Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-06
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

campaign last night with meeting ct
the Opera House which was addressed
by Judge w. r. Staples and Mr.. f. f.
Meredith. A large and intelligent au-
dience greeted the speakers, who held
the strict attention of their hearers
throughout the evening.
The meeting was called to order by
City Chairman Barley. who announced
that Col. Kosciusko kemper had been
selected to preside. On the stage were
, also Messrs. W. II. and Leonard Mar
bury, E. E. Downham, ]. T. and ]. G.
Beckham, ]. T. Sweeney, w. II. May
and Others Mr.. Kemper gracefully
acknowledged the compliment of being
selected to preside at the meeting on
the night before the battle said ne
knew that Alexandrians would do their
duty on the morrow and then intro
duced Judge Staples.
Judge Staples commenced by saying
that he was glad to appear before the
Alexandria democrats of whom he had
heard so much. He said he thought he
had retired from politics but he had
heard so many false statements made
against the democratic party that
there was said to be so much apathy
in the ranks and so many assertions of
their leaders that he had determined to
again take part in the fray in favor of
the great democracy. He then deliv-
cred one of the clearest and most
forcible and convincing democratic
sneeches that has been heard in this
city for long time. He said the
spirit of democracy was reviving
and predicted that the morrow
would show democracy's sun in the
ascendancy. He touched on the prom
inent issues of the day, showed that the
democratic party was the bulwark OF
good government and of the people,
and after praising the clean and honest
administration of Mr.. Cleveland, said
that no man was better than his party.
He said democrats must stand together
in self-preservation, so long as they
are menaced by the doctrines and in
tentions of the republican party, for if
that party was restored to power it
would certainly restore the Mckinley
tariff bill and enact the force bill. He
said Of all he-useless creatures in the
world republican member of Congress
from the South was the most so; that
they sat in slavish obedience to the
mandates Of their masters and their
caucuses, and never raised their voice TO
vindicate the South against the attacks
of the northern republicans. Judge
Staples said he would not make tariff
speech for the reduced prices in the
stores for everything that one had to
buy was better argument than he
could make. lie urged the democrats
10 give fair trial to their party; not 10
get discouraged and apathetic, not to
be guided by designing demagogues,
, and not to expect that in one year the
democrats could set right all the evils
| of twenty-five years of republican leg
islation and misrule. He said that the
Senate tariff bill was the best that had
been passed since the Walker bill
and that in less than two years
It would be go acknowledged.
The democratic party, he said, had
survived all the other parties and all the
calamities that had befallen that party,
and could not be affected by Cleve.
f land, Hill or any one else. He said he
did not admire much ofthe course pur-
! sued by Mr.. Cleveland; said he consid-
cred Senator Hill the best democrat he
knew, and closed by urging all to stand
by their party. Judge Staples's speech
was interspersed with some amusing
anecdotes, admirably applied and well
, narrated. During the speech Mr.. Mere
dith appeared on the stage and was
heartily greeted. Judge Staples said
he was glad to see such democratic
allv, and that fall the democrats inCon-
gress Mr.. NJ. was the one who ought to
, be reelected. Of Dir. Meredith's OPP
ponent, Mr.. McCaull, Judge Staples
said, he had come into politics through
Doodle and had kept in politics through
poodle and had retired in Doodle. He
, disposed of the populist party by tell
, ing the snollygoster story which
, brought down the house.
, Mr.. Meredith was then introduced
and spoke for few minutes.
He said the battle had already
been won and he came to ask what old
Belle Haven would do. He said he
would carry Fairfax by 400 majority,
ITluCe w lllldu ny OoO, L 1uHuioA ~
S0O Loudoun by 600, Orange by 200
. and Culpeper by 800, while Mr.. Nc
, Caull might carry Louisa, King George
aud Stafford by small majorities. Mr..
McCaull, he said, had stated that ne
would carry Alexandria by 1000 ma
iority, but this he did not believe. He
, had succeeded in getting through Con
gress all the legislation for this city
that had been asked and he did not see
why Alexandrians should not support
him. He had worked for them in and
out of season and would see that meas
ures were passed to secure better com,
munication between this State and
Washington. In speaking of his op:.
ponent, he said that Mr.. McCaull had
not lived in the district long enough to
be voter and thought it great piece
of presumption for him to aspire to rep,
resent district which had produced
Washington, Madison, Lee, &c. He
said the Sixth district had repudiated
McCaull and the Eighth would do like
wise.
The occasion was enlivened by music
by the Third Regiment Drum Corps.
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY Co.-The
Southern Railway Company will, DUR
ing the present month, perhaps, deliver
to owners the new securities in ex-
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