Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-06
THE SIXTH WARD AROUSED
IHE NEXT MAYOR or WASHINGTON
Enthusiasm for A,C. Richards
TERRIBLE INDICTMENT OF MAYOR
, BOWEN
WHAT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
LICANs SAY AsoUT HIM


AT eight O'Clock the president Of tho club,
Alderman Charles champion, called the club
to order.
CounelIman p. d. Gaines offered rcsolu
tIon looking to the holding OF weekly meetings
hereafter, instead Of semi.monthiyi which was
agreed to.
The following resolution was then offered,
and, after considerable debIte, slopici by a
large Majority
whereas there has been much complaint
about the last election, aa the committee on
nonlnations could not make a selection o.
the wardj therefore, be It
RsIoipsd That thlS club will appoint nine
men a. a committee, which shall DO knows a.
DO to set At regular meeting twice week
for the purpose Of hearing the citizens OF this
ward express their opinions 10 regard to the
delegates for the ensuing year. This commit.
tee shAll not report theit progress until called
| upon by this club. Citizens, come one and all,
| and speak for yourselves.
he u rsioirSa, That the following persons he
known as the nomlnetlng eommiltsei MessIs.
| l.. ]. Roberts, Charles OiboFn, Clarence NJ.
s SS so q J ssS h Hafhsa o sGs rR:.
d. Gaines offered the followiASi
| Whereas II ia the conscientious belief OF all
| tho many should be consulted before the fowj
Whereas the Ropubllean party In this ward
/ AnOull atAnu IAAk anu unn1ONeADlo III lho NTuo
faith, and not listen to side issues which have
| been started by the minority Republicans OF
| tho ward, which issues have been made tho
BseS fSisoS.p .sd @ssrss. ~ Soopts ~ I Inc
ward are sick Of aide iaaues, and arc deteT-
mined with the help OF God to break them
who have not kent the RspubiieSn faith.
Rsioipcd, Thatwe, the Republican oitiIens
Of the sixth ward, earnestly recommend A. u.
Richards for our next Mayor, and Y ho de
calves 4. a thu nfoa0ut luOnmbRut haH. q
him. ~. ...
president In the chair,) spoke against the rec.
olutions as premature, although he was In
favor OF the spirit Of the resolutions. He was
and Il The SSH ward Repu6iiesns, or The Re,
publicAna Of the city, had any selErospect LEFT
they should hurl him from power, and place
In position an honest man.
OhAs. Osborn took the fiOor In favor Of the
resolution. lie had known Major Richards
for years, and had always known him TO DO =
(osboTn) had been sllsmatlzed a. Black re.
publican but few yeArs ainoe for voting for
Major Richards while running for city col
leotor. He thsn pitched Into the contractore,
dealing them some heavy blows, In regard to
their Gotious with the workingmen,
He predicted the triumphant nomination
and election Of Major Richards as the next
mayor, and At the close OF his stirring re-.
mAfKG, was loudly eheered. Cheer upon cheer
va, then given Tor the next mayor, A. y.
WIN. II. Hughes then spoke At length upon
the resolutions In an eloquent manner. lie
drew a startling picture Of the frauds perpe-
tTAted upon the working men By Sayles J.
Bowen, who was now surrounded by the old
WallAch ring, men who had been Kicked out
Of once by the Republle.a standardization Of
General Grant, and fen back upon the corpo-
ration pap, ...
SEylss j, Bowen had yloIlted every law
which he had sworn TO obey, and kept the
the city Ia his brooches pockets, A mAn who
would keep = corporation attorney In power
Ss bribe 10 Collect legal debt, wa, moi an
honest man, and unnt for the position.
NJ. y. Dove spoke against the resolutions,
closely allied TO Bowen TO DO good Republl-
can. lie, Bowen, had created al ONCE for
| Richards brother, and appointed him to II.
| IA Voice: "You're an Emery man.nl
l am an Emery man, or In favor OF any man
| except Sayles ]. Bowen or A. q. Richards.
The previous question was then called, amid
| loud cries for f" BArtou,n " Barton"
The motion was Withdrawn, aud Clarence
NJ. Barton took the door and spoke IN = fotcl-
bic manner In favor OF the resolutions He said
premature. They were not premature, bat
| right upon the nick OF tine. -
1t was we'll known throughout the length
and breadth OF the District that the present
occupant OF the Mayors chair had proved
dAmnAble traitor to the best interests OF Its
citizens, and sold out the Republican party
be di1plseed and succeeded by the gentleman
named in the resolutions, tha 40 whom no bet.
ter, trueT Republican lived In this city. lie
lBowenl had been professional Democrats
otilce.holder since the days OF James X, Polk,
|. and, true to hts instincts. was endeAyoTlng to
stiiI cltps % ,,oa n p.Rim sSrroaedsd now
have never been idoutined In days gone by
with the Republican party, he seeks to drive
faithful non from the party aud create a
hui two Yeats iinse a few grntlemen who
we're delegates to the nominating convention
from i6iS ward 'sw o. to est thelr vote for
had the right TO do so, aud yet hls honor
SayleB J. ostTAolsed these men, and by his
mean mean 's I dI'Po'iIioa, ai.snp,sd 70 stab
cry. A. q Richards met with his dispieAbure
from presuminE 10 allow his name to be
brought before that oonyention, aud he has
attempted by mean undofhAnded tricks 10
have him removed from the oiliee Of superb.
tendent Of METROPOLITAN police.
The Handwriting, however, 10 upon the wAl,
add as sure as = God lives In Heaven that
faithful Republican and honest man, A. q.
Richard Richards VIII receive he EomihSiioa and
Second, part o. the Fourth, the FIith, Sixth
and Seventh wards Will spesk 10 thundsr tones
ards leaving the Cooked Third ward alone In
Al Its glory for Bower, mi'rule and eorrup.
| ttOn, wa.
Take the papers OF the Day and read the pro.
poaals published for grading ADD gravellnk
| certain streets 10 the vafiouE wAfds, Why 10
y mat sneh enormous eonuaota are AdyeF.
used AZ THIS late Jay, within lev weeks Of
the elseuon. Ekp!hnAtlonis unheeesaaty,t the
story tehs ltselL bowen voters are wanted,
an1 ne" SonlrAeh are the onI{ way TO secure
them; heAd the Saturday E1eniHg ptinor,
eHiteu ~ teu hp5a Ieoei' VINO now pro-
claims Tor saylea Bowen,
Io-nlEht VOL ], no. !, OF new bowen or
gan makes lts appearance styled the EnsHiHg
Journal, devoted 90 me adyeftiaement OF Goa.
tracts and corporation pap" IN general. Let
me elub not only pass thls resolutlon but 20
lAflherneleet no mAn az delegate TO the
nomlnaung eohTeqtlont OF nominAte no man
DO an anti Bowen Republican.
, Az me conclusion Of MT; BATton's remarks
lne Note was Mheh upon ING res0lltloni ana "
! MM uhAnLAousLf hIoplen smldst WIG co
thuslasm, the whole elub oheenng Tor eur
heSt m,A{orl" A. Y. hlehArdl. ..,,
W n. fteteheF l9ok ihe MOOT 10 flbdieAllon
| o. Mayor Bowen, claiming that unless he wa
eleoted Tue eolofea people would have no work
| unul next December. He wasn't In favor OF
| mayor boNen so much ~ he was In favor OF
more WORK,
WIN. Bufn offered the following resolutions,
Rei0iurd, That we, the RepubllcAus OF the
sixth ward 10 testimony OF our devotion and
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