Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-15
Fourth ward Republican,.


The Fourth Ward Republican Club met last
evening at the City Hall, the President, b. ID.
Peck, in the chair.
The Chair stated that the object OF the meet
ing was to give persons an opportunity to enroll
their names as members and identify them
campaign committees; to make arrangements
for the bringing out OF voters, and to maintain
the party intact, for they had q great work to
DO. He alluded to the cry about Taxpayers
wanting TO govern the city, and inquired II the
taxpayers were not really the tenants who
furnished the means to pay the taxes In con-
clusion, he said they meant to rally around their
was. ICries Of YES" yes "Bo owe Nc
" Bowen.'l
Mr.. ID. Il. Cahill said that the Irish Renub,i
can Club had instructed its members to enroll
their names as members of the Fourth Ward
Republican Clsb. He then offered a resolution,
which was adopted:
That we, the Republican. Of the Fourth Ward;
pres.pt Mayor, has conducted me affairs Of OuI city
in the coming municipal confess.
Z. Z: Briscoe offered a resolution, which was
That We, the Republicans of the Fourth Ward,
believe that few disappointed politicians and per
their power to defeat the re- Of him aud
We, an well thinking Republicans, cSnndlng IN Ms
his official action has been for the benefit Of the citi
zrns and Republican party in general and that We
able means to secure Inc renOminaifon Of the Hon.
Bowen That We express our thanks To fresi-
securing to us the fifteenth amendment. and We viii
show to them that appreciate their acts by cast
Major VIM. 5. Morse then offered q preamble
and resolutions that
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accepted nomination for the Mayoraty of the city
pubiicans' eY RePubiicans, Democratic euerriIiss,
and therefore the political action Of
DC h
tender his resignation as member Of the Board of
o csndidstes YET we pledge our united support to
the regular nominees Of the Republican party as
The resolutions were received with applause;
when Major Morse said that the true Kepu bill
can party had suffered the abuse OF certain por-
They had been called the offal of the City
Hall, !" and styled " the City Hall Ring" Now,
those papers had placed themselves on the re-
wanted. Abiding to the gathering y which no% s
mated Mr.. Emery, he said they had to go and
bring out the old Fourth Ward Democratic
Club, which was supposed to be dead, in ord n to
get up respectable meeting, when they nomi-
mated Emery, man who was elected last year
as a Republican. But he was now on the " Re
form" platform. And what reform did they
party the power and patronage Of this city
] hey are actually telling the cOlored voters
that they have no rights except to be die
tated to. They abused the City Hall ring,
and eoui1n lei, what 1t consisted OF. The
sound of that ring would do for them this
year what 1t did last, that is defeat bowling
Democrats, rebels and reformers. At the proper
ruption in previous administrations. Whom did
that reform meeting represent tCries Of
nobody" "the Know nothing party."l He
would bet, and was prepared to back it up, that
would votes. All should work for true man,
and every man knew that man to be Sayles j.
Bowen. Tremendous applause.I But Il must
nominee. Abiding to Mr. Emery's remarks On
the labor question and the contracts, he ex-
planned that the Mayor could not give out con-
tracts during the winter. Those fellows in the
Bowen don't represent anybody, but they called
the coored men paupers and then asked them
for their votes. He concluded by predicting
The resolutions were then adopted amid great
applause.
Mr.. J. Banks, Assistant Commissioner of the
Second Ward, then defended Mayor Bowen as
the best friend of the city, who had stood up
against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and in
favor of mixed schools.
Mr.. ID. f. Cahill was glad to see the Irish and
,olored people hand in hand. Mr.. Emery had
iigraced his constituency, and the Irish should
not forget the bloody Monday of June, 1857. He
unity between the Irish and cOlored
nc for at the coming and eS ss
Grating such a day as Good Friday.
Mr. j. y. Callan was the next speaker. and
confined his remarks mostly to the duty Of the
Irish TO use all honorable means to defeat such a
bitter enemy to the Irish and Catholics as NJ.
.. Emery, man who in 1852, in Temperance
Hall, in a know-nOthing lodge, took an oath
never to support . foreigner or a Catholic for
Office.
A. NJ. Green, who came provided with quire
Of letter paper, offered resolution, which was
adopted:
That n Campaign Committee Of twenty lie ap
pointed, with power 70 increase their number to
Of the cSS snail pernrm
i the coming cam paign and that chailengers be ap
pointed for tbe. ensuing registration.
Mr.. Bowen introduced resolution, which
" as adopted
THAT tbs meeting respectfully recommend DR..
ply sician to the Poor Of the Fourth ward
The meeting then adjourned with three cheers
Tor Ma or Bowen and three groans for Emery.
THE REPUBLICAN (cRANEl CLUB.
Mr.. Emery's Nomination. Endorsed-Th The CeieJrd-
tion Tonight.
The Fourth Ward Republican Club u. ii.
Crane presdent) held meeting at BOuldIn's
church last evening, Mr.. Crane in the chair, and
MIR. w. H. West secretary.
Mr.. George w. Hatton stated that he had OBJ
the Boys in Blue would have, for the parade
Friday night. The Fourth Ward would meet at
BouldIn's church. The county and men from
Howard University would call there and go to
the City Hall. Transparencies we're provided;
they would not turn out carts, but voters. Mr..
Emery was to be chief marshal Of the Fourth
Ward.
The committee from the workingmen's Club
applied for one hundred and hfty torches.
The Chair referred to the published accounts
of curbstoEe meeting where Mr.. Emery was
charged with giving 81 900 for bringing the plug
uglies here from Baltimore. He had made the
calculation that q 900 would pay for bringing
down forty car loads Of men and return. Mr..
Emery had denied it time and again. He never
gave a cent for that purpose, but he knew Mr..
Emery had given the Boys I'm Blue 800. and
loaned them $500 to carry on this celebration.
DIR. j. q. Stephenson spoke in high terms OF
Mr.. Emery's character, especially rs to his lib
erality towards the laboring men, always being
true to them, paying them the best wages, and
aiding them when on strike.
The Chair stated that q room in the old Intel
igencer building had been engaged for the place
Of meeting of the Third and Fourth Ward Clubs
and they would throw flag across eth street at
that place Tomorrow (to-day.)
MIR. Hatton offered a resolution heartily en-
dorsing the nomination Of Mathew q. Emery as
the candidate for the Mayoralty Of this city, and
pledging the use Of all honorable means to
SECURE his election. [Cheers.l
MT Hatton in q short speech defended the
acaon Of the meeting In nominating Mr.. Emery
sryng tnere was no clique or packed convention
Ae1u. ~ The interests OF the laboring men
anu 'xs payers were Identical and they should