National Republican., 1876-10-25
TIE DEM. JACK. ASS.
Mr.. Bell On Voters, Or. Horner on Music and
Mr. RYDER on Politics.

Mr. Ryder on Politics.
The Democratic jackson Association held
their regular weekly meeting last evening;
President j. F.. Norris in the chair, and W..
Pierce Bell secretary pro TEN. Messrs. John
F. Menborn and ]. 5. Ross were elected mem
bers, and the names of E. L. Payne, James
Ferry and Charles Sharswood were proposed
for membership.
Mr.. Bell, chairman of the committee on
voters, reported over one hundred Democrats
desiring aid in getting to their respective States
to vote. Arrangements were perfected with
the various railroads ard other routes leading
TO and from the city for greatly reduced rates
to voters. All that was now needed was the
funds to buy the tickets. Tho committee de-
nounced as illegal the leyying of q tax by the
officers of Republican associations upon Gov
erDment clerks to be used in sending men home
to vote. ta -.r
The committee also took issue with the pub
lished proposition that the exercise of the
right of suffrage in this District does not dis
qualify such voters from exercising their right
to vote in their respective States. The report
concluded with q shake-hands-across-th
bloody -chasr1 clause. ..H-sra
Mr.. C. P. Culver, from the committee on
transportation of the association to Alexan-
dria last Wednesday, reported that some had
made no return Of the tickets placed in their
hands, and he was then unable to make full
report. rHr 49,. ...s
On motion of Jesse Mann, Geo. T. Stewart
was authorized to collect funds and make all
other necessary arrangements for the visit of
the association to Rockville, Nd, Saturday.
DR.. Horner, of Horner's mixture, said he
hoped, when the band was engaged, they
would not hire the one that accompanied them
to Bladensburg, as, according to his opinion Is
q musician, there was no music In it.
Mr.. 7. F. j. Ryder was called for, and upon
rising said that the call was an impromptu
one, he would make an impromptu speech,
but he had not been long on the platform
before he hauled from his pocket some notes
comparative Of the expenses of the Govern
ment in 1859 and 1875, which he used during
the course of his remarks. He said the Demo-
cratic party were determined, and before
their rights as freemen should be trAmpled
under foot they would declare "war TO the
knife and knife TO the hilt." He propounded
several political eonuudrums which he alone
could answer, and then took up the "late un-
pleassntness" and the reconstruction acts.
He said that when Lees army surrendered
they made peace with the Government, and
the passage of these acts, which gave suffrage
10 the negro, was an outrage on Southern gen.
tlemen, who were cast aside and cafpet- baggers
placed in Office. Since the Democracy has got
control Of certain States in the South every
thing was peaceabe, while, according TO the
speaker, anarchy reigned in those that the
Democracy were trying to get control of, but,
said Mr.. Ryder, ''the negroes are yielding to
their legitimate superiors, and when they are
under our control there will be peace, but not
till then" A crusade on the carpet-baggers
will then be inaugurated.
In comparing the expenses of the Govern
ment in 1859 with those of 1875 the speaker
did not utter word about the 'little diff
Guilty" that existed between the two sections
of the country from 1861 to 1865, or how much
money It took to settle 1t, and the number of
revenue officers 1t required to collect taxes to
pay the war debt accumulated by his political
friends. Referring to the trials of General
Babcock, Minister Schenck and others before
the courts and committees of the ex- Confed-
crate House, the speaker used that expression
highly popular among Democrats, and said,
"they only escaped by the skin of their teeth"
Referring to the New York city frauds the |
speaker gave an illustration CT the ingratitude
of Tilden by stating that he (Tilden) threw
the first stone at his old friend Tweed, mean !
ing, no doubt, that the delinquent income tax /
payer was the first man that peached on
Tweed when his stealing could no longer be
concealed. .. ..I.
After the close of Mr.. Ryder's remarks, Mr.. |
Norris announced that the association would |
meet at $50 a. m. Saturday, and proceed in a |
body to the B. ard o. depot, where they |
would take the train for Rockville. Adjourned. |