Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-28


was sorTy for, a. he had some ability, but we
now on the wrong aide, and would go up Salt
river.
the Mayor, even when he had no money, he
said give them bread. Mayor Bowen II was |
who urged the appropriation OF $50 900 for the
the bill and turned the money Into a military /
channel, where the moDey has been worse /
than squandered, and the poor people have
man, but the people will md out that he IL a
Know Nothing and let him stay At home.
Since Emery has been Ia the Board OF Alder.
men you will Ind that he has all along voted |
with that notorious eopperhead Moore, but |
since the other night, he voted to have one |
board OF school trustees for white and black, |
favor he has been sndeavoring TO obtain, will |
drop him, and will serve him right
Allen CONN was then called for, and made
graveyard sort Of = speech predicting the
try, and The nation II Mr.. Bowen should fall
oIan election, although, Mr.. Coma said he
nomiSstIpT eoSysntIon II they should nomi.
AZ ol5 O'Clock the huge form and massive
iorS, and taking he sSsl with evident sstisS
faction, cared with a benign and fatherly
look upon the aapemblAge below,
volatile aud mereuriai ex.prssidsnt OF the
Fourth Ward Irish Republicans, had his say.
Elder Peek could not stand u any longer,
aud upon ne eonsiaS,oaS Of NJ oshII is
remark. II had been regretted that they had no
candidate In the field. / think We have. The
candidate we want lie Sayles ]. Bowen. He is
the man whom we mean TO nominAts-yes, aud
elect him, too.
The time has come for US to DO Audaelous.
We must now take the bull BY the hofns, and
not be meAly mouthed. We have had Saylea
J. Bowen for two years, and we have pros.
pefed as never before. Let him have two
years more TO complete the noble work he has
Ia i'm aF 10 lHh
10 our heafts, and We will elect him. Who
10 afraid OF Mathew q. Emetyt II men Op.
pose Us now we must cut their heads OF,
whether they are In the Treasury or anywhere
Whoever stabs at sayIes ]. Bowen Stabs At
the heart Of the Republican party. I don't
| Bowen 10 nominated will not support him,
| but let the newspapers tevile and oppose US,
| we say that our first choice 10 SAyles J Bowen.
As for himself llnk or swim, hye or die, sur
| vive or perish, he was for sayles ]. Bowen,
aud he would rather perish with SAyles J;
| Bowen than triumph with any weak.kneed
| whining, changing, shilly-shany Republican
| Nit. Shanklin then made short speech to
| the coloTed men, cbpeeially. after which Prof
A. NJ. Green offered resolution, which was
| Adopted, recognizing the Republican commit
| mIttce as the authority to order an election.
| Pending the adoption OF the resolution Jerry
| Robinson rather disturbed the harmony OF the
| meeting by saying that he did not think II was
Just the thing TO attempt to force men 10 de-
| clare that they would vote for Mayor Bowen
and no one else. Their principles were TO vote
| for the regular nominee Of the Republican
convent OF, and he intended to live up to those
principles. lie did not want TO be shAekled
Into voting for any one man. lie was willing
TO vote for the man who received majority
Elder Peek hAaiened TO inform the gentle.
mao that he had miIApptehended his remarks.
Twill vote for the regular nominee. would
rather vote for Mayor Bow but II any other
man 10 presented who 10 true Republican
will stand by him. ] simply ,uggest my own
nominAtiOn-I AN for SAyles J. Bowen,
Tho meeting then adjourned.
PInh ward Republicans.
Pursuant to adjournment a meeting Of the
Fifth ward Republican club was held last eve
ming At Carroll Hall, although u had been an
| noubred by Adyettisement that the meeting
was not 10 be held until tonight. The hall
was dimly lighted by four candles, and the
members Of the club did not assemble on time.
| shortly after 8 O'Clock the president, q. II.
Holden, called the meeting TO order.
Samuel Strong was elected secretary pro
TEN, the regular secretary, J. N. Mcknight,
The ChsiT said he was ready to announce
the committees authorized to be appointed At
Dr. snodErass said he had not made up his
mind who to support, but he did not think 1t
| rlght for the club TO transact any business,
inasmuch as their was some misrepresentation
| As 20 the time when The meeting had adjourned
| to. He would move to adjourn until to-moT-
row or soTe other evening that the club could
| agree upon,
| Thursday night, besides thia vAa the regular
meeting night OF the club, and opposed Ad-
The motion Of DR.. SuodgtaSs was laid on
the table, when he came forward and pro-
| tested against the meeting proceeding undei
The chair again stated he h.d not author
lied the notice publ shed, and II was dis
+, tinGily understood the meeting should be held
/. some one asked fos an explanation Of why
the notice had been put 10 the papers.
Z Samuel Williams said he could explain
The secretary OF this club, J. W. Meknlght
OF deferTing the meeting because the Gen
trail Executive Committee were In session
. tonight, and the object was 70 prevent th'
and holding Il subject 10 the acts OF that com
q mlttee II they could. Talk about harmony
, there was no need OF advice on that subject
The enemies OF the party had exploded bomb
, | OF their own invention, and they must no
! complain II they injured themselves BY auel
acts ~ hsd characterized the workings Q
y Bowen's frieads. The party who had put tn
. notice 10 the papef knew Fegy well the clu
adjourned until this evening, and he was onl
n striving to defeat the Opponents Of hi
W ii. Brown gave an account Of the wa
AttornsV Cook carried out the wishes OF III
master, and he kneg from the position he bel
d committee that Bowen had placed $4,000 4
9 Cooks hAnds to buy votes for Bowen At u
e former election. Recently he was asked p
! foSSsr-tisRilI, how the Finh ward woul
jority Tor Richards. But Cahiil said Bowe
: could buy up enough votes to carry the war
! Dr. snodgTasS raised a point of order. Their
q was nothing before ~
Sam Brown, SIT down, W, Sh9lstMs. o
. are not pleading our cause This 10 not
h The Chair said there was no motion bsfOr
W N nrn,Vn moyed to Adopt tho proeee,
Ings Of the last meeting, and continued his 70
y marks, The Republican party was not divide
D. 1 The whole cause OF the trouble was In SAyl
lie ]. Bowen insisting upon calling himself q
I'd Republican party, and dividing the party
Of his selhsh Ambltio1. We have tried him q!
10 MI III III Rsmei lie would Il he was
d. good Republican. No true Republican woul
=, at the sacrifice Of principle, demand his nom
" nation. II Bowen would withdraw, the par
ID would be united and elect better man TO
9. lie worked hard to secure his election tw
le years ago, aud he would work harder to q
Id 10 the voters OF Washington that he carrie
Congress in his pocket, and could get Al
n to pass. That was all very good two yea
OF ago, but the man whom Congress would q
40 trust with All appropriation Tor the relief
10. he Door tSemIsl%es, and the people Of Mas
he ington were ready to lay him on the shelf
Ist Tho Chair announced as the campaign co
eu mittee, Joseph Lee Hs Mms n. bIoMns
- Jas MuiTheAd, 4. $, Atkinson, JnO. SHIELD
he James PullAloVe, Thos, Lyle, WIN. linda
NJ. DOtsOn, Thomas shay, James Quigley,
3D. r. Parker Walter u. Pl0wden, deoTEe
nd Beans, and Alfred Berry.
en vigilance Uommlttee-Joseph Lee, WIN,
ed Better, John II. NourGe, WIN. Dupee, Jose
zee Veins, Daniel Connolly, Samuel Brow
Of W. II. Newton, Arch, Joyce, Samuel Adau
an VIM. Hayne, Daniel Hiokman, James Sma
zee wood, and John CLARK.
Its Confusion continued for some time, the u
OF potAtion distufbers moving to lay the appel
he ments on the table, and TO adjourn,
A Voice. II the Corporation shop was
o. shut up for q few days, all you fellows woI
he stATve.
IOT sam. Williams, from the executive CONN
he tee, reported the oORmittee had agreed
re- hold primary election for delegates. In
nd ply to an inquiry, he said those who vot
Dn- iof delegates would be sworn to support
lat regular nominee OF the convention,
ne. The meeting adjourned with rouaibg che
'ns for Richards
en Fourth Ward Reform RepubIIei
~ CIub.
lat A nesting Of this club was largely Attent
ITO last night at their new hall In the lntellgl
It Ger Building, corner OF Seventh and ID stree
Ike The club was called to order by the preside
| Al. n Mana and VnFa m ada