Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-07


undSr him. afarm that the opiRion Of MT,
Hoimss, rom the iowss Board, each Of whom
az %UT. @.ps sssa o,Sst Il, iCuS sR %sms.
ltsnnoh Republican, who r Indebted TO Mr..
this community IL above reproaoh, 10 worth
more than that Of all the ofiioe.holding nun
Keys combined, who voted 70 vindioate the
upon my head because I, AZ 40 ofneer Of his
corporation, Ventuted to do my duty by calling
the attention OF the Councils to what con.
Bowen add his friends that there IL nothing
In those charges. Then why spend over two
mosths investiGating them The fact Is, there
ten weeks 70 accumulate a sufloient amount
Of false and ifrelevapt evidence to bury the
truth out Of sight Of thcIo who had not the
um s sna Rsusnes 70 wade through sueh
ons houi'S time ia sufnsisnt to satisfy any
one q the truth Of all that I afnrmsd. 1 said
By payinF Tor surplus earth taken from X
street aud put into u and Ftrat streets, Does
anysody dsnI THIS nso, refer them to The
that the work had not bsen done aeeofdlug TO
contract. Does snyeody deny that II 80,
refer then e ne work, which speaks for
violation Of Law. Does s6ybody deny ihaii
| II SO, I refer them 20 the vouchers which
prove that ela,ooo VS. paid on this work with.
OF the assistant co mmiasioners, when the con.
traet reads that not one dollar should be paid
without theft approval No matter how
many lying reports may be made, or how many
coats OF uhltewAsh given, this fraud cannot be
wiped out, but 10 spite Of all the washing aud
whiisgashlnS that has been done, ~ will not
out but like the dAmnod spots that haunted
Lady Macbeth will ever FeHAlH a stain upon
the present standardization Of our city govern.
ment.
The Mayor told Us In his annual meSIsE.
last July that the total corporation receipts
| for the present hseh year would be Oh 2pO, 900,
and The expenditure, q ga 900, .lsGving,,n, he
amply mn1oient to pay ali existing liabilities,
and leave to the credit 81 the corporation on
the 10th Of June, $50, the sum Of liOO,OoOn
before us, and the usual proportion Of the
taxes arc collected. The outstanding debts
amount 70 far more than the ease, 900 An,lel.
| ter to support the schools. His bookkeeper,
| who 10 one Of the school trustees, made At a
recent meeting OF the school board what he
says was 4 reluctant statement. That at the
outside not over tSO, 900 m ore can be counted
on for the schools this year, so that unless
money Is raised BY a special tax or loan the
schools Will be obliged to close BY the LIST Of
The police will have to DO paid, besides tho
other salAried oiieers, nremen, and laborers,
| Of these blllsi 1 anlsm, aud defy eonlrs-
100000 more to-day than 4 did when MI.
| Bowen took the Mayors chair, aud that II IL
running rapidly 10 debt every day. But where
has the money Comet Much OF II has been
;9Sf,nds..d on s,t his pet tayoIi.s, and IL COZ.
pie Of their just dues Take the Barr case for
q sample. A debt amounting to only cal IL
contested until II nov amounts TO t1b. The
furniture In the Mayors once, TO satisfy a
Just claim. and AL 70 crafty the petty spite
area do.ra i pPid for Wh,s.s.Apa afs sss hun no.
terror Of tho oily Hall, when could ave got
It done for ESQ. Five hundred dollar IL paid
ops Rss. sat aas dl abe TS when
nous price was paid 10 men for work i'm medI.
Ately after they had broken up RepubIiean
In the Fourth ward the total cost OF the
corporation bonds was u, ossSS. The cost OF
engraving and printing those bonds was only
S SH .sh ss' SSs , Il T0 then
ts,oss. IS, or nearly three tlmss a. much a. the
amouut paid tor priatlnE and engraving. ons
bly, have been paid for clerical labor performed
| In Issuing these twenty,aix hnaarsd bonds.
The cost % engraving and printing the bonds
cost OF issuing them after they came into the
| Mayors hands was almost tl.9o each. What
amount Of writing could the Issuing OF one
Dan anybody teIli remember that the
| Mayor gave me . severe lecture on one oeoa-
Iloh because I opposed bin TO pay rs cents
has been expended In this penny wise-and.
pound. foolIshn manner, until 'thers IL not a
dollar In the treasury at time OF the year
eloo,o has been paid out 10 violation Of law.
| Six streets have been graded In defiance Of
corporation ordinances. CITY bonds have
| United States. He has refused to pay Just
those he does not like, while he has paid
SIsd BY ss ~ sP rsssd T 10 pI EL.
lust bill against John MeCslland until be,
MeOlelland, had agreed to leave 5000 OF the
| amount with his corporation attorney.
The city bonds have gone down from 81 TO
70, whea they should be nearly at par. why
iS thiIi / Gilrm that the Mayor and those
| who Justify his unreasonable and reckless
course arc responilbls for It. Put man At
the helm 10 whom the people have confidence,
log will cause a depression in Government
| securities more than q lack Of confidence IN
those At the head OF AfAirI, remember when
BreekinridEe was laundering at Fort Stevens
| that our Government bonds were but slightly
| affected. 1t 10 said that when Hannibal stood
At the gates Of Rome stocks even went up 10
the market, go great was the confidence Of
| the people In the capacity OF their rulers.
| This Boosting fnAncier, In q time OF peace and
prosperity, with everything to favor him, so
| conducts our affairs that our bonds month
| after month continue to sink In the market.
Large sumS Of money have been expended
81 the eKtremities Of the city, who're there Is
| but little travel, while much needed Improve
| ments In the heart Of the city are neglected.
| Corporation otneers and lAborsrs dare not be
seen eOnvsrsins with men opposed to the
Mayor from fear OF being dlsehArged. Men
| have been dismissed from once for no other
reason than that they were seen conVeTainE
With myself II 10 only a few days since the
Mayor sent his messenger to summons before
HIN 81 SiSSiAi 70 Know Wy Th pnEs
dIEaGaf answer given, that. having once been
q slave, and having purchased his own free
dom a. well ~ that Of his wife and children,
he did not propose to sell hluaelf into slavery
again for any once In the Elt OF Mayor BoWeni
and honoTed him for his courage, OoutrAo.
tors s' me wa 70 q re sSsn sssa IN %x con;
excuse for Withholding the payment Of Just
bills. Gall you this Republicanismi Why Ii Is
Of SsapotiS %sanoSss Such 20" SopSast .SalS
| have put the Democratic party to blush in lite
pAlmisSt days. II might do for the latitude OF
bona, (thouIh doubt II even there Il would
| be tolerAted,) but II 10 hardly becoming In the
Mayor ofths capital OF free democratic Amer.
her iOSr %iilioa SlS%.. Bnt tSs SoTs, 70 Of M
| the humillAtions We have had to beaF 10 that
| We have been obliged to witness the siekening
paid $4,000 a year for defending The interssts
| Of this corporation descend to the bastard
msAnness Of taking the part OF dishonest con.
tFAetora against his client the corporation.
Now, what Is the remedy for our troubieIt
: mNOFlly q both Boards Sssm ready
70 10 Nnb mayor may re-
| quire. There are . few men In each Board
/ who seem anxious to do their duty, but
| they are poWeFlsss with the great odds
against them, Occasionally feeble resiBtAnos
10 made to the Mayor by some OF the majority,
| but one crack from his whip causes them 10
! crouch back into their seats like whipped
| lpAnislG, and vote for the meaGure, no matter
how much they may desire to oppose II.
| some think the pan for all our troubles
| 10 to put the city under eommiGsloners or a
| territorial govern ment, while others, who hold
| fat corporation orioeI, are urging Congress to
| keep things As they are,
| hops Congress will not listen to either
| propoGitiont but consolidate the District, With
| . Representative form OF goVeFnuisnt, aud let
ua try once more, and see II we cannot ind
| enough men OF suiiolent capacity to hit II out
OF Its present slough OF deSpond.
The resolutions passed at the citizens meet
| Ing last wednesday evening meet with my
| hearty approval. Idont see how any Repub-
loan can object to them. The objections
| raised, coming as they do from corporation
| contractors and once holders, are deserving OF
no weight whlteyer. Tits too much 10 expect
| that men holding three or four otiees or three
| or four contracts under Mayor Bowen will
| favor any change. There IL no change that
would be likely to be Of pecunlary advantage
to themi but thank God their numbeFs are
few and their Influence small. 1t IL certainly
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