How They Do It In New York
Alvan Stevvnrt writes to the Liberty Pre.s a recent cnnveniion : 'I took theliberty, on the secoRd day, to cnil for yoluoteeriB, lo lioÃd arür-elarery rncotIhgs in lli 8;h District of tfils SLcte ; md n was eoon teen llint the 8lli District had morr ;lmn her ehnrp of men. Mr. Johnson, i Lawyer of high character and standing, led nfr' by sayingf, "put down my name for 50 meotinufs before the first of November, to be hrld by me or some one whom I may pro cure ;" and by some 10 otlier orn'ors of ihat District, different numbers of converriidiis wore pled'gpfl, unlil tlie whole numbef amuamed to 53 conventions. I am sorry à Irave not the' list of pledpers nnd the number opposite their nomes. If 1 had, I woukj oublibh them, it wou IJ be si lughl cmditable to their ereat devolin to this eui?e. This labor, weÃl wiU iVr adÃale the 3lh A commiitee, of wliich Charles O Shepan] ] charrenan', is appointed to superiiitcnd fliiö remarkiible pledge of labor."
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