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Show A LIBERALGARD PAKT Y A Game of Retrogressive Euchre Played Over the Grave of th Late Organization of Liberals, JUDGE POWERS' RESIGNATION. The "Committee" Decline to Entertain Enter-tain It and Keep Him in the Eanki In the Political World, Thore was a "committee" of 102 in the federal court room last night all admitted by "card 'who will today testify that the liberal party has outlived out-lived its usefulness and that it uow exists ex-ists only as a reminesccuee. If what has been handed down to posterity be true, if the committee on obituaries and tho statisticians of the graveyard are correct, it sometimes takes evidence to convince a corpse that it is a corpse. Tho iniiost last night was scarcely as thrilling as inquests generally are. The trouble was there were not euough interested in-terested to niuke a corn-fed mourner. Judge Powers was present, aud so was Judge T. V. Wnniplur to encourage the ceremonies. Mayor Scott was also 011 hand, aud gracefully responded to the call to preside. Harry McCallum was unable, owing to the asphaltic cradle, to lend his presence and his eloquence elo-quence to the meeting. Nor was McCallum the only one whose presence was taxed by a previous prev-ious and more urgent engagement. On the contrary, of the original committee appoiuted by some impersonal and invisible in-visible authority there was probably 20 per cent (resent. The other 70 per cent, whose scats were occupied by raw recruits were alu absent on "pro vious engagements" and unable to be present even by "card." liut the meeting meet-ing iinally got to work. The aub-com-niittea haviug selected Mayor Scott as temporary chairman and S. T. l'earson as temporary secretary the "commit-toe" "commit-toe" recently appoiuted by the Tribune proceeded with permanent organization. organiza-tion. It was on the motion if key-holo tidings are reliable of Judge Wampier that hima.'lf, Henry V. Lawrence. Judge 1'owers, James, Gluudenuing, and Jake Morltz, were appointed a committee t select permanent officers. The committee having gone out to deliberate, the financial problem was taken up and discussed if keyhole key-hole revelations aro true very elaborately. elab-orately. Indeed the matter of taritr seems to have monopolized the entire horizon, and fifteen luminaries of the world of mammon were called into service. ser-vice. The chair having cast his eye over the committee of 10-', went outside out-side in fanny and the following com- mittee selected without reference to present or previous financial conditions was announced: John E. Dooiey, Joseph K. Walkes, Warden P. Noble, James K. (iil!csJo, MauriiMt K. Parsons, Harvey T. Dule, W jiliafti'I. Hemington, Valentine ml. C. S'J k .'enry Barnes, Gabriel S. lh. Isaac I . '.tf, James Glondenning, Jaci'i Moriii V iiry W. Lawrence and Jami l 11- lf ' 1 Tw lepoiutinent of the committal iwfm jeen ratified, the following nil-' nil-' Jl -X Ja aanounced for periuuneiir. t r filion r . 1 " fiCf-Alienl James K. Gillespie. . i oil V-S. T. Pearson. pd;yj 'tion of accepting the resii-UV resii-UV ' I I, Ion. O. W. Powers as chyv-niifS chyv-niifS IfJO'ty central committee Was theilfjiirred to, whereupon A. L. Williams announced that the uoinmittpe had rejected it. The announcement brought forth considerable applause. -United States Attorney Varian o lie red a motion that tlie couuuitlee put a ticket in the field at the approaching school oloction. The motion prevailed and the committee will proceed to make committee nominations when the time for them has arrived. The ipicst'ion of holding a county convention was then taken up for discussion dis-cussion aud July 10th was designated. The committee of 102 having completed com-pleted its labors adjourned. |