Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-23

reform RBrUBLroAN MEEriNo.-Last
night meeting Of the Independent Reform
Republican Association was held at Union
League Hall, with VIM. Dixon, esq, prosl.
dent, In the chair, and D. NJ, Mccoy secre-
tary.
The meeting was very largely attended,
every section Of The city being fully repre-
scented.
Mr.. D. NJ. Kelsey introduced the follow.
Ing
Whereas, the Cooperation oh1ei,li, healed
BY the Mayor, have made arrangements to
hold meeting At Lincoln Hal to .night, PRO.
lssseily to sympaihlIe with tue loyal people
eu,e to folst Sayles J. Bowen again upon the
public stage before his dnal exit in june md
whereas, these otieeholJers are as a body op.
posed TO the plau recently submitted to both
branches Of Congress, which gives the cleo.
i've franchise 70 the people Of the county
p9Ttlon q this Dllttieti therefore
Rsiolpsf, That their pretended uluriai1Iinn
tonight ts = cunning device 10 proclaim for
other portions Of the country ptioeIpIcs which
they deny and oppose at homo
be " tWthtr rtloIptd, That the mcctIHE to.
night 81 Lincoln Han ia deliberate sitcnnt
on the part OF the CITY Hall tlnE TO deceive
the colored people and a means OF Inducing
iheir votes for uuprlnoipled men.
Mr.. Kelsey spoke In advocacy Of the adop.
ton OF the resolution, saying that Mr.. Bow
Gu had been Invited some time since to act
as chairman Of the above meeting. lie
sympathlzcd with the object Of the Bowen
meeting at Lincoln Hall, (tho adoption Of
the fifteenth Rmendment,) but Mr. Bowen
forgot that there IL large class here who
arc disfranchised, aud would be until a
change OF government was had.
MIR. ?. II. Phllbrook then addressed the
meeting, hoping that systematic effort would
be made at once In favor OF a change Of city
government. lie felt assured that the meet
infr a Lincoln hall ~, Iuha
attempt to defraud the people 10 favor Of
Bowen.
Mr.. John II. Craue said the meet ng at
Lincoln Hall, no understood, was largely
composed Of anil-BOwen men. He was glad
TO see that Bowen was losing ground, but he
was sorry II was so rapid, as ho (the speaker)
wanted him re-uomlnatod, that he might
suffer a Waterloo defeat.
He worked hard to elect Bowen, and he
would put bis shoulder 10 the wheel, ahonld
he be ronomlnated, to "elect him TO stay at
home" He sympathlEed with the Southern
loyallsts, as all true Republicans must, but
the meeting at Lincoln Hall was fraud,
perpetrated In the Interest OF Bowen, who
had been selected by spontaneous out.
burst week or two ago, to preside over
It's deliberations.
Mr.. Bowen had prepared a closely written
2s page speech to deliver at the meeting, aud
be was sorry to be Informed that he Bowen
bad been confined to the Hye.nlnute rule,
thus deprlying the world from hearing bis
speech, unless some cutcrprsiug newspaper
Will publish Ii, as they did on the occasion
be waited on the Congressional committee
with long speech, which they refused to
hear. '..
The territorial question was then discussed
by Mr.. Crane.
Mr.. Geo. W. Hatton was next called on,
who made one Of his Characteristic speeches,
during the delivery Of which he was fire..
quently applauded, concluding with advo-
eating the territorial movement and dc.
nounelng Mayor Bowen aud Corporation
Attorney Cook In unmeasured terms.
Al the conclusion Of the remarks Of Mr..
II. the Chair announced the following OK.
ecutiye committees First ward, James Kelly;
Second ward, Lewis Clephane; Third ward,
II. d. Holbrook, Fourth ward, J. II. Crane;
FifLh ward, WIN. II. Wayne; Sixth ward,
T. D. Gaines; Seventh ward, J. W. Green.
Addresses were then delivered ia adyo-
cacy Of territorial government BY o. d.
Barrett, esq, General A. Grant, the latter
condemuing the Georgia meeting called by
Manager Bowen at Lincoln Hall, as II was
trap to lure the Republicans Of the Dis
trict In the Interest Of Bowen aud rebel sym.
pathizers In the South.