The sun., 1878-08-30
8EAKNEY IN WISHINGTON.
Taking Pride In Speaking from Place from
which he Mns Ordered Away.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-In talking Of his
visit here Koarncy has said that ho camc only
because the announcement had been made that
he would not be permitted to spcak here.
This is no place for my work." ho said.
"There nro no votes here. and only came 10
vindicntc the right speak"
Tonight Kcarncy had tho good fortune 10
have his wishes graiincd in n futile and absurd
attempt to prevent his speaking His intention
to speak from the east front Of the portco was
widely announced. An old rule was cxhumcd
by Superintendent Clark prohibiting political
and sectnrinn spocchcs on the Capitol grounds
and published in an evening paper. Privately
the remark was made by police officers Mt the
Capitol that 1t was only done to scare Kcnrney
and thnt no mon would bo on hand 10 enforce
the rule None were.
A struggling crowd gathered ut 3 o'clock be-
fore the east front Of the Capitol. Practiscd Oh
servers put its size at not over 1000 at the ut
most. Kcarney calls 1t 10000 or 10000 1t
spread over the large plaza. covered tho stops.
was noisy. good naturod. and brisk. Work
ingmcn were noticcaby absent II was n
great throng OF wcl-dresscd clerks with about
a third Of It made up Of colorcd men. A local
ngitntor who gained the brief murtyrdom ~ n
dHv In n police station recently, parated nj tho
head Of n file of negroes. with drum ana HE. u
cignr in his mouth. and carrying light cane.
The throng was we'll on in hand when kcnr-
ney and his private secretary. Brown. stepped
out ON one OF the lower piers OF the hroad Il aht
uf steps which lead up To tho portico and ro-
tunda. The night was dark, drIZily, and rainy.
There was cheer rs hrnfney appeared.
Prom beginning the throne cheesrrd at
| itol Police m. organization altogether dis;
| tinct from the Metropohtan Police here stepped
| forward and told kvHrney he could not be al-
| lowed to speak. Blackford has thirty men un-
| der him. He had not y man there to support
| hlS oru,r-. NJ ~, re- RIDICULOUS ui~Yi"y VI hp-
hul nj la 81 iR lg
Kearney turned on Backford and asked hy
| what authority he prohibited lis speaking.
| k"nrney said this evening:
lie told me it was some r->rty by the name Of
Ii Was Superintendent Clark. custodian Of the
national Capitol Kcarncy retorcd that he
came 70 speak. he proposed 70 SPEAK. nnd
| speak hc would unless arrested; and turning
| L. the throng he asked If he shulld
| 60 on. The thronG yelled its approval
| There were scattering cheers for kearney
and Blackboard. Blackford fell back and
! did nothing Tho meeting was orEanizd
ana kcarney went on. A. matter oi courst
! Kearney speak. No travel WAS intorruuted. n,
! inconvenlence caused TO any man by
| rdly held in the same place last june when
| COnEreee WIS in session. addressed ly mon
| much Of Ksarney's way OF think inS. Tonight
however. Kcarney hn- the satisfaction. WI ict
| he Is not slow to express, not only 81 spcaki M
from the Capitol steps. but Of speaking in de.
| Tor one hour without incident What hC
said was similar 90 what he had said elsewhere
| He had n little more to say about the Chinese
| and made more frequent allueion TO Congress
| That WIS all. Nor wns he pruiano. Twice on y
| did he use Objectionable terms. Compared with
| some OF his speeches. the discourse was mod
| crate but II followed closely IN the track
| Of others he has made. with equa
| impnrtiality he epostrophzed the end in which
| the Republican Scnntr and tie end in whi III
| the Democratic House sits AS sinks Of inluity
| IL be said. pointing up To tho great irof
dome above him. the man in the moon docs no
| hold his nose whcn he goes over this dome
then muy Do" nni a shout from the crow,
drowned the last word.
| There were other local Nllusions. tho most i'm
portant being.a denunciaton OF the ''cntiac
systems and one Of the cOpscs OF
recent labor riot. ke?rncy declare
that the Government ought TO emplo
men by the dRy The usual dcnunciation q
tho prcss andJ John sherman fillcd his speech
which had some brief reference TO Hayes. hut
WIS significant that this reference before
] Mnsi,ln pton audience mRd- w 81 clerks dre'
| no applauae. A brisk rain at o'clock broke u
| the meeting which closed without Incident,
| To-day Kcarney has called on such member
| Of the Cabinet as were in town. His longes
talk WINS with Schurz. The two trayelln
| rrformers had something to say nhOu
the Desert land grab. on witch they ngree,
and something about finances on which the
| did not agree at all. Sehurz ayOwed himse
hard money man. Kearney told MIN he NIGH
as well have King. and in telling OF tho con
vcrsation said that Schurz, Ike all these har
| money men, could give no reason for his the
ory. Kearney's calls elsewhere were short an
formal