Evening star., 1870-02-03
ans-the Bowen or the anti-Bower


The Chair-That is not the question before
MT, Robipson-Is il Repubicanism to dis
| charge a man from corporation work because
he does not choose to attend a certain political
meeting and ssid anG T%r sTse aId down.
| eau were as good Republican papers as the
Chronicle, and he did not see why the distinction
was made. As for the standing of the ChrOnicle,
| he would ask, where was Forney twelve years
| ago? Voices" Sit down." &c.
| Mr.. Green said that The STAR and Republican
had come into their meetings and made scurri-
lous reports styling the participants as scayen-
| gers, &c, and If they would not do better the
reporters should be kept out, They should not
misrepresent them and send their reports all
Mr. VIM. Syphax agreed with DR.. Purvis that
the party could do better than fight ne wspapers
| So far as the Chroniele was concerned he was not
prepared to say that it was the only Republican
Mr.. Green.-Is not the Chronicle the only one
! which has not illuminated the party.
Mr.. Syphax.-No, sir; / have seen favorable
| remarks in other papers.
Mr.. Syphax continued, saying that it would do
no good to endorse the Chronicle and denounce
can they gain by it? 1t is not the way to gain
influence" This was the first meeting he had
attended since Mr.. Bowen was elected, and he
would like to see peace and harmony, and if
they had not these their success was doubtful.
| Mr. Peck (the President) said there was too
! much stress on the newspapers, for they were of
|
right. They were sensational, and seek after
| sensational items. As an instance, the New
York Herald is perhaps the greatest paper in the
country; everybody reads it, and yet it has no
DIR. Purvis asked if the Tribune had not had its
influence on the elections in Tennessee and Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. Peck replied that the Republican papers
| generally urged that Virginia should be admit
ted according to the terms of the first BILL but
that when the people brought a pressure on
Tn in fhn
! He would be glad to have the papers on the side
of right, but if they did not take that side the
Republican party would stand up without their
| aid and achieve its triumphs as it had done in
the past. He believed in the people, and not in
the newspapers. lApplause]
The resolutions were adopted.
thanks to Major w. s. Morse for the able de-
fence OF the Republican party of this city in
his speech at Lincoln Hall this afternoon. Jap
Mr.. Cook moved that the name of Prof. A. NJ
Green be inserted. [Applause.l
Major Hall accepted the amendment, and the
Mr.. Cook was called for and addressed the
meeting. He first referred to the fact that there
| was contest going on, because the time for the
| election was approaching, and there were appa-
| rent dissensions. He asked why these dissen-
| siOns could not be considered outside the party
1t was, to great extent, owing to the fact that
| the movement was for the purpose of breaking
| up or disturbing the harmony OF the Republican
| party, and for the purpose of promoting the
| personal interests of those concerned in it. At
| the territorial meeting, at Lincoln Hall, they
| said there was to be no politics; but the same
| devil showed out. The men who sympathized
with the rebellion are putting on garments of
| white, to mislead you and control the District.
| MIR. X. M. Hall asked leave to ask question
and said MIR. Cook, ii he understood rightly, OBJ
| jects to the territorial government, because
| those persons engaged are putting on a cloven
foot and are trying to mislead the Republicans.
| He would ask whether, under the resolutions
adopted to-day at Lincoln Hail. parties would
4 Mt fIn y.rtxt tlnyo h.n
| hold their elections and elect the very same off,
! GERS that are now sitting in high places as Cor
| PoratiOn Attorneys, Ward Commissioners, &c?
| Who among these men has put on a cloven foot
or sought to do anything to destroy the effect
and harmony of the Republican party?
Mr.. Cook.-I will tell the gentleman who
That gentleman sitting there referring to Mr..
| Hall was one OF them.
| Mr.. Hall.-was Gen. Howard also one of the
| Several vOices-Yes! yes he was!
| Mr.. Hail. want to ask the gentleman if
| Gen. Howard and one of the honorable Judges
of the District COurt-Judge Fisher-were put
men who have been clothed with Republican
ideas for the past half century. GCries of "Thats
the talk" and aPplause;l Then, sir, have these
steadfast friends of these, my poor colored
! friends, put on the cloven foot TO decevelthese
| men who have not been educated as Gen. How
ard has been, or as the speaker has who stands
! me, sir, that Gen. Howard, the friend of these
| poor coloreG men, has sought to deceive them?
lCries of "NO, no." and .Yes, yes."J Tell me
that Judge Fisher deceived them. He would
| tell his colOred friends that Gen. Howard, Judge
| Fisher, L. &. Robbins, and all those who are
known as lifelong Republicans. would never
The Chair called Mr.. Hall to order. and Mr..
| Cook proceeded, saying that the territOrialsts
| cannot, by the use of General HOward's or
| Judge Fishers names, deceive the people. He
| charged that nine-tenths of those who attended
| the meeting were the sworn enemies of the Re
publican party. AT the first meeting they re-
tfNs sh.,,.c Ill.
had asserted that large number OF those who
| were III the movement were putting forth the
cloven foot. They had, in this city, achieved a
splendid victory without the aid of the territor-
| alists, and he detied any one to name one
Of them who had contributed to that victory.
MI Hall said votes were of more value than
| money, and he had voted with the party.
| Mr.. Cook next referred to $. Z. Brown, who
| acted at the meeting as adviser to Judge Fisher,
| having had an opportunity to select Republicans
| for the positions under the Levy Court, hut he
had not done so. He then referred to the five
minutes rule having been put in force at the
territorial meeting. The Republicans did not
with Georgetown and the county. He under-
| stood the game. They could carry WASH
ington; it is very doubtful if they could
carry it with Georgetown packed on our
backs, and the county added upon the top
Of Georgetown. Laughter and applause
1t was trick OF the Democrats. After referring
| to the meetings at Kilbourn & Lattas, from
which the masses were excluded, at S. F..
| Browns, and at Union League Hall, (where, he
| said, Morse, Green and others had whipped
| them OUT he said they rented Lincoln Hall at
| O'Clock, when the poor men could not attend.
| He did not believe that any of them would
| have voted that they did not want office. He
| then said: l hold in my hand a copy of THE
| STAR, in which it is said, in substance, that
| hoattng population govern us; that the contra
| bands had better go back to Virginia, where
| they are needed. [Cries Of g Hear, hear" and
| "Put that DOWN. And that paper is an ad-
| yocate of consolidation and territorial govern
| ment He said that under the territorial govern
| ment the chances of success would be dimin-
! ished, and that was enough, especially when he
1 found il avowed in a respectable and prominent
| paper that the cOntrabands had better slide of
| into Virginia, or some other place. They were
| charged with being mob because they did not
| agree with them but when Major Morse and
| Snodgrass were cried down there is nothing
| said. He said that he had not denounced cap
italsts, as asserted in one journal; but when a
meeting is held in the interest OF taxpayers the
| question comes up, Have they no axes to grind
On this point he continued go Let me tell YOU
this there Is not one man engaged in the
| scheme, so far as / am acquainted with him.
who has not an axe to grind. 1t Is the grinding
OF the axe that moves them all together. [Cries
| OF That's so.''l That is the whole of it. But
here Is the difhculty: they pitched into you ter
ribly because you grind axes in the shape of scav
| engers, ward commissioners and contractors: and
yet they would have you believe they have no
axes to grind. They are pure, so disnter-
| ested, so benevolent, that they have no axes to
| grind. Well now, look here; If there be-and
| want this put dOwn-ifit can be established that