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Show Perfectly Harnronious, You Know. The primary meeting of the First precinct was held at the Ninth Ward schoolhouse last night, at 7 :30 o'clock. Judge Speirs was elected chairman and William Fuller secretary. Everything had been prearranged and the names to be elected had already been decided upon, up-on, at the ward meetings Sunday night. All was progressing nicely and there was not a dissenting vote to any of the six nominees, one from each Bishop's ward ; but when they came to the one to be elected from at large in this district. Dr. Benedict made a motion that it be done by ballot, instead of acclamation. The chair stated that it had already been decided to vote by acclamation. Benedict called for the reading of the minutes. This seemed to surprise our honorable ( ?) judge, and he stated that his ruliner was it. should be by acclamation, and tha.t should settle it. Benedict insisted upon the minutes beingTead, knowing full well, and so did the chair, that nothing in the minutes would show how this delegate should be elected. But Benedict and all other outsiders were suddenly "sat down upon" in the following manner. One of the "brethern" got up and stated that this was 'a meeting of the People's party," and that none others had any right to vote. Speirs looked the thanks he could not express, and ruled that no one could vote except they belonged to that party. Everybody on the "inside" was allowed to vote, whether- a citizen or not, age not being ( considered, and thus the proceedings of the primary went off very "harmoniously." |