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VOL. IL NO. 62. THE TIGERS’ FUNERAL t Corruption and Bribery Knocked Out by the Respectable Citizens. tn ins ms in m ran Tammany Bolts Everywhere in Order to Get Up Contests. Beaten Badly in Its Alleged Stronghold, the Fourth. The Antis Had Them Three to One, and They Broke the Traces—Tigers Pleading To-day. Tammany, the oath-bound, is routed. The big tiger received a fearful wound last night from the respectable citizens ol Savan nah, and, although the animal is still feebly kicking, a vital spot has been penetrated and fatal results are bound to follow. It is only a question of time when the political requiem of the striped animal will be sung, and his carcass laid to rest forever in the grave of political oblivion. Last night's m iss meetings in the districts was not a contest of Russell ..nd anti-Rus sell, nor a contest ol the Citizens’ Club and Tammany, but a square tight between the respecable people of Chatham county against an organization whose nrinciptes. ts .cauical put Savan nah in the condition of New YoflT'ffl the"! days of Boss Tweed’s rule THE PEOPLE ALIVE. The people were alive to their interests, •and turned out en masse in the four city | districts to put aquietuson the oath-bound otganization. How well thev accomplished this will be learned by the true account pub lished in to-day’s issue of The Daily Dis patch. As prearranged, no doubt in the wigwam, Tammanyites bolted from the meetings so as to get up a contest, but this line of conduct will do them no good. They were routed and defeated beyond contradiction, and no matter what claims may be set up they will never sit in the executive committee from the first, Second or Fourth districts. That Tammany had determined in advance to bolt is clearly evidenced by the conduct and language of its members in the Fourth. A Tammanyite informed a Daily Dis patch man half an hour before the time for the meeting in that district that Tammany would decline to go into a meet ing with the opposition, but would hold a separate session in order to get up a contest. And then the man who called Tammany to order! He may be a democrat now, but it was well-known that he was a prominent republican for years. A GREAT ROUT. The Anti-Tammanyites won everywhere in the city. Here are the tickets elected by them: First District—W. M. Gibbons, Frank Mc- Dermott, C. A. Lamotte, J. F. Lubs, James McGuire. Second District —Waring Russell, T, D. Rockwell, T. J. Sheftall, John Juchter and A. L. Alexander. 7hird District—Arthur Weil, W. W. Fraser, H, M. Comer, Jr., W. S otia Tison and John Lyons Fourth District—John Schwarz, Thomas Sere ven > Samuel Reynolds, E. Geflcken, J. E. Maguire. The >ll v * !n < i- s vole of the Anti ' Tam ' mar.yites on /'w ’ icket for commit teemen at large: First District ,J Second District '•'•’■ Third District Fourth District ■■■■ Eighth District I:, ° The successful ticket at large is r J° l,n Powers, H. Willink, W. W. Osborne, J-I’- Sullivan and W. P. Laßoche. ' / First District. / The meeting in the First district w 4 an orderly one, and there was no necess® for the police in uniform and in citizen/ dtess who were ordered to report there / r duty. At 6:30 o’clock there were fullv persons in Elbert square and 6:55 o'clock tne crowd had swelled to fully 760 who we* anxiously awaiting the tap of the "Big Duke' to an nounce the time for action/ Ranged north of and about the rockery in the center of the square were 75 lammany heelers, while on the western side of the square, and wholly within the boundary line of the First district, were over 600 member.-, of the Citizens' Ckb, and citizens who while not members of any of the clubsjteie in Wbe Wai Ip Wiepatcb, sympathy with the opposition to Tammany. The little group at the rockery could not in their eagerness wait until 7 o’clock, but one Thomas O,Connell, with out calling the meeting to order, asked E. W. O’Connor to preside. At this lorn Fogarty and others set upa yell and then the farce of selecting N. J. Corish as secretary was gone through. While O’Connor was going through the dumb show of counting with his linger the few yelling Tammanyites armind the rockery, and promptly at 7 o'clock the mass meeting, under the direction of the First district executive committeeman was called to order, Dr. T J Sheftall nomi nating I'. I. McEneneany chairman, who was elected without opposition by the votes of fully 600 people. Mr. Charles Whelan was elected secretary. The following ticket for executive com mitteeman were placed in nomination, and 4.«»Wjji)p l Uk | v elected, there being no other i icket pkiccTTfl’Tiyi I * Tn-ttgawtoaempn the following were declared elected • Frank McDermott, Williajji M. Gibbons, John F. Lubs, C. A. Laino.tte and James Mc- I Guire. [ The following ticket for committemen at large—J. F. Sullivan, Ha<ry Willing, W. W. Osborne, John Power and W. P. Laßoche-- were then plac d in nomination, and the voters were massed in line and counted, showing that 700 had voted tor the ticket. This was no sooner done than a large number began to follow the Tammany crowd off to match them in the other in spite of the efforts to keep the men in line td be counted by some disinterested party. Mr Lester Hubbell was asked to go down the line and count it. and he reported 50!), and these figures were accepted by the chair, who announced that the delegate ticket at large had received 50!) votes. The chair was tlran instructed to appoint a committee to notify the n vly elected members of the district executive com mittee, alter which three cheers were given for the Citizens’ Club and the meeting adjourned. To return to the little Tammany 'quad. They were not engaged in tlie farce of put ting their so-called ticket through to exceed three minutes. They were not on the west side ol the median line of the district, and their action affords no reasonable basis for a contest, as the voting strength was so beg garly weak that it did not intend to partici pate in a mass meeting of the voters ot the district. A Daily Dispatch representative inter viewed several disinterested citizens and ore j policeman, all of whom testified to the! orderly assemblage and to the overwhelming ! majority against the Tammany contingent. Tlie Krrond District. The Tammany tactics in the Secoyd dis trict were somewhot different. Instead of holding their separate meeting first, it was held after the regular meeting of . the citizens, and here the people were so Largely arrayed against the Tammany ring, that the weakness of the latter, and their so-called election after the real wtsrk of the evening was done was the subject of considerable lyirih. Unable to hear file "Big Duke” in Chat ham square, Mr. John Juchter, a member of the county executive committee waited until 7:02 before calling the meeting to order. He ■ called for nominations for chairman. T. D. Rockwell, Esq., was placed in nomi- nation by the Citizen'.;’ club, and the opposition, that then numbered 1 less than fifty, placed Matt O'Connell in nomination Mr. Juchter then put the question, and on the aye and nay vote Mr. I Juchter said Mr. Rockwell seems to have 1 been elected. To this decision a Tammany l ite called for a division, and tellers were ap- I . pointed, two representing theCitize s’ Club, . Messrs. V/. P. Laßoche, Edward J. Whalan; 3iuf Wil iam P. Bailey. i nose favoring Mr, j 1 Hockwell were lined off to the right, and j . /umbered 271, and Mr. O'Connor’s follow-1 Zing to the number of 30 lined off to the left. Mr. Juchter thereupon declared Mr. j Rockwell duly elected chairman. In taking the chair Mr Rockwell sought, to secure order, but the Tammany crowd sought to make up in noise what they were signally lacking in voting strength. Mr. Rockwell appealed for order, and said if they would be quiet "every one shall have equal justice at my funds.” But it appears that justice- was r.-1 wanted : so much as delay, so that the small party i could be reinforced from the First district ! Tammanyites, then vn ll 1 ? rush for the Sec ond. Mr. W. p. Laßoche nominated the follow- i ing for district committeemen : Waring R.us-' sell, T. I). Rockwell, I. I S.reftall, John juchter, and A. L.'Alexander. No opposition i ticket being offered, a yea and my vote was I i called for, and all the votes being in the as- firmative the chair announced that the yeas had it, and the ticket was duly elected. Mr.A. L.Alexander.placed in nomination the Citizens' Club ticket tor committeemen at large. The chair asked for the third time if there was any other ticket to he offered, and there being none, Ire asked all in favor of the ticket to pass before him to Ire counted, and 261 votes did so and were counted, and the vote duly announced by the chair, after which on motiorjof Dr. R. G. Norton, the meeting adjourned. x After the adjournment of the meeting and at about 7:t2 o'clock the handful of Tam mananyites put Matt O’Connell in the chair and elected H. B. Lemcke, the republican registry clerk at the postoffice, as secretary. They then submitted the Tammrny ticket and declared it elected, after which O’Connell «sii I Tammany Wanted the Earth-and She Got It—ot; Top of Her. hurried with the greater part of his following to join the disorderly portion of the crowd in the parade grounds. Third District. There was no election in the parade ground a<lj lining Forsyth park. Long before the hour of 7 o’clock, the people of the Third district began to line up in the paiade ground near the park railing. Both sides began to drum early and 10 minutes before the time of call ing the meeting the members of the Citizens' Club drew up on the west side of the Bull I street walk. Tammany and the “150” and so-called democratic clubs drew up on the east side of the Bull street walk. CITIZENS CLUB IN THE MAJORITY. The Citizens’ (dub had a majority of from ■-.tiW.tol.YUjqyjLgrid.yoters. Hon F dußig iion.who was the leacfei^TTTir‘TiTfc-n (-'AH', and W. G Cann of the Tamm nv. " 150’’ and alleged democratic clubs, agr --u lh.it Mr J Rando ph Anderson should call t’u- in reting to order. Promptly at 7 o’cl.-cx Mr Aiiif-ison called the meeting to ordci, Mr. Anderson said that he proposed to preside over tile meeting until a chairman vi.is elected in an impartial manner and said i iat nobody who was not 21 years of age <<r a democrat and a resident of the Third district was entitled to vote. THEY BULLDOZED AND BROWBEAT. Long before the meeimg was called to or der the members . <f Tammany, “150” and the ki 1 glove ele ment, better known as the Democratic Club, lead by George W Owens, began their browbeating and I" li.l zh':; tactics and carried it on to such an ex’ent that it was disgraceful in the ex.reine, a- d in this connec tion it can be charged and i < -.a-ged that the conduct of Mr. Owens was ill .■ most ungen tlernanly of any of the men wliom he lead. Detective Henry Wetherhorn, who was standing in the background on the west side of the park, was approached by Mr. Owens, who demand -d him to get out of the park en tirely. This Mr. Wctherborn told him he would not do. saving that lie did not come there to vote. Mr. Owens then seized him and tried to carry him away from the crowd that had gathered about him. He did not succeed, as Detective Wetherhorn demanded that no min put hands on him. This act , | on the part of Mr. Owens came near preci i pitating the meeting into a gener I row, and j the bulldozing leader of the minority op posing the Citizens' Club was forced out of the crowd and away from Detective Wether horn to the Bull street walk. NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN. Mr. W. W. Starr nominated Hon. F. G. dußignon as chairman, and Walter Hartridge put up Mr. W. G. Cann, who was the choice of the Tammany, ”150’’ and alleged demo cratic clubs. Both nominal ions were loudly and enthusiastically applauded. Mr. Cann and Mr. dußignon then'agreed to have tellers appointed from each side, and Messrs. A. S. Guckenhaimer, W. W. Chisholm and W. P. Green, representing the Citizens’ Club, and James W. Mclntire, Bryant Williams and B. S. Wells of the opposition, were elected to act. Messrs. Chisholm and Guckenheimer, rep resenting the Citizens’ Club,accompanied by Mr. J. W. Mclntire, representing lammany, went down the line of the Citizens’ Club and had counted 305 votes, up to which time, as Mr. Mclntire stated to the other »el lers, “the count was as fair as it could have been, and I have no objection to make to it." j At this point, however, George Owens began the ruffian acts of the evening winch brought i the count to a sudden termination. Messrs, i Wells and Williams representing the oppo- I sition Jo the Citizens’ Club, accompanied by ■ Mr. W. P. Green, representing the Citizens’ j Club, up to the time the counting had . been interrupted, had counted 176, and there I remained only about 75 in the opposition I line and about 95 in the Citizens’ Club line jto be counted. Mr. Anderson, the tempo | rary chairman, admitted to several persons j when the two factions lined off that the Citizens’ Club was in the majority. The part taken by Gjorge Owens to brmg on a general row, seconded by Henry Green and Fred M. Hull, prevented the completion of; the count and thus the meeting was barren of I results. Whether this was to gain time to | draw recruits from other districts is m J known, i but by this time Matt o>. nneli, wh > bad ■ presided at the rump meeting of the S .-mid ’ district, was there and with his crowd was ; ; yelling and adding to the genera! divider. jt was Jound that it would be impossible i to count the vote and Mr. A'-Jeis ni decided i that the best manner to get Hie vote would ■ be to have those present pass between hmr j self and the tellers. This was done, much to the satisfaction of a majority of those who SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1894. favored a square count and an honest elec tion, and they were those of the Citizens’ Club. THE COUNT BLOCKFI'. Notwithstanding the protests of the op position to the Citizens' Club Mr. Anderson ordered the voting to proceed. It went on smoothly for sometime, although the tellers of the opposition, lead by Mr. Owens, tackled the voters o/ a number of Citizens’ Club men, on the different grimnds used by the heelers and wire pullers. Mr. Henry j. Winkers, who was voting with the Citizens’ Club was handled in a very rough manner. One of the opposition, who had seen Mr. Winkers in line, gathered a crowd near the stand and when he came up to vote, his right to do so was challenged on the I ground of his being a third pa, tyite. It was a ; paearranged affair. Ile was thrown down, stepped upon and even after regaining his feet, w.is pushed and auled around in a vigorous manner. From this time tellers of Tammany, the "150” < Lib and alleged demo cratic clubs, seeing the, were in a hopeless minority, resorted to tfr- practice in order to break up the voting And they succeeded most admirably. When 108»votes had been counted the members of the oppositi in, lead by Mr. Owens, began to pull Citizens club men out of ranks, and the result was that a free fight ensue d. The voting had been broken no. This was all thal Mr. Owens and his crowd I wanted. An effort was made to re:.tore or der, but it availed nothing, as the opposition to the Citizens’ club li al set their heart and soul on not meeting to proceed. AN INFAMOUS LIE. The statement in the Uni'.liable that the members of the Citijens'Club went back into r.ni'fc tT, voter.ge (Iwy had passed be tween the tellers and Chairman Aiuieis >ll, is without a scintilla of truth; in lict, has no foundation, except hi the fertile br.'.ii, of the reporter on that paper. When the voting was stopped 301) members of the Citizens’Club wlio had voted were congregated near the eastern walk of Drayton street and Gwinnett street. Till. Ml 1.1 ING ADJOURNI fi. Tliis can be proven by reputable citizens. This statement on the part of the morning paper is no surprise, but to the contrary, it was looked lop and is only in keeping wmi ils past record. Mr. Anderson, seeing that it was impossible to restore order, and after say ing that he saw men coming from the dire< iion of the Second disLict, which seemed to indi cate that, coming at tint late hour, they hid no right to vote, and Mr Anderson, who had consulted with Messrs dußignon and Cami, declared the meeting adjourned, to meet at the theater on Friday night. In conversation this morning with Mr. J. Randolph Anderson, temporary chairman of the Third district meeting, that gentleman ad mitted to a Daily Dispatch representative that at the time the meeting opened the Citizens’Club had the largest force present, and that Mr. dußignon would have easily been elected chairman if the vote could Imve been completed. AN election held in the third. When the members of Tammany amt the alleged Democratic Club, had left, the Citizens’ Club people elected Dr. L A. Falligant chairman He called for nomi nation and the Citizens’ ticket, which had no opposition, went through,receivin , 315 votes: II M Comer, Jr, Arthur Weil, W Scotia Tyson, John Lyons, W. W. Fraser. At large : W. W. Osborn, J. I-'. Sullivan, John Powers,Harry Willink, Walter P. Laßoche. There was no further business on hand and the meeting adjourned. hi reference to the subsequent action taken to elect a committee for the district, Dr. Falh gant explains why this action was taken. “The meeting was called to order by Randolph Anderson, Fsq., at 7 o’clock, and Messrs. dußignon and Cann were put in nom ination for the chairmanship of the meeting. After tlie count was taken Mr. Anderson, in my judgment, should have announced the result. Subsequently he stated that by agree ment between Messrs. dußignon a rd Cann the meeting would be adjourned to meet at the theater on Friday night. “No motion to adjourn was put or voted upon and the democratic citizens present de clined to be adjourned. I was then elected chairman, and, after stating the obje ts of the call, I put the motion as made that the nominees of the Citizens' Club for members of the executive committee for the Third district and for the county al large who re ceived 314 votes be declared the nominees of the meeting which qxotio:i was over whelmingly carried.’’ The Fourth Dlstrirt. 'Hie Fourth district was the center of at traction, because this was the district which "animany confidently expected t >cany in a ; walk. The Tigers, though, finding that; certain defeat was staring them in I:.-, face, ; ; deliberately bolted the meeting e:d hel i a little ctnsolation gath'iing of lira;, own after' : the l itizens’ Club had elected ils ti....n l, ad-; ! journed the meeting and retired. ; Early in tlie afternorai S.ic ! c ; i Bulti- ! mer erected a stand on the west "ide j I of Troup square and placed it in charge ; of a gang of the Tig-r biigadej .armed with sticks, ax h.indies and 1 : other crude implements of war. These fel ! lows evidently expected the CiLzens’ Club! . to attempt to secure tlie stand but they : J' were disappointed. At 6 o’clock abodt 100 Taiiintuiyites had 1 camped in Hie square consoling each other! when "Mcßride’s Four Hundred’’marched ' up Habersham street. Mr Mcßride led the hosts and as they entered the square and tlu. e cheer- for the Citizen s Club a cold chi;! caused the stripes of the tiger to I quiver Ai U:ls o’cL ckthe gang got its second shock. A large truck drawn by two white! horses, driven by Mr. Id. C. Gleason came I around the south side of Hie square heading I theßailway ProtectiveAssociation,!.sostrong. On the truck were Hon. W. W. Osborne, Hon. 1. | Do >l;m, Mr. I S. Collins, Mr. J F. Sullivan and Mr. Harry Willink. The truck was driven up on the West side of the square alongside of the Tammany stand, the hroses were unhitched and the truck lifted in on the ground. Then the opponents lined up for the fray. Runners were put out to notify those who came after the organizitions which side to take according to their political affiliations. The T.unmanyites showed at once that they did not intend to g> into the meetingas thev gathered to themselves and made a wide space between the Citizens’ Club, which had 4 to 1 over the tigers. Mayor McDonough arrived on the ground at 6:45 o'clock, and was greeted with silence. He took position where he belonged, with Tammany live minutes later Maj John Schwarz came down Macon street, and as soon as he was seen by the crowd a great cheer went up and he was greeted as •'Savan nah’s next mayor.’’ Bo At (1:55 o'clock at least 1,000 men were gathered in the square, and of the 1,000. the Citizens’ C'ub had at least 700. Even the ladies on the balconies of the houses sur rounding the square, declared that the crowd on the south side of the square would ovei whelrn the others. Promptly at 7 o’clock Mr. J. F. Sullivan arose in the truck and said: “At a meeting of the Fourth district executive committee to-day, I was selected to call this meeting to order and it is now open lor the nomination of a chairman.” While Mr. Sullivan was speaking John Goette, once a very prominent republican and yyl believed t > bi-f-ng to that faith, jumped 'upon B. i': net’*slam! an.l shouted! “All in favor of P. J. O’Connor say i. ’ Without v.-.iitiiiy i r a v. te Mr. O’Connor jumped on the stand. The Citizens’ Club and its friends opposed to the secret oath-bound gang paid no further attention to the boilers, i liey had the majority easily and proceeded to hold the meceting regularly. Mr A. N. Manucy nominated Mr J. S. Collins for chairman, the motion was put in the affirma tive and negative by Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Collins was declared elected. The latter took charge ol the meeting and called for nomina tions for executive committeemen. Mr. Manucy offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the following named gentlemen be elected as members of the democratic execu ive committee from the F.m ill i'i, oiel: John Scii -'- uz, Thomas Screven.Sun Reynolds, E Geffcken and J E. Maguire. Hundreds of seconds follow ed and when Mr. Collins put the motion it was carried by a storm of votes. As the bats went up even the most •ardent Tammanyite could not help seeing liow fearfully tlie Citizens’ Club outniim be ed its opponents. Nonegaove voles were cast against the ticker, and then Mr. Manucy put up the ticket for committeemen at large: John Power W. W. Osborne, W. P. Laßoche, J. F. Sullivan and Harry Willink. Tellers were appointed and reported hat 810 voteshad been cast for the citizens' ticket and none against it. 'Hie ticket was declared elected, and the meeting adjourned. By this time the bolter's meeting, on ac count of the disorder of the Tigers, had only got as far as nominations for executive com mitteemen. The Fiist district Tammany bolters had arrived to help their stupid brethren of the fourth, and the combination proceeded to elect Maurice A. Buttimer, Thomas Ballantyne, Jr., John T. McMahon, John McLaughlin, jr., and Henry C. Cunning ham Alter getting through this farce, Ai derman McMillan, who was lead ing the Tigers, nominated George A. Mercer, P. It Gearon, J. R.Saussy, Henry G. Green and W G. Charlton for committeemen at larg'. John Goette and Alderman Bohan were tellers and counted 679 votes for the l ammany ticket. S. B Adams, Eiq , tried to make a speech for harmony but he never got the opportunity to talk. Tammany did not want harmony. After adjourning their farce the Tammanyites, led by a few of the 15') Club and a crowd of small boys, marched up Liberty street cheeriix' They were counted as they passed tlx Soto and numbered exactly 362. ,.ie First district contingent and the boys lire de ducted it can be readily seen how ridiculous were the figures reported by the Tammany tellers. The marching of the Tigers was a fatal mistake. Unbiased people who attended the Fourth district meeting from curiousity are unami mousin the statement tiiat the Citizens’ club outnumbered the tigers 3 to 1. Mr. Meritt W. Dixon said: “It is useless Tor Tammany to churn the- Fourth. The I Citizens’ Club, al tire lowest estimate, had 271. The TamniZ are bolters.” | Mr. Albert Wylly Lys he looked on as a disinterested party and the Citizens’ Club has several hundred to spare easily. Mr. John Screven, I : “Tammany was ■; clearly beaten. The Citizens' Club had the l best of it by far.” Mr. W. G. Morell says he was present at i -! the Fourth and it was clearly demonstrated ; ■ to him that Tammany was far outnumbered. Rev. Dr. Schaeffer, pastor of the Lutheran 1 1 church, says lie looked at the meeting from • his piazza and without hesitancy can testify > to the fact that the crowd on the Citizens’ -: Club side was easily in the majority. Messrs. Joseph l-'erst, A. E. Smith, A. 1 Ehrlich, John V/. Norton, Abbott Thomas, Hal Bacon and others say they are willing to testify that Tammany was easily beaten. The Tigers received then- death wound in the Fourth last night and while they are still struggling death i will soon relieve their sufferings. In a prim -1 ary in the Fourth district the gang would be beaten three to one. It is rather peculiar that Tammany could i not get a known democrat to call its side to ! order. Mr. Goette may have been converted, but no proof has been offered of such con version. He held office in the internal rev enue service under Lewis M. Pleasant ; was also in the barge office under a republican administration, and was in the postoffice for awhile under Col. A. N. Wilson. Ihe morning paper man, who reported the Fourth district mass meeting told a Daily Dispatch man to-day that he would willingly testify that Tammany was defeated in the Fourth district, “Why," said he, “I cannot understand how any fairminded Tammany man can claim the fourth. The Anti-Tam manyites had at the lowest calculation be tween 109 and 150 more men in Troup square, and 1 propose to tell Mi. O'Connor so Tam many was beaten and ought to acknowledge its defeat.” The Fifth District. The Fifth district meeting was rotten. The anti-Tammanyites had a clear majority at 7 o’clock, but the Tammanyites delayed action until two car loads of boys were brought in from Smithville. Then the meeting was called to order and George' f. Cann, Esq., and John O. Smith declared elected by 47 to 29. The Tammany general ticket was also elected. The Sixth District, 1., the Sixth district only 10 people attended. Col. C. fl. Olmstead and J. B. West were elected as Tammanyites. The anti's did not put up a ticket. The Seventh Hint let. Tammany carried the Seventh district with out contest, electing Henry Schuman and Charles A. Norris. The Eighth District. The Eighth district meeting was held at Pooler and 153 votes were present. Mr. W. H. Bourne was elected chairman and Judge G. E Bevans secretary, nomina tions being in order S- H. Collins nominated J. B. Newton and Dave L. Christian, the present members ot the executive committee for re-election and they were unanimously elected; there was not a dissenting vote in the meeting. Dave L. Christian then nominated the Citizens’ Club ticket for the county at large. There were no more names r resented, and the vote, 153,was unanimous by given for the ticket at large. From the time the meeting opened until it was closed, was only twelve minutes THEY ARE PLEADING. The Tammanyites and the alleged Demo cratic Club evidently have realized that they were beaten everywhere they showed them selves'last night. This morning Messrs. S. B Adams and M A O'Byrne, representing the above-named clubs,called on Chairman Charl ton and had a lengthy conference with him The gentlemen went there '“in the interest of the party,” (Tammany and its tools) to see if it were possible to bring about an amicable set tlement ol who wre and who were not elected at last night’s meeting. As a natural tl ing, the result of the mass meeting last night was unsatisfactory to them. For that reason the gentler en de sired that another election should take place It was suggested to Mr. Charlton that, "in the interest ol the partv” ahothr electi >n should be held by primaries, to occur at the court house at an early date. The conference was brought to a close by Chairman Charlton tell ing the gentlemen, who desired it, that he would endeavor to get a like committee from the anti-Tammany, so that the two factions could hold a joint consultation, MR. CHARLTON TALKS. The different political leaders of Tammany and the “150” club, finding that they were beaten in each of the city districts—beaten because figures will prove it—started the old cry of ‘‘we’ll contest.” Chairman Charlton was seen by a Daily Dispatch man this morning and asked what, in his opinion, would be the proper manner in which to decide who were elected in the city districts. “Well,” said Chairman Charlton, “those elected in the districts that have not or will not be contested, are, in mv opinion, the proper parties to decide who have been elected in the contested districts.” This is received by many as a novel con struction on Chairman Charlton's part, and this morning wherever the position of the chairman had become known, the utterances of Chairman Charlton were roundly con demned. Tin. Daily Dispatch intends that, in the event of a protest on the part of Tammany and their other tools, which act would be in thorough accord with their pr,t records, Mr. Charlton is still chairman of the party, but differs with him, in that the old executive committee must serve and direct affairs until a new executive committee is elected and qualified. A CIRCULAR ISSUED. Mr. J. Randolph Anderson has issued a circular, calling for a mass meeting of the : voters of the Third district at the theater on I Friday night for the purpose of electing members of the executive committee. This caffs for more talk. On the one side Mr. Anderson's authority toadjourn the meeting is questioned, while on the other side his action is held to be 'legal and the most ap propriate thing that could have been done under the circumstances. Mr. Charlton was interviewed on the ques tion as to whether or not Mr. Anderson had authority to adjourn the meeting. “I think he had a perfect right to order the meeting adjourned, if it became apparent that noth ing could have been done. 1 will order another election to be held as soon as practic able.” Judge Falligaut, who is reported to have said that the Tammany club had a clear ma i jority in the Fourth district, denies it. To a Daily Dispatch man this morning he said: “I made no such statement, as it was im possible forme to have judged the strength of either side, in fact, I have no opinion on the subject to give.” • HE DENIES IT. Judge Ferrill denies emphatically the state ment inthe Morning Unreliable that he said I Tammany had the Fourth by 3to 1. “I did not say anything of the kind,” said Ferrill to PRICE 3 CENTS ’I M . "»5 J A, a Daily Dispatch man this mcrivag. cause I had no way of judging,having reached Troup square after the anti-Tammanyites had adjourned. Again the statement that I d > not live in the Fourth is untrue. I reside at No. 70 State street. NO OPEN AIR MEETINGS. The Popular Will Should he Observed. Editor Daily ‘Dispatch-. The turbulent and disorderly mass meetings held in the squares last evening ought to be enough to satisfy the people that such a system is chaotic and abortive and oug .t to be abol ished. These mass meetings will probably suffice in the country districts for purposes of convenience, but in the city proper a primary is the only true method of obtain ing the actual true will of the people. Every honest man, no matter to which fac tion he belongs, or whether he belongs to or sympathizes with neither faction, should be willing to be bound by the will of the ma jority of the whole people. This principle is truly democratic and in keeping with all our institutions of self government. Suppose political excitement is at fever heat, this is no harm, but on the con trary, is commendable, if we have the good of the whole people at heart, but we should not lose our heads, we should keep perfectly composed, with but one object in view a id that is the consummation of those aims and principles which we are striving to carry out, and which we believe to be for the general happiness and welfare of our community. Il yesterday’s mass meetings do not give satisfaction and the people are unwilling to b.: bound by it, if consistent with democratic usages and precedents, let the chairman of the Democratic party of Chatham county issue a call for a primary to settle the matter by the actual, the only true voice of the people —the ballot box. G. B. Whatley. Repeated oy special request. Ob! where are the daring Who eistwhile were swearing That they would l.eat Waring And all of his kind? tn vain did they hustle They r-onldn't down Russell, An t like a girl’s bu-tle Cante way out behind. AT FLEETWOOD. The Great Intercity Amateur Cup Hares Takes Place Tu-tlay. New York, June 13.—[By Postal Co.]—The first of the great intercity amateur cup races are to be held at Fleetwood Park to day. These were undertaken by the great clubs of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York for the purpose of developing the art of reinsmanship among the gentlemen whips of the country. All of the city trills were held two weeks ago, and the finals to day will attrac- the attention of the entire country Belmont follows Fleetwood Witn us cup races on June 20, and Pimlico on June 27. In all cases each club pays all ex penses of shipping and the keep forth: horses representing it. these novel cup races have excited very general interest in the three cities named, and many a good horse has been bought bv members of either club since the races were decided on Some ot the Philadelphia men have bought fast onss during the past few weeks. William Rockfeller is a member, one of the oldest; he has the fast pair So Long, 2:13| and Virginia Evans, 2:15J, Frank Work's latest purchase Sea Girl, 2:18j and Mahala, 2:19j, are eligible and they will, if the reports ot their speed in company b ■ true, make a very strong bid for the team cup, which New Yorkers are more anxious to win than any other of the four. Matthew Ritev’s new pair, Addie 1. and Ethel 11 , both with records better than 2:19. Another pair that, barring accidents, are sure starters in Fred Gerken’s Vidalia, 2:234 and Elmo Maid, 2:231. This team will be in shape to beat 2:20. Three clubs interested have de cided to offer four similar Cv, v for an Au tumn series, and also to make tSe.'» 'xrng w and fall cup contests annual events in which ’ other neighbors driving clubs may join. ROCHESTER WHEEL MEE< Rochester, N. Y., June 13.—[By Postal Co ] —The Lakeview Wheelmen ot Rochester will hold a bicycle meet to-day. Ten even's are on the programme, including a 15-mile road race. Johnson will compete and try to break the state record. There will be a mil.; race on a quadruplet between a team from Rochester and one from Buffalo. The total . value of the prizes is $2,500. There will be ‘ five class B events. THE HIGHEST AWARD. Dr. Price's Unking Powder Receives It. ' For leavening power, keeping qualities, purity and general excellence the World’s Fair jury decided that Dr. Price’s Cream Bak ing Powder had no equal. On each of its I claims it was awarded a first prizis, or a di : ploma. All the baking powders entire* Rm ; prizes were subjected to a most exhaustive I ■ examination and the jury was the best ' • equipped to take the decission of any ever ■ got together. Their verdict wasst pp >,rted by the testimony of Dr. H. W. Wiley, ch ef.chem- : ist of the United States department of agri- ■ culture at Washington. Dr. Wiley is an ex i pert on food products and the highest author ity on such matters in America. This verdict settles a long debated question as to which among the many baking powders is the best. : Chicago Tribune. Tennessee Edltnrs Meet. Jackson, Tenn., JunelO.—[By Postal Co.] I The State Press Association meets in annual |l convention here to-day.