Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-21
The Political Pot a nsli.' d. the Fifth

The Political Pot q Rilin' In the Fifth
Ward.
Meeting Of he Fra Ward Repuelican ca5,Con-
test BetTeen the Bowen Men and the RscAards
Men--A Drarm Bottle.
In the contest in the regular Republican Or
ganixati0n between the Bowen men and the
felt in the action OF the Fifth Ward, as iRdica-
tive of the respective strength of the cand,-
dates. A regular meeting Of the ward kepub-
lican club was held last evening ut their hall,
on Carroll Hill, the President, e H: Holden, In
the chair, who stated that the business of the
meeting was all important; that Of making ar
rangements tor the coming campaign, and he
hoped consequently there would be no dis
WIN. II. Brown moved the appointment OF
Vigilance Committee OF fifteen Tor election pur-
poses, the members to receive e19o per diem.
motion was carried-the men to receive the
81 80 per diem, II collected, or pro rata
amount Of the collections. On motion OF Sidney
Canvassing Committee sf fifteen.
Justice Maryman then offered q series OF reso-
lations, declaring Il to be the senee Of the club
scribsns the method in which the same should
be conducted; which, after several motions to
amend, were referred to the Executive Com
mittee, as was Also one Of the same tenor offered
by Mr.. Samuel williams.
Dr.. Snodgrass then offered preamble and
resolutions to the effect that the ward had
always acted harmoniously, notwithstanding the
the other wards to unite I'm the determination OF
the Fifth 10 support the nominees. DR.. ). was
then praising the resolutions, when VIM h.
loneed to some one else. For his part he couidn't
praise them. They looked to him like problem
in Euclid. They ought to 90 to the Executive
where the errors and irregularities would be
corrected. The learned Doctors resolutions
were then referred to the Executive Committee.
Mr.. L. Newton then offered resolution en-
dOrsing Major A. &. Richards for the may0ralty;
and the Chair Councilman Tinney) declared
the resolution out Of order, as it con1icted with
the sense of the meeting, as just expressed by q
u.s." "Now, none Of that" "Come square dowf,
to . vote" "Well, lets vote on It." "Vote It
down, or adopt it, one or the other" Finally,
the sense Of the meeting being unmistakable
vote on the resolution endorsing Richards, and
amid terrific yells for both Richards and Bowen,
declared the resolution lest The announcement
dates; and amid the noise and confusion the
meeting dispersed.
Fourth ward Republican Club.
"Elder" Peek Recognizes Major" Aorse-' Major
Morse Addresses Elder, Peck-TRe Too Dead
Beats FrateTnire-Par Mobile Frat. AM.
The Fourth Ward Republican Club met last
evening in the Aldermen's Chamber at the City
Hall; ID. b Peck, in the chair, and j. M. Tally
secretary.
An address from A. X. Browne was read, in
which he regrets his inability to attend the
full sympathy with them, pledges himself
to labor for the election OF the candidates.
Three cheers were proposed for Mr.. Browne,
but nary cheer was given.
A. nj. Green offered some resolutions.
Elder Peck, docking towards w. s. Morse).-.
"Will some gentleman favor us with speech?''
Cries Of aCclin." Coffin and voice in tn the
latter, Elder Peck Immediately announced that
Major Morse had been called upon, and intro
duced that gift enterprise battle-scared vete-
been peddlisg about the city st ward meetings
ever since he lit in Washington after leaving the
army: He proceeded to villify The STAR and
W.9n the RePasleah reiorm movement oven fnaiiy
Jerry Robinson, a cOlored man, inquired Of the
the Chair, If the gentleman intended to speak
all night? rs it was not desired that he should
monopolize allthe time, where9pCI morse sub
sided
The Executive Committee reported the fol-
lowing:
william Il. Ea d William BoWen. G. c.
Brisco, q. Ryan, Edward Scanlon.
For Finance Committee-Sidney Mcfarland,
William William Bowen, patriek Crowley, William F.
min, William H. Edinbor0, William s. Morse,
Lafayette Jeffries, p. II. Donegan, James Dali
ton, 1. Waldron, Andrew Gleason, Maurice
Campaign Committee-Michael Scanlon,
John Thompson, &. G. Brisco, John Peyton, A.
w Layton, Thomas SOrrell, A. Clark, Henry
Poland, Samuel Ambush, Sol Donamore, Rob-
ert Brown, Thomas Bowie, Jerry Robinson,
William Taylor, ID. +. Cahill.
Sidney Mcfarland moved that each member
Of the Finance Committee head the list with a
After addresses by Jerry Robinson, T. Jen-
kins and others, the club adjourned.
THE THIRD WARD LABoRINe MEMS Asso-
CIATfoN.-This association held a meeting al
Wisewell Barracks last evening, George ii. Bos.
ton in the chair, and Mr.. Kuhn secretary. The
the bill to grade and gravel New Jersey avenue
made a partial report.
AIR. Connolly explained his relations to thi.
bill, and hoped the work might be promptly
executed and that the wOrkmen might be Sc
lected without reference to their preferences In
the approaching elections. He wished to intro
duce nothing political here. but said, as this is
were unavoidable. To him every honest mar
| in the Republican party was the equal Of every
other, and no power should prescribe any ont
| ence to candidates for any office. The part,
has many good men, capable OF filling the high
est Offices in the city, and upon whom the Who'll,
| party could unite. Men who would not try t.
| conciliate the whole party were unfit to b<
| rulers. The hour is critical; division is destruc
| ton, and he Is poor fellow who cannot sacritc.
l his seInsn aspirations Tor the welfare OF all
| when he knows that the defeat of all must b.
| the result OF his selfshness. He admitted tn,
party had great men within it, but not one 8,
great as to weigh feather against the welfar,
| Of the whole.
| Mr.. Freeman asked how the bill in questio,
stood, and stated that it was eight days since i
was passed, and nothing had been done by tn,
Mayor. 1t looked az though pledges had beer
broken in this case, as had been done in others
| and he hoped the committee would urge on the
| Mayor the Importance Of approving the bill ant
| ordering the work. -
Richard Clark offered resolution requesting
the Commissioner Of the Ward to give employ
ment to the members of the association ire.
| spective of opinion.
Mr.. Freeman took the ground that the Com
missioner had the duties of his Office to fulfill
| and he hoped that he would not be trammeled
Ii he saw lit to refuse men work, let it be 50 IN
derstOOd, and when the day Of reckoning comes