National Republican., 1874-05-09
THE,SBFFRAGE SHRIEKERs,
MEETISG OFEAST RASHINGToSLANs
LAST NIGHT.

sPrrcBEs AND oLUTTONs-CAPTAIN A.
Grant AND A. N. GREEN ON THE slTuA-
TI0N-A GENERAL sCoLD ABOUT DIS
TRiCT AFFAIRS
"A mass meeting, called BY J. L. Venaole ana
others, for The purpose OF taking into consloera-
tion the Question of an enlargement OF tne SUI
frape in the District OF Columbia, was held Al
WashiSgtoh hall, corner Of Pennsylvania avenue
and TRsTd street east, last night.
Before tho assembly was called to order the
,,orcsSan zsuave band was engaged to drum up
the rsNsd On the street outside the hall.
The meeting was called to order at s45 O'Clock
bvS s Riley, Assessor If the Twenty-hrst dis
trict shout three hundredPefssns being present.
MI Tsyh ToIhy was elected chairman, and
Andrew Langley secretary; after which Nr. T.
T. Bower in the absence Of the advertised speak
ers, addressed the meeting, and advocated an e1-
tension of Suffrage in the District. MI. Bower
was listened 10 with attention, and his remarks
were clear a1d to the point.
AM Green was then called on and made some
remarks fitching into Congress for passing the
organic set forming the present District govern
7nept. Hs also asserted that boards Of public
works we're unmitigated frauds, and warned Ais
bearers against the bill RoW before Congress,
HhfchIte claimed, was tneeaded to deceive the
peaple; that IT was Z" mSefsfy, delusion, and q
+enareM that he had no doubt that 1t was pre-.
pared5u the once Of some real estate broker In
this He also warned the audience agains;
carpt. baggers and political acrobats, &c. He
closed by saying that he had no doubt that If the
people petitioned Congress for q change in the
torn Of government, making all the officers elect
fSetthat the request would be granted
iOLptain A. Grant Nxs the next speaker. He
stated that he had meter expected to speak at q
public meeting in " Washington again, but the de
:pIorable condition, he claimed of affairs in the
District of Columbia had dragged him from hi!
.Seclusion and compelled him to spring 10 tb<
rTescue, and help TO deliver the District from
StyranDy and oppression. He then ohered TIN
following resolutions and spoke to them, charg
ting Governor Shepherd and the Boards oil Public
works Police and Health with all sorts Of crImeI
and misdemeanors
Whereas a bill has been introduced into tht
Senate by Hon. W. NJ. Stewart placing this Dis
trict under q board Of commissioners, and thereby
deprivInK us of our rights of franchise and con
trolling our property, which We consider both
anti-repubIican and tyrannical; therefore. be 1t
RcSofued, That committee OF seven (7) be ap-
pointed by the chair to report at an adjourned
meeting all the facts connected with the prepara-
tion Of the bill passed by the senate In ISL CIV,
ing the people the right to elect all the ocers IN
Rssoired. That said committee secure all the
actions Of the subcommittee OF one hundred ap-
pointed by the citizens OF said District being con-
etituted Of our most able lawyers and other innu-
,entiaI citizens and OF which the Hon. A. r. Rid
die was chairman. who appeared before the Dis
.trict Committee Of the Senate, and secured the
massage ef- the said bill by showing conclustyely
that the 10000 inhabitants had rights which
Congress must respect.
Adopted.
He also paid his respects to the bill now before
Congress, and agreed with his friend Green in
regard to it, His main grounds seemed to be
the fact that the Board OF Public Works were
rather tardy and not lavish enough in improving
the streets in the immediate vicinity Of Grants
Row.
While the ex-general-in-chief Of the "boys in
bluer was speaking, number Of the audience
withdrew.
ME. Bower offered the following resolution,
Which.Eas adopted:
Whereas we the people of the Twentieth,
Twcnty-frst and TWenty-seeond Legislative dis
tTiefs feeling that the present form of govern
Inent for the District Of Columbia is oppressive
and tyrunncal and believing that it is not calcu-
lated 70 subserve the best interests Of the people
and believing that we are entitled under the Con-
situation control our local affairs, and believing
the present prOpitious time for Congress to hear
us;
ResoIsed, That We Immediately ask the people
of the Hhce District Of Columbia to join with us
in urging upon Congress the justice and necessity
Of giving 10 us special legislation embracing our
right TO manage our local affairs in our own way,
subject only to the revision Of Congress; also a
vote in the House VI Representatives and in the
electoral college.
The chairman then announced the following
named gentleman to constitute the committee, in
accordance with i. Grants resolution: A. Grant,
E T Bower, A N. Green, Charles Champion,
Peter MOsby, q. &. Langley, Peter Mcnamara.
When the announcement was made, q colored
man in the audience said that he was opposed to
the selection made as there was not enough Of
colored men on the committee.
The meeting then adjourned to meet next Fri
day night at the same hall.