Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-24


Hickman, John @. Stephenson, Geo. Mon
roe, VIM. II. West, George F. Needham,
Patrick Qulrk and John Murphy were ap-
pointed an executive committee.
Mr.. John II. Crossman offered the follow
Ing series Of resolutions
RsiOIpsd, That adherence to men at the ex.
penae Of ptineiple, OF the defence o. abuses
the RsppSlioaR vote, is betrayal p the party,
and that we recognize As kepuolioans only
'hSss Es1 are Fps T. hmirI
man from the Fourth ward, the Republican
| party has found representative who, VIII lie
experienced a wise discFimi5ation in de6ninE
| by his official action tho true Limitation OF
| pArtisanship.
| Of Alderman Moore to sustain the laws, OK:
| pose Irregularities and oorruptions, and
! shame the party servility which has too often
charaoteriEsd the proceedings OF our city
Rssoipsd, That the supporters OF our present
municipal naturalization show their hypoe.
| raoy In Attempting TO keep alive the bitterness
aud enmity sngendered by the conflict over
past issues, while they do not and dare not
an iSSSe n the coming municipal election,
! giving to oolored men In this District any
rights which they do not already enjoy equally
re- Rfso'psd That those who thus seek to keep
| alive the enmlty OF races to accomplish their
purposes, are the worst enemies o. eoiotsa
I
| best interests Of our city,
RrIoipsd, That we hold that the time has
settled, and the party cries to which they gave
! rise should pass away forever and give place
to an era Of good feeling and harmony among
al classes. to promote the common Interest oil
ResOlvei, That in ,he. prompt action Of the
United states House Of Representatives by its
| Nraignment OF the Hon. d. 7. whittemore. OF
| South Carolina, on n charge Of engaging In
the sale Of military and naval eadetshtps At
his disposal, wo witness 3 striking contrast 20
| the action OF our Oity Councils, who, when
their attention was called to conduct far more
| reprehenslbls on the part Of Mr.. William A.
SSIySd rom M NJ. John MoUsiiSSG the S sum Of
5000 for .perSuading the Mayor TO approve and
pay just bill, passed over the matter In
silence, refusing to take any action whatever
in regard 10 Il, and BY a vote OF nine to 1--WE, In
the upper Board, and fifteen to four in the
lower Board, declared that the Mayor, who
and illegal transactions, had 'tdono nothing to
weaken their confidence in his Intelligence or
honesty"
Mr.. Crane said that no supposed 1t would
be proper for him to make few remarks In
regard TO the present condition of the Re-
publican party In this city. There were d.
visions existing In the ranks In four of the
wards Of this city. Let US go back q few
months and see If we cannot discover the
cause of this difficulty. It originated In this
ward, and as he looked around he saw men
who were mainly instrumental In procuring
tho nomination and election Of Mr.. Bowen.
men who had given their time, talent, and
money to that object. As to the division IL
had commenced about six months ago.
Last Nay he had called at the Mayors
office to consult with him about the ward
ticket, and during the conversation he men
toned the name Of Matthew G. Emery as
being the most suitable man who could be
nominated for Alderman. To this the Mayor
! "a CFnnR \
, company with delegation, called on Mr..
, Emery and rendered him the nomination,
! which was at once firmly declined. They
returned to the Mayors office, reported the
4 result of the interview 10 Mr.. Bowen, and
Z ut their request, he went at once apd per
= shaded Mr.. Emery to accept the nomination
by representing to him that he was the bes
, man they could name.
Previous to this Mr.. Emery he'd subscribed
800 for campaign purposes-twlCc as much
as Mr.. Bowen had subscribed. The noml
nation was made, and things were goinE on
smoothly, when one day Mr.. Bowen sent
for him and told him that he had been think.
ing over the Fourth ward matter, and that
he felt certain that Mr.. Emery could not
certainly could, and named James NJ. Dali
ton, who was then representing the Demo
Gratis from another ward In the lower Board.
At this he expressed great surprise, but Mr..
Bowen said 1t must be done; 1t was their
duty to the party, and men must stand aside,
A few evenings afterwards, by invitation
l he visited Mr.. Bowen's house, and found
. there two Republicans besides himself
r major Morse and John II. Crossman,) ant
I the following Democrats Col. 0'Belrne, ]
a NJ. Dalton, Andy Glecson and Mr.. Kirby
o The subject OF the nomination Of Mr.. DaltoI
4 was at once preached, and he and the othG
n Republicans positively declined to listen t
/. the proposition or to have anything to d.
A with 1t, and started to go. They were fol
A lowed to the door by Mr.. Bowen and impOr
tuned to agree, but would not. All know th
n result of tho election, but all do not know
= that on the day OF election q committee o
q Democrats waited on Mr.. Bowen, and h
q pledged them that Crane would not /. re
;. nominated commissioner Of the Fourth ward
4 and he kept his word; for, although he wa
E continued in office, 1t was only until Mr.
4, Bowen got a chance to remove him.
1t has been said by Cook and others tina
A Crossman and Crane found no fault witt
a the party until they were removed from
Ir office. He would like to know why the
n were removed II this was the case they hat
Ia found fault, aud for that reason they wer
d removed. A fraud had come to notice, ant
he was obliged, In exposing 1t, to expos
IA Mr.. Bowen and his tricks or sacrifice hi
h honor and integrity, and that he would do
/ He had prepared charges against the Mayor
i and, Notwithstanding he had been white
l.. washed by both boards OF councils, there
was yet another chapter which would soon
q be opened to the public, and he was sure not
4 even the whltewash of the councils could
avail to screen him from that.
, He had been obliged to sue for his salary,
and to show that Mr.. Bowen did not always
tell the truth he would say that when he
presented his sworn account 1t showed thai
he had sold 500 worth OF manure, whlct
was worth more than his predecessor hat
sold during the three years OF his admins
tration. In his sworn reply Mr.. Bower
charges that he had sold $500 worth, ant
further, that $500 worth of 1t had gone Il
the farm of Mr.. Crossman, while the fact 1
! Mr.. Crossman's farm had only yielded hin
5000 during the year. Now, let all the othe
commissioners show their reports, and i
they make truthful ones he was sure the,
+ would not amount to as much as his.
The speaker then paid his respects to Mr.
0 b. D. Peck, topographer OF the board, AM
} president OF the secsders club, and concludes
G by declaring that the opposition might g
a on as much as they liked, but they must re
r member that they were opposing men VIII
5 were used to that sort Of business, men wht
r had been abolltlonists for the last quarter
d Of a century, and were not to be frightened
o by tribes.
!. George W. Hutton was called on, and
: said that he was sorry there were two clubs
Q In the ward, but he intended to stick to the
originals. He was opposed to Mr.. Bowen
| and would carry his opposition to him az
/ far as possible, but he would still be true to
the party.
Ever since he had heard the name oil
Bowen lie had been looking for good man
OF that name, but as yet had failed to find
him. When the name Of SRyles j. Bowen
was brought before the nominating conyen
ton he had the temerity to oppose II, Rnt
for that another Bowen, black as the ace o.
spades, had threatened to kick him dowr
stairs, but he did not do 1t. There wa
another Bowen In the Fourth ward Of tn
same stamp. Take all the men Of tina
. name in the city, tie them together, AM
{ then lash Sayles J. at the head OF them, ant
= there was not the making of one man In al
!. of them together.
; He thanked God he had gone to Gettys
e burg thanked God he had made Bowen ant
D his clique respect him while there, ant
' thanked God the fifteenth amendment hat