Evening star., 1896-09-23
DEMOCRATS AT FALLS CHURCH.
A Large Meeting Under the Auspices
of the Bryan and sewsll Club.

N LurGe meet1ng On0er the Auspices
OF the Bryan and Sewall Club.
Correspondence of The Evening Star. -.
FALLS CHURCH. Va. September g. 1896
The democratic meeting here last night
at Odd Fellows Hall. under the auspices Of
the Bryan and Sewan Club was well at
tended. and the speakers of the evening
were accorded a hearty reception. The
hall and stage were tastefully decorated
with flags and bunting. Mr.. Arthur Flagg.
president Of the club. presided. and intro
duced the speakers Mr. Frank K. Ander-
son of Washington was the first speaker.
and commenced by giving a parallel OF the
times now and those of Andrew jackson.
said all the wealth, trusts and leading news
papers were against Jackson, well an
the arstocracy; he did not believe I'm o
campaign of abuse, and would leave all
that for the other side to indulge In, and
would appeal to the reason, ''as we have"
said he, the argument, and all honest
seekers for the truth will be convinced
that the silver side is he correct one"
Mr.. Anderson dealt mostly with figures
showing the production of mines, prices Of
products. etc. When he first came from
college he was i'm favor of the gold stand
ard, but close study of the question con-
WINGED him of the error of his position. SO
he advised every TO look well into the
question and be prepared to give an intelli-
gent vote on the Sd of November. Mr..
Anderson Is a pleasant speaker, and was
literally applaGded
Mr.. J. f. Rixey democratic candidate
| from this district for Congress-, was then
| introduced and said If elected to Congress,
| as ne expected to be, he should use his best
EFFORTS TO advance the intar.S of this sec
| ton of the state. Instead of two or three
| bridges spanning the Potomac, we should
| have haif-a-doZen; would devote special
| attention 10 securing the Memorial bridge.
1 ana should have one worthy of great
1 nation. 1t was only a question of time
| when Congress would give this section what
1t Is entitled to. He was heartily in favor
| OF an 1Ecome tax, and IL was pre-eminent-
ly democratic measure Manufacturers
| were IN favor of the Mckinley tariff law
| because ii Increased their products Such
| an apostle of republransn as John Sher-
| man had said even if Mckinley was elected
| there would he no new tariff law enacted
| Republicans thought they were the salt of
| the earth they can tell Of heir great yir-
| tues, but never mention their many mis-
| deeds, among the worst OF which was the
| domonetization of silver in 1873 This was
Z contest between trusts, combines, syndi-
| Gates ana corpora lions against the honest
yeomanry and manhood Of the country
| NO man can afford 20 sit with folded
| hands In such a contest. Bryan was the
peoples champion against all the wrongs
| brought upon us by the republican party.
| He read Bismarks letter to Gov Culbart-
son OF Texas, saying that il the United
States woud start the free coinage of silver
other nations would follow. why said
ne All the leading republicans of the day
nave been in favor OF silver, even thei.-
candidate for President was once a frs>
silver man. Carlisle so expressed 7 imSeIf
Grant was for free silver, so was Abraham
Lincoln He paid his respects TO Palmer.
and quoted him as saving tNaI the gold dol
lar was sham, and agreed with him In
closing he urged his hearers TO stand
shoulder to shoulder in he fight. Ohio
sald he, the horne of Mckinley, was break
| ing away from its republican mooriuss
| and he hoped and believed that great STAT
| would be found alongside of Virginia IN
| the Bryan column. The proud blood of Nir.
ginia coursed through the veins of the gal.
liant Bryan, who was making The grandesi
| hsht Tor the right that ever was known
and would be triGmphanuy elected.