Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-01
EMERY MASS MEETING.
THE SEVENTH WARD AROUSED.
Great Enthusiasm.
Mr. B0swell's Address.

Mr.. Bosweli's Address.
Who is the Republican CANDIDATE
Emery.
who In the Bolter1 Bowen.
Other Speeches.
A meeting Of the Seventh Ward Republican
Club was held last night at the flag staff Oh the
corner OF Virginia avenue and 9th street. Mr..
Samuel ii. Middleton presided, and Mr.. w. w.
White was chocen secretary. The stand was
brilliantly lighted up with gas and the streets
surrounding the stand were densely packed
with the friends of Matthew G.. Emery, a very
large proportion Of those present being colored
men. 90
1.-THE Bowenites resorted to their usual dodge
OF getting up pow-wow further down the ave.
nue.. in order to create a diversion; but their ex
Perience last night win prob ably make them
sick of that business The handful of corpo IA
itcn laborers they managed to get together made
such sorry contrast along side the large and
site Emery meeting, assembled to hear
ers, that they could not conceal their chagriu.
On stiict count last night, forty-three men
made up the sum total Of the adult part of the
gathering; the few others present being boys,
who were paid ten cents each to reinforce the
bummers.l
Mr.. F. A. Boswell came forward and ad-
nearly arrived in this city whent1e people will
deter rhine who their future ruler is to be. We
have placed on the ticket a man who IS above
the faint OF reproach in his private and public
characterize stands upon his merits as an
honest and capable citizen and asks your sup
port in his endeavors to save the city from utter
at convention of the true republicans OF the
city, and we the radical citizens OF the Seventh
Ward endorse him to the fullest extent,
Office we can have Notwithstanding the charges
of democracy which have been made against him
by the followers Of the present Mayor. These
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dation for them whatever, and you should not
be deceived by these partizans OF Bowen. Mr..
Bowen has had a fair trial of two years, and
has utterly failed to meet what was Justly ex-
pected Of him by our citizens, and 1t Is now be-
ieyed TO be for the best interests of all to make
change. They tell you that our candidate Is
opposed to everybody-foreigners, democrats.
republicans, and everybody else, but the fact
Is, he Is merely opposed to all evil doers and this
Is why the ring are opposed to him. lap
Mr.. Boswell, continuing, said he thought,
under such circumstances as these, all could
AFFORD to suppor. Mr.. Emery, as just such man
to the financial condition Of the City The two
CANDIDATES are both republicans-yet Ii is
aimed that Bowen Is the regular nominee. He
republican candidate of the party, and all who
do not support him are boilers, and would be
considered as such. 1t had been said that Mr..
Emery is proscriptive. He denied that too and
would convince them all of the truth Of what he
asserted. As to himself, he had acted straight
forward, and no man could charge that he mad
not stood up for the rights of the colored people,
Many had objected to him because of the
earnest manner in which he had advocated the
Emery cause. but as he was convinced that Mr..
Emery was friend to the cOlored man, he
would read letter from that gentleman which
should likewise convince any candid mind that
he was no enemy to the oolored race.
WASHINGTON, May Is, 1870.
+. A. BOSWELL, EsQ-Dear Sir: In reply to
your letter of the 18th inst, and in answer to
your SPECIFIC inquiry, beg leave to state that if
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be my pleasure as well as my duty to give the
colored citizers of Washington a fair snare of
the patronage under the municipal government
[Great applause.l
This is the position he stands in. and who is
there that cannot safely support him? The
cry? lVoices-'Emery, Emery, Of course."I
He defed any man to charge Mr.. Emery with
going back on his friends, or any act that he
need deny. He has been accused of being
know-nothing. That party is buried so deep that
there was no power on earth that could resur-
rect 1t again. This is an issue long dead, and is
would injure him. What we need is a man who
can command the respect of Congress- which
Bowen does not. great deal of reckless ex-
made. 1t is currently rumored by these
leeches that IL Mr.. Emery is elected, labor on
the corporation work will cease. He would tell
Them in all candor that If Bowen should by any
possibility be elected the work would necessi-
MY cease at once, as there was no money to
carry IT on with. What money there is col
lected now goes to the contractors and not 10
the lahorers, as il should. And these contractors
worked against Mr.. Bowen's election two We Irs
ago. As to the contracts going to the lowest
bidder, ii is out of the question entirely. The
contrary is invariably the case In whose
upon the people to look at this subject.
This City Hall ring is mostly made up of old
dyed-in-the- wool democrats, who are endeav-
OF ing to prejudice colored men against Mr.. En-
nv
This should be fr0wned down by all good citi-
zens, as il would in the end lead to direi al re-
bet~een the two races. The hobby used by the
ring that Mr.. Emery will cut Oft the work, Is
humbug 1t mattered not who is elected, this
cease, for the present, at least, as there viii be
nothing to pay with. They tell you il Bowen is
elected he is going to cut down these river banks
improvements are to be made. He, for one.
would like TO see these things come; but at the
same time he wanted to see them paid for
These promises had elected Mr.. Bowen May
or two years ago, and the total failure
TO carry out any one OF them will de-
feat his reelection this year. Applause |
will be set ASIDE after two years. trial His (the
speaker's) doctrine was that il a candidate for
any public ONCE betray the people who elect
him, he should be thrown overheard. He had
no fears about Mr.. Emery's betraying the poo
pie of Washington. He will be the peoples
Mayor, and not lock himself up in his office, as
DowCu uOSc. nc ktuc spedkelD n8U visited most
OF the Mayors or other great cities, but had
never found one who kept his door locked
against the people except Bowen. Two years
OF this kind on rule was enough for him. He
did not mean to fOrsake the republican party
nor the colored men by his preference for Mr..
Emerp. as had been repeatedly charged against
him. By the support OF MIR. Emery he claimed
that he was suPI orting the true republican
parry. lGreat applause.l
Mr.. ii. Nj. Knight came forward and thanked
bis friends for the evidence of their confidence
in him by re-nominating him again ON their
ticket, and pledged himself to do all his power
to merit that confidence ii reelected. Zap
plause.l
kW. A. Talafer0 was introduced and thanked
his friends for the honor of the nomination, and
IL elected would not go back on the wishes OF
his constituents OF the Seventh Ward. APP
plause.i He had every confidence in the honesty,
integrity and capabIity of Matthew G. Emery,
and hoped a Council would be elected to fully
sustain HIM in his policy of reform. lApplause.I
Mr.. X. Hunt was introduced and thanked them
for their confidence in placing his name on their
ticket for the lower board, and pledged himself
TO do all in his power for the interests of the
Seventh Ward and for all classes Of its citizens,
white or black. lApp,ause.] Honesty and ca
pabiiity should be tn, only requisites now in the
selecsen OF Off GERS, the people have suffered
long enough by having tricksters and kRaves in
n the pavf sraaIar IL