Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-05
THE MAYORALTY.

THE MAYORALTY.
Sayles j. Bowen has been to-day nominated
for reelection rs Mayor by that portion of the
nominating Convention engineered by the City
Hall ring. This nomination would seem to be
one Of those dispensations of blindness and
faulty which II is said the gods visit upon
those they wish to destroy; but the Ring had no
other course to pursue. Their desperate for
tunes were bound up with those Of Mr.. Bowen,
and their last chance Of retaining their hold
upon power and the spoils was in his re-elec-
ton.
1t 10 not necessary to recapitulate the causes
which make Mr.. Bowen to-day the most nm
popular and most unavailable candidate that
could be nominated; but the fact is demon
strated most Enthusiastically, if that demonstra-
ton were needed, by the satisfaction with which
his nomination was received by those who wish
to defeat him, and with him the detested City
Hail Ring. Ii is notorious that some of the
bitterest opponents Mr.. Bowen has on earth
voted for Bowen delegates yesterday, in order
that he might be nominated and defeated.
1t IL surprising that Mr.. Bowen has not rea
Lied this state Of things, but it would seem that
he has given ear to the ring parasites who sur
round him and who have persuaded him that
the same system OF manipulation and terro-
ism which they have employed with success
heretofore would carry him safely through this
time. They have succeeded up to a certain
point. By the system OF compounded trickery
and rufianism introduced into the politics of
this city by Cook, Morse & Co., they have
carried things with high hand in the prelimi-
nary arrangements for the convention, but to-
day they were compelled, in order to attain
their ends and get control OF the convention, to
resort to piece of laundering fraud that caused
the Richards delegates to Indignantly withdraw,
and which must serve to embitter their oppo-
nents beyond all hope of reconciliation.
1t seems that the Committee on Credentials,
though designated by Cook himself, had the
honesty to prepare a report fsvoring the admis-
sion of Richards delegates from certain of the
contested wards. This would never do for the
Ring, and consequently they resorted to the
unprecedented course of taking the matter out
Of the hands OF the committed, and declaring
it's functions at end! Then the Richards
Morse, Peck, Mott & Co. had no difficulty in
nominating Mr.. Bowen with great unanimlty
The result Will be the election of Matthew Ct.
Emery as Mayor Of Washington. Major Rich
ards has admirable qualifications for that posi-
ton, and he fully deserves the devotion which
his large body of friends have given to his
cause; but under the circumstances he will
ia to 10
and the success of Mr.. Emery is thus assured.
Mr.. Emery was early placed in the field by
the Reform Republicans, and he has thus been
made the target tor every sort of adverse criti-
cism that rivalry conld sngsaSt, and tho result
has shown how little can be said to his disad-
vantage and how much in his favor. 1t will not
he denied that he has gained friends and adj
herents by hundreds every day since his candi-
dacy has been announced and his claims first
discussed. a good citizen; a sound Republican
warmly esteemed by the most influential men
OF the party in Congress; a man OF wealth and
influence, but at the same time q man Of
the people whose sympathies have been
shown in a thousand ways to be with
the labOring men, from whom he sprung;
Christian gentleman; clear headed business
man, of sound judgement and undoubted execu-
tive ability, he seems to be just the person to in
stitute the needed reform in our municipal mat
tiers, to rescue the city from bankruptcy, to
break up the blood-sucking Ring combination,
reduce taxes, stop the wasteful expenditure of
the peoples money, and put the city on the path
of healthy progress.
1t viii be happy day for Washington when
Matthew G.. Emery takes control of the City
Hall, he assuredly will if he lives until June
next.