Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-23

Ia the CAUCUS Uut n4d no vote, and inter-
@sied only in seeing that the candidates yera
true Republicans. He my have been deceived
in EllwCod, but he did not know thai ha vusS
Int hieieht. IL was true that thing, had b,en
done AZ the depar' nent which did not suit HIM
and he was nor afraid TO tell them of IL 1T h-
Republicans did not want Mcfarland for cierk
OF the market they should have said 80, kept
their .aih with hirl. and not male a splir
Gfrt ar0t was elected by Democrats and Re
pnbllcahs, ana was a good man- but he was
not me nominee If they had kept united they
could nave elected any Republican. The Sew
enth ward delegation WAS the first to break tn.
caucus nominations, and by their breaking Mr.
morgan was elected Tax Clerk. The 5 srutn
Ward delegation were the first To murder the
color ed man.
Mr.. Bates Bosh -
Mr.. Bosw.ll.-Yes, ssbosh." In Rexspspars
the term ''sold out" used by him, hal been in
t.rpreted as irferring To "dollars and cents
Wblch was erroneous, for party could be
sold ont without money, and be did not think
OF money. Mr.. Bates says in his testimony be-
foIe the lnvestigatlng Committee that his fBas-
we'll testimony, in his opinion, was false
MT Bates.-Not my opinion, but the opinion
Mr.. Bos we'll continued, and asserted that he
was correct; that Mr. Pierce did say Just what
he Il swore to. He was i'll hopes that AR.
Pierce would have been present. He was about
TO read PIfrce's testimony, when
Mr.. Bates asked-Why not give Mr.. Pierce
an opportunity 10 answer you Why not let
your meetings be knownl 1t was only by &C,
cldent that We tthe members OF the CounciD
learned that the meeting was to be held. Why
Mr.. Bos we'll replied that what was stated was
false that the meeting had been called in the
churches, where The people who take care of
the representa- yes are be found-the peOple
who will take care of you (poiuting to Mr.
Bates in June next. lLaughter
Mr.. IL. o. johnson denied the testimony of
PeIrce, and stated that he SAID with an oath
that Bates made the assessment that his Office
oil scavengcr was worth SlU.00D, and i0per cent.
would be $1,000.
Mr.. Bos well corroborated this statement
Mr.. Bates said Mr.. Peiree had requested him
to state that his testimony h. fore the committee
was wrong, in that it was Bacon who informed
him that the assessment on him was 81 600.
Mr.. Boswell said that the assessment was not
individually for HIM. He did not ask to be re-
imbursed all that he had spent. He repeated
mat PeTce said he had TO pay $l,000, aud it
would break him up, for he had to spend $500
Tor an outfit II had turned out, however, that
no man had received a bride.
Mr.. Bates said he wished it understood that
be had done all in his power for Mr.. johnson
He knew that pains had been taken to make il
appear otherwise. He was not satisfied in the
caucus 10 take a man from the Collectors off ce
and make him Tax Clerk and auditor of the ac-
counts OF that Office. No one could charge him.
however, with having voted for Morgan
they know how he was elected. Afterwards
at the suggestion of Mr. Bowen, he waited on
Mr.. Coitax to ask if his election could not h.
set aside, and was informed that il could not
He was elected by the failure Of Republicans to
vote.
Mr.. Fowler said it was right to question rep
IesentanVes, but PEI sonal quarrels should not
Dc UlOuSnl lie nau voted Tor MCEafaul
hut 1t was a hard pill to take, for h. had
heard hard things OF him. The Second Ward
should not have put him forward. He had
heard since that Mcfarland had made :;
change, and he hoped II was true. He labored
hard for johnson, but the Second Ward beqt
hin. lie counseled that all chickering's and
quhrreis should be dropped. and they should
try and do better.
Mr.. Boswell said he had seen it stated IN a
paper that he had spoken derogatory OF MT
Bates, and he wished it to 20 forth that IT wa
false, and 1t seemed that il was an ATTEMPT of
parties 10 build up popularity.
lIr. Boyd said he was panied to see all this
quarrellng. and as be wanted pure representa-
ives ne would move the appointment Of
committee OF five to investigate charges
Mr.. Hine moved to amend 10 m IKE every
man committee of one on the subject out
subsequently, Withdrew it, and moved thar DR.
Boyd be- that committee.
Mr.. Fowler proposed to appoint three to rub
me ears Of the first man who spoke Of the quar-
rsls again.
Mr.. knight proposed that he Councilnen
should look TO the passage o. the bills for
building new bIidge at Virginia avenue and
to repair tie dyke AZ the mouth of the canal
Mr.. Boswell sand that a speach made by Mr..
Knight had been attributed to hIm.
Mr.. Hin" 10 Mr.. Knight. > What did yol
say
Dir. knight SAID that he had stated that r.
pnblICanS had sold ont.
Nh. Hine.-Nel shy your castor in the rim
and I'll follow. Laughter
After some further cross-!iring, Mr.. Wat.1 On
brought up the canal subject again. and closed
81.
dig out the canal,
Mr.. Fowler replied that there was work
enough on q street, If he order given. "A
NCice-But the Mayor won't give The order
Mr.. EOw ler.-Its, he will as soon rs he has "a
prospect for money.
Mr.. Hine proposed three cheers for Grant.
which were given, and the meeting adjourned.
JACKSON DRTOCRATIC AS~OCIATroN-Th
regular meeting OF the Jackson Democratic
A. on YVES h-li iast evening al C1ru=ls
nj
the chair. ana 4 q. Clayton. > secretary tn.
Char stated the fret business in order was III.
collection OF dues and election OF IN lnhnrs. hu.
no names being proposed. the Chair tho lghi
tLeIe was q d disposition 10 b. backward. b
fore the recent elections an hOur each oynuing
Was taken mp in receiving new members, now
they were receiving none. H. thought there
was no cause for alarm, and hoped the assOcia-
ilon would increase it, membership. DR.. Cha-.
Allen read Il series OF resolutions pIedcIng the
assoclh ion 10 support thc nominees If the Nrvy
! Ork invention. and cUndemning auy effort
10 change the C1ndidat0s; commanding III.
Democratic platform 81 ust 10 all, Yhile It
prot cled the Interests OF tie iaboI.ug classes
ana presented the only feasible plan OF pHyJnL
The public d bt and T. storing the Union
In conclusion, the resolutions urge thorough
organization of be Democratic party. and Ia Y
would meet with sU- cess. Dr. Allen also read
an address to Democrats throughout the St,tes.
thanking them for their conduct al the recent
el'cuons, ana CONCENTRATING them upon their
efforts; denUuHcing the Republican platform
ton; and claiming That the Democrats hal
gained eight members Of Congress, and the
aggregate Republican malOri'y was but 22,GgJ
The address urges the Democrats throughout
the country TO renew their efforts and rally for
The 1na1 struggle Addresses were delivered
by Hon. j. NJ. kaYdEauch, OF Montana. aud
Mr.. Hill, of Virginia. Mr. r. A. Aiken offered
resolution which was adopted, requesting
Hon. Horato Seymour TO visit Washington he
fore the close Of The campaign. Adjourned.
H
To TIE EDITOR OF THE STAE.-The e-.rant
from 1.-The PrsSbgferjdn' on the subject y. the
Reunion OF the two bran ches OF the Presbyterian
Church, republished by you in the STIR Of ,h-
18th instant, though not so intended as we'll
calculated TO mslead the public mind in IcIa-
ton 10 The present attitude OF that great me- as
uTe. The true state of the case is that an oy err
whelming majority in both branches are
favorable 10 the object contemplated, and re-
gard IL as alike practicable and desirable, aud
only hesitate and differ With respect to the
terms on which the Te-u5r'On is to be consuIn.
mated. II Is quite probable that this difficulty
will be ad justed at the next meeting of the two
General Assemblies, appointed TO meet in the
City of New York in May, 1869, and that from
that time onward We shall be no longer tus1i,,
but Que body. Having been in some humble
measure instrumental IN setting this great ball
in motion, feel more then ordinary coneerni in
keeping the community well advised of its pro.
gress. i trust that other evangelical denomi-
nations will, at least in this respect, initiate
orr example, and that btgotry and sec'arianism,