Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-21

hat when he arose he said he had in his hand
an humble petition from Sayles J. Bowen to
the eolorsd people OF Washington, and with
at knowledge of the paper gwen by himse n
ne vas permitted TO 60 on without objection n
tll within few minutes before he closed his
speech. He said the petition was from Mr.
Bowen, because he knew Mr. Bowen,s styIe
end that there were facts stated in that paper
Known only TO Mr. Bowen himself Ii was
circulated among the people elandestineiy and
privately. As for the paper che CkronicIs)
which had assailed him. Il had persistentIy viii
hfied the citizens Of Washington and dealt ON
Vltuperation and abuse, and for IL be did not
care. It's mahgnify was displayed every day
and on every occasion, and last year it had ".
ceived unanimous vote of eensure from the
lower Board. 1t had assailed all the citizens of
Washington opposed to Republicanism as reb.
els aud sympathizers with the rebellion.
greater falsehood was never uttered Mr.. Moore
then alluded TO his address at the close of the
las, asr C0unSns, !ieieIred to in the Caronicle as
being In opposition to Congress- and said that
address was perfectly respectful to Congress.
He had prepared it deliberately, there was mo
ABUSE or villncation in it, and it contained
only sucn matters as statistics from the Official
records OF the War Department, showing that
THIS Distr1cf, in spite of all the abuse besto wed
npon II, had furnished more soldiers to the
than any other State or Territory, exsspt Kan.
zas, where the population was nearly An men
In his speech on Monday night he had only
quoled Bowen a few years since against Bowen
Moore then read fron,his own speech of one
year age, at the close of the last Couu ellis. IN
snow snow the larger proportion of enlistments here
tnan amy here else in the Union, and said that
speech was made up of that sort of stuff.
MI. Richards wanted to know If he had his
ngares from the G. nsus of 1850 OF 1869.
MT Moore said he could not take the census
OF 1873. when bis speech was made in 1885,. Our
population had increased by temporary resi-,
dents. teamsIers and Others
MI TAFT said we had to make M their quota.
Mr Richards asked II the uota was not made
up from these strangers.
MT. Iait-No, sir they were drafted else.
Mr.. Moore.-They were not willing tn take
the chances of draft here-more than three to
one greater than In their own States
MI Elvans asked how many subs titutes were
ootalned here from other parts of the country
Mr.. TAFT would answer that by an other oues
ton: How many drafted in Massachusetts were
supplied from the Southi
MI. Elyans thought gentlemen here oppospd
to negro troops had awaited themselves Of the
themselves
MIR. TAFT said nine.t. nths of the colored men
ehIlsted In the District were credited to States
Loyal Massachusetts had imported shin loads
MI. Moore said that Mr.. Bowen claimed 5000
coleIeo men enlisted in the District. Other
tne facts The official record showed that
there were 1882 troops enlisted in the District
Oh whom 4,&3s Were white, and only 1888
tutes, bought mainly in Virginia and he had
6onsht some as far down as James river in
gInia.
voice in the lobby" Bravo."l
MT. Noyes, soto voce.-Clear the galleries
(Laughter.I
Mr.. Moore said that of the 1850 colored VOL
unleers from the District, the most of them
ment had to keep a guard at the railroad depot
off. ~ "Ae
Mr.. Elvans said 1t was admitted there xers
1-o50 colored volunteers. How many white
volunteers We're there
Mr.. TAFT said In the first three months ser.
VICE there were 800 whites no cQiOred.
MT. Elvans said the three months men were
a sort of home-gu He enG stsd in that ser.
vice, and it was for service in The District The
colored men enlisted later, when there was
more nghting 10 be done and greater necessity
for their services.
Mr.. Tait.-Yes, and large tounties paid.
DIT McCathraD did not know what home
guard indncs ments were held out to the gentle
man MI. Elvans) to enlist in the three months
service, but be Mr. McC.) had no assurance
that he would not be sent to Manassas or To
Richmond IN defense Of the District. He did
not ask or care.
Mr.. Richards said, to recur to the matter he.
lore the Board, he could not say that the Presi-
dent was guilty OF deliberate falsehood. but
When he left here on Monday evening it was
with the impressi that there had been mis-
representation somewhere, as the Chair said
there was petition to present, and none was
pr sented.
Mr.. Barr said INJUSTICE had been done him in
saying that he said Mr.. Moore had petition to
present. What he did say distinctly was that
he understood MIR. Moore to say he had a petit.
ton TO present
MI RicfaIc, SAID that had placed the affair
IN different light before him. He had under
stood the Chair To say that the petition haa al.
req y been presented
MT. Elv'ns thought this question might be
TO next Saturday. when the charac
ter Of the Radical candidate for the MayoraIty
might be discussed.
Mr.. Moore suggested that it would require a
meeting every night
Mr.. TAFT Yes, Mr.. Bowen changes so often
we we would have to meet every night to keep on
The Board then adjourned.