Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-04-30
Seventh Ward Repub,fcau Club.

craft Lose for TIC Co0r>d Race TAey AIce
NisP: Togstker al us r,.>- The CaHus Qsss-
fioS-N.Ssech Of R>gister BOsscsH--Ik> Corpora
los Ftadn IS, &c.
Last evening meeting OF the Seventh Ward
Republican Club was held az Island Hall for
The purpose Of eieciing officers, and there was
= large attendance. The president, Mr.. L. A
Boswell called, tie meeting to order, and
stated the OBJECT of the meeting. and :he club
proceeded TO elect officers by rising votes with
the following result: +. A. Boswell presi.
dent (r--elected);H o. johnson, vice president;
james L. N. Brown, secretary iire-electsd);
Sampson Meter.
Rev. A. Bowen spoke OF the Citizen Ticket
dodgs, which be said was an invention OF the
enemy, and asked why the Democrats had
such love for the colored race now that thew
A voice-.'They have been doing that ain IN.
Time He urged that tney beware of the bona
fdc CITIZEN dodge As II was only q tr1ck 10 catch
them and If they voted that ticket now would
vote themselves INTO slavery as certain as they
would have been sent back to Dixie, il Sey-
mour and Blair had been elected. Speaking
OF the war of races, he said that President
Grant having appointed mulattoes. G ia srooss
anu black men, had anninila;ed the idea tn At
tneIe would ne war OF races. In conclusion,
he spChs OF the power of prayer, ana urged
tnaI thry make the sue ess OF their ticket a
SGbIeCt OK prayer. ana gave notice that n
Would call prayer meeting Tor this pucpos'
iIr Wednesday night a. -. Paul Chapel he
offered resolution urgIng the Repnoiictns -
was aiaps-d-
JiT. Augustus Watson said that two years
ago himself and others commenced 2-ita1uE
tae canal question IN TIE Republic Ii clubs
Of the civ rIaugntsr.l 3cvocsti UE CLEANING II
IhOTJu -bIy tor sanitary purposes aud navi-
"a i0r. briirN .3S that ~ was imp-rTivrly NJ.
4 sSaTy and important IN connection WIN the
webbing o; t0e eOlored race ana the per.
maueYt success of rhe party. They SAW thai
lBlsS his work was CCr7 r,-eu Sed tGsre would
b., great suffering, ana thrir predi, tons were
So Nm 4T.lU had
elsewhere Tor employment. Previous 10 thS
nominations last year tn- question vSs agi-
tatsc, but N" warning was Uuhefdrd, ana
men elected opposed 70 the propO> d II, grove
meE-s The friends OF the measure continued
To advocate II without success, aud last WIN
ier ihe suffering Tor want of work
great nat Congress was com peil-d II donate
- ,cog 70 keep men from Starving. WHO were
able and anxious % work and THIS SUN would
have completed more than one-foartn oi thu
WCrk. IL was true thar the Aldermen passed
q bill appropriating S2.,U0O TO cpmmenc- tue
WORK. but II failed In The lower board. He
repeated tnat there was but one pr2o,icai
mode OF improving the canal. and that was
TO clean II thoroughly for navigation and sew
erage purposes AMI the delay was bnt weak
device OF The enemy and the schemIng of in
teres' Ell parties who. having failed 10 obtain
the market square worth a million Of doll
lars. a. n gift, are now working TO obtain the
canal, worth a million more ON thu me lib
eTai terms. They declare that Washington
Is too poor 10 improve IL, and that
the city does not own n. and Vet they
are trying 10 obtain what the city does
not owB as n glfI from the city. II Is for the
citizens OF Washington and also for the Eepub-
lean party 10 now determine whether they
Will nominate and elect men to the Cou neils
who are known TO be in favor Of cleaning out
the canal for Navigation. the work to 6a done
by the city. and the canal TO remain the prop
eTty of the city: OF, TO elect men who viii pre-
vent the work one or two years longer, and
perhaps 10 eestow this valuable property on a
company. tt Is also Tor our laboring popula-
ton 10 Low determine If they will agar a. oni.
nate ana elect men who will again refuse them
work Tor another year or two, and especially
during the next winter. when labor is so dir
ficult TO obtain, and when the suffering is so
sure 10 come. He also read a letter from the
President OF the Cumberland Valley Rai;road.
stating that II Is the purpose OF the CUmbar-
land Valley Railroad Company TO extend their
road from Hagerstown 10 the Chesapeake and
Ohio Cara, az or near Williamsport, "a dis
lance OF only SIX miles;l that the road viii De
made and completed during the present sum.
mer, when they expect 10 be enabled 10 carry
anthracite coal and forward IL to Washington
citv far cheaper than the citizens now get II
Mr.. Boswell addressed the meeting Nice.
Prrsident johnson in the chair) on Corporation
artlrs. stating that in IS6. The Republicans
elected 4 majority in the lower Board, hut
every bill which would tend 10 streng hen the
party was defeated in the upper Boaro. and
that Board inserted q pToviso giving the Mayor
the power 10 withhold the money due the col.
ored schools II be saw nit, and in con SEQ uence
the night was transferred 10 the Registers
ONCE. Al this point tue Irish Rspu can As.
sOciduOn entered the hall and was loudly
chseTet.l II should be reccolected that the
Republicans did not control the Aldermen un-
III q lew months since, In consequence Of one
or two hayI ing proved recreant. He asked
were the citizens Of Washington go,rg TO
charge the nsrty with the faults Of one or two,
b. would ssy 10 the Democratic party ina,
when the Republicans went into ofiee. they
had 10 shoU lder about S5O0,UCp Indebtedness LETT
by the Democrats, and had TO go 70 Congress TO
get authority TO issue bonds 10 nay this debt
they charge that the Corporation bonds ar,
worth but eighty cents on The dollar. and H.
would ask who had made u so, He was will
ing that the books of the Corporation should
bt examined. Before the bond act CONT
o. enforced they Were Obliged 20 nav
abonS cluL,tSU on &C count OF OLD deh.s The
H. publican party Intended 70 pay OFF the in
cebLedness Of The city. He urged the import
anee OF the coming election and spoke Of the
eolored race now having the right 10 Il in the
jury box Referring 10 Andrew Joluson he
said he was politically dead ans since he had
returned TO Tennessee had said that h. was for
Tour years IN slavery. A voice. "Wny didn't
De resign He alluded to the citizens ticket
moyemeEt and charged that most Of those en-.
gas-o IN IL Were for gam He. in concl Qsiop,
urged IhaI good men be put M for office and
SAID -hat the Seventh Ward would poll moe
white Republican votes this year tnan ever
before.
Nh p II. Donegan, President of me Irish
republican Association, was called aud az
dressed The meeting, saying that they IN tended
carrying TIE Fourth Ward this June and could
give the Seventh Ward assistance il wanted
Applause Major Morse made a fes rrlaarks.
and tie meeting adjourned.