Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-02
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purposes the pretence that the Ward is epormosly
49, ana other Ike reasons for stirring mp the
people INTO hostility to the Mayor. They saw the
taxes were never so increased they are now
ih.y blame the Mayor for adheTing to his oath
ana ms duty in vetOing the markrt-holise hin
Ihry contend that while the rate Of taxation has
been reduced, tie value Of real cst.t., has LOO,
enormously increased. and That the Mavor las
directed this TO DE- done, They charge tho Mayor
with div"rting the funds of the CORPORATION f,c,n
Their 6hanrel for tine purpose of payiug the cor
Pordtion debts. So ~ to make himself nonuIar
WILD thr people with view tn the next eie,tion
| ne speaker had Investigated these CHARGES and
han lohhd .hat ihcv Were rot sustained i'm a >ip,,I.
instance w hill" sCmc lots on the Isl,,1 lad ~
assessed rather above the assessment of last year
inany others had been placed at a much I1Ivs,
cenosoI T.. III lew instances il had been in
Gt.iseu but IN Others very much reduced Even
III 'ncre Was reason to complain Of the assessment
was ,hc Assessor Ia the Seventh Ward selected Inv
. me Ahli,hnow Nothing PARTY! He left that for
The people to say. There had been 1r,isnnder
Summing between the Mayor and fla. Co,,nciIx.
anu The Mayor had seen fit tn veto tho Seventh
W ard m"rkethouse bill. and other hills n IN.
p.ull5 S"uIa io"k INTO this matter properly they
would decide that the Mayor was riUht and the
Councils wrong The charter presGril,.d the coure,
ct the Mayor. and ne must follow that con,.. mr.
Vl"lHt" his oath. The charter also Druyidpd an
att"rn"y. whose duty il WIS when th, Mavor or
the COUNCILS were wrong, or nd mistaken or over
pptd tLeiT functions, to ct them right This
MA Deth done in the Eases alluded to- and the
Mayor ha'l IN accor'iance with the advice Of the
AUTn'y ~ THE Corporation, vetoed those bills
The papers had way Of making insinuatino
charges, which it would take whole pages to ey7
plain away. The speaker regretted (no one could
more regret than he did that the Mayor had seen
hit. in accordance with his duty to veto the market
BILL and he was authorized to say here that tho
Mayor himself regretted being Obliged to take
such course as sincerely as any one could; but
that lie had been obliged to do SO or violate his
oath under the charter. lie would not hay, vetoed
The bili had 1t been possible for him consistently
WIN ms duty to have avoided it. This was the
position OF the Mayor; and the sIea ker asked those
who heard him if they would not have done The
same thing under the circumstances!
The meeting wds next addressed by Mr. w. H.
Hope, VINO expressed his pleasure at seeing SO
many or his fellow-citiZens present 1t was an
indication that the people Of the ward felt deep
and abiding interest in the affairs Of the city and
The success of the anti-know- Nothing principles
Mr. ii then proceeded to define his own position
in Ieiatlon TO politics, saying that he was demo
crat dyed in the wool He then touched upon
sundry national questions which he discussed
briefly, and then alluded to the last municipal
election here during the contest involved in
which he had published little campaipn pappr
Tor which he received a good many more kicks
Than cnppers. On that occasion. when he was
surrounded with doubts and difficulties his
Hlead, Mr.. =. \ Alice came forward and pulled
oil his coat and went into the contest and by his
able management he had assisted in rolling IN
The lar est majority for the Democratic party that
WIS ever given la this city. Mr.. htI.ee was now
candidate for Councilman in his ward Ii elect
ell n" gentleman would 20 to tilt. Councils will,
more learning or greater ability TO serve the peo-
pie No one would 20 there having th,. Interests
of the city more deeply at heart.
He TOOK pi3lure In Introducing to the audience
Mr.. Atlcr, who would, if they pleased address
them for Il few moments
Mr- Alice came forward and thanked the last
speaker for Introducing him. and the audience for
receiving him. 50 cvilly. lie had been very much
Elisconstrued; he had been unsupported lie had
always been Democrat, and had neve. given any
other than Democratic vote. Owing to a series
Of fdbricationS and fdlSehOOdS he had been turned
out OF office by his OWL party at time when he
was doing all that he could 10 support the admin
lstration then in power. lie had, with the excep-
ton of two years ever supported the Democratic
party. He felt that he did wrong in forsa king his
party, even though ne was unkindly treated by
then, and was sorry for having done so and II he
1lid the same thing To do over again ir should act
differently. He stated that the reporter had mis-
reported him in saying that he had at former
meeting In this Ward spoken Of Mr.. LLOYD taunt-
lnglY. cr twitted him with his limited education
W nat he had said in relation to Mr. LIOvd had
been said in the sense Of re..rettng that Mr. L.,
Tor man of his genius shouid Lave neglected. his
education. Mr.. l.. had spoken 10 him (AtIrc)
upon the same subject, and regretted that ne had
not paid more attention tO his education
lie had also been misconstrued by the reporter
IN his remarks about the President sustaining TIN.
Mayor veto. He had said. in relation To that
point. that le had reliable authority for saving
that the Preside mt ad said that il the boards had
passed tire Seventh Ward market hors" bill de
spite the Mayors veto hc would not have given
has consent tn the erection Of said market Louse
under those circumstances -
Mr. y con;ended that lac had also becn mis-
reported as saying that he had been prosecuted
by his own party ut the time lee turned out OF
office
He then went on TO speak Of his connection with
the Trustees OF Public Schools, and stated that
when the Know Nothing Board OF Trustees had
taken vote upon the question Of turnin., out ali
the Catholic teachers, lac Ind saved tllos. teachers
by ms casting vote.
lie stated that persons had gone about the Soy
iDtr thof no lad NJ. n
and endeavorcd 10 make arrangements with him
to run Us a candidate OH the Know Nothing ticket
This was false. He had never done so.
Here there was slight disturbance i'm tl,p
crowd, and a voice sdid that that was not so that
no one lIad charged Mr.. A with atteInptin" 10 yet
his maine on Know Nothing ticket
Mr.. y leaving this subject went OH 10 stats
that he had been turned out Of office because the
Know Nothing party had retained him rs a lnem-
Der of the Board of School Trustees when they
came into power. lie had been nominated for
the Council without amy lo9-rOllin. OIL his own
part, and he called upon the voters to consider
that by voting the snti-Know- Nothing tic ket and
sending men TO the Councils who We're favorable
IN the present municipal administration. they
would stand much better chance in relation T.,
the affairs Of the ward than they now did, or
would by the election OI the Opposition Candi.
dates.
Mr.. Ray was then introduced to the audience
and addressed them briefly upon the subject Of
national politics.
After which the band played Yankee Doodle.
and the meeting adjourned.
Not ytht RepOr;.r.-Mr. Alice thought proper
to deny last night the accuracy Of the published
report of what he asserted ia Potomac Hall last
week AZ a meeting of the citizens of the ward
" lies does not propose to interfere with that de-
NAL further than {" say that lac reported Mr. All .e,,
correctly: and though he did not quote his precise
words. Ire did not miscOnstrue nor misapply any
thing that he sid on that occasion. Mir A d,H
say that he h?d been 'PcgsccUted' he did say
= that nc hal always heretofore regarded Mr.
Lloyd as young man displaying some evidence
Of genius considering the extent of his educ alton
lie also said that he had the best authority for
saying that the President Of the United States s,s
tanned tile Mayors Veto
In proof Of what we assert, append note
received from MIR. A. on tie morning after the
meeting referred to, in which he Guests us 10
modify in the published report the remarks made
use OF by him in relation to the President Mr.
a. IS note is az follows
''ln that part Of my address at the meeting last
evening where spoke of the President concur
ring with the Mayor, | said tb1t had IN. best
authority for the assertion AS II is Suscepti ble of
INSTRUMENTATION, please strike out ''th, Jesi' and
substitute Tstidbts, and obligc,
- Yours. truly, = Y A L.
''To The Star. May 26. lcJ9''
The reporter feels certain that any Intelligent
gentleman who WIS present ut the meeting above
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