Evening star., 1870-03-09
PuD efOrm Association.

~ INV" League HdL-The Territorial
Question.
of the " Independent Republican
Association" was held last night, at
n, League Hall-the president, William
-eon, in the chair, and Benjamin Mccoy sec
Mr. NJ l.. Higgins was called upon, and read
an essay on the " Tyranny of Opinion
Mr.. A. Watson offered the following, which
Whereas one Of the main inducements held ont by
the friends Of Of sayies Bowen for his election q
Msyor sns that ms hnsmenee Win I'm TSnsrsss would
inducement, doubtless. secured his election and as
such sanguine expectations have not been realized
not dollar Of appropriations having been secured
through his influence, while. on the contrary, il is
now apparent to all that Congress, in refusing to
place the appropriation the aid OF the poor in
hands has no confidence liz his integrity and politi
the District are imperativeiy Necessary from Con-.
sress ior improvements among others an appropria
tion OF one one or two hundred Thousand dollars
the Goysrnment's share, to pave Pennsy lvania ave
nue. with imp proved pave Rent, in which the Mayor is
kssored hat in view OF the manifest want Of con
hdtnce In the Mayor by Congress. as well as by the
larger and better part Of the Republican party and
jury on his account therefore most earnestly re
Inl - that he immediately resign his office 81 thar
| the Councils may elect man in his place who has
| the &C nfdence of Congress and the Republican
party.
RssoIrsd, That il the Mayor shall wilfully refus-
ask Of Com reas that in he hi for the ,ff
PthnsylNan avenue in which the Mayor ~ naned
e
lstor proyement in the city, SOM well known
intelligent, and honorable member of the kepub
can psrty who is acguainttd with AMI il in favor OF
needed improvements, and who has the conf ience Of
! congress shall be named in his place.
thanks to both Houses of Congress for their wise
hr t"n IN placing the appropriation for the poor in
Oldest Republicans in the city because they, like
Congress. have no confidence in his honesty.
Mr.. John II. Crane submitted the following (:
- fesoIred, That we approve of the bill before
| Congress, Providing foi the consolidation of the
! District of Columbia under ne government, ami
unst il will soou become a law.
,;d r rta an Ina, 70 say INA, sad 6ilj whrch pro
an lnrlI cement upon the rights of the oole, is to
the wisdom and inte Of the District Commit
te IN congress, who have given the bill their favor
gogues and political hirelngs from whom the
| accusation cmanates.
MIR. Crane said the bill now before Congress
| would soon become law. The friends and
| enemies of the bill were before the Committee
| OF Congress, and each side had been heard. The
| indications were cheering. He said, of all the
frivolous and nonsensical talk he had ever
| heard, the remarks OF Rev. j. Sella Martin were
| the most absurd. He (Martin) had stated before
| the committee that not one OF the advocates of
| the territorial measure was a radical Repubi-
can. Thus he went on in his style of preaching
There was not one of the opponents of the bill
| with the exception of j. Sella Martini but held
| Office under the Corporation. Councilman jos.
| Williams. who had broken up Republican
meeting in this room, was present, and showed
1 As
| s. L. Brown and other Republican names were
| mentioned.
a. Watson" Was Knott there?,
| Crane He was"
| DIR. Stephenson opposed one idea expressed in
| the resolutiOn-the word consolidation y
| There was no idea of consolidation expressed i'm
the bill as amended by the Committee of Con
| gross.
| The Objectionable word was stricken out.
| Mr.. y. II. Miller said he wished to say a few
words in favor of the bill. He believed il this
Is IN Oiy nr,la from -
] be adopted by the people if left to popular
| test vote. At present We have too much gov
ernment. which is equivalent to no governme mt
at all. This bill will give us such powers as we
| need. He had read The STAR this evening, and
was surprised to see the audacity of these men
Cook and Bowen. Cook had said that this
| movement was a cOpperhead movement. He 10
doubt supposed he was talking to his usual class
! of gullble people, but he was talking to an in
telligent body OF men then, who no doubt could
| see through his schemes and purposes. He holds
| at the present time some four offices. At one
| time he was minister of the Gospel, but the
| ladies OF his church made him retire from his
| the speaker did not know. He came here from
| Pennsylvania Democrat, but on the election
of Lincoln he suddenly became a Republican
He was afterwards appointed State agent
BY the Governor of that State. and
he had held offices ever since. As to
Bowen. the people, colorod and white, now
begin to know him. He stood unmasked,
now that he lending his efforts to abridge the
franchise by opposing this Territorial bill. But
| Mr.. Cook had told the committee that he could
speak for the Republicans Of this city, As he was
| Chairman OF the Central Republican organza-
| ton. lie could not speak for him as Repub
| of the Republicans Of this city. A voice
" Himber."l Yes, he could speak for Timber,
| "Or any other rebel."l Bowen knew him as
| we'll as he did when he appointed him as
| Corporation Attorney. Bowen had told him 50
| but he said he could not help himself; he was
1 a he lad no
| dence in him, and it was very distasteful for
| him to have to consult with him upon legal
measures. Cooks political days were also NJ In
bered III this city, it was more apparent every
day.
| MIR. Crossman said he would like i'm this cam
paign to avoid all personalities, but it was Diff
cult to speak of the many frauds OF this
CORPORATION without assOciating them with their
prominent actors Many present had worked
hard 10 put these men in power, and now when
| We see these fraudulent and irregular practices
We must speak of them. When honesty ceases
| to be principle of the Republican party, he,
for one, would have to leave it. He was sur
prised to hear Mr.. Cooks remarks before the
| committee Of Congress. MIR. Riddle had always
| been foremost in the Republican cause here,
| ored men more work, or labOred harder to
| advance their interests, than Gen. Howard?
Yet they were denounced by w. A. Cook before
the committee of Congress as Democrats. He
/ wished the colored men would remember these
things. In regard to this Territorial govern
ment, he favored it.. 1t gave them more rights.
| they thought their chance to hold place was i'm
danger. He thought they were not able, with
all their charges, to drive Gen. Howard and Mr..
| Riddle into the Democratic party. Mr.. Cook :
claims to represent the Republican party and
the Central Committee were no claims at all
Mr.. Crane. Mccoy, and himself were mem
bers Of that committee, but they were never
notified when the committee meets; they did not
belong to the Cook ring, and were therefore
denounced by them as cOpperheads.
VIM. A. Freeman, Of the First Ward, said he
| came here as a spectator. He was a member of
| the InvincIblcs, but he was not prepared to
make remarks tonight.
Amos Hunt said that this small light, Cook
ha been put out by the decided snubbing that
| tie distinguished Chairman OF the Senate
District Committee (Mr. Hamiin) had given
him. ILaughter.l He was surprised that an
effort should have been made by this great Re-
publican with the jailOr of this CITY, and the
President of the Board of Aldermen, who sus-
tains his decisions by his own vote (laughterl
to- undertake ito oppose the right of self
government. The Rev. Sella Martins OppO-
sition TO this government was that it had an
aristocratic squint. Was the extension OF the
elective franchise an aristocratic movement?
This was new idea to him-an absurd idea
He hoped they would hear no more Of this tool
OF Sayles j. Bowen. But he thought, after all
that COOKS remarks there had done the bill
good, for his purposes were transparent to the
committee. Bowen's satellites had put forth the
statement that there had been more iuproye-
ments In the city during his administration than
ever before. But they don't say that the taxes
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