Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-09

Proprietor NATIONAL RrPunlic1s, MashinGton, '. =
ron THE SAKE or THE PARTY
The gentlemen who In convention assem-
bled, nominated Major A. C. Richards o. a
candidate for Mayor were not bolters, the
Chronicle and Mayor Bowcn's friends TO the
contrary notwithstanding. Men in this city,
who have mover been anything but Repubh-
cans are told that they are not In the Re
publican party unless they support sayles J.
Bowen and recognize him ~ the nominee Of
the party; and Mr.. Bowcn's friends, with a
full realization Of the hopclcssncss Of their
cause before the people, are embarrassing, by
Misrepresentation 10 bring the power OF the
Government to their support To that end
committees have been appointed to represent
10 the Executive Departments Of the General
Government that the interests Of the whole
Republican larty demands the reelection OF
sayles J. Bowen, because, they say, he Is the
nominee Of the party, and because the people
Of the whole country are now, In view Of the
adoption Of the fifteenth amendment, standing
with mouth and eyes wide open watching the
progress Of events hero; and that Mayor Bow
ems defeat will be o defeat Of the operation Of
the fifteenth amendment Really, this Is doing
our Mayor and this city Of Washington too
much honorl Heaven help the Republican
party and the fifteenth amendment II Mr..
Bowen Is to be recognized as the representa-
tive Of the one, or II the success Of the other
depends upon this city or District
The fifteenth amendment has practically nc
effect upon the people of this District. Col.
ored suffrage Is no new thing here. We have
successfully tried the experiment for three or
four years. The colored people know full
well how to take care Of themselves at the
polls, and win do H. therefore an attempt to
Influence the coming election by appeals on
bohalf of the fifteenth amendment are simply
the arguments Of domagoguc. The question
at issue here Is not whether Republican or
Democrat shall be elected, but whether we
shall have a mueh-noeded reform in city
affairs. There Is no Democrat In the field,
nor will there be, for tho Democratic leaders
are shrcwd enough 10 know that any candi-
date nominated by them would be defeated.
But Il Is claimed for Mayor Bowen that he
Ia the nominee Of the party. We deny IL. He
Is the nominee Of q faction Of corporation OH
tails and corporation employees. He was
nominated by such men as William 4. Cook,
corporation attorney; W. 5. Morse ward COM
missioner A. VI. Green, an assistant ward
commissioner; b. D. Peck, topographer Of the
water board, and others Of that class. Are
they the representative men of the Republi-
can party in this District Look at the men
who were In the convention that nominated
A. c. Richards. You find among them DIR. d.
W. Bliss, who presided; Mr.. T. A. Boswell,
city collector, Cwho does not hold his Office by
experimentation Bowen, butby election from
the pcople;) A. G. Hall, ex-city collector II.
A. Hall member of the Board Of Common
Council; Alfred Jonos, Clarence VI. Bar
ton, Isaiah Bouldin, Henry johnson, and
Others, who are recognized representatives Of
the Republican party-mcn who worked with
and for the party when William A. Cook was
scarcely known; when William S. Morse was
swindllng the people with gift concert con-
Germ; when Henry Himber (another Of
Bowcn's supporters and one Of his ward COM
missioners) was aiding the rebellion, and
when B. d. Peck was the same worthless
dead-bOOt no Il TODAY.
But we can go further. suon men q. u
Crossman, Lewis Clephanc, J. II. Crane VII
liam Dixon, George W. Hatton, Charlie
Champion, RIM. Hall, DR.. A. p. Pardon, d. NJ
Tg.,.~S N. II. Miller, Joseph Gerhardt, WI
nam n nu' > az man tafJB SSi4lsoss si
s...S atfitd with the Reform Republicans, who's,
only desire and motive is to turn out the cor
rupt City Hall ring, and put an honest Re
publican In the Mayors chair to rule the city
as 1t should be ruled. The present Mayor OF
Washington Is Sayles J. Bowen man and
nothing else. He Is Republican for Sayles
J. Bowcn's sake and this does not suit our
people. They want Mayor who can forget
self and be Republican for.the sake of Re-
publicanism, and execute the duties Of his
Office for the advantage Of the city rather
than for his own.
we do not know whether uhHI uQE seems
TO he triangular fight Is 20 eoa'|no 10 the
end but whether Il does or not Htufny the
right Of any man or set Of men TO ~ Chat be-
cause our citizens will vote for Richards or
for Emery they have by that act deserted the
Republican party The fact Is that Cook and
his Executive Committee exceeded their au-
thority when they called the ConYention this
year and because COOK q 20, pretend to be
the party, it does not follow that they are the
party On the contrary, the real Republican
onnuence preponderates on the other side.
We trust, therefore, that the executive off,
GERS Of the Government win not be deceived
Into declaring for Mayor Bowen, or doing
anything to influence men To- vote for him.
The Reform Republicans do not ask any fayors
in that direction. Tho Government has no
business TO interfere in a.is contest. 1t Ia the
citizens and the taxpayers of Washington
who are interested, and deeply Interested
and while we have no doubt a. TO the ultimate
'result no matter what course Government
Officials may pursue, we say TO them keep
your hands of. We insist that the General
Government has no more right to interfere In
local t,,litiguI .,FNaaNa than ia Nrpttld have