Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-03
the TRUE REPUBLICANS !
Enthusiastic Meeting OfFirst Ward
InVincibIes,
Another stirriug Speech from Mr..
T. A. Boswell.
FsTIh~r Exposure OF Bowers Had
Government.

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secretary was reading the minutes Of the last
meeting, And was received with enihusiastio
M. Thomas J. Harris nominated the follow.
log named gentlemen as delegates TO the cen
tral co M m ttee who were unanimously elected
Joh 1ob y po9s ,I RaS SnS VIM WHi T a. s. f'
Mr.. Henry Johnson said several prominent
In Congress had promised TO sus-
iAin their IlGht TO the ballot under The "
tempt ut intimidation was punished. lie
therefore offered the followinE3
.whetes. y e currently reported that threats
held out TO Individuals for the purrose ofcon-
trolling votes At the eomiug election, the same
being In direct violation Of the civil rights bill
which guarantees to all cltizeus the right to
express their opinion and vote according to
their Judgment therefore be II
Retolued, That we depreeAte any aud all At.
deprive Guy Individual OF their right 10 the
free exercise Of choosing whom they shall vote
for, and having had the assurance that the
REPRESENTATIVES OF the people, both In the
senate and House Of Representatives assem.
bled, will protect every citizen in the exercise
OF those right, and enforce the laws to their
Rs,oipsd, That the sum Of $50 dollars be
offered for the detection and prosecution OF
any and all persons who may be guilty Of
st@Gs sSx wSs 10 lie 20 SHS Of
his Just rights, and we call upon all good eitl.
Esns TO assist Us 10 enforcing the laws.
Mr.. Boswell was loudly called for and came
forward, lie said that for the past two months
he had heard q good deal said about an orgaul.
ration In the First ward known As the Irwin.
eible club, but he had never before attended
their mestinEs He had often attended meet.
inga 10 the First ward Of the former Republi.
ean club, and had seen some pretty lively
sooS ' fseifSS pTssaiilSS among the ms@SsrS Of
Nj. Boswell said he was there to speak only
q. -. WNaEN So aT.Na
party TO which he belonged, He was not there
To wage war upon any one, He wAa there to
tell them what he believed was right for every
man who belonged to the party to which they
and he belonged, and the principles which
they were bound to carry ont; IL 10 the course
Of his remarks some one felt disposed TO dlher
the right Of all to discuss those differences In
They were now on the eve Of a nomination
Of candidate for the mayoralty Of Washing
too, and for some time past political excite
ment had run very high. There was scarcely
a ward that had not kept up political
seemed TO be a difference OF some kind. What
WAS that ditfereneet lfthey would watch the
several wards they would see there was
difference OF opinion about the appointments;
there WAS difference OF opinion about the
way labor was distTlbutedi there was = differ.
enee Of opinion about the way the money was
| diaburaCd and many other things,
He went on to say that when the party was
| organized, II was organized on the principle
that to The party which stool Up sns Istsnasd
looked for dellveranoe, and the party 90 which
the nation depended should be sueeessful, to
that party belonged the benefits Of that VIC
ioTyi thai they were TO be rewarded when
they achieved success. But When the people
became dissatisfied with certain men and asked
a ehAnge-when they respectfully request to
this sfirct, IL was diaregaFded. These offices
dld not belong to any Individual to dispose Of
for his own ends, they belonged to the people,
who had = right to be heard oOncerninE them.
n had been charged that the reason OF his
onposition to the present executive was be.
cause his friends were not appointed TO Odice.
such an assertion was an AbIurdlty. He had
Iust been elected to once for two years, and
he wanted to see friends OF the party that he
could trust appointed. He would go back
talked Of resignInE. 1t was a critical time.
The councils they had elected had got little
dsmoTAliIed, and he had thought II better for
him 10 Femain than to leave II to councils
they could not depend upon to make seleo.
| iiOn for them, but that did not compel them At
this time to hold on to n man that was drag
III he believed the present executive could
unite the party they would nod him there advo-
ssR bs a asas sS ne aS h9s &
Il had gone far from him by his friends
heapIng abuse upon every one who did not
consent TO do as he bid. IL could not be done
by putting two or three hundred men on the
street to cover up their differences: The Re;
publican party while to great extent u had
been compelled to look TO the local govern.
ment for employmen was not a bread and
This policy OF putting on few meu Ia
ward Iust before a primsry meeting or before
the pFesident OF = ward club was TO be elected
would not rssSnSs ne % "a ss o. inc g,
the corporation to pay = few hundred men, hut
1t WAS much harder to pay with no money In
lie said he did not know but he had been \
little mIsTepresented In relation to some hugs
he had said in relation to the financial eondl-
Ii had asserted on Saturday nIght that the
| amount OF tax would not exceed $50 900, and
| he had written y letter stAtlhg that the taxes
would amount to $500, 900. He aatd II the tax
on charitable Institutions, which was never
| paid and could not be collected, was deducted
II would leave the actual amOunt collected
| near the figures stated. There was advertised
| for all taxes about t225,OOO. OF this there
/ could not be more than tI6O0O or 800 OOO that
are special, which would leave tl25 900 for
There had never been a tax sale that real
| Ized the amount for which the taxes were laid.
| He would repeat, that II they ever got F5 900
| out OF the tax sales they would do well.
| Another eTroneous idea prevailed that
| under the assessment Of 1869 the amount Of
| revenue would amount VI 800 900. The amount
prIuT 70 issO vas ~. 900 COO. That SsssssRsSt
| added $50, OOO,O 900, making now about H2, O00,-
| 900, upon this = tax Of si.to was levied. He
| then gave other figures to show that q larger
| amount OF Income had been claimed than was
! warranted by the facts.
MI. Boswell said the theory that the IMAM.
| oiAl condition Of the corporation was as u
| ought to be was wrong. tLaughter.l He had
| asserted on = previous occasion that there
were nfty thousand dollars In checks floating
around the city, but he had been assured that
the amount was nearer eighty thousand. He
did not wish to misstAte, and he would say
The bank account OF the corporation was
oyeTdrAwn over tl2lOOo. Then there were
these checks floating around, amounting TO
10000. The Metropolitan police had not
been paid for 4 long time. The lAborern had
not been paid for long time. The gas bill, a
| large Item, had not been paid for a long time
and there were other bills to be paid. II the
| dred men had been put to work on the streets,
| they could estimate how much It woald cost
to run the machine And yet there was no
He did not charge that there had been dol
lar Gpeut dishonesty, but much Of the work
had been done BY contractors And enemies Of
the party, and InlOeAlitiea that was Of no ar
tieulAr consequence to the public, The legH-
lAtIye body passed the laws, but II was for the
executive TO carry them cut or not u was s
done, and whether there was any money to
Hi these tagged tOO,Tsys, graded streets,
to $500, 900, and one thing was certain, you
could not get II out OF the taNesi and what are
you golHE on nest year; After ths 32th Of
collected taxes, how are you going to carry on
the work Of the next yeGIi Pay II with your
next years Iunui hpu now are you gong 10
carry on the government
when the Republicans got tho government
the Mayor had stated the floating debt was
about $500 600, but he had not found $500, 900 OF
ia at least that Amount OF bonds had not been
issued to this day, and II must be taken for
granted the debt did not exceed e50O O01. We
knew that under Mr.. WAllAeh there was not
AZ much work done a. under the present, but
had this been paid fort tOTiea OF mol nO,"l
He thought II better to DO less and pay for II
than to have the lAbOFing men selling their or
dsTs for 70 cents or lees on the dollar. tCrles
Of"ThApH ao"l Gould u be better TO continue
to levy tax aud have burden Of four or hye
hundred thousand dollATs fixed upon uGl There
was no necessity OF rewATding friends who re-
quired this,
He had spoken about contractors, not from
any personal feeling, but because II had been
asserted by eontIActoT In his ward that he
had n thousand dollars to buy = contract, and
he had since got the contract, although he Waa
not the lowest bidder. One thousand dollars
could not buy principles or this party for the
Democrats. IApplAuae.
Mr.. Boswell then proceeded TO examine the
proclamation issued by WIN, A. Cook 4 90,
which only required that q man should de.
clare that he was 10 favor OF the present adj
mtnistTAtion. No matter u he had beeh a
rebel, II meant that only those who would
support Mr.. Bowen could be allowed to vote.
He denounced Il as n fraud and = trick upon
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