Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-28

W. A. Cooke will sit as a Judge of the cre-
dentiais of delegates, and those who are
inimical to Bowen will be thrust out.
He forgets that w. A. Cook, s. J. Bowen Mr..
Mott and some others will descend to trickery,
and bring In their roughs to pack the meeting;
and he also forgets that # W. A. Cook cannot
nominate Bowen at the first meeting he would
defer ii to such time as he can. Mr.. Kelsey
say the meeting that nominated Mr. Emery was
packed in the interest of one man. that there
was turbulence and dissension. Mr.. Kelsey
cation. They were not suborned Emery men.
Mr.. Kelsey was there, why did he not oppose the
nomination? He did not do it; they had heard
nothlng rom him until the other evening. He
tne corporation, TO whom Bowen made pres
ents OF new hoes the other day, who were paid
LOT nursing those piles of dust in the streets,
would vote for Sayles j. Bowen. After the
first Monday in June next what will be done
with him? He can't get back the Post Office,
nor get his position Of confidential financial
done with him? Wen send him down to ME-.
Watson and let him bury him in the canal.
Mr.. A. II. Kinney said that, a few evenings
since, he had occasion, at the meeting of the
Central Committee, to speak in severe terms Of
a certain man-that man was Mr.. Kelsey, Mr.
Kelsey had identified himself with this reform
movement from the first. He was for q separate
turns, and Mr.. A. q. Richards is the only con-
sistent reform Republican in Washington. He
would refer them to Mr.. kelsey's course in the
lower board. He would refer them to a head
which was rolling on the pavement, still shout
ing 1.-THE battle cry of freedom" Mr.. Kelsey
seemed to think that he was the only reform
Republican in Washington. They had expected
them fling the banner OF N. q. Emery to the
breeze, and elect him..
DIR. Tucker had seen no improvements going
on in the heart of the city; had seen them going
on in the suburbs, around the property Of GER
tain individuals. On their candidate for Mayor
Mr.. Emery, there Is no stain Of dishonesty. His
conscience has not been scared. He had not led
a political life. Men who had lived political
lives had become scared and callous; honesty
and justice had no effect on them. In this city
the contractors held the great mass Of voters in
their power, the chief executive held the con-
tractors, and in reality the Mayor held them
both.
Mr.. j. H. Crossman did not think that Mayor
Bowen or any other INSCRIPTIONS man, though
he might do a good deal to injure, could ruin a
beautiful city like Washington, because public
sentiment would rise up against him, and Mr.
bo"en was as sensitive to public opinion as any
one else. The speaker wanted clean streets.
and everything snug, like q new vessel, 50 that
our city would compare with any other city in
the Union. He wanted every one to be edu-
cated-it was cheaper to build school-houses
than penitentiaries. The nomination of Mr..
Emery meant an honest and economical expen-
diture Of the city funds. The city was deeper
IN debt than it was two years ago. The policy
had heard Of secret organization in their midst
which partook something of the old Know
Nothing style; he knew nothing of it; but as il
was ecret he opposed it.
General Osborn said that he was at the head
OF an organization which was able to act for its
SELF That on next Friday night they would hold
a meeting to say what they would do in the cam
port, but he assured them that they would be In
the right side. After next Friday he would take
the held and fight 1t out until the last.
Mr.. j. II. Crane said that last evening there
was gathering of the sO-called Republican
Club at the corner of New Jersey avenue and l.
street to raise Bowen flag on a flag pole that
10 his certain knowledge there was only one
thing for 1t, and that was Sayles j. Bowen, who
gave %. 1t was raised paid for and dedicated
by men who to-day were opposed Mr.. Bowen.
On the day that il was first raised he, i'm comea-
ny with Mr.. Bowen, saw Andrew Gleason,
one OF the leaders in the flag raising last
night, raising a Seymour and Blair pole.
other gentleman resigned this position the Wa
ter Registrar told Mr.. Bowen that it was not
necessary to ill the position, and he kept it
open until he wanted place for Mr.. Peck.
state that he had been warned in the start that
he was bigger load than they could carry. He
had left OF his own accord, and he was glad to
get nd OF him. When they got all the dead
torious. He said that Perry Carson had told
Richards that MIR. Bowen was not going to run
for Mayor; that he was going to get consul
ship abroad. The bait took, and Mr.. Richards
would go into the convention. Perry Carson
hau told him the same thing. Mr. A. X
Browne, the Councilman from the Fourth
Ward, had sent speech to Mr.. Peck's club, en-
1orsing Sayles j. Bowen. He had heard Mr.
Browne call Mr.. Bowen terrible names, liar, sc.
He had taken his charges against Mayor Bowen
them, and promised to stand by him,
and had stood by him until Alderman Chase
took desk in Brownies office, when he was his
friend no longer, and when the vote on those
charges was taken Mr.. Browne skulked out in
the ante-roOm and voted neither way. When he
was nominated he proposed himself. He came
TO Mr.. Crane and asked that he might run. The
were assessed S25 each and Browne
had not paid his yet. but had used money to
paste slips with 50 A X. Browne" on them over
Democratic tickets. He told the speaker that
he was obliged to him for what he had done for
him, and would do anything for him in his
power, but he had gone back on him on all &C.
casions.
Geo. W. Hatton said that upon reading Mr..
kelseys speech, he was referred to the proceed
ngs of the Council which said that Kelsey had
sold out for $50. He had sold out this time for
$50, or something less. A voice.-"Mor than
he is WORTH Yes, q good deal more. Mr.. Kel-
sey was the first one rampant for a separate con-
vention, and as far as he could see from this
speech, Mr.. Kelsey and Mr.. Richards had been
left out That was the commencement of the
middle and the end OF it. If there were any
more Kelsey men in the ranks kick them out or
let them sell out, the quicker we get rid Of them
the better. Mr.. Kelsey, he supposed, wanted to
be cad, front, leather and brooches OF the
He would like to have been
Treasurer, President or Secretary, but
he would tell Mr.. Kelsey or any one else
that they would put mark on their fore
heads, 80 that they would know them again
These BOwenites know how the cOlored people
have hated Democrats, and they 60 and tell the
cOlored men that Emery was always Demo-
crat, and they tell the Irishmen that he was
always Know Nothing-a Democrat on Niger
Hill, and Know Nothing i'm SwampOodle. Mr..
Emery is the man for the position. He is not
politician. and what he is to- day, unless he goes
crazy, like Mr.. Bowen, he will be 80 years from
now II he lives. While men were laying around
the City Hall, aye, almost crawling after work,
Mr.. Bowen was importing men from Prince
Georges county in order to insure his election.
He did not think that Mr.. Bowen would steal
He wanted that understood. He belonged to
the w. A. Cook order, and il any one wanted to
give W. A. Cook money he would have to take
the money in one hand and a crowbar in the
other to prise his hands open. He spoke Of the
contract awarded to Kirby & Murphy; OF Mr..
Himber having ten horses and carts; and
charged that many OF the Commissioners were,
either directly or indirectly, interested in con-
tracts. He said that the Bowen men were try
ing to array the black men against the whites,
and he for one said God forbid.
The meeting then adjourned, with three