressive compliments,
and there was danger of q general row when q
man on the platform lnterered, and tried to show
that Smith ought to be allowed to have his say.
This man, known as Mulhall, finally usurped the
prerOgatlves OF chairman, 0usted Dunn from the
presidency OF his own meeting and ignored him


In the meantime the original resolutions, which
had been brought there cut and dried we're dis





completely buried IN the debris OF Dunn's ruin,
and new matter came before the meeting.


When Mulhall assumed the chair he treated the
audience to remarkable forensic effort. He too,
denounced botn republicans and democrats,
showed how well the country might be ruled II the
worklngmen only knew their own strength and
would elect honest men (such, tor example, as the
speaker) to office; then might the millennium be
expected. 1t was asserted that Mulhall had been
Inspector OF Lamps under Tweed or course, Null
hall was nObOdy's man but his own, and was there
fore opposed to both Green ana Van Mort, and
every one else, indeed.


1t was now proposed that the platform Of the
Workingmen's Union be adopted. Hereupon
notions amendments and substitutes were fired
at the Chairman from the wings and body OF the
and uproar followed. The ousted Dunn made
last but unsuccessful EFFORT to regain the chair.
This caused lively skirmish, which came near
being a battle between the defeated Dunn
and man named Young. Finally it was
agreed to suffer DUNN to remain in his
own meeting, and the house adopted the
platform OF the wOrktngmen, as read
by the new Chairman. The meeting afterwards
resolved to found sixteenth ward industrial as.
sociati0n. and Mulha had the satisfaction OF re-
celving the nomination ana putting the motion for
his own election as It's President. string OF
officers was chosen In quite an oif-handed manner,
which showed the vast amount OF business that
the meeting could transact when once 1t warmed
to the work.


Mr.. Mitchell, Mr.. eastman and other orators ad-
dressed their fellow citizens iaudlng everything
that is good for the people, denouucng the willy
ways OF politicians and showing how they them
selves would not accept lat office II 1t were
offered to them.