The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-08

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To The EDITOR op tbs hnruhLicANi Allow
me 70 trespass upon yout space enough TO re-
lutte the fsl.hoods and maiiciou. ISLANDERS con
tained 10 the card signed Andrew uleeson,
published In Jesterdays RrruBttcAs, which
nobody believes ne mro.e, sna then I have
tempt and disgust IN the minds OF yout read.
ers, promising 10 future to take no further
Notice OF anything thst may come from that
quarter;
Mt. aleeson says When he tMurth) came
20 me 70 OBTAIN Work the l.at time, asked
him why he was discharged BY Crane He
longer furnish him with chickens, eggs, aud
milk then msde Inquiry OF him and learned
that ne had been furnishing Crane with pro-
Visions ior months past. AZ the same time ne
told methst Crane insisted upon retsining 80
OF his months pay, when Murth told him he
might M well tshe IL all; Orsne then fon.
him out OF his months payb
Now, more wilful, wicked and Infamous
f,l.ehood than this was never uttered.
Murth was 10 August, 1865, his wife refusing
pay for the same. all Of which eau be proved
by his and her own admissions, a. well as by
witnesses OF the highest responsibility, among
which am At liberty to name Mrs. Wilson
and daughter, corner OF Fourth and streetsi
II o,o',%ss, ESQ., so,as, p pm, and
of me fourtb ward, bennls MeNsmsra. Jack.
son nlIey, bstween North C,pitoi street and
Fip,t street e,st' and bv nrwiie and .ister'
nsn .isa 1rovs by a nsrt 81 The ssme wit.
nsssss Il. Murth,s miik a. well a. an Al.
tempted brIbe by the use Of as wa. refused
~ ta,Ia .Ing M.,.h Nj Mn,,b ,vs. n ~ az
nuan nn,H ~ ~ ~ Ini, is"a IL ws.
dlsehsraed by MA M. Green. loren an. with.
out nv Ino.yledve al INC fine, for the reason
th.t tbe driysr ~ hi. a. n an moi AZ his d.tv
| II va a. nj Inc that 1Iessan states Murtb
m,Se nae Of ,br isnyusSe referred 10 above.
when the truth ia that Tie miir wa, received
worr ~, M eo,nor,tion nssriv Tho WHO'S Of
| ,he i,te,yeniny time "
II is true that / asked him for 90 after had
rrn,, "a, NAT nurnnss ,his AID wss soiisItea
W,ta n RssuSIis.n n "i"s which then was. a, II
NV ~, hti,. hs,nn ~. ah.Ipmsn ~ H. az.
| aasny,is. enmmittee fbe ann III sio vas nsmed
10 Mr. MuI,h in The presenee Of a dozen wit.
ne.se: for The reason Thai Me,srs, John
! WIorsy p.triaI C,ni,I and John MuInby hsd
e.ch giyen 40 for The s.me PURPOSE. thew hav.
tns y ~ ar. a, ,vopE for tbe carnoration dur-
| l,sr Nka lima hat rs al
aeSnn r AZ n.vins sio when aid. "tiiye
| whst Won pi.,se tbere il no eompulsion about
| ~ mi thinE thst in visv of he ionv time
Renubiic,n nartv' thai Ak IA Iittie enoush Tar
| yot, 10 give Mr. Murth then handed ms as
which Re saw me place to his credit on The
| suhserintion iIst Of the Fourth Ward Repubh-
can Ciub' On that iI,t the names Of John
| Uickey. Patrick Ouirk. LAIN Murray and
lanes Murth, follow each other in succession,
The amount Against each name beinr marked
nsid al the time, and ali OF the then 6rst
| named Rentlemen are willing to testify to the
| truth OF what 1 saw. now have ssIi sub-
sutfieient Interest 10 Iook AT It. NV ,ceount
with the club was audited by = committee OF
| s,ii club on the oath OF June; a lonr debt and
cnmm,stse and ,mons-Sbs .nh,crintian, vas
tbat Of Jsmes Mnrtb fof N,
GIee.on now states thai IL ia not true that
moi MAKE af,idsyit 10 what he desired lean
nJove that he aid by the st,tement. Of Murth
Uttered in the presence of lii, A. II, Green
81 heinz bI,ssri In nv favor a. he IL stiii Al
woys ior The eorporation. and HI, pecaaisty
interests lie in keeplog peace with the powers
admission 10 The presence OF Mr.. Dennls Nc.
Nam,rs
Now, let u, see what this man Glecson has
uons 'or the Hepu''''A"' party u '"e fou''"
In tbeir evia.nre befors the ioves,ipatIng
committee, ssyIes i. Dowea, lanes II,
| ~ Aeirne and yohn n Ery all tpatify that the
Jobn Donoyan oontraet "a, given AMI with !
yie,y 10 rarrv tSc Eanrtb wa,5 fnr ms Rcnnb
iic.n nartv Nat one dollar has either FIy
| ORiern. Slee,on or Donoy.n aver given Ia
tbe Eoutth Warl Rennhiicsn CIub' and MT
Gieeson il the only man Of the four aver seer
iusido OF our mssfins and he only 10 maze
Us trouble by s~riting the rpwdy element Il
disturb our proceedings, resulting one evening
In the arrest Of himself aud half dozen OF hi
cut-throat followers. 1t Is also true tina
neither Mr.. Patrick Crowley, the hrst sctinl
commissioner OF the Fourth ward, nor hi
assistant, MArcellus West, evergave anything
! during the whole OF the late campaign In ale
/, OF said club.
Mr.. Gleason was asked by myself to con
5 tribute to carry on the campaign and posi-
lively refused, unless we would agree to throw
, | overheard MIR. Matthew q. Emery, VINO, w
y had agreed, though unsolicited by that gentle
! man, to support for the Board OF Aldermen
and nominate Instead Mt James NJ. Dalton
: who at that time represented the DEMOCRACY
n Of the Sixth ward In the Common Council
, This proposition we hstly declined TO enter
! tain, greatly to the ohsgrin and annoyance
the Hon. Sayles Bowen, Mayor, who
though claiming TO MT. Emery to be his irien'
, and supporter, was secretly At WORK 10 deiea
' him. The Mayor, with the aid oil O,Belrn
and Gleason, did their beat 70 force Mt. Dal
too, then Democrat OF the sixth ward, upo
the Repubilcans OF the Foufth ward ior the: