Evening star., 1870-03-10


This Club held meeting last evening, at the
City Hall; the President, Mr.. j. H, Crane, in
the chair, and VIM. F. Hall, Secretary.
Mr. Morris Peachin offered the following
Whereas, the Central Republican Association of
the pistrict Of Columbia ceased exis throurb
nss for 20 one year on i6e 18th Of
and whereas the said Cook has called no meeting of
c seeb was s
.ociaton 70 die by limitation; and whereas, The sId
ae rscrest To- the sars proved s
Rerublican% % party; and where's, an orsanza i,n
tiop has recently been formei' Of Which ms Ms'Sa %
Dixon is President, and Benjamin NJ Mccoy, Secre-
ciy p"lii and ,he eiecf}en OF mem af haon. St our
capacity, and which nunbe among its list of mem
bers,iany OF our Oldest and best Republicans; there
Rsso,red. That We recognize the said Independent
Republican Association in this city, and hereby
pledge ourselves TO cooperate with it, and act as
Of true RepubHcan prneipies and ths esesiSn ~
men Of intelleen nee, honesty, and capacity to office
hear1v he b mi election that We
'iding a governm Mt for the District of Columbia,
he % 1Rs q soGn Ss & that
and Mr.: Wm. A. Cook, Corporation Attorney, in
the District OF Cesmbs that not one man who has a.
been known in this city as Radical Republican is
IN is.or OF the proposed change OF government,
IT'S the seyerest censure, and stamps those gentlemen
as lacking in tIuih and verGcity as we'll as common
eoutesy towards those old and tried friends of the
Republican party in whose presence these state
ments were made; and who were ihers to urge the
made by Mr. Wm ne state
on that occasion nine -tenths of the Republican
having been rcpadiated by the Better psrt of ,he he
iSa 10 ss e@ry from The d. day i known
the pay ment of ajust bill.
Mr.. Il. Robinson thought the last clause was
objectionable, on the ground that the subject
was "played out"
h.xr A..
Martin should be rebukcd, rs he had been here
but a short while, and knew nothing OF the in
terests of the cOlored people of the District.
Mr.. Peachin said the acknowledgement of Mr..
Cook was his own condemnation. He then COM
pared MIR. Cook to Mr.. WhittemOre, OF the
House OF Representatives, both of whom claimed
that they used the money for political purposes;
as Congress did with Whittemore. 1t was well
to keep the fact before the people, as facts be-
came better known by reteraton. Referring
then to the approaching election. he counseled
his hearers to select Iaen OF principle as the
nominees.
MIR: Robinson advised that Mr. Cook be read
out of the PARTY.
speak in his own way and time.
Alderman Champion, OF the Sixth Ward, con-
graduated the meeting on their harmony, anL
predicted many changes before and at the next
election, which would prove beneficial to the
people and the city.
DIR. "A. w. Tucker was not personally opposed
" piSscut cAcCUuNt OI CITY, but even
the blind could see that the coming election
wOnld change things all around. He then cx-
planned at length the question of capital against
labor. arguing that laboring men were the tax
payers really, and not the rich men who owned
houses built by labor.
Mr.. j. II. CrOssman, after a few remarks as to
capital and labor, said the question of color was
settled by the passage Of the fifteenth amend
ment. He said Corporation Attorney Cooks
policy was to see that he was elected himself
and then let the colOred men be jurors, messen-
gers, and oil subordinate positions generally
But the time was coming when the poor men
wonid show that they could not be bought; and
MIR. Bowen would find out that the business OF
buying men, to which he had been accustomed
must cease. He then explained how society
would fix its own level, and Il was the duty of
colored men by their actions to show that social
equality WAS a practicable theory. lie then ad-
verted to the fact that the cOlored labOrers were
almost slaves TO the Ward Commissioners, as
they were always dischar sed if they do not at
tend the Bowen meetings regularly.
Mr.. j. II. Crane said Mr.. Cook had the eve
ming before called u meeting of the Central
Committee, and had not notified him and some
others, simply because he (Crane) would in
quire what disposition had been made Of the
large sum Of money belonging to the conn littce
fund. Mr.. Cook couldn't explain it, and he dd
not want to be asked about it.
The resolutions were then adopted, and the
meeting adjourned.