Evening star., 1896-10-30
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Senator Morgan's Speech at the Bryan Mass
Meeting.
His Advocacy of Free Silver-A White
Cap Ordcr-Other Matters
of Interest.


ing the campaign, fully 1000 people being in
the hall.
The gathering was composed of many Of
Alexandria's prominent citizens. Senator
Morgan spoke for more than two hours and
created much enthusiasm as he spoke Of the
bond issues. On his arrival In this city he
was met by a committee, composed of J. I.
Beckham, ST.; Capt. w. H. Smith. NJ B.
Harlow, President Of the Bryan-SeWall
Rixey Club, and Geo. T. Hopkins and es-
corted to the Opera House.
NJ. B. Harlow presided, and introduced
the Senator. and upon the stage most OF
the leading citizens were gathered, incfud-
ing j, I. Sweeney, chairman OF the demo-
cratic committee; Frank Hume. William H.
Smith, Leonard Marbury, Mayor l.. H.
Thompson, ex-Mayors Henry Strauss and }.
T. Beckham. s. H. Lunt, j. H. Strider, J. L.
Henderson, w. F. Carne and Major Robert
Hunter.
Senator Morgan said that "as President
George Washington signed bill for the
free coinage of silver. which stood for
eighty-one years until it became an OBJ
struction to the gold policy of John sher-
man ard England. They repealed the
Washington law. and We are trying to re-
store it. That is the onense for which we
are denounced as anarchists. repudtators.
thieves and spoismen. Joe Pulitzer. Jim
Bennett, Mark Hanna, Perry Belmont. Pier
pont Morgan, Pullman, Benedict, Carnegie,
Carlisle and Cleveland decry washington
as a lunatic, and his followers as 1renZled
mob. Would Washington have paid Roth
schild l2,OOD,UO to purchase six months OF
financial independence OF Great Britalnf
Did Washington ever propose to use MS
great wealth to grind the people who
lived and fought with him, by destroying
the money they used, and compelling them
to buy gold from him, which he got for his
crops in England?
He referred to the decrease of values In
bn ex-senator
Georgia on statistical values. He referred
to the support of trusts by Mcklnleylsm.
Great Britain he said. destroyed free
coinage of silver in 1916 causing an enor-
nous debt to be left on continental Europe.
Mckinley asks you to ratify the act of
1878. Bryan asks you to repeal that law
and ratify the laws approved by Washing
ton, jackson and Fillmore. Which Will you
do which course is honorable, which is
American? They tell you that silver dol
lars Will become dishonest when coinage is
free; would tobacco poison your pipes II
the tax on it was abolished, or would you
all get drunk If the beer tax was re-
pealed?
They say that panic will come! Who
makes panics? Not the people who follow
honest industry for a living, but those who
deal in money. They lock up the money Of
depositors. and then cry panic! Save him
self who can.
"Panics will cease when the banks have
no further reed of them to depress prices
of property and labor. After Bryans cleo
ton the panic factories will be closed for
the want of raw material. If we should
call in and pay off all our bonds, as the de-
mocracy intend to do the banks will be in
panic to get a silver underpinning for
their shaving shops"
Senator Morgan received a great deal of
applause at the close of his speech.
The Bryanites will have nightly mass
meetings until the close of the campaign
and will leave no stone unturned to carry
the city.
White Caps After Him.
Yesterday Mr.. s. Heyman, who recently
opened shoe repairing shop on King
street called at police headquarters AMI
turned over to Chief Webster a threatening
letter, which he had received by yester-
days mail. The letter is without date, but
the postmark On the envelope says 1t was
mailed in this city at pm. October %,
and reads follows:
S. Heyman:
1 feel it my duty as a cterson Of this
Common Wealth, to inform you that your
lite is in danger; there is Big Sceams in
progress to overthrow the building in which
you occupie. 1t will be done in daylight,
and while you are at work. Now If this is
lot sufficient warning for a man what is
You have been warned before by another
of the X. K. K, and don't seem to heed it,
When the time expires that he gave you
then the great trap will be set. We are
OF ganised ard have been for thirty years
and have never undertook thing we did
not succeed in. We do not want you in
our midst and We won't have you.
X. X. K. or WHITE CAPS
Chief Webster is now endeavoring to To-
cate the writer, and If he Is found the case
will be turned over to the United States
authorities. The matter is regarded as a
Ike by the police, but the receiver is much
concerned.
Won His Suit Against the Railroad.
The corporation court was engaged all
day yesterday in the trial of the suit of
Charles Quayle against the Washington
Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Rail-
read Company for $4,000 damages by be-
ing injured by the cars of the defendant
railroad company on November 49, 1894
The plaintiff was represented by Messrs
S. G. Brent and Edmund Burke, and the
railroad company by MIR. J. K. Cation. At
O'Clock the jury brought in a verdict in
favor OF the plaintiff. allowing him 1870
damages.
Police Court.
Mayor Thompson this morning disposed
of the following cases:
Edward Fields, colored; charge, drunk
and disorderly; fined $.
Isabella Middleton colored: charge dis
orderly conduct; dismissed for want of evil
dence.
Lizzie Banks, colored; charge, stealing a
lot of goods from Lizzie Davis; dismissed
for want of evidence.
William Jackson, colored charge, steal
ing $1U from MIR. Frederick Schuler; con-
tinuej until o'clock tonight.
Edward Davis. colored; charge stealing
money from Robt. Pinkrey; fined $1O
John Bryant, colored; charge, stealing a
lock from j. Driefus & Co.; continued until
O'Clock tonight.
Counting and Marking Election
Tickets.
The city electoral board has gotten the
tickets to be used on election day from the
printer, and the work of counting and
stamping them in the presence of Judge j.
X. NJ. Norton of the corporation court. as
required by law, has begun. The tickets
have been made up i'll bundles and will be
turned over to the judges of election on
Tuesday morning next.
VIM. Morgan of Fairfax county died at
the infrmary yesterday.
Col VIM A. Smoot, grand commander
Confederate Veterans, has returned from
Winchester.
Mr.. Frank E. Anderson has, at the re-
quest of the state democratic committee OF
Delaware. gone to that state to take the
stump for Bryan and Sewall.
Gilbert Walden, the elocutionist, enter
tai Lot IN, c.