Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-31
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FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 81
LEGAL MATTERS.


For the Middle Atlantic States thrc'''s us .
weather and li-hy rains, eaS!eriy wills ,;obtIv
stationary temperature. For satufahy sre
cooler partly cloudy weather ana io'''
Indicated.
Tue R1.ISE1Tss held Il mass meeIiug d
Armorv Hall last night, when "aS a'teuu-
"a ~. 10 nsuaj crowd Of colored people
and a slight sprinkling OF wnlte men mGst
the latter, however, being democrats VINO
we're present through curiosity: on Inc
stage sat J. {. DePu'ron, = ). Wlmsat.' =.
w Dearborn, f. Hughes, D. A. Windsor.
Lewis Mckenzie, Judge Gray ct a'.-al
,,tIi.ebolders or those who want 10 be.
An effort was made to get W. A. Rowe, "
very respectable co!ored man OF the county,
an the stand, but he positively declined,
mot liking the crowd aud kept his seat IN
,he audience. {. S. Deputy Marshal |. Z:
OEeal presided, and introduced Colonel
c,rum, OF New York, as the first speaker.
The Colonel addressed his bearers as iello"
,t,iyans int. on observing their dark COM
nlrxion, made his excuse for doing so by
.nring that the republican party had mace
ali men in the United States fellow cltIzens.
Hr then made the regulation radical speech,
,akinp care to say that if the democratic
n,r,v were successful they would make inns
country a hell for negroes. He said that lie
had made speeches in Giles county, where
n. had been called a potato aud-cord Wooa
statesman and it is thought that the citizens
@tI;iles mad sized him exactly. He wound up
his remarks by dipping into the tariff ques
non and got decidedly mixed, using the
very arguments by which the democra
are gaiuing votes The prevalent belief IS
that in Col. Socum's case the Blaine!tes or
tbjs city sent a long distance for short or
ator
MIR, Sumner Kirk, Of Washington was
then introduced. Sumner is soft, D!ondc
south heretofore to fame and fortune I'M
known, but he last night established the
rrnutation for being able to talk more ana
saw less than aLy man who has yet appeared
here. He said he was from East Tennessee,
which conclusion his audience had already
arrived at, gave a history of his family ana
said that during the war his tather ana
brothers were conscripted by the Cohleo
crates, but one nigh! jumped the state ana
wen, over to the Union army. he toio Inc
negroes that if the democratic parry WAS
successful they would put them back into
,.l.yerv, He then turned his attention to
hon. A. Nj. Kelley whom lie said he heard
speak in this city on the previous night and
expressed his deep regret that he could not
have answered him, for he felt sure he could
have refuted every one of Mr.. kelley's ar
,umerts. This regret was more than shar-
I'd by MIR. keiley's friends and recalled to
their minds the mosquito and elephant Joke.
Kirk so ANNOYED his audience that cries OF
lines upr we're heard from all over the
hall, hut he would not stop and had to he
choked oil By those on the stage. before
taking his seat however. he hit the Ma
honeites a hard blow by comparing MI.
Kelley with the keely,o of motor power fame,
and said the latter had swindled the people
nf New York out Of more thousands OF dol
lars than bad the State of Virginia In the
debt settlement. This remark pre]uolceo
every negro and Mahoneite in the audience
against Kirk.
Judge Williamson. of Washington, was
ivan ;ntroduced. but at first declined to
sneak being very angry at Kirk taking up
HE vs. time with his twaddle. He was
finally persuaded, however, to say some
,binr but in order to give him time to COM
nose himself, Nv |. G. O'Neai arose and
.,ia he saw number Of Alexandria county
ncople present; in union there is strength.
What This meant is not known. Judge
Williamson then, in deep sepulchral voice,
1old his hearers that Virginia was the home
If Washington, the Father of his country,
and that Calhoun once told him personally
that Virginia had great advantages. ms
inflammation astonished the audience, and
the Judge took his seat amid death-llke
stiffness.
Collector of the Port Gray was next in
trodrced, though the calls were LOUD ior
Burke, and told the old barrel and bung-
hole story. Mr.. Gray's forte - not pup'c
speaking.
Mr.. Edmund Burke was the last speaker
and commenced his remarks by insulting
the Alexandria fremen. who, ne stated
after being furnished with fireworks on
Wednesday night, started false alarm OF
fire to draw crowd to the democratic
meeting. Kirk had made the same state
ment. He told his hearers that the cry OF
.:nigger" had played out that they might
CLAW in their beds on election day and go
to the polls and vote; ;" that cleveland
was nothing but hangman," and then
rave his (Burke's) opinion of Mr.. Cleveland
and his ability. This opinion was taken
f,r what it was worth, and as this is a free
r,mtry. Mr.. B. has right to his opinion.
Va ted that Mr.. Cleveland had never
said how be stood on any question, While
neonle knew where to find him 3D. at any
lime This is pointer. He, too, touched
ON the tariff and got mixed, as had his pre-
decessors. and asserted that the GAZETTE
was one of the principal opponents OF Tree
trade in the South. He concluded by rldl-
culing Horace Greeley, which was under
stood as a slap at Mr.. Lewis Mckenzie
who sat near him.
The meeting was the most weary ana
monotonous held so far
ALEXANDRIA EXHIBITS AT THE WORLD s
FA1R.-Gen John Eaton, the United States
Commissioner of Education, having request
ed the City Superintendent OF Schools TO
make an exhibit on the part OF the Al
D.,l.I;o Schools ut the New Orle4QS