Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-02

1ouS WISE IN ALEXANDRIA.-Fo several
,or. mast tbs satellites of this individual in
,sis place have been canvassing among
,nair fellow dupes for funds with which To
rant a hall in order that their champion
,,u|d unload himself in Alexandria OF his
Enumeration and blasphemy against the
neonle OF his Stale 1t was at first proposed
n rent the Opera House for the occasion,
Int that intention was Abandoned Tor the
vary good reason that money enough TO pay
fr the same could not be raised The
nngroes. so raany Of whom still compose he
ronk and file of this moasrei clan, had
nothing to give, aud The reputable white
republicans of the cty--or many oil them
paremptori!y refused to contribute Il cent
towards defraying the expenses OF meet
inc which would accomplish nothing, ana
only serve 10 give this Would-ho Governor
an opportunity to ventllate himself IL was
however, finally determined to rent Armory
Hall, which could be secured at a much
lover sum than the Opera House, but the
projectors were forced TO dispense Win
music. though they were more than once
r.minded that the elnanaiions from brass:
horns and drums il the Siar q"d non q s'ich
gatherings.
The door. of Armory Hall Wera opsnei
abnu, sav.n O'Clock, wien person: began
sauntcriny into the building. Ga the stag"
gas 4 wuo,i-cut picture "t Wise nnd the
table from which IL" was |" peak liah Il
small Ameriran flag wiap"h "F'iii:n me
legs. The auditorium AT the t'nie ;Ac Speak
inp ber,u wns crowded and tia; temper.
allure was nearly as high - In" w.s:"i' boat
inv point. Though numbers g! r.':oTed
neople were present, the crowd / oai :hs
clement was by no means as large rs upon
former occasions when republican meetings
,ycra held here, which was regarded "S
nm;aous, A few white women at first APP
orared in the gallery, but they soon vacated
the place. They returned In short time,
however, but before the speaking began ~.
identity became aware of the fact that they
were out OF their latitude and left for go1d.
uu:., Der of colored females though stuck
it out' and remained till the c!ose OF the
meeting.
1t became evident from the first that there
would he much disorder before the speaking
terminated, as several persons in the audi
cuc,,, vino were in hilarious mood, grew
noisy, and one or two had to be elected from
the. hall. At about eight o'clock the foot
lights we've turned up, small boy appeared
on the stage with a pitcher OF water and
shortly afterward Mr.. Wise, accompanied
bv Edmund Burke Lewis Mckenzie, j. c.
DePutron lwho couple of years ago saw in
Mr.. Farr and Jesus Christ striking SINH
larity) and several other smallfry readjus
tiers. republicans or ready champions OF any
other hobby calculated to farther their ends.
Mr. Burke soon appeared in front OF the
stage to introduce Mr.. Wise. He went
on in q speech of some minutes duration,
passing all sorts of encomiums upon his IA
vorite, indulging in the usual stereotyped
,weddle about Mr.. Wise being the champion
Of the rights Of down-trodden aud oppressed
humanity, saying the Wises were ever in
tie front i'm all great movements 10 break
The woke Of tyranny from the necks Of the
people &C., &c. He informed The audience
that the man he was about to Introduce was
The distinguished scion of an illnstrious
ancestor. who had been called by the peo-
pie to become their candidate for Governor"
After expressing his disapprobation of the
manner in which Mr. Wise had been receiv
ed in other portions of the State, he intro
duced that individual to the audience.
The speaker began his discourse by say
ing he was.the candidate of the republican
party for Governor of Virginia, and then
went on in an attempt to ridicule General
Lee and his mode ofconducting his canvass.
He dwelt much upon the fact that he (the
speaker) was not going through the State
field preceded by "toot horn" Some Of
his audience, though, thought his meetinga
very flat one by the absence of that or SINH
lar Instruments. During his TRADE on Gen
rral Lee loud and continued hissings were
heard from all parts of the hall, when the
speaker said II did not know that | was
talking TO flock of geese. On, you have
cot TO take it, and will giveittoyou worse
than that before get through Some one
close to tho stage carried on the his
sing TO some excess, which caused the
speaker 10 grow very angry, so much so
that he cxclamed-"My friend, have q
policeman here to night to compel you to be
gentleman whether you desire to be one
or not"
At this junctnre Edmund Burke arose
and undertook to eXpostulate with those
who persisted in interlupting Mr.. Wise, but
he only added fuel to the flames, as the
hooting, cat.calls, and cries of sit down"
became terrific. A hull, however. followed,
and Mr.. Wise resumed, but had not con-
tinued long before something he said caused
one of the audience to yell out, "How about
Page McCarty?" The speaker twisted .
little aud at last said, II don't know who
YOU are, but when 1 throw q rock in the
dark and hear a dog yeip know have
struck one" He then went on to aver that
he had nothing personally TO say against
General Lee, but inasmuch as his party
were resorting to. ridicule, he proposed TO
use the same weapons. At the mention of
General Lees name the applause was deaf
ening, as was The case every time that
gentleman was referred to. He read from
pamphlets, giving General Lees standing
at West Point which seemed rather irreve-
liant, and becoming monotonous, 8 voice in
the crowd called out, How about John
Amber smith,
Mr. Wise TO this query replied-"He gave
me some of his impudence and ] smacked
him in the mouth, like would you or any
other b!ackguard."
Mr. Smith, as will be seen by an item
clsew here, had had tis,icufl encounter
with the speaker on the train while on the
way from Washington to this city yesterday
evening. He happened to be in the audi
ence, and upon hearing this retort from Mr.;
W;so rpchal from ha hapt of the hall