Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-11-02

,,..,.,.f1cAN MEETING.-Th republicans
A'-v held meeting at the Opera
.'Da l,sf night, which was add ressed by
h'''i nh ani Hon. John +. Dezsudolf, of
i 10 ami Mr.. Edmund Burke oftbis city.
W. o,ssrirc wss presided ever by Col. ID.
!l, r,o5sor. and on the stage were Mr.
sn,,ew. his fatner, Mr. J. p Aenew,
.'I NrKerZe and Others. The audience
.omi,9syd, very largely of negroes,
% sronpd the door were q
Ina ss- n whites, including some
i's,s,. WHO we:o attracted by Curl
a ..1C The -pea&ef- evidently "Sizodp their
,isoer aad bad int tt poor opinion of
'l,.~.t.l i,euct, 'oc many Of the statements
3. IN me speeches we're absurd. The
1..'.,o,jne- Of D. epiCus republican admin.
....f,,. wac. boldly shifted to the should
ta, T.. Gent administration which vas
.j,ts .5r-it!e f,r al the ills which had he.
o and or, iEely to beiail the country.
81 Lamp WA The first speaker. AID
..aba 4 The ruin Of the country if;he tar
t,t.. ltyerrd He blamed the democrats
ut having uavy, and said Secretary
T.,,,,e, woud ike to buy his cruisers in
Ta,,.rl brt did not tell them that there
49,, now lc course Of construction
ID ttis administration the finest
Da,.bio- in The world He read letter
rSm a. English woman comparing the way
5ary-d in Encland with that of Eer pres
~, lifa and attributed her improved condi-
~, "a The ell. els OF the high tariff which
ssbs.ousht the mechanics TO uphold. He
a5n.ed the President who he said cared
ching for the industries of the country,
snI had hired substitute during the war,
I'D said that four such reductions the
.,,,F AZ the Mills bill proposed would
.mopnr 10 free trade. He said though he
ts3 baen Confederate soldier and demo
e.st he mad been attracted to the republican
.s,ty because it was in favor of popular
lInrstj5n aud blamed the democrats for the
lime nj the Blair bill He said the demo-
,,st. Of Virginia were hostile to free schools.
tnt Ala not tell his audience of the number
free SCHOOLS opened and the large amount
sfm,ley appropriated by the democrats.
Ha-sil hat if the Canadian fisheries treaty
R7,ri eveland had recommended had be-
come as the Virginia fish and oyster in
dp..rss would have been broken up. He
nrs3Icea a solid North at the coming cleo
lion aud hoped Virginia woud join it.
~, Iamb's iukes were ali such "chestnuts"
Is
.brseducks Mrs Malooey'5 pig, the shruuk
olt fish, etc One joke he started to tell
sb ut tire Norfolk girl and her hustle was
Stopped for the reason that some colored
women were in the gallery.
Mr.. Dez ndcrf said the Confederate sold.
isfs were done with the democratic party;
this is a business campaign, with platform
Of American industries; that the bloody shirt
bad been buried, and that the democratic
party which had kept it alive would soon be
buried with il; told the colored meu that II
aprolective tariff had existed 10 the South
during the war they would still be slaves;
that the South was beginning to see that IL
iil not pay TO stuff ballot boxes, that all
the trusts" in the country were organized
aud conducted by democrats, and made
manv other such misstatements. he said
ne believed in civil service reform, but
thought when the democrats were Ia power
lBey should have all the officers, and blamed
he democrats from not turning the rascals
CUT He reoiced that the time had come
in tho South when man could speak be-
fore an audience which might dlt1er with
Inn without being insulted, though it Will
be remembered that the republicans used to
say that if Cleveland was elected it would
Ia dangerous for northern man to go
South
Mr.. Edmund Burke then spoke and pre-
l!oted that everything would close up
and the country be knocked into skillets il
Cleveland was re elected and the tariff low
ered. He pictured Alexandra with i've or
SIX factor e5 n operation but did not say
wby they nsd not started during the past
twenty-hve years OF high tariff. He ig..
u1ret the colored women in the gallery aud
told joke which made even the coiored
men plush. He blamed the Incorporation and
the citz ans of Alexandria for not encoura'
giog capital to cone here, though he
should have known that laws bad been
passed, and that many Of the citizens were
eyer on the outlook to invite capital ana 10
encourage manufactures IN our midst DE
then ridicu!ed England and the Engilsh,
aud said 10 his opiuion the Prince OF Wa'es
had not the ability to be anything II he hao
heen bora here Speaking of mems anceS'
Try be said Con. Lee was trying 10 get INTO
promineace through the deeds OF his fatner,
anl he would tell his hearers that Mr.. Ag'
uew's lineage could be traced back four
thousand Years, for be was direct descend
aut Of he god Agui, who had saved his peo'
when elected, would save his at this start
Ing announcement Mr.. Agnew looked at
ais father. who sat near him, for corrobor-
stioa Of The statement but it came not. A
democrat in the audience said that the only
way Aguew oond be derived from Agni
would be by such coDjugation az Agne'
Agni, AGnew Again referring TO MIR. As,,
lew, he sud he was leboriug man, and
VAS at The head Of the most prosperous ID,
dnsiry in the city, and that be would builo
3 ship a voice soto voce: "The Pocahon'
1s on which he would take all his friends
sailing up the river to see Harrison inangu'
lated
CRY SCHOOL BOARD The regular
monthly meeting of the board took place
last night; present, all the members except
Nessrs. Feadall, Smith, and Sweeney. AT
Ter the reading of the minutes, Hon. Charles
Stuart was unanimously reelected chair