Evening star., 1870-03-12
LOCAL NEWS.


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Second ward "TPue Republtc00s.'
A meeting of the " True Republicans Of the
Second Ward was held at Union Hall, 18th
street, last evening, q. b. Fisher in the chair,
and st. Clair Burley secretary.
The secretary read a report of subscriptions
sao0.
Mr.. Kelsey offered q series Of resolutions re-
the M s
. Territorial governme 1t, and declaring that
those who voted for the resolutions do not rep
resent the wishes and interests Of the people of
the District, but misrepresent them; that the
resolutions but exhibited the vanity, sophistry,
and falsehood Of their supporters; heartily in
torslng the Territorial bill, and urging ITS pass
Mr.. Isaiah Washington moved an amendment
That the names Of the prominent Republicans
be inserted-Gen. Howard, Judge Fisher and
Hon A. q. Riddle-which was accepted.
Mr. G. W. Hattsn was called and addressed
the meeting, saying that when suffrage was ex-
tended some two or three men started to organ
,ae & yard S clubs and sns meetings held then were
took consultation from the Irish Republican
clubs, in which resolutions endorsing him were
=. each no9e %estng who the col
posed to any political clubs Of particular ma
eonalit.es- It was consolation that the men
who helped TO form the original clubs were still
With them They had been called disorganizers
and disappointed Office seekers, and, in the Ian
guage OF certain resolutions, they were the
H outs" Go to the City Hall, and the very men
driven out by the Republican party were not
the .'ins." He THANKED God that he was an
"out;" that 1t did not take him but a
nonth to find out the fraud and corruption
of the City Hall clique. If we are to join thieves
% be Republican then he did not want to be
one. The city was under the Dictatorship of the
Mayor, and the peopir did not govern: Bowen,
Cook, Morse, Burgess & Co. were the rulers
They only are the respectable ones Of the Re
publican party, with OBJ ,irne, Gleason, and
Fay. Why these latter are original Republic
cans-Major O'Beirne has been one a year.
lLaughter.] Gleason for six months and Fry
almost as long. Why " IL had not been for them
the eolored people would not now be in the en-
thing is enough to damn the party, and to know
that one colored man is with this clique makes
him feel as II he ought to leave the party. He
the whole city probably twenty irishmen could
ne found who had been Republicans a year or
more As for the Territorial bill he had not
Was in favor Of the people Choosing their own
rulers. The county now has NO vote There
vas an announcement in the papers which
bill and that was that Major Morse said he Was
% be the Delegate. Laughter and applause
II. r Ambush was here very pertinacious In
Insln1ng mat Hatton should explain what ad-
vantages were to be gained by q Territorial
Mr.. Hatton replied that he could not say
eaaetly, but if he lH) had any influence he
1ould keep the gentleman (Ambush) in q Cor
Of Of :" Sit down. iamp-Hshser." Look at those
sea Martn sre 5ne eia AIN Rev j.
s,on; There was no danger, as represented, of
the Democrats carrying the District, and after
the people The Republicans have a majoritv
IN The District, and II they ask this bill they win
pet IT. There was no danger of the Republicans
Selng defeated, for every Irishman Is q Repub-
and he believed that the Bowen clubs had swai,
lowed up every one who had in the past been
opposed % to the party Laughter and applause
ton to admitting re bill 10 the people?
nr. Hatton replied that the question of sub
@itting II to the people was only q dodge, and
ciared it important for the citizens % Of the % Dis
trict to attempt to influence Congress. HE
alluded to the special election for free suffrage
franchise to the people-and yet these parties,
who pretend TO be the original Republicans, op-
pose IL, and charge such men as Gen. HOWARD,
.S .no had given N his right arm that the colored
ether Judges refused, placed colored men on the
jury, and thus settled the question; and Mr.
fiddle, who had been known as Republican
voice" They are almost as good as Cook or
horse."l Some Of these very men who are
questioning Gen. Howard's Republicanism
Wolld suffer death before they would send
their children to the University to mix with the
colored pupils. Why, Ambush cannot send his
snildren Sa,d to the public sehools They are for
the Ambushes are not bleached enough
but they can 60 TO the University and no ques-
tions viii be asked. Gen. Howard is the queer
eet Democrat he had ever seen, and he would
like to see more such. He wondered IL Cook,
Bowen, Morse, or Dead Beat Peck would ever
M Is IN Snt nsasIs n be Is
He had no doubt but il this pill passed the lion
Of the tribe Of Bowen could for six hundred
6ollars be bought over to swear that he Is the
originator, and this sum he will spend for poll
teal purposes. lvoices-"That's COok.l And
then another viii want the position Of Contrac-
COR IL General. Mr.. Peck win be the topogra-
pher OF all the boards-water, fire, and board
and lodging. tLaughterl With Bowen - Gov
ernor, Cook as Secretary, and Morse as Dele
fete, tnen We would prosper. There was but
pass
Mr.. Kelsey said that il was an Insult to the
people to propose to submit the question. to them
whether they are willing to have self 90 yern-
ment, and ne believed that in q latter time
there would be no opposition to the measure.
Mr. Syphax said he saw no reason why the
question should not 60 TO the people, and he be-
neyed That he could show that this was a scheme
70 aeiest the party, organized by Democrats.
MI. Taverns asked IL IL was supposed that
such Congress as we now have would abridge
the rights of suffrage, and did his friend belle We
An the 18th amendment?
Mr.. Syphax said he had every confidence in
Congress, but he believed that the names OF
Howard. Riddle and Fisher had been bught m
simply for effect.
Gen. A. Grant followed in an argument show
ing that the Boys In Blue were in favor of the
proposed reform, and had passed resolutions on
which this bill was drawn. A territorial govern
Aent would allow the people TO build factories
mont and invite commerce here, to build q mar
ket and improve the canal.
Mr.. Syphax attempted to speak, but the cries
for the vote on the resolutions were so deafenino
that he could not be heard.
The resolutions were adopted.
Mr.. G. ID. Gordon offered Q resolution denoun-
eng the action Of the strikers OF the Seventh
Ward, in which II. A. Hall asserted that there
we're no respectable men in this organisation;
but % We are true Republicans let us look over
II, and impute Ii to their ignorance.
The meeting adjourned.
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