The evening times., 1900-09-29
BRIGHT PROSPECT FoR BRYAN.
Stirring Speeches Before the District
Democratic AsS,csasion

oeniocratic Association. 4
The regular meeting OF the District of
Columbia Democratic Association was held
last night at its headquarters. 906 Penn
sylyania Avenue northwest. The attend
ance was large and the audience frequent
ly interrupted the speakers with hearty
applause. The policy of the present Ad-
| ministration was condemned and nearly
every speaker confidently asserted that
Bryan would be elected
The appearance of the hall of the asso-
citation has recently been greatly improved.
Flags have been profusely used in decora
ton and serve as curtains for the windows
and drapeTies above the doors. On the
wall behind the speakers platform a large
flag is hung, fianked on either side by pic
lures OF ervan and Stevenson During the
evening campaign literature was distrib-
uted- President EdwinAA. Newman called
the meeting to order shortly after O'Clock
and introduced as the first speaker George
w Killeen, who he said, had just re-
turned from tour through Maryland and
would speak of the political outlook in that
State 1--.5
Mr.. killeen said that he had gone over
large part of the Fifth Maryland district
and found that the majority of the white
people there were for Bryan and for Ca
miller, the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress- The negro vote was so easily cor
rupted, he said, that 1t was almost i'm
possible to estimate it, but he felt assured
that at least in the portions of Maryland
that he had visited, Bryan would receive
Il large majority of the votes cast Then
Mr- killeen turned TO the question of
trusts and detailed experiences he has.
personally with two monopolies while in
business in Washington. He said that
the meat trust made it almost impossible
tor the butchers in the markets to make
a good living, whereas, several years ago,
they were all prosperous. 1t had forced
up the price of meat and refused to ex-
tend temporary credit to the retail dealer,
In closing his address he opined that If
Bryan was elected. as he believed he
would be, he would give the country the
best Administration of any since the Re
public was founded
Capt. j. d. Rose, President of the I'm
ion Veterans Union Bimetallic Club, was
the next speaker. and he bitterly arraign-
ed the Administration for its treatment of
the veterans Of the civil war. He liken-
ed Bryan to Andrew Jackson, and con-
trasted his prOmptitude TO act. when he
was convinced that he was right, with
the hesitancy and backsliding OF McKin
ley.
The last speaker of the evening. James
S Mccarthy. Os Mississippi, was then in
troduced and said in opening that he could
not understand why any old soldier. a vet
eran of the civil war who had fought to
suppress slavery. could vote for William
Mckinley, who was perpetuattng slavery
at the present time in the Philippines
Among other telling points in his address
Mr. Mccarthy said that tie full dinner
pail argument was an insult to the Amer
lean laboring man for the reason that the
laboring man had greater ambition than
the mere satisfaction of his hunger.
The District of Columbia Democratic AS
sociation viii oTgaDiZe TWO new clubs TO-
night at o'clock. The meetings viii be
held at 1925 Fourteensh Street northwest
and at Browns Han. e-rner OF PcansyI-
vania Avenue and Nineteenth Street north
west.