Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-27
Letters from the People.


A PRoPER SUeeEsrIoN.-Editor Star: Will
you inform your readers by what law or right
do the commissioners of the Is issue "scrip -
flor such, II anything. their orders are,) and, IL
any power or right, what is TO prevent them
from issuing il ad htitHm, or at least million
dollars Of IL as safely as a hundred? II Mr..
Bowen and his seven commissions rs are not
stopped soon in this business, will make the
finances less than watery. / win be one of ten
to contribute the means to test this matter in
the courts. FIRST WARD.
FIFTH WARD EMERY CLuB-TAe Old Fsfh
Talking Practical Reform-List Of Candidates to
Dc sofed for at the Primary Eieetioa-The Fifth
on d street, between Sth and 9Th streets east,
the President, james Lynch in the chair.
MI. ID. X. Parker offered q resolution that the
canudates Tor Alderman and Common Coun-
c1l voted for as nominees at this meeting or at q
primary election, are hereby pledged to the i'm
mediate repeal of the ordinance fixing the sala-
ries OF the City Councils ut $500 per annum.
the candidates pledge themselves to use their
endeavors to reduce the salaries to $500 per an
rum, and to give two-thirds Of their pay for the
reduction to $500 a year is effected. VIM. II.
Brown, DR., offered as an amendment to the
above that the candidates also pledge themselves
to urge the abolition Of the offices Of Superin-
OF the Corporation, Superintendent of Public
Schools and Topographer of the Water Board.
MI. Parker accepted Mr. Browns amendment,
that the city expenses would not thereby be re-
duced. The pay should be reduced at once and
II any thing was left then to give the poor why
give 1t by resolution of the Boards. You can't
pledge man to give two-thirds of his pay to the
poor. Some Of course are able to do 1t, but a
poor man may be elected to the Councils who
may need every cent of his pay for his own
household. Mr.. Parker's resolution, as amend
ed by Mr. Brown. was then adopted.
Mr.. A. p. McKenna then moved that q pri-
mary election be held on Wednesday next, June
he urn0 HN., q o
such places as the judges hereafter to be APP
pointed may select; adopted, and the Chair was
authorized to appoint five judgesof election and
The Go 1ere them
sented to be voted for at the primary election
For Alderman-Geo. F. Gulick, J. q. Smith.
Robert Ireland, j. b. Iardella, w. T. johnson,
Or. George Mccoy, Frank Benner, Peter Sha-
fer Common COuncil-C. II. Holden, John
O'Meara, George T. Basset, George Bean, G.
0henstein, VIM A. Hughes. A. D. Brock, VIM.
J. p. ID. Phelps, Richard Emmons, Thomas A.
Cant, Thomas Thornley,, George F. McClelland,
J: Hartman, John Mills, Jos. weems, Samuel
S M DANES Fqllaloye, Chas; T. Jones, DR..
Assessor: Fowler, A. Cornish, VIM. Noting
ham, J: w. Mead, c. Y. Langtree, r. Knowles,
John Slater, j. r. Arrison, Humphrey Faucet,
Mr.. George F. Gulick was then called upon,
ana mounted the stand amid loud cheers and
cries Of " Our next Alderman Mr.. G. spoke
view Of accomplishing the one end-the defeat
OF Sayles J. Bowen. He advised those present
to forget all past animosities and work together
Tor the good Of the city. Adjourned.
BOwKNITR Pow-wows-RAMPANr RowpY-
IsM-AssAULTs BY BOWEN STRIKERS ON UN-
orrENDINe CITIzENs.-The Bowen Club of the
anG Maro met last evening ct Carroll Hall,
ID. Holden, vacant, and filled the same by elect
ing A. B. Tinney. Sidney Herbert and DIR. j.
=. Snodgrass denounced the course Of Ward
Commissioner Atkinson, saying he had attempt
ted to sell out tho republicans of the ward to
Emery.
In the Sixth Ward there was an attempt at a
mass meeting around the pole, corner of Vir-
ginia avenue and Sth street east, but If it hadn't
been for the arrival Of delegates from the Fourth
and Seventh Wards the affair would have COM
pletely fzzled. As it was, the meeting was held
under flag bearing the words "Anti-Bo
and economy" and one OF their wee presidents,
Charley Osborn, had wheeled around on Thurs
DAY evening last to the support OF the next
Mayor, M. q. Emery. Several speeches were
made on the platform, dun ing which Tom Bowie,
(who was drunk, y at the head Of a crowd, made
a rush for the house at the opposite corner,
declaring that 1t was an Emery flag, had no
business there, and he would cut il down. He
was met by squad of police, under command
OF Lent tent Austin and persuaded to desst by be,
pc: he became so tumultous finally though
with his crowd OF followers, that by the advice
OF Oh the police the managers concluded to adjourn
the meeting. The Fourth and Seventh Ward
professions then returning exercised them
selves knocking down everybody they met on
Capitol Hill, one man, named Clark, who was
s ihhhamg on corner receiving ter
Bowie once; but the crowd rescued him trium-
phantly. They also attacked Willie Strombe,-
e ger ;hsq oas, soIs man, eighteen years of age,
struck him on the head. and then drew kn T.;
but the young man managed to escape. Mr.
frederick Sromberger, father Of Willie, says
liams, President of the Board Of Common
Council, who not only participated in the de-
monstrations against the flag, but was with
them while they were making their assaults on
THE RIGHTs OF CoLoRED PEOPLE IN Rail-
ROAD CARs-An Important Test Cdse.-In the
case Of the United States at. Charles Caldwell
was called, Mr.. Harrington for the government
and Mr.. Hine for the accused. The charge is
assault and battery, preferred by Lewis II.
at the Government Printing ONCE, against
the accused, Who is railroad employe, in eject
ing him fro m Car at the Baltimore depot.
The me defence s that Douglass and his brother
entered a chair car and took two seats which
had been already engaged and paid for; that the
accused had informed them that such was the
case, and requested them to vacate, and they
refusing to leave, force was used in ejecting
them from the car.
Judge Humphreys, in charging the jury, re-
marked that this was an important case to the
travelling public, and that railroads, steam
boats, and other common carriers could not, af-
ter holding themselves out to the people, make
laws and rules to violate the comfort and safety
Of passengers. No common carrier has the
power now to make any distinction as to
who shall take passage with them; the
very attitude Of the jury shows that fact.
He reviewed the evidence In the case, stating
that smoking car, to which the prosecuting
witness was directed, was not first-class car;
and also said that while no passenger has the
right to bluster through q car, or to attempt to
thrust aside the authority Of the conductor to
keep order, conductor has no right to be rude
to passenger or to act hastily. Even had these
seats been engaged, 1t was an error of the con-
ductor to act hastily, and he should first definite
ly ascertain whether they had really been taken.
The jury had net returned at az O'Clock.
POLICE ITRMs-Charles Young was yesterday
arrested by 0ficer Crump, OF the 4th precinct for
disorderly conduct and fined $40; he was also