Evening star., 1867-11-12

tret Columbia, -, 30 0 total, $50 CO. avera ye cost
pers viii and colored, In the 4th Ward. To entire
reEisfered ysters IN isE, to 24ss: proportion OF
Write psupers TO white registered voters N, 81:
proportion of colored pappers to oologei TARA
voters, to 81; proportion Of white paupers {, en-.
voters 20 entire registered voters, 1 to II5,n
hr Elvans eel this analy Is hsu. been very
sans aetory 10 him, and, he had no doub;,
MouIo De equally so to his friend from the
Fourth Ward (Mr Moore.l He did not Enow
II tne board would print the sta ement with
the proceedings, but he gggested that the facts
9hn nsuies ne nao given should "accom pauy
sne next annual ADDRESS Of Alderman Moore
on the squalor az d misery of the colored popu
lation Of Washington.-
mr. Moore said toe paper was evidently in
tehoed Tor newspaper effect; but the z ntiersa an
mad taken good care not to state IN al there ere
no Freedmen's Bureaus or othsr pauper I'm.
reaus to furnish aid TO the white poor OF the
sHy. Inc whole subject should be referred
oack 70 MIN, as special com mittee, to make a
sfmiar analysis for every ward in the city,
and see how Il was in other sections of the Dis
tIie,. he tMr. M deprecated this attempt to
eAui. over one portion Of the comm unitv at
tne expense Of another portion. The gentle
man (Mr. E. had referred to him as making
an annual assault on the colored population
he denied It. He had taken occasion in his
address at the closing of the last Councils to
auude 10 The condition Of the col ,red people
Drought here, and would do IL again. He had
suEeested that the gentleman (Mr. E should
make an analysis OF the other wards, similar
10 that ne had made for the Fourth Ward, but
he INT. M could not say that he would relv
on the gentleman's figures. He was a good
and he could not be relied on.
Mf. EIvans said the gentleman seemed to
have misunderstood him. He had right to
tee. He had merely done his duty. The state.
ment was very gratlfy ing one to him, ana he
was surprised that II excited the ire of the gen.
had got hold OF the apothecary's bill for the
Fourth Ward, and only preseated a statement
prepared from 1t. In the debate last Monday
evening, the gentleman (Mr. Moore) said be
ing the speaker TO acknowledge that he owed
his election to the colored voters. This state
ment showed that they were not such a charge
on the community, ana not so wretched and
DEGRADED as had been represented The gen.
tleman (Mr. Moore) was little sensitive, but
he (Mr. L. hoped in future to take some other
wards: This was merely report from the
Mr. Moore wanted to know how the case
stood In the other wards as to the proportion of
white and colored men getting relief
mr- Elvans could not say as to the others
hot having the papers.
Mr.. Moore said Mr. T.. die not want to know.
The gentleman had alluded to him, aud i'm
piled that he scandalized the c0lored portion
of The comm unity. The statements in the ad.
dress referred to were cited Fl ON the report Of
Major Richards, Superintendentor OF Police He
was the aulh horIty for the speakers descrip.
lion OF the filthy condition of the colored peo-
pie The m iitary officers and soldiers had to
clean their premises summer before last. That
KIND OF people had been made voters here
paupers and cnntrabauds-and Congress had
relieved them from ayment OF taxes as a cod
nit;on precedent TO voting, and now the
scr 90, tax is rut in the bills OF white tax pay
ers The one dollar school tax was more tn an
these colored men were able to paw for the
privilege of voting; and now the tax IS ina.
posed on the white citizens. MAJOR Richards,
IN DIS report, referred to by the speaksr in his
address. TO which allusion has heen roade
speaks OF the crime. filth, and poverty of these
eoiored people, and relates, circumstan'Ially,
their condition. No bette authority could be
furnished. He (Mr. M had never visited
their places of abode, but could reiy on the
statements OF Major Richards.
Mr. Elvans said he did not want 10 proIong
thI> ebate, and did not know the report of the
committee would have brought out this dis
cussiOn- The whole thing NAV De summed
up In this; that the gentleman, Mr.. Moore, in
MS address 10 the Council, dealt IN glittering
generaIities, and talked Of the inability of the
coloreo men 10 take care of themselves These
facts apd figures from the Fourth Ward show
the iallacy OF those generaiitIes He (Mr. E.
was willing 10 go into the figures for The
whole city. We should then have something
on which we can rely. He did not think his
those OF the gentleman from the Fourth Ward,
or of eentleDen from other wards.
hr. Noyes deprecated these debates. which
Interrupted ,ee BUSINESS Of the Board every
evening the Board met
Mr.. Elvsns said he was not responsible for
this discussion. He had merely presented the
Mr.. Moore wanted tc know whether the
statement submitted was report of the COM
mittee or voluntary act Of the gentleman.
Mr; Elvans said he had already stated,
ported by authority OF the committee. The
work had been su bdivided, and these accounts
OF he Fourth Ward given to him by the chair
man OF the committee for examination He
had asked for the a &C ount Of the Third Ward but
tae chairman could lot find it. aud gave him
the Fourth Ward. He could not answer for
no pa mi lIaR Of Ind dsxriA A,ol IL
had made report for the committee by au-
thority, and the bill reported oy him had been
passed If the report OF the com mittee led to
sponsible for It. II the facs and figures show
squilor and misery in particular localities, 1t
was the fault Of those facts and figures rather
than of the Com mInittee.
MIR Moore defended his constituents Is at some
length; after which the motion to refer the
motion back to the committee was carried.
Mr.. Noyes. from the Committee on Schools,
reported adversely on the Coun ell ndmsnts
TO the bill making appropriation for the pub
lie schools. The first amendment being that
in reference to payment Of The proportion q ne
the II tees Of cOlored schools was debated,
when, on motion OF Mr.. Moore. the bill was
laid on the table. Mr.. Noyes then reported a
bill making appropriation tor the support Of
30'b, le6e, (berDg substantially the same as tnat
forme ly passed by this Board;) passed.
The bili TO regulate and graduate licenses OF
nop-rssideDts and traders, and laying a tax on
the sSme, reported In the STAR OF Tuesday
las was taken up, and its pas Iage advocated
by Mr.. Given.
Mr.. Evans offered an amendment to add to
tn- fourth section the following:
And proridsd further, That this act shall apply
90 Iesidents and traders who bona hde citizens
OF 6et rg. town, ID. g., only so long discrmina-
tive legislation the part Of said city against the
commercial interes of this city may exist and
poration OF Georgetown granting equal privilege
To merchants dealers and traders of this city with
these enIoyed by citizens of Georgetown. this act
as applicable t. Georgetown shall be imperative .
Mr.. Lloyo thooght the adoption of the
Amendment would lead to confusion as the
magistrate would not know whether an ar.
res ed party was a citizen of Georgetown or
not, or whether the Corporation Of that city
bad passed such law as was contemplated.
MIR. Elvans said the magistrate would have
70 satisfy himself OF the facts in the case.
0r. Given opposed the amendment, because
he thought IL would be imperative.
After further debate, the amendment was
Withdrawn, with the understanding u that when
the Cooperation Of Georgetown takes action
on the subject, this Board shall inaugurate
legislation looking to reciprocity; and the bill
az reported by the committee was passed.
Mr. McCathran, from the Committee on the
Asylum, reported back tn report Of the In.
tendant OF the Asylum, anS II was placed on
the f1les. The bill granting permission to
II. and T. X. johnson to erect wharf on the
Potomac, between 18th and 18th streets west
(for fish wharf, was taken up. M. Elvans
presented the petition of thirty seven persons