Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-20

1t illustrates the reckless unscrupulousness Of
partisan warfare that the Bowen crowd who one
year ago held Matthew G. Emery to be q sound
Republican, an excellent citizen, aud a man
every way fitted for Official position, should have
suddenly discovered that he is rotten politically
has no capacity whatever for public business.
and Is only fit for the shades OF private life.
One day they berate him as a dyed-in-the- wool
Democrat, and the next with notable incon-
sistency they assure everybody that he is n
terrible KnOw-Nothing. arSi that the main bust
Of his life is to 90 about with dark-lantern
At the head OF a gang OF Baltimore "Pluss. >,
cunning after Democrats, Catholics, and israel.
itesi Such senseless abuse as this Is sure IN
over-shoot the mark; and we happen to know
that In the case Of Mr.. Emery, it has caused
numbers OF our Catholic citizens, and
citizens Of foreign birth, who DO not al
ways take part In our municipal elections
TO 60 to him and say that the manner In which
he Is being maligned, solely because he has
been put forward as q Reform candidate in on
Iosiuon 10 Mr.. Bowen, has caused them to de-
termlne 70 register and to vote for him without
Ial- we could mention a prominent business
hrm In this city, the members of which are all
catholics, and all of foreign descent, who have
thrown all the weight of their extensive int,u-
enee into the canvass in behalf OF Mr.. Emery.
solely on account Of the idiotic lies put forward
% tne City Hall ring, charging him with Know
Nothingism. We could mention a respected
catholic priest OF this city, who follows the even
tenor OF useful life, never dabblng in politics
but who indignant at these falsehoods against
one he has known and esteemed for years, wait
ed On Mr. Emery to assure him of his support.
In another instance citizen of prominence. in
religion Catholic, and who would grace any
ofnclal position, was invited to accept a Demo
cratic nomination for the mayorslty. but
promptly declined, saying that if he had hum
dred votes they would be given for Matthew g.
Emery, believing him to be-regardless of his
Republican politics, to which he was opposed
the man best fitted to rescue the city from its
deplorable financial condition. The fact that
several Irish Republican clubs of large mem
bership have run up the Emery flag. and
the enthusiastic reception given Mr.. Emery
by the Sehuetzen Verein the other day.
shows what our citizens of those national
tiles think of these ISLANDERS. The truth Is
that Mr. Emery is too well known and too highly
appreciated in this community for detraction of
this kind to have the slightest hold upon him.
and il simply serves TO rally to his support the
friends and neighbors who know him thoroughly,
and trust him entirely. They know him as a fair
minded, honorable, nd-hearted man who will
aim TO DO right and serve his fellow-citizens to
the best Of his ability without question as to
religion or nativity. 1t is quite idle to tell these
friends and neighbors, land this list embraces
nearly the entire community who have grown
up with him and know every act of his honora-
bic UnassGmiDg career, that he will, on reaching
tie Mayors chair, be suddenly converted into a
larsb, rarTOw-minded, intolerant bigot. They
don't believe il.