Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-30


by number of visitors who had strolled in at
various times and who, with the committee,
made q total Of sixty-one present.
TO CALL ON THE COMMISSIONERS.
A committee composed of the following was
then appointed and instructed to wait upon the
District Commissioners, and il necessary, the
President of the United States: NJ. d. Helm,
William Beckett Henry Lacy, w. II. Jones,
Geo. Holmes, Ralph Wormley, E. W. Whitaker,
P. ii. Carson, Donald McCathran.
MR.. cARsoN's SPEECH.
There were cries of Carson" and in response
to this invitation Perry Carson took the floor in
the center of the room and proceeded to tell Of
his unsatisfactory interview with Major Moore
cans on the police force. Mr.. Carson denied
the truthfulness of the accusation made by q
few that he had been slow to move in the inter-
ests of tothers; he was not selfish. He &C.
knowledged that he wanted to be recorder of
deeds but he wanted it distinctly understood
that no office could bride his mouth. Most au-
thoritatively he stated that he knew that neither
the President nor the members of his cabinet
wanted the democrats to stay In Office, but they
stayed just the same. When the democrats
came in the republicans went out, but now
that the republicans are in power the demo-
Gratis remain just where they were put by Cieve-
land. They even laugh and say, Carson, when
are you going to get placer" When he Gar
SOM went to ask the District Commissioners
for the removal of a man he was told, "Why,
he's nice man." tLaughter.l OF course he
was nice. Major Moore was q nice man, but
they were not looking for nice men, District
republicans fought last campaign to put out
Cleveland, who was nice man. and to put in
Harrison. who is nicer man. When trying to
get appointments for local republicans, the
speaker said, he could get no satisfaction from
cabinet officers. They at once referred to the
fact that there were District offices for District
men. Laughter Mr.. Hine was a nice man.
In 1868 he (Carson) seconded his nomination
as a republican Candidate for the common
council. He'll do all right" shouted Perry
Mr.. Douglass is a nice man; he'll do all right.
But he hasn't done it yet. What did Carson
and Gleason and hundreds of other District
republicans spend their money for in cam
paIgns? To keep men in office who laughed
and pointed the finger of scorn at us when we
raised Harrison and Morton banner across
pennsylvania avenue. How much longer is this
state OF affairs going to last? asked the speaker
IN conclusion. How much longer must walk
years, God help me-" and with this despairing
remark MIR. Carson sat down amid mingled
laughter and applause.
MR. PERRY's SATIRE.
s. L. Perry, better known as Exodus" Perry
because of his political immigration activity,
was then called upon by the meeting. He re-
sponded with the story of how he WAS catechised
by the chief OF a bureau to whom he had applied
for a position. The chief said he knew him,
had heard all about his political activity, was
aware of the fact that he had taken seven thou
sand negroes from North Carolina to Indiana to
carry the state for Garfield but he wanted to
know whether he was or was not good boot
black, and he was also anxious to learn whether
he was reliable Goldman. MIR. Perry was
very satirical and endeavOred to show the true
manner in which the negro was regarded by
the whites. They thought he was only fit for
the most mental positions.
ADJoURNED.
By this time the temperature. aided by few
choice cigars, had gone up to 125, but there
were men present who wanted to tall. and for a
few moments it seemed as though there would
be an all-night session. Perry Carson told the
vice president to close up and that gentleman,
after brief warning to the effect that it would
be better to stop before anything occurred
which would be discreditaDle, declared the
meeting adjourned until the evening Of Sep
TENDER 16.
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