Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-20
THE POLITICAL POr A BILIN, IN
THE SEVENTH WARD.
RED HOT.

BosaceH against cdrsoH-R.ag and init Ring
The King GOES URder-"Hor ere you, SIR Hua-
/ bred Dollar Cook S'-"H0,o are you. CITY Hall
| Ring r'-Speech by BOs'oc!-Sparrig an
Around.
| mass meeting OF the Republicans of the
Seventh Ward was held last night at Island
Hall, under the call published in The STAR, for
the purpose Of electing officers for the Republic
can Club Of the ward. The hall was filled before
the hour of meeting arrived, and the crowd a,
the entrance and on the stairway leading to the
| hall was 30 dense al almost to preclude any i'm
gress to those who arrived on the ground at the
l usual hour Of evening meetings. Perry Carson.
/ and his Pioneer Club, were present, and occu-
pied the row Of benches on the north side of the
Il hall.
| Collector Boswell called the meeting to
i order, and r. j. Collins acted as secretary. Mr..
i Boswell stated the object of the meeting and
/ reviewed the history Of the Pioneer corps the
City Hall ring, and alluded to the effort made to
concentrate the strength of the opposition SO as
1 distinctly understand that this meeting could
not be controlled, and he called upon every one
present, who had right to participate in the
to their convictions, to express their senti
irrespective Of candidates or partisan control.
anu 10 snow themselves true Republicans with,
gu. aeieIence 70 the dictates Of ward commits
sioners, corporation 0fic Gals or ANYBODY else
Every one should express his opinion tonight
and ne would see that order was maintained.
lie nrst business was to elect officers for the
cinb, and he called upon the meeting for nomi-
nations.
Geo. III. Newman nominated F. A. Boswell
and Perry Carson offered the name Of Anthony
A perfect babel of cheers and groans followed
the announcement Of the nominations, but the
the side of Boswell's party. A rising vote was
taken but was protested against as unsatisfacto-
~, ard finally Boswell announced that a vote
would be taken by tellers, and stated that All
pass through the tellers and out of the hall.
Henry NJ; Knight and George H. Newman
The Boswell men passed out in strong force,
raliying their opponents on the meagreness OF
, their numbers; The vote on that side having
favor OF Anthony Bowen against myself viii
now pass through the tellers," and announced
Perry Carson and VIM. Hendley tellers.
=, rerry Carson, latter reconnoitering.)-"we
Boswell-"You are afraid to show your num-
Perry.-"I amt afraid to show with yos. but
we can't get out. The stairs are fun up
Noices.-"Pass through the tellers here,
Ihe tellers advanced to the center of the hall,
and Perry's Pioneers began to pass through,
who charged them with voting early and often
in other words, with passing between the tellers
more than once.
A rising vote was next taken, when some one
proposed to admit there were one hundred in
favor of Anthony Bowen.
Perry-No, sir; want my men counted
They were counted, and numbered eighty-two.
Perry-Count me, too; 1 make eighty-three.
that's eighty more than we had last year.
"A Solce-And eighty-three more than you
The doors were again opened, and the friends
OF Boswell nocked into the hall, and 1t was but
Few minutes before the room was thronged as
The Chair said he would announce the vote
For +. A. Boswell, $50; for Anthony Bowen, SO.
The meeting could judge who was elected.
MD onho IL -
dent of the Seventh Ward Club, for Major Rich
ards and victory, and groans for Sayles j. Bowen
and Perry Carson.
.., Cries of How are you, City Hall ring?'
"How are you, six hundred dollar Cooke"
MR.. BoswELL's SPEECH.
Mhen order was restored, Mr.. Boswell said:
Gentlemen, Fello,c-eitirens Of the Seventh Ward.
desire to say word or two, and would like to
nave the attention of all parties in the room,
whether OF the same belief with myself or not.
a, ana let me say in the beginning, that in the
canvassed nor have i asked any one to canvass
the ward in my behalf. The selection for this
once 1 assume comes unsolicited. am there
fore the more deeply sensible OF the Obligation
[Cheers.J f'"'
have, as you all know, been absent for some
Intimate with you as I could wish to be; bat
while differ from many i'm their views of mu-
nleipaI affairs, L return with malice towards
| terests of the Republicans that first honored me
with the ONCE Of Register Of the city. loud
| 1 claim to be radical, and am Radical. i
90 not deal IN conservative men or nominees
and nrst and last; . am determined TO rasrhat's
the talk; give it to 'em, Boswel.rl stand by the
principles of the party that has repcsed such
relations with some Of the city authorities are
| not as cordial as they might be-as would wish
| them to be. But why is ii 80? can tell vol
There Is no use mincing matters. The reason is
hncansP w w Il n ffer hav mot hao
true to the interests of the Radical party.
['' That's what's the matter, - and cheers.
see men assembled here under the call of the
trust and honor, ON the platform OF principles
identical with the one 1 advocate tonight; men
who were chosen rs the opponents Of these prn-
Republican party. But where do they stand
now? say to You tonight, If yoa review the
history OF corporation affairs Tor the past eight
months you will lind it a record of efforts to
| strike down radical men placed in ONCE, and to
their duties. iGreat applausel
God forbid should ever betray the principles
have been entrusted to guard and hand down
TO my successor. There are only two sides, only
two motives TO actuate those engaged in the
contest The first is fidelity to Republicanism,
pure and simple; and the other Is the spirit of
deyilish selfshness that manifests itself openly
at the present time. Tremendous cheeringl
Fellow-citizens: am not an adept in political
trickery. 1 do not Calm 10 be powerful party
leader, nor do aspire to the honor that some
men boast of, in managing things to suit them
selves. Eloquence and wisdom may not be my
portion, but one thing can boast Of, one thing
can honestly claim, and that is, 1 have never
been guilty Of betraying those who have hon
ored me with their Official trust. My opponents
do not charge me with this. Their by-word Is
that Boswell and his niggers do 90 and So"
That is the way they speak Of you-you who
have always been true to the cause oil liberty
and equality and enemies Of political tricksters
| Great cheeringl
say to you, fellow citizens, the people of this
| city have right TO express their opinions of
party men and their actions. They accept the
| ofhce knowing their labors are subject to criti-
| cism; that they must give an account of their
| stewardship; and who are better judges than
/ the people? Whose interests are confided TO the
party nominees, If 1t Is not those Of the people?
And when am found guilty Of recreancy to the
trust reposed in me, let the people put me where
| they VIII put the others on the first Monday in
June next. Prolonged applauss.l
Another matter about this betraying OF Off cial
trust. Men came here tonight with written
tickets to vote for the men OF their choice or
somebody else's choice, should say. That Is all
right. Every Republican has the right to ex-
press his opinion or the opinion Of anybody else
II he chooses; but when it comes to distribu-
ting loaves OF bread and buying up votes with
Corporation charity, that is another matter
altogether. For the past two months there has
been distributed IN this ward food that was paid
for by appropriations of the CITY Councils con-