Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-04
Independent Refer4 Republiean As
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The "City Hail Ring aad their Antec,dents.
r. regular weekly meeting ofthe Independent Re-
ihe: 'qtion was held lasa OF euing, at Union
League Hail; III: President wH- Dixon in the
'h Mr. sh.lrR:n Q, tie 3. R 3 asiea Cen
I possI one the ratification meetin, TAurslsy
Ell. opssnepts made their nominarion o..
s sns -sald % k.own next week Who they h.a 70
e,e'iOn his stock vas raising every day. y hsd
meeting in Lincoln Hall or in front 81 the Usy as
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ScSs. + pSIisI:: ;:iI Sa:Ss: ne: Il, :dss.
pick up THH star and Rspsei'ean could see what
: The Chairman. (wm. Dixon , with Messrs. r. NJ
Hall and Philbrook were appointed a Finance Com.
mittee, in place Of the committee OF seven chosen 81
Mr., 2. II. kkipehar. wa. then introduced, and
s. he he had been called upon on scsount
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Haa N e.
tell him he wa. n9, Republiean, because he did no!
Stripe He read an sceOun. q the Third ward n.es s
destroy the reputation OF the pres. Mayor one Of
which was that there was secret eonci.ve in ex
and instructed by certain sterious marks
h. ss,.. The r'EE VIM G0ss Who
had right to be : Know. Nothing, but he should
Cook lived in West%orelanS county t Psnnsy1a
MIA and was high sochalGsen among the Know
Sa @ the 81
vested by the know Nothing movement, and
.Sess; S0Gs Is, T s,,5
Dr.. Rock to lecture here: He desired TO have soma
n s S tine 1sesrs and vent abSu,
eopld not sell one to w. a. Cook. who was then .
sa ss 10 ns IL
and sndeayored to have him Purchsse one. The
tnre and in lsss than half am hour Vas Hauled xp
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fact. but was subsequently,, told that w A. Cool
the Secretary for putting up this hasd bill He de.
sired to show by these circumstances where Cook
tempt to set himself up the true pattern Of true
Republication. The speaker on the day Of election
the same thing, and It did not become VIM Cox S
next to an article Which recently appeared
in the ChronieLe written to influence the Germans,
Bowen ss spss9
know Mr.; Emery, but had heard him spoken Of in
.ne sss manner and no man had anything to say
Mr. Robert Murdoch next addressed the ..socia.
TO be found among the Repubicans Of this District
In the days when men were needed in the cause
Bowen gave them neither words Of encouragement
publican Association which used to meet at the
fugitive slaves. not dollar was given by sayles
H n: s iSs@Pn p ISL Mr.
Republican cause and secure Mr. Lincoln's e-slec-
ton not dollar Of which he paid, but the clerks in
the Post Office made it up and paid the amount
when Gen. Grant was nominated Bowen again
assessea Sl5O, but up to this day had not paid il
The STAR some time since christened him seven
teat Bowen, and he thought that Q good name for
him.
Mr.. A. H: Kinney said that he would relate an in
cident in reference to Mr. Bowen g generosity Two
conmittees waited on Mayor Bowen, he told the
second that he had Just given e25 TO the former
he had not given either Of them dollar
John II. Crane said 10 had been stated BY VIM A.
Cook in . publie meeting that he (Urane) was a
Know loihing. 1t was not He never belonged
70 but one secret organization, and that was the
Union League OF America. He desired Mr.. Cook TO
retrart he statements he would staud before this
community q liar. He thought our municipal al,
fairs we're pro oerly summed mp in THE STAR OF
Monday. The question was put In that paper very
clearly. and correctly summed mp by the editor OF
that papfr The Bowen party would surely 60 un
der. and Mr. Emery be the next Mayor.
After speeches By Mr. Crossman and r. W. Fen
WICK, the meeting adjourned.