Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-07-28
CIRCULATION OF rHE CITY PRESS.
The CHRONICLE, THE FEHIANs. MAYOR
WALLACH AND CON0REss


exposure Of the misrepresentation of the
Chronicle in reference TO Mayor WaIlaeh and
the city authorities, which resulted in the vir.
tual retraction OF its unjust aspersions, would
have taught it to exercise more fairness in its
future reference to municipal affairs. But we
reckoned without our host
That Journal heretofore noted for It's HOSTILE
~ TO our Irish fellow citizens, evnced by sar
casm, taunts and inuendoes. 10 which we ha We
had occasion to refer on several occasions has
since the radical party undertook to make DO
htical capital by patronizing the Fenian eause.
changed its tactics, and in an editorial in this
mornings issue entitled "Our City Napoleon. :,
endeavors to skill two birds with one stone,
by an exhibition Of intense sympathy for suf
fering Ireland, coupled with Measurements
intended TO damage Mayor walIach But the
Chronicle mas again put its 'foot in it." and Its
malice Is harmless Irishmen here are not as
stupid as the writer of the article referred tn
would seem TO have imagined, but are general
ly possessed of sufficient intelligence to dis.
crimiHate between truth ard faIsehood. and
between friends and foes
The editorial in the Chronicle we refer To CON-
tains about as many errors as could be crowded
into an article of the same length. The writer
IN referring TO the proposed Fenian meeting at
the national fair building last evening, saws:
Before the hour of opening notice was con-
yeyed through Mayor Wallach's chief of police
that the meeting was held without the author,
lily OF the lady managers of the fair building
and In contempt OF certain ordinance reoui-
Tlng "permit" for all such demonstrations.
Ibe meeting was adj ertlsed after full permls
sion had been granted by those believed 10 he
IN authority. but il was evident from ali the
indications that if the citizens had not quietly
separated they would have been forcibly
dispersed by the order of our Napoleonic
Mayor"
There Is not one word OF truth in this from
beginning TO end. as the account in our local
columns, furnished by our reporter, who was
present during the evening, will show.
We need only add, that we learn tina.
Mayor Wauaeh lcas out Of torn dring the
ereuing, and kHeV nothing Of ne interruption
Of the meeting until this morning; that ..Nayor
"oIIdeAS ChiJ IF Police" pcas Rirty mules
from the eity, and that the only interference
WIN the meeting, as shown in our report,
was bS the Metropolitan Police force, at the
instance Of the lady managers. As the Metro.
politan Police force is a Con gressiopaI and No,
municipal institution, 1t follows that Cop-
eress, and not Mayor Wallach, is Responsible
1or this double odor of the most offensive
tyranny in this example, to use the phrase
ology OF our contemporary. Therefore. the
opinions OF the Chronicle. that doubtless had
the meeting been held, it would have SPOKEN
strongly in favor of the course If Congress.
and possibly against the course of the Execu.
tive In suppressIng the recent invasion of
Canada, and it is more than probable that EN-.
phauc resolutions against human slavery
would have been passed, and that a fore
knowledge Of the sentiments and objects Of the
projectors CT the meeting had a good deal IN
do with Mayor Wallach's petty despotism
seemed to be generally understood in the
crowd, are entirely gratuitous, and unworthy
of further notice.
BY cur report Of Congressional PROCEEDINGS
Z will be seen that the matter was introdnced
In both Houses Of Congress That the Chron;-
Gle should publish these MISREPRESENTATION ia
not matter of surprise, but that Congress-
should devote so much valuable time dnrinv
the last hours of the session about to close in
serious legislation based on a mere rumor
which had no foundation in truth, is rather
extraordinary, and makes us curious to learn
how these false reports originated and throuyb
what channel they were conveyed to the inst.
now-enthusiastic friends Of Ireland in the
Senate and House An Irish friend has inst
suggested that the Fenian vote in the fall cleo.
tons will be quite large
In conclusion, we would state that 10,
Roberts was unexpectedly summoned from
the city by telegraph just previous 10 the
meeting, and that the Congressional orators
We're detained at the Capitol, which made a
postponement necessary.