Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-20
Reform REPUBLICAN MEETING.
nR. EnERls LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
ENTHUsIAsM AMONe mrs
FRIENDs. .
sPeEoAEs oF rAE eveNlNa.
Ha,tOn VcnlIIatss Morse, Green,
Bowen, and diners.

wy heiu mettlnk NJ Union League hHi iass
night, the president, william Dixon, ESQ, 10
the chair, and MI. Kianey, secretary.
The frat business in order was the reading
Of a letter from Mathew o. Emery. It lie as
follows;
"i Bsnjergst, yos SsiAsfs, J. & n'g Esh " {.
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Stephen PreHiili' J. N Bropn and J. H.
aESrisMHsi The action Of the meeting Of
the Republican Reform Association, held on
some written eSpresaion. You will permit
sincere thanks for the honor conferred BY the
presentation OF my name In eonneetion with
the honorable position OF Mayor OF our city.
Permit me also TO say, that with a pure APP
probation Of the responsibilities Of the once
named and Of the qualifications necessary to
proper performance Of its duties, and while
frankly eonfessing my Inability TO meet
fully the requiroments OF the position, | can
citizen to carry out to the beat OF his ability
| any and every trust that his feliow.citEena
may honor him with. Therefore cannot de.
cline to aocede TO your request that my name
may be permitted 10 90 before the people, and
should this kindly expressions Of the Assoeia.
tlon be prophetic olthe desire o. majority
honored BY an election, TO be governed BY no
narrow prejudice or aelnah deeire. but with
40 sye 3 be raIasd Ia ~ psriorSSsss "
nv oinsIai duties By the same pTinoipIeS that
have under God guided me thus far through
M, liie, viz simple plsln homes. dealing
every Just right claimed for myself.
The principles laid down 10 the resolutions
you have adopted, 1 fully aud heartily endorse.
A. a Iaboring man, can but feel earnestly on
the great question OF labor around which too
many safeguards cannot DO thrown. When
| labor IL sure Of lite reward, houses, schools aud
the Thousand blessings OF good government
follow a. surely as the day follows the night.
II does not appear that there IL any new gues-
tsbiisS, which any II party desires 70 Be made
| the great issue IN our coming election hnd
which ought now to make party di'iaions
ii would seem tina, the true Republican here
| Ia not he who blindly follows, but the true Re
| publican 10 he who will vote only for men who
| will aim TO put In practice those sound prlnei.
| ples which you have declared should govern
| In our munioipal affairs, and viii seek to ae-
oompllsh through union and harmony those
| Importance to the welfare Of our clty-quea-
| lions upon which reasonable men nov see
little occasion for perPetuating partisan strife
with expressions Of high regard I rem.iu,
very truly, yours, NJ. q. EMHRY.
The letter was unanimously accepted.
Mr.. Barnes proposed three cheers for Mat
/ thew O. Emery; which were heartily given.
Mr.. Philbrook moved that committee OF
three, including the ehai,. BE- appoin,ed as =
| Mr.. Hughes moved to amend BY making the
eopmittee consist OF one from each ward.
,s NJ rs annSse sommit,ss eoS"i.p OF thrss
| memheru, and then have one man from each
ward, 10 disburse the funds.
| The amendment was adopted, aud the CHAIR
| announced that he would Appoint the commit
| tee At the proper time.
| Gals having been made Tor Mr.. r. NJ. Han,
| that gentleman addressed the meeting, aAyinE
that the great Republican party have carried
the country through many TefOrmatlons dur
ing the past ten years. since the time the
| krat campaign was inAugurated with the la
mented Lincoln vt its head, the country has
been making great utridee under tho banner
OF reformation, They had met tonight with
1 the idea OF reformation atill Inscribed upOh
| their banner. Two years ago = Republican
| administration was elected 10 this city, aud
It was thought the great reform In municipal
How Is It nowt There are men In hIgh
places In the city government who are not
aolnE right; The party With MslheS 9.
city out Of the mire and auth Of corruption
under which II now lies buried, and are deter
mined to present itself to the tAN.pAying com.
munliy and the citizens generally, as Rparty
who, with economy and prudencs, viii see
thAtthe money paid In will Be Judlelously Ap.
propriated and expended The speaker then
proceeded to give Mr.. Emery's record, saying
Ssa ' r s here Tor lhiriy years and not
| black mark could be made againht him.
He came here ~ laboTlng man, just emery
ing from his apprenticeship, and had earned
what Of this worlds goods he had amaSsed by
1 uouNsN NOlA hua hAa hhAhN AmoHk
honorable dealing. lie had meddled little In
politics, but had always been found eonslstent.
| line Whig. when Fremont was nominated,
We behold him following the lead Of the great
F ~, ton.in ~ ~ -. onndsh NJ
| WAS one OF the hrat found on the records As
raising one Of the trat company's formed 10
snnnd ,sI,b sohmiSsion 5,om the 1oys nS
OF New Hampshire, appointed to disburss the
money Of that State TO the sick add wounded
trust he diSshSTEed faithfully, doing the WORK
| himself And not giving II to Others.
| This 10 the oandidlto the great Reform party
coming June election. His record ia the 81 CITY iI
| Councils Is good. No man can point to a sln-
| gle instance In which he had given vote that
| was not consistent aud right, 10 the measure
propoSsd was Tor al honest purpose. ii the
/ Republican party OF this city 10 not honest,
and mSn has 70 act dishouofsblJ to keep ~
| to the standard, then let II go down.
The Reform party want the help OF no man
| who will wink or oonniVe at anything that
| looks like knAyeTy or corruption, There are
government who have no business there.
| They are not meu whom private individuals
would trust with their business, and have no
right to be entrusted with the diHburse meat
Of the peoples funds. A reform is necessary,
and with these ideas In view they propose 70
The speaker thea addressed himself 10 the
eoloTed men who desiring reform 10 city Al.
fairs, had joined their fortunes with this
movement. The emissarie. Of the corporation
would do everything in their power TO change
their opinions They would use every ATgu
msnt TO shake their allegiance. He wanted
them to know aud IndeIstand the motive.
say that Democrats were In the movement.
| Let them say 40.
He wanted the Democrats with them, IL
the people OF Washington who had oGce acted
| with the Democratic party were Willing to
assist In the election Of a. good Republican
ana - pure Mn III % giiiIes Ens.I ist
combine to retcue the city from the haudG OF
thosn who had proved reereAnt to the trus.
TepOsed In them.
George W. HGtton was next called on, add
came forward amid applause. He commented
upon the letter Of Mr.. Emery, saying that the
night was evidently mistAken when ne said
Mt. Emery was Democrat, In fact, he HAT.
toni had said when he read the statement In
the paper that the speaker at the meeting had
uttered what he thea knew TO be deliberate
lie.
told BY the opposition to Mr.. Emery, One OF
these was that Mr.. Emery would not employ
\ oolored stone cutter. For his part, he had
never heard Of a eolorsd stone-eu utter but this
elected he would probably build a bridge, and
maybe he would do as Mr.. Bowen had done.
He would employ the eolored stone-euttor
Bowen got white One) to work three weeks
cutting his name on one Of the stones OF the
ne wa. glad that the people Of washington
had concluded TO work out the mass OF oorfup-
ti0n which hiss been fostering until the Repub.
llean party OF the District OF Columbia ntlnk1
10 the noatTils OF the people Of the whole
country. II IL time that all partisan eonaid-
CREATIONS are laid aside, and all good men OF
the city come up to the rescue Of the common
people; u bad been SAD to he speaker BY
you would leave these corrupt men and come
with ul.h
Ia his opinion II Bowen and Cook and two
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