National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-16
MR.. GREEN AS A FRAUD.
UoTV THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS
WE'RE 20 BE WELCOMED.

HOW THEY FAILED TO COME TO TINE |
SOME NEW AND HIGHLY ORIGINAL RE- |
MARKS FROM SOME OF THE OLD sTAGERS
THE PRESS COMPLIMENTED-ALLA ABOUT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF THE Dis
~TRICT.
EtThev wanted to welcome the new Commis-
sfOners, did those eager men, but the Commits
sioners failed to welcome. When we entered
the Legislative Hall last evening it was half
past eight and just thirty minutes past the
hour of meeting It was dark as night. Seven
men were slowed away in different parts oil the
hall. Some of them were sleeping, Whlie
through their nostrils much music murmured.
II was like the sound of many waters. Said
we to a man on the verge Of sleep, ''What's
the matter with your lights!'' He replied that
E'both his lights and liver were doing well
when last heard from" We saw that he
didn't comprehend our remark, and were
about to make a more direct question respect
ING the dreary darkness Of the room Wheh q
prominent ward politician balanced himself on
the back of chair, struck match, turner oj !;
the gas lit it. and remarking, Bully loT uAtI
got down, The blaze flashed up 0TllhahtIy
for q moment, sputtered, WGnea anu meng
out by Halifax, 1--WE think ,, ne safo
Halifax this is a very d-n shame Inns Is
what he SAID WLFel the Bab Ni@A VIM ~
i've remarked that it was very strange that
Tho let didn't burn. He replied that there was
notI,fnp strange about, and then went into de-
tails. sSomebody had removed the gas meter;
that somebody had laid himself liable TO be
knocked down and walked on. He ought to
be assassinated, quartered and hung up on the
Fity's gates to dry. 1t was deeply conceived
plan to overturn the new government, but by
the eternal length of time we'n hold at
this iuncture a box of tallow candles was
brought in and distributed about the room in
divers ways and lighted. Then the band and
its followers entered, and after playing several
hirs the meeting was called to order by APpleIy
Zones. who remarked that he didn't know
much about it, but he felt deeply interested
and anxious.
3 Here the name Of Resolute Green was waited
about the room to the tune of various voices,
and Mr. Pappleby Shones having nothing mon H. 70
saw said it, and then introduced the 'OIu war
Stag, who Immediately responded with pro,
Fou1d bow, and proceeded to say: Ladies anu
ipTtlemen. 1 was not startled to hear that the
gas-metres are gone; other things nave went
before now, quite as mysterious!y nave met
the parties who perpetrafed TINS OutLase Nc
fore They are sCamps, rogues, scouiHels,
al in ffaitiirn, I'd i5lfitinn was good, ana
brouGht forth prolonged applause I've stood
NV tIern in this very hall, and they have stood
Nv me. have worked for them, and they for
inc. have prayed for them, the Lord knows
3bf times. DuI IaL q oAEkAtSAN4SA- $3.50
+Lcy ever sup for me-, A voice cried out sym
,,tLeticaIlv You needed it, no doubt, Brother
Green = which was followed by series OF
amCns. ., !,
) Ladies and fellow gentlemen, 1t might be
remarked right here that it was thought proper
to meet and compliment ourselves upon the
change in District affairs, and particularly
4lpon the prospects which are looming up in
The dim distant not far away hereafter, OF our
sacIrir- the DositiOns which our families so
much ! d." T"Bread! 6readn' cried voice
on a back seat ''Won't crackers and cheese
dos asked a member of a prominent burial
yocietv1 Things became serious, and Mr..
Green Wanting his kuuckles on the American
Tag. which shrouded. the speakers desk, cried,
asWarI war! I'm for war Of determination, TO
t1e kept I'd until the old sheOang has been
Ileauiv swept and reTOlutionized; until every
man in Office is thrown out, and every one out
lis thrown in: and then, and not until then, will
&c have government for the people, by the
eople and5'-TWha has all this got to do
with the price of provisions Z" interrupted Q
Iay laborer, WhQ bad mistaken TIE object OF
! Mr. Green thought perhaps this man was a
Elcwspapcr reporter, the thought Of which made
him very much exercised. He pranced across
tbe r6strum twice and half times, and clasp
himself into fury and then coRrhenced an IN,
t.oErruous TRADE against TIE District press. Vi
picked u0 pe&spEpert this morning /" Gsi9 IS,
t3hPins his heels into the foor, "a 1e1WSpA'
Der which is q Republican barometer, and It pro
,Fessed to say that there is no Republican party
I'm this city. There is nothing proprietary about
hhis at ali. think we have an executive Re
publican committee. know It. feel 1t. !
1t uleases the court, l am the honorable chair
man of the aforesaid" and then he waited fol
some applause, which came from back sea
i'm the words, land nice mess you've made o
it. too" After he had split the deal table an
filed his boot with perspiration and driven on
half of the audience out doors, he sank 6acl
into his chair, the warmest specimen OF polit
zeal fraud that ever wore breeches. He vii
entertain another meeting in the same way an
at the same place this evening. The menageri
Is free.