Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-14
seventh Ward Republicaux.


a AeS' Candidate for The SIrue yorsstp Su2ges,,3-
TPositicn TO the Word .'Colored"-A1 Races to
os serged into Oge-Wto are the Friends OF t.-
Coiored Hen r--Tss "Ci!ise,ssr Moveb,e at We
arc the Friends If the Ldoorer >-CoRtracfs GER
sbs Days Work.
regular meeting of the Seventh Ward Re-
publican Club was mid at Island Hall last
evening. and very largely attended. Mr.. +. A
hos well presided, and Mr.. J. L. N. Bowen filled
the posiIIon OF secretary. The Chair stated
that the registration would be resumed in that
ward on Monday next Al 40 O'Clock.
Mr.. Augustus Watson addressed tae m .eting.
earnestly adyoeating the claim OF Mr.. J. ii.
Halves zone OF the editors and proprietors of
the Great Republic newsplper) to the Republic
can nomination for the Survey orship of he city,
Mr. Alien CONN, OF s. O., followed. deliver
ing an address Of some length, In which be
urged the importance OF the Republicans car.
rylng the election by an increased majority, as
nW0uIo nave It's eneet on the people of the
country. Inc word "whIten had been struck
out OF The laws. but there was yet danger if the
word colored is allowed to be used in desiyna.
ung one class OF citizens, that the prejudice
heretofore existing will remain. He was op-
posed TO the word "colored," and did not want
TO hear OF colored schools, but schools for the
people. He had no fears as to what would De
the result OF the election. He was originally
an anti-slavery man. aud was to-day an anal.
gamaticnist. He believed that il was destined
mat all natlonalties should be of one blood
ana thaI IN the future the German. Irish, aud
otner races would De absorbed IN one common
race.
MIR. y. II. Chase, Con ncilman OF the ,cond
war, followed NJ Coffin speaking Of the
progress OF tue Republican party, which would
take and occupy more advanced ground is
tine passes. lie urged that larger majority
De gwen Tor the ticket han before, aud referred
10 ne mrs. vic Ory over the ''E smocTafs," toe
second over the Con ervauvCs.' and tn third
VIII be over TIE sam party under the name OF
Citizens If they fI,led 10 give an inereas u
MAJORITY. Republicans all over the country
would NJ disheartened. He asked, where was
the eolored man ten years ago! VINO held him
In slavery Wbe gave him object They could
not support thor old masters. Ali the biz -
ings they en- loyed Were obtained through the
Republican party. and Were besrudged by tas
DE nocrats. "Permanent taxable citizens"
were spoken OF by these parties. VINO are the
perm anent taxable citizens Not they who
own their hundreds OF thousands of dollars
worth OF properly. but The laborers and work.
ing men, who had brought this wealth into
existence. Tney say that there are 2,Wm COL
ored men working for the Conservatives, and
II they do not vote their CONSERVATIVE prin-
Cipies, they would be discharged: but they
should not be scared by this threat, for they
would not carry it ont. He spoke OF
Anew colOfed men, who, regardless of prin-
ciple, were in this So called "cltizens' ticket
mo yement, as men who could not be relied ON:
for men who cheat their party will be apt to
cheat others, and rs not improbable that they
have got money from the Democrats He
asked what had tneIr representatives done in
the Council, and referred to the bill provi-
ding that no distinction on account of color
should be made in places Of amusemeu Mt,
against which every Democrat votsd except
Mr.. Dalton, who said that il was not worth
while TO vote against manifest destiny. The
permanent taxable citizens" refused TO give
them the results Of their labor, but the =.
publicsns had done SO by passing tne bill that
srs SI DC shall be done by days work,
tractors worked men ten hours at 81 to II 81
per day. The Superintsnd OF Sewers had
reported that sewer constructed by days
work had been done better and cheaper than
II could by contract, and the Surveyor that
a street in the First Ward had been graded
end eraveled under the Commissioner (who
Is said to he the most extravagant Commits.
sioner OF any, cheaper and better than q con.
trrctor would have done il. From these facts,
1t would appear that the profits OF contract
work 60 to contractors, and by this law the
laborers would get a share in the profits by
increased wages and reduced time.
Mr.. l.. q. Hine followtd in a brief speech on
the 1ncreaA ed privileges given the colored race
BY the Republicans, each having the privilege
every raj in a fence does of getting on top il
he can get there, and the right to do as he
pleases SO long as he does not violate law
Being one OF the represen tatives Of the ward
in the Common Council he did not consider IL
proper that he should speak of his course
mat OF his colleagues.
Mr.. q. II. Brooks spoke OF the citizens
ticket, saying that many advocating that ticket
were those who had opprc led them in times
past, and gave some amusing incidents of the
manner in which the colored people were
treated. The RI publican party had been used,
through the providence of God, to deliver their
ioccs ouu IL thcy Suo~eu lHRTdtltuOo 10 tue
party they would show ingratitude to God.
He believed that the carpet.b .ggers were not
bad people. The first carpet Dagger he ever
heard OF was Adams son. and Christ, too, was
a carpet Dagger, Tor he went about doing good.
In conclus on, ne remarked if anal L. amaIion
did not become general socially it would be-
come general as 10 offices, and predicted big
tbirgs for the Seventh Ward.
MIR. j. L. N. Bowen said that he had no OBJ
lection TO Democrats whe are destined for all
lime TO ba hewers of wood and drawers OF
water, going about on their bellies like Gain
He spoke Of the times when Goddard, Stoddard
ard Mitchell were the policemen on the Island,
and spatched up the nIggers for being out after
hoars, saying that often times forged passes
Wee of benefit to them. Major Dougherty,
Perry, Rider and Colonel Abe Dyson fol lowed
the last named making quite LEI II thy ad.
dress.speaking Of the .'bond fdeiSns" now preva.
lentas also the other isms which went to maker 1t
up. He referred to the large number of converts
made Gently, since ssMoses" went to Tennes-
see. He noticed that old Uriah Mitchell and
"ihe Balm 2f Gilead' even was present WHAT
converts But he would take them in on pro.
batloQs lie didn't know where the .sDemy's"
we've, having seen 1913 registered here OF whom
1,1OO were colored men.
Mr.. A. +. Newton Corporation bOok.keeper)
said that considerable had been said IN the So
the pre- ent administration, ard TO refute these
charges he had examin ned the books. The
floating debt of the Corportion TO July lst last
WIS estimated at from S500,0U0 to $4,000
amount paid in bonds to May 18th, $3.50, 900:
amount of last years indebtedness paid IN cash
(sstimatedl. S20O,0OO. He had prepared the
following statement, howing the amounts ex-
pended during the past three years: