Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-13


prIniIDs rs the SssoOisiiOn nigh, order.
Aq ne Ghalr appointed Msssri. ]. II. Crane,
J. II, lfeen, aud A. II. Ktnhey. .....'
Mr. Maurice Peaohlh wa called Tor and I'D
The meeting Hs said they h hsS "aS
he btesle, and the only thlug now was 10
elect their candidates.
hut hsd made their noninhtio1s BY the people.
He denouneed the attempt TO eontfol the votes
Of men by depflying them OF labor. Such an
,ttsmpt would and ought 70 damn any sdP ain
no hopes Of winning BY honotable meaus,
MrJ II. Crosamsn made an earnest appeal
g Put forth every effort 70 elect ne esodidsie
thusiAstio,lly Endorsed He heartily lndctsed
portion OF the remarks made by Sella Mar
,in before The Oongrss,iensl OoPmiiee YES
That paper said Mr.. MAttin went on to argue
that there ought not TO be any distinetioni that
a he people 'hSqld 60 tosS,hsT e, And WIPE Sus
/ aaIdi E..
dog ard the Donovan oontraet He said .
sSa Rut BEEN nad deceived Syibsi report Tsy
sUaLIoGS, they had gone Tor hSmaclvts and
examined the streets, and knew whAt had been
lone and how the citizens had been awindled.
At this point the committee which had been
sppolntcd to walt upon Mr.. Emery returned,
and
Mr. Dixon, ia ch.IrmAn said the commit
mlttec appointed totnfutm Mathew q, Emery
Of his nomination for Mayor Of Washington
had performed their duty, and u was with
pleasure that they reported thst NJ Emery
honoted him. They were authorized 70 say
that he would communicate further with the
association 10 wIlllng At It's next meelinE.
by a long pull, strong pull, aud pull alto
sethet they wou ID succeed IN eleetinR Mathew
q Emery q The neg, eIeCtIoI; lAPei.aI,e'
Emery, which were heartily given,
Mr. Hatton was loudly called for, aud said
he had had the honor eonfetred on him Of be-
log a membeF OF the committee TO walt on the
gentlem whom they had selected as their
| candidate. The candidate that the people hAd
selected BY aeclamAion, and not 10 eonyen.
had selected him Au the standard bearer OF
reform In this city. Little did he thlnk two
years ago that the elllIens Of WashinEton eIt.
commlssionerS would como together and lie.
clare that reform was demanded and must
behad. But snoh vas he iaet ,
w fss,,i, snn tnEy IN ehisa 81 e I'D 70 romsiu
there. BatItwAs for the people 70 say whether
Sayleu J. Bowcn and william A. Cook, lie
exposed the contract system Of the Utty Hall,
and said boulders hed been taken nom one
sufiolep, 10 build 4 wall three aad ! half feet
thick, thirty feet high And half = nile long,
but nobody could show where they had bees
pI ia SSn Who vas ne, Bowen man went to
the oily Hall. be could not get civil apawcr.
90 there, hnd the nr.t question asked was,
were treated Tudely and called Democrat of
q copperhead. He did not care what he vas
styled. Democrats saw a. piainly Asdld Re.
ubitcAHB the necessity OF reform, and u was
the duty OF all alike 10 come 70 the toaeue Of
me city and remoTs the robbers ron the CITY
Ifa poor man aGksd for work. the hrsi cues.
tion was, are you for Bowen, and will you
swear TO vote for hint
IL you abswsIed you supposed that you wsts
free mep, aud that you were given The ballot
to use according 10 the Judgment God had
given you, you were told you could have no
work there. Right In his owe ward men were
taxed three dollars to give TO csriain parties
. "Hpontaneoua outbursth
A voice. ~ was taxed eight dollars"
Ms.toS we'll s,,h ,hS. T rs, grsiiy hs,Sg
sort OF apon taneous outburatu l want TO see.
The pieSident reminded ME-. Hation that
his ave minutea were up. ....
There were elamorous cries Of Ego on,n ',Eo
on" and unauimOua oonaout was given for
eohtinulpg his rematksi which he pa, eharg-
inE that they should vote for them but wanted
the N TO pay the bTibth moan .r.
Mr.. Boxen was DOT wIlllnE 70 fsOoEslIs apy
man a. q Republican who would not swear By
him, but no wanted Bowen and Cook to know |
that they had nominated man who, by the |
help OF uod and the balloi.eoS, they would |
.AANNA - tNN 49, NAF1 - " |
| Loud applauael
Mr. A, ii. Kinney next Addtssssd the meet
log, saying the opponents Of Mayor Bowen |
might expect all kind Of epitheiS applied to |
them by the ring from now to June, but he
was willing TO depend upon the Intelligence OF |
the masses to detect this sha allow and WORKOUT
trick, which was simply the thief crying atop
thief I..f ...r |-'F r.r. .H 49, II
He eulsgiEed Nr. Emery as the friend OF the
woEkingmen, and aAid that v hen the laboteTs
went to him, when the stong enters time was
shortened TO eight hours, and asked how u was
to be witlsthem, be promptly told them he eK-
peeted no more hours OF them than the stone
cutters worked. Loud applAuael DO "a
Mayor Bowen had AecumuiAted good deal
Of money, but 10 would do him no good. He
knew that Il he was defeated he would 20
out Of that Office with = blAekcned rep utation,
and he would therefore spend the money he
had obtained freely TO saws his reputation, as
be hoped by securing his reelection.
Mr.. II. u. Hewitt addressed the meeting,
reeo mmanding n careful watch Of thu registry, |
to see that only those entltled TO register did |
20. Much Ne no admired Mathew q. Emery |
Apd knew the necessity which existed for i |
reform, he would sooner see hlr. stay AZ hame |
han sec hthn Atssi@a ~ = -A-s'- q "sa4esNHN
The meeting thsn adjourned with three
iheera for Mathew q. EmeFy.