Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-05

Mr.; Gatehell then read the list OF Bowen
men from tns regular bowen ticket and said
q the meeting: The crowd shouted sye, and
followed It M BY cheers and Yeils, 60 that no
us Flss tSI ne noes was ,s heard u made
were then declared elected A. per the Bowen
Ticket and At Eve minutes past two tho whole
work was done, Mt. Bowers orders not TO
: trust the ooiofed men with the ballot had
been oafried out
AZ soeh as the intenilon Of the corporation
men was shown Colonel Holden, the president
o. the club, proceeded 10 make.the Necessary
athngementH for an honest election.
q, Nswyndges In the place Of those who refused
" ser!e were selected, and the bAllotboN
opsned a. the south cod Of the hall, the voters
Manked In two llnea, coming IN at the out.
s ,ae and passing thelr ballots 10 At the win.
While this was going on quietly a, one end
o. the hall the leaders on the other side were
Emstys pRRh ,ssA ns cooperation men, dsnogneipg
them - OopPerheada And traitors
Atklnsol led on IN = long tirsde Of abuse,
There was q strosE desire on he mart Of the
eo,tpofss, Ion men 70 20 IN and vote At the bal
,ot, but Sounellman Mcknight, Dallnger, fore.
By TO watch that they dld no, vote tbs Rish.
ard'e Ticket at all. At about $50 the mob
inside voted to adjourn the meeting and nearly
we're requested 10 retire, aud the Judges and
| ohallengers were left in oharEe OF the hall, The
police Keeping out intfuders
while the crowd was being hataneued,
James Liverpool obtained permission 10
make = personal explanation. He said that
under the superstition that there was an clee.
| tion TO be held his name had been used As one
otthe Judges OF election, and for thus pTopos.
Ing 70 ,etyeaa judge at a Republican primary
| eleetlon he had been denounced as q Democrat
| and ooppeIhead. He then went on 10 speak
| o. the candidates, and compared the three
Without abusing either but declared himself
IN favor OF Bowen after careful examination
| olthe character Of each.
The crowd gradually thinped Oh, nrst scat
tering into groups, who're good deal OF talk
was INDUCED in, but a generally quiet and
peaeeable demeanor was maintained.
Anti-Bowen men continued to come up TO
Az about half past dVe Colonel Perry uarson
hack, and a crowd Immediately gathered
nstursd badiaSgs. Perry jumpsi out Of he
hack and putting his hand In his pocket,
offered to bet hundred dollars that SsyleS J.
Bowen would be the next Mayor.
He had evidently been sent BY his master or |
WIN. A. Cook TO DO q little bluiIing, supposing |
that ln a crowd Of eolored laboIihE men \ bet
OF that sllo could not be taken, but they were |
mistaken, q eoloted man uamed WIN. Newton |
announced his readiness 10 "see him" but Per. |
ssrr hSSss, better alter Of Hsd is%Psd io9 b..
Newton who nourished his money 10 his hand |
and Insisted Perry should put up or shut up" |
the money, but as soon as Newton was gu, he |
closed the door and drove OF followed by the |
derisive shouts ofthe crowd.
corner Of o street and New Jersey avenue,
after depoaiting his ballot, started Tor home
but was followed by three men, named George
was passing along PennbylVAniE avenue, be-
tween Fret and Second streets, fell upon him
snd hnoeked him down, spll,tiag his car; His
son, Richardson and Offutt and taken 10 the
station. house, where Justice schmidt had
gone 70 receive them, and who at once dis.
The polls closed precisely at 7 O'Clock, and
After the ballots had been counted the vote
va, snnouneed; Tor the Richards ticket IN,
The announcement was received with hearty
cheers BY those who had remained to hear the
This yotei BY no means Indicative Of the
strength OF either party In the ward The
corporation men having Acknowledged their
olined that test, while many Richards men
were met aud told by the Bowenites that ID
was AZ over, and that the candidates had been
elected By reclamation, and therefore did not
70 10 the pollti while others, satisfied there
was not the slightest Intention to have evso
Disgust after coming on the Fro1nd,
Mr.. John II, Arrlson, = prominent RspubII
can Of the ward, went 70 the polls At about .
o'clock and east his bal lot for the Bowen can
didAtes, suppnslng an election was going on a.
called for BY the Central Committee, and was
quite surprised to nod his party had gone
through the farce As above recorded.
Mr.. Arriaon expressed his Indignation at the
course pursued, and declared his determInA.
ton 70 y9 ts sgslnsi any man who would resort
nation, Others who cams and saw the wav
things had been managed expressed then,
Mt. samuel Strong, who has been Offering
to bet upon Bowers election, was pFesenf |
and denolneed the movement As a fraud, and
break up the party.
The two Tickets are As follows,
Richards deiegAtes-ssml Williams, walter
John ID. Shields, WIN. II. Brown, H., w. -
Dupee, Edward Gray, VIM. II. Newton, WIN,
X, MaTymAn, James II. QuIgley, James N
Hilton, Delegates to the central committee
J.. p. Cunning Edward Smith, wm. n. Mar
shall, George j. Beard, Samuel Strong.
Bowen dsleg4tes-Andrew b. TinneY, WIN.
Wiikinaon, las Reed, n; J. Nicholson, ]. W.
Mcknight W. q. Marshall, James liverpool
James II. searles, w. II. brown, ar, Beplamin
N, Needs, L. s. Atkinson, J. A. Giles, Joseph
Flynn, VIM. TihdAll, Michael Crafty. Defc-
Needs, Sidney ". HsSSeT, jas, H. Sss %Ia "
II: Brown, sr., w, Wilkinson.
The eonduet Of Dol. Holden, the president
Quietly and calmly he watched the NOV smsnt.
and as soon as he saw that there was not he
slightest show for fair play, he proceeded At
ballot, as iftheIe was not the llEhtsst exeite-
ment surrounding him. There was no blum.
der, no loud talk, or any boistsrous deponSirA.
do his duty and act fairly, let the eonsequenees
be what they may. /
Sixth Ward.
After the regular club meetiaE on Tuesdav
night, the tl;Bowen men proceeded 10 Ia. /
Virginia avenue, and q meeting was hell. win /
Mr., u. NJ. barton In the chair. A FesoIuIion
was adopted appointing COMMITTEES OF nfteen
yIrsiaIS Svsn9e and Eighth siTss Sof n ~
morning and raise a nag and huTEee PREPARED
or The oesS,i9n. Accordingly, At O'Clock !
1t the pole and q beautiful United nag waS
.un up quickly, followed BY a magnificent
md Eso Sa ne haiSa,S GsS Antl,Bowen
He'd AeToss the street to the upper moor Of a 4
cadence there, and the work was completed. d
hey were; Of course, surprised at this coup .
nsSo th.. me pois would Ss cut down. s but r ihs
II had been arranged At the club mseiipr on r
tuesday night that the president n Ire s,nh Il
NJ. Ohsrle. OhanPion, should deiiE sste The
lace of voting at the primary election, aud %
lao Appoint the tellefs. But this aTranSe,
nent did not suit the CITY Hall ring, and a. n
niSehiei William A. Cook, WAS notined, sSI y
hurried meeting Of the Bowen members on q
he Republican central committee was held,
Meeting the Sixth ward men were notiasd /
hat the arrangement would not answer q
proenbly beoAu.e there wa. no chance for 6
must hold mass meeting at 2 o'clock At the Il
fiee Of the ward commissioner, Ahd then and O.
mere proceed TO vote Tor their ChnddAtea | n
Champion, OF the ward club, how n
yer, Determined that tho ATrAngemen OK made D
hould not BE- lnteIfored with, and accordingly
I ? O'Clock the polls were opened at the corner n
u PennsylvAntA avenue and Eighth Street | q
the place decided on at the meeting Tuesday .
The ioiiowipg were appointed ~ tsIIeri v
Henry sprISnAa, Frank Myers, Robt. HsmiL
on and Jno. SlmonG, Two OF the ludEe1 q
we're white and two eolored. The voting tken 81
proceeded, all the Tickets depbaited beinE | II
'Iinted, headed "Anti-ljoWsn.D w
The following were the names Of the dele. Of
IAtel clarence NJ. barton, WIN. l.. CoWGn. d
rank ID; Gaines, Gary W. White, Martia "
dooLe, Mm Y, Nermllllonl Frank Myers,
lhArlen MoaowAn, Walter Middleton, 1ohn p
J. Morgan, Jos. Davis, Geo. Lawson, L d. IN
iughes, Thomas Perry, 3. S. Riley,
the noWKNlTRs.
Early In tbs day body Of about 10 eolored u
zen marched from Howard bulldogs TO The
NEE OF the eommieRiOner Of the ward on / | n
treet, between Seventh aud Eighth streets.
leTe had assembled about 100 eotoTed mon, ali Al
whom were said to be lAboTerS 10 the en-. I'll
10y OF the corporation.
They had syidently just come from their OF
ToTk. having with them their pieLa and oC