The New York herald., 1870-05-30
POLITICS AID LECiSLATiCy In WASH
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The Coming Municipal Election-yvarm Cou-
test Between Bowen and Emery-Chances
Of the Candidates for MayOr--Fears Of q
Riot OIL Election Day.
| WASHINGTON, d. O., MAY 2s, 1870.
Tne approaching Mayoralty election In this city Is
executing more interest here than any which has oc-
Cured in many years. Two candidates are In the
neid-Sayles J. Bowen, the present incumbent, and
Mathew G. Emery, the latter being nominated by a
so-called reform party. which has for Its avowed
OBJECT the correction OF innumerabe abuses and the
| wipng out OF alleged corruption, which, II true,
sufpasses anything that could be found In New York
or any other city where "lrregularltiesr are sup.
| posed to abound. Bowen Is accused of being the
head centre Of a corrupt ring which has perpetrated
the most wholesale corruption and fraud. His oppo.
nents call him hypocrite, punderer balot-box
stufrer, viohtor of fair dealing in the disposal
| OF lucrative contracts and conspires to keep the
city over head and ears in debit II one.tenth Of the
charges against him be true he ought not to be
elected, but the municipal politics here are so pecu.
iarly ioggy and mysterious, and corporation matters
are so complicated and sui 0enerfs that an outside
| barbarian knows not what to believe ana In the
effort to make head tail of the whole thing gets
lOst In labyrinth beside which that Of Crete be
| u bagatelle.
The probability ls however, that where there Is so
much smoke there must be some fire. Emery has as
his supporters majority OF the bcst citizens OF
Washington, but Bowen has the irrepressible negro
"right up to de handle by gosh" as heard one Of
them declare to group OF sympathlzing brethren
| only this morning. And the negro is likely
| to hold the balance OF power on election day.
| Sambo Is rather numerous here and here
aoouts, and by all accounts Is making big
irruption, with the purpose OF making Massa
Bowen's success a certainty. To- day the city Is
overnowing with Africans said to have been I'M
ported from Baltimore and little villages and CON-
munitles lying outside the boundary line. II the
stories one hears are true system Of colonization
is being practIsed which. in daring and mpudcnce,
surpasses anything yet recorded before a Congress
sional Investigating committee; but of course, ono
must take these stories cum grano. Emery's friends
are anxious and not likely to be more delicate In
their statements than the partisans Of most candi
oates, however respectable for popular suffrage IL
Is their interest to exaggerate the improper prac-
tees OF their opponents. But thing Is certain
and that is this, that the sudden irrupon as from
volcano of all the darkies one sees about the City
Hall and In other parts of the city TO-
day Is something that would be difficult to
account for. disinterested spectator OF the
contest, Ike your correspondent wonders
where the dark leglons came from SO suddenly
Iher homess How long have they been hereS
| Where Will nine-tenths of them be- day after eec
| monY WharY oh, wharf as Senator Hamilton, Of
| Texas, would say.
| The whites are undoubtedly making strong ef
fort to gain control of the city, but their candidate,
Mr. Emery, has Know Nothing antecedents, and 1t Is
feared he will not catch enough OF the democratic
vote, with what he expects 10 obtain OF the white
republican strength, to enable hun to defeat Massa
| Bowen. Excltenent runs 80 tgh here that ser Gus
apprehensions are felt lest another riot worse than
the day OF elections. The blood OF both parties is
not and the Africans are big with talk Of what they
election day. General sherman would do Well not
TO depend 100 much upon the efficiency Of the local
ponfe % Tor the preservation Of order On the och OF
acter udicously advertised. would perhaps prove
healthfu warning TO all those who seem to be doing
their best to work themselves Into ine hot frenzy
by the time election comes around
LIVELY DEBATE EXPECTED on THE GEORGIA BILL.
When the Georgia bill comes up next week q
lively debate may be expected in both houses. In
addition to the Old OF reconstruction which is
invariably uncovered upon such occasions, the In
vesgation recently completed by the Senate Judi
ciary Committee into the alleged use OF improper
means to influence Senators will come in as q sort
| OF side issue. 1t will be by far the most I'M
portan as well as the most spicy; for the friends
opportunity to give their views rather freely upon
the results OF the investigation. General Butler VIII
ne Of the aiter think While IL JUDGE
Bingham WIN get chance 70 crow over the corrgp
bin passed the House the first tlme The strength OF
the contest however Will be in the Senate Governor
Morton VIII endeavor 70 show that the Judi
in the pan''-the ''attempt and not the deedn It is
understood that he will hold that the whole nvesti
CATION was set on foot by interested parties who
bent upon destroying Bullock and that the majority
Of the Judiciary Committee either consciously or
course the Judiciary Committee win defend itself as
best 1t can, and it MAJ be that certain facts will be
report. There Will be elimination and recrlmina
ton. with sharp firing all along the line 1t is stated
| Georgia bill until the smoke OF the Investigation
shall have been not only cleared away but partially
| WARM RECEPTION FOR GARrrELDs CURRENCY BILL
The financial sensation OF the week promises to be
the consderat on by the House OF Garelds bill 'ro
increase banking facilities and for other purposes"
! 1t comes up Wednesday and will be the special
order until is disposed Of; That is
| may be expected between Garfield and Schenck on
the third. fourth and fifth sections Of the bi which
relate to the funding OF the debt rather the Ave.
twenty bonds, at four ana half per cent 1t viii be
remembered that when tie Senate Funding bill
came over to the House there was spirited contest
between the chairman Of the Ways and Means and
| the chairman OF Banking and Currency as TO which
committee The bill should be referred, the Ways and
Means being decided by the House entitled the
prize. In order to knock the pins from under the
| Ways and Means and take the wind out OF their
sails Garfield has inserted in hts "Ninstyhve million
blir the essential features of the Funding bin now
before the Ways and Means. 1t Is understood that
STYLE win move 10 strike out all that portion Of Gar
| ued's bill which relates to funding the hvetwentes
e any Eeg portion he 81 Ola the as a viii ha make
in ns nature 70 inc Of wavs loan ana and belongs
remains TO be W hIch OF the two committees the
| House viii sustain. The indications are however,
that the Western and Southern members will present
solid front against the general principles OF Gar
| fields bill, and that they will follow the lead OF
Schenck or any other man who VIII make an attack
| upon 1t. Gentlemen from these sections owe the
| Banking and Currency Committee an old grudge
| which they will not be slow to pay. Although IN
structed some time ago to bring In bill increasing
| the volume OF the currency some S45, 100000 they
| have failed TO do it, Instead they propose now to
bring bill which, to say the least, has decided
| leaning towards contraction. Nothing Of he kind
could be more obnoxious to the South and the West
| except high tariff bill.
| TUE wHIsKEY TAX.
Information received here would Indicate tnat GER
"nantIt1es of wh,skey for the nnrnase "' ~ ~
| holding 1t for '.rise." The ground of hope
| Is that Congress will concentrate all the taxes
| on distilled spirits into one, and collect 1t
at the place Of dlstillaton. This, 1t Is held, would
put the general tax above what it now IL, and con.
9ennentY increase price OF spirits. SO far