Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-02
TRUE REPUBLICANS
Enthusiastic Meeting in the
Second Ward.
Mr.. F.A.BOSWELL'
Corporation Misman-
agement Exposed.
A Clear statement Of Grievances
A. G. Richards the Coming Man to
Redeem the Cry.

ond ward assembled in mass meeting At IinIon
Hall, Fourteenth street, on Saturday night
tion Of the effort being made 70 secure the
nomination Of Major A. o. Richards Ne the
Republican candidate for the mayotalty. some
time before the hour named for the meeting
the crowd began to assemble, aud att O'Clock
were present probably 500 persons, A plat.
form had been erected on the sidewalk for the
benefit Of the Officers OF the meeting and the
speakers, and = nne band Of music was In At.
tendance during the entire evening, The pro-
eeedinss were somewhat snlIyened BY the
rockets while the meeting wAa In session, At
o'clock the assemblage waa called 10 order
By y. NJ. kelsey, ESQ, and, on notion the fol
manent organization, J. q, Cox, st. CLAIR
Burlcy and John ID. wallaeei on esolutions,
q. b. Fisher WIN. Rutherford and J. H
The committee reported the following as
permanent ofiloers Of the meetipgi President
q; OK vice Prs:'f Rn1S,oS 4, u Dyer
Bliss, Df. J. II. Bushnell, Marshall Brown, J.
II. Halves. A, q. Hall, wm. Rutherford, sec.
rsetaries-John Curry, A. ", Hunt, James
waugh, NJ. =, Kelly, Frank Wilson, st CLAIR
Burnley,
On taking the chair Mr. Cox returned
thanks for the honor conferred, and stated the
object Of the meeting to declare their prefer.
enee for = mAn who was true, loyal Rcpub.
lean. He then introduced Collector ,. A.
Mr.. Boswell said that he was present At tho
Invitation Of some Of his fellow.Repuhlicans
| Of the Second ward TO say word n behalf nT a
gentleman who waSa candidate foi the office
| Of Mayor and while he waA there to adyo.
cate The nominAiion OF hls friend, he had
| but he would make a short TevIoW OF tho adj
minlhtration Of the present incumbent, aud
would also have something to say about the
Councils. Just two years ago the same two
gentlemen who arc now before the people were
the most prominent candidates for the oGlec Of
He had gone into tho several wards through
the city and advocated the nomination OF Mr.
Bowen believing him to DO a man of Imam
clal ability and because he thought him worthy
Of holding the highcst onlee Ia the gift Of the
people OF the city, 10 that canvas he had
said nolhipE ngalnst Major Richards because
ponent lie had gone Into the light honestly,
with economy and reform Inscribed upon the
banners, and had pledged the people that the
upon the strict principles OF economy Abd re.
ttenehment. He called attention to the fact
q the Intense excitement which prevailed At
| maintained through the strenuous exettions
| o. Major Richards, who was the oppoucnt OF
Mr.. Bowen, but who did not let his personal
Animosity to Mt. Bowen, ~ he had any, Interfere
with the disehatge OF his duty,
The Mayor was Installed Ia his oiiiee by the
votes OF his Republican fellow citizens, but
before the hrst year Of his term had expired he
had found II necessary TO go to Congress and
procure the passage oil an act taking away the
power Of appointing corporation otlceTs for
the two Boards ADD reiRveatinE itin the Mayor
This power Mr.. Bowen did not Attempt 10 OK.
eroiss until after the election last Juae, al
whlsh time he THE speaker was elected col
| leetof Of the city. About the time the appoint
ments were to be made the citizens 81 the
| several wards met and respectfully asked that
certain men should be appointed TO 0fiee.
| This tho Mayor positively refused, and made
such appointments as suited him, without re.
him, thus declaring himself mightier than the
| people.
But this was only question Of men, and
akN HGIp haTn
OF the finance OF the city. When the Repub.
llcan party came into power IL was currently
reported and believed that the city was in debt
| to the large amount OF 800, A eommIttse
| Of four gentlemen was appointed at the time
and paid Is each day for their services In aud.
they have not yet found sufficient clAlms to
make the debt amount to $500, 900, even allow
ing the large sum OF $4,000 for claims which
bonds After the debt was ali audited, and
the larger portion OF 1t paid 10 bonds IL took
tlOO, 90 OF the corporation Teyenue Of lsG9 to
pay the odd money and small claims, as the
lowest denomination Of bonds was $50, but In
lieu thereof bonds to the same amount were
issued and used ey ne corporation to pay Tor
lar Of the income OF the city since Mr., How.
ems standardization has been used In pAyinE
the debts OF his predecessors.
II 10 said by the friends OF the present IN.
eumbent that the finances Of the city arc 10
good condition, and that at the end OF the nseAl
the corporation 100000. The fact i1 there
would not be one eentto the credit Of the civ.
but they would have debt OF fully $40 900
They talk about the receipts from taxes. Now
there are less than ti5O 900 OF the general taxes
uneolleetcd, aud II was very impossible II out
OF that amount, Including the tax sale. tT5 900
could be collected. The account OF the eorpO-
ration with the First National Bank Ia over.
drawn tl2t, 900, and, admitting that the entire
ll6o. 900 OF nneolleeted taxes should be pald 10,
| where was the mouey to come fromto pay the
| lAbOTera who are now 80 generally employed I
In addition to the tl2I,OOO spoken OF above
neIf y nav s1Ga1 IL ths s S6seks drawn
| ter, for upwards Of $500, which Is selling on
the street for ninety oents on the dollar. Mr.
some grievoua financial mistakes, and for that
| reason they Should make change.
Another reason was that the people Of this
! city did not wish for their executive officer a
man who surrounds his oflee with a score or
more OF guards, whose privilege II IL to insult
any one having business with the once The
reason why the city 70 so much In debt 10 be-
cause the money had been expended fur the
benefit OF contractors who wete the personal
friends Of the Mayori they Always offered TO
possibly be performed; did as much as they
chose, then had bill rushed through the
| Councils for their relief, and the complotion
OF the contract by days work In this man.
ner hundreds Of thousands OF dollars had been
expended, Another thing IL the AppropTia-
| tiou for the benent OF the poor, tho ppeaker
had not word to say against that. but he mad
something to say against the manner il had
been distributed, as he know 10 the Seventh
o., In other words to secure the re election OF
/ MIR. Bowen.
a Fourth ward eouoilman had told him A
| few days hgo, that the $50, 600 AppTOpFl ted by
Congress should have been placed ia the hands
| OF Mayor Bowen, as hardly dollar Of II had
sSRsaSssa i9I Inc purpose ior which twas
he knew, was not the case, as one man Ia M
ward had delivered 10 the officer in charge Of
the fund more than l30 900 loAyos OF bread, aud
II was distributed TO all who were In nSni M
i without any pledge to vote for or against
Bowen There had been considerable tNik
about Mr.. BoWen's influence with Congress,
now, he would not rob him OF one honor IN III
was justly his due. MI. Bowen had some in
nuenee with certain members OF both Houses,
but 70 say that his word was BuL rene at the
Capitol, aud he could pass or defeat such laws
As suited him, rather Verged on the rldieulDus
lie referred 20 the fact that Congress had an.
propriated $4,000 to pay certain contractors
Tor work done under the corporation, and This
money was placed In the hands OF Gen Mich.
Ter for disbursements that did not show much
ing his opposition, the mRrkethoUso bill had
passed eontIaTy to his Wishes that did not
show his power at the Capitol,
The fact is the people have tried Mr.. Bowen
and they want a change, aud he assured Inc
andienee that on tSirJ square vote there was
no possible chance OF hia Te-eieotion, A, d,
Richards was his nfat choice for the DosItion
but he was not the one to stand for men when
principle was at stake, and II II became neceS.
Richards should be Get aside he would vii.
lingly sacrifice his preferences and take the
man considered tho most available, In his
opinion Mr. Richards was the man.
He referred to the action OF the central com.
mittte in attempting TO control tho action Of
the meeting. for the election Of delegates by
declaring who should aud who sb0uld moi
vote, lie said he knew II was pTop0sed 10
pack the mss meeting In the Filth ward on
Wednesday with two hundred and nIty men
Tor the purpose OF returning Bowen delegates
to the convention but he declared that ID
would not work, and that II An honeGt vote
be had not one Bowen delegate will be elected
u the entire city. As for the Councils, when
they went into otfee II was on the diGtinefive
ihhne OF the abolition Of the contract SystSm
aud the Performance Of corporation labor by
days work. They had not done 80, and the
result was that although the past winter n Ad
been one Of the mildeHt ever experienced 10
this city, Thousands who would gladly have
worked were half starved unless they eat the
political bread OF Mr., Bowen.
IL 10 true there 10 now very large force
employed and he had not a word 10 say against
iteFen though II were an eleot pioneering dodge,
and he could trust the honest sons Of toll, but
he knew that there was n money In the treas.
uTy to pay them for their labor, and he knew