Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-06
CAPTURED BY CARSON
Another Republican Mass Meeting Turned
Into an Ovation to Perry.
He Excoriates His Opposers and Says
He Will Be One Delegate and Name
the Other Next Year.

Terry Carson captured another republi-
can meeting last night. A few evenings
ago gathering was called In LIE Droit
fsrk by Ralph Wormley, John M. Lang
ston, c. p. Irley and Others and the infor-
NATION was secretly but sedulously spread
mat the opposition to Carson's candidacy
1or selection as a delegate to the next ma
1ional republican convention would be en-
phasizeo at It, The further announce
ment was made that as LIE Droit Park was
IN Perry's own district the proposed open
antagonism to him would be still more
enective There was a crowd present when
the proceedings opened and the promoters
OF the meeting thought they were going
TO have field night. All of a sudden the
creak Of buggy wheels was heard and
Imere was great ccmmotion in the crowd
me auditors turned from the platform and
his, occupants and pushed back to where a
ols White nat was towering above a crowd
u men. Then there was a chorus of Car
son. Carson and that doughty leader was
pulled forward. helped on the platform and
called on for a speech In five minutes
he had the audience cheering for him will
enthusiasm and swearing they would fol-
low him to the last ditch If necessary.
The PERFORMANCE Repeated.
something very similar occurred last
night In South Washington. A mass meet.
ing had been called to be held under thu
auspices of the Capital City Republican,
Ciub. on H street between Sd and A. Street,
southwest. Harmony" was said to be thu
object of the meeting, just as it was to
nave been of the LIE Droit Park affair, but
Sarson's political corpse was understood ia
pc the definite object of the originators OF
the movement. Asbury Jones was the pres.
ident and A. F. Redman the secretary
while on the platform were s. e. Jones
=; W. stewart Eua C. P Irby; Ralph Wormley
james w. Poe. all Of whom were down to
make addresses. After Messrs Stewart
irby. Wormley and Willis had spoken. John
A: Moss was called on. and began to talk
District suffrage. Perry Carson meantime
mad made his appearance on the platform,
and the crowd grew impatient to hear Kim
for Carson drowned his most stentortan eff
fcrts. and he sank back to give place to the
| redoubtable Perry.
With one sweep of his big hand he Sc
cured quiet; with one stern glance at his
antagonists on the platform he made them
seem small and Insignificant in the eyes of
the big crowd. He proceeded to pitch into
the men who were managing the meeting
| in his characteristic way.
Some Graphic Personalities.
He alluded to them as mugwumps and
| toad fish. who were going about town puff
ing themselves up and looking ugly and
important. and trying to scare people ky
| they were talking through their hats when
they declared he would not go TO the next
republican convention.
I'll CO." he asserted, land I'll have
something to say about vino else shall CO."
He said he knew every man in the crowd,
and had been with them all ever since the
dark days of 1865. He.called scores Of men
in the audience by name, and recalled in
cidents Of times gone by to their memories.
During it all the enthusiasm was as in
tense as If it we're a camp instead of
| political meeting, and a powerful exhorter
was preaching. Men, women and children
yelled and laughed by turns. and cheered
fer Carson to catch their breath. There
was no cessation to the approval shown
for Perry. AS he closed he turned to the
promoters of the meeting on the platform,
and announced that they couldn't get up
such meetings to fool he people about
him. because he would follow them around
everywhere and expose them. At this the
crowd simply went Wild and IL ballot
had been taken for the favorite of the
gathering for the presidency of the nation
at that moment, Perry Carson would have
received the unanimous vote.