Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-08
second Wa,a R,,,h,;e., club.

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HtcipaI Afdirs-He iSsiH Botds 0e BsSSoS Bezes,
but hos aos OyDeasd TAen-
special meeting OF the Second Ward Re-
pu blican Club was held last night At Rev. Mr..
Brooks church, corner OF Vermont avenue
| and O street The lighting Of a bon IRE brought
| ge.her q large crowd, many OF whom turned
| O vi in conseQ uence Of the alarm Of IRE, which
| proceeded from the refiechon of the flames.
| At O'Clock, Mr.. John L. Pau, Presi dent,
called the meeting 10 order, and stated thai the
| special object which had brought them together
was she election Of officers AFTER which, It was
| expected that public speeches would be made.
While waiting for the arrival OF the secretary,
| the chair remarked thai, in view of the fact
that many OF the colored men in the section of
the city where the meeting was held had not
any verv extraordinary facilities for learning
The political views Of the day, he would en-
tighten them ON what had transpired the past
few months. ne then summed up the victo-
mes for the Republicans in Name, Vermont,
and Connecticut and predicted like results IN
the States which are TO hold their elections next
week. On Tuesday next, he said. it would be
DEFINITELY known who would be the next Pres
ident for whichever way Pennsylvania and
ONO voted so would the ma tority Of the cleo
toral vote OF the country be cast.
AT the close of Mr.. Pfau's remarks, MIR. +. A.
Boswell entered the room, when he was hailed
with three cheers, on motion Of Joseph Brooks,
lcoiored,) who said that he (BoswelD had stood
his lite.
The meeting then went into an election of
officers, " hen Charles H. Peters (coloredl was
Col. Casper A. Keller (whlte) was elected First
Vice President; Henry Beverly (colored), Sec.
ond Vice President; John w. Curry (colore ed,
Secretary; T. T.. Green, (colored), Treasurer.
At this Juncture the election proceedings were
interrupted by the entrance OF the Grant (col-
ored) Rifiemen arm I'd with muskets and side
arms, who marched into the building. Order
having been restored, the following Executive
COMMITTEES was elected:-John l.. Pfau (chalr-
mani, Robert II. Booker (colored), Justice
John G. Cox (whItel, James Nelson, Delaware
Lewis Landers, Marshall Brown, Jos Brooks
Isaiah A. Ross, and Henry Piper (colored)
and General Crocker, VIM. Rutherford, and
Isaiah Stewart (whlte.)
Pending the election OF Henry Piper, COLOR
ed,) the last of the fifteen committeeman Jos
Brooks (eoloredD put in nomination. for the
third or fourth time, Councilman VIM III
Chase, whom he endorsed a Christian gem
tleman and tried Republican. Sidney Mac.
farland (colored. mo uired whether Mr. Chase
was member Of the Union League; if not he
should prefer Henry Piper. Samuel Catcher
and Marshall Brown, (colored.) deprecated tue
Introduction OF any such questions, which in
volved the principles Of secret societies, as I'M
called for and out of place. Edward Ambush
(colored,) advocated the election of Henry Pi-
per. He (P.) was a working man, and, as was
ruthfuily stated by white friend whom he
a sentleman-TMr. Rutherford-AH Republic
cans are gentlemen. MIR. Ambush-Some
are gentlemen. and some are not !
we must now have active men-no read and
butter Republicans. Mr.. Brooks rejoned that
Mr.. Chase was no mil and water Republican
but had been jealous and regular attend
ant at meetings, when many others who pro-
fesseo 10 De Republicans stood back and would
not come out. sydney mcfarland retorted
tnat some persons Were very earnest i'm their
Republcanism VIXEN after office about cleo
hon times. such was the case with Mr. Oh ise
and after his election to the Council ne had Ia
ken the ground that il was iuexpedipnt TO mt
eolored men in office. Away with such r.
publ1cans for him. At the close OF these re-
marks great uproar ensued, after the calming
down OF which the vote was taken and Piper
was elected almost unanimously
en- motion of Joseph Brooks, (coored.) Gas
per A. Keller was recon msnded TO the position
OF Assessor for the Second Ward. to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr.
joshua whitney, and the secretary was di-
rected 10 notify both branches of the Council
of said action.
Mr.. Boswell was then called upon to address
the meeting; but Edward Ambush requested
that speeches should be deferred till he made
an appeal in favor of the Grant rifienen who
mad erected Grant pole and were in need of
FUNDS TO purchase flag. He was followed
by Marshal Brown, who announced that there
Were two colored festivals adjacent i'm mr.
gress, and the meeting after adjournment
could do no better than by spending their
money there. The Chair followed in the wake
OF MI brown, as he wanted contr ibutions to
cefray the expenses of the pole raising and
Ward. ~
The Chair then addressed the club in 40.
acknowledgement OF the compliment which had
been rendered him in his election as President
and concluded Dy introd ucing Mr.. F. A. Bos-
WELL whom be eulogized as man whose elo.
quence could '.hold the most contrary spirits
and abjecI minds"
Mr.. Boswell expressed himself as happy 10
be present, and TO observe the evidence OF har-
mony which had been manifested on that occa.
sion. IL would be source of future comfort
to him, and remain impressed upon his mind
Tor many years to come. He Endorsed the
recommendation OF Colonel Keller as Assessor.
IN whom he recognized IN earnest Republican.
and one who believed, as he did, in the fuI}
equality OF the colored with the W bite race The
and all the Corporation embarrassmeuts wer.
attributed TO the Democratic party In 1867
he said, the Democratic municipal administra.
uon debarred the republicans from r ,cuipg
the Corporation from Indebtedness. and in ISIS
the uaitorous conduct of a certain man IN the
Board OF Aldermen, claiming TO be Republi-
can, mad again tied their hands. The new
claimed, had been properly organized; and
when the Democrats found they had been
beaten, they withdrew, and carried with them
them, and formed a deadlock He warned
this refractory upper board that if the Council
stood firm the favorite measures of the Repub.
lican party would yet be carried despite of
Mr.. Boswell dealt in severe terms upon such
Republicans as had been elected 10 the COUNCIL
anu iueu LOOK tne ground tnat tney were not
compelled in their action TO obey party behesfs
All OF these men should be left AT home and he
now, he said, gave notice that al the next cleo.
ton he should wage unrelenting war
against any man who did not stand upon the
platformlof equality Of the races days labor for
city work, instead of the contract system, and
underwriting adherepc e TO the party who elected
him In spite of every consideration. In his
opinion, any Republican who will not stand
by his party under all circumstances, regard
less OF circumstances, was not hit TO be called a
Republican, or to belong to the Republican,
party. He next referred to the difficulties a.
tending the last election and said that because of
the lukewarmness and timidity OF some Repub.
iicans they came near being beaten. 1t had
been said that the Republican Mayor had been
elected by Is majority. That was enough for
him and he took the ballot boxes and locked
them up, without ever having opened them
He had never yet opened them, nor should the
opposite party have access 10 them till tn,
court gave them that privilege. He had ..deaIt
with such ROSTERS before" and knew how 70
treat them. The speaker concluded his re.
MARKS by predicting the triumphant success of
Grant and Colfax. after which the meeting adj.
jouyned.
HANDSOME BANNER.-Mr. J. q. Conboye, OF
the firm Of Fraln Conboye, of this city, has
just finished q fine banner recently ordered by
the st. AloysIus' Total Abstinence Society," of
ST. AloysiIIs' Church. This handsome banner