Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-11-06
DENOCRAIIC RALLY

DO.'S'' 0i .nls city cOnclud,d
tae campaign last night with . ~
and enthusiastic meeting at the o' age
House. The hall Was crowded. and r ''
galleries were filled with ODD We
band OF music enlivened the oo' e', d
Many local democrats were on tISs a',l9r.
Mr. U. +. Carter, chairman OF lSs age
democratic committee, called the wy
ing to order and introduced ", IseI'
l.. Simpson, mayor of This cit, oeo
presided and introduced the 80. Nao
The meeting was q most en,bn'i.ssta
one and showed that the peopls ~ ,'' I
exsndria fully appreciated bome ,o, a.
Mayor Simpson made brief sat
on the principal topics OF the csm spe'Ca
He paid pretty tribute to the I p''sp'
of Alexandria and spoke OF the s's.,
flee they rad made 10 DAYS CON- a,I''
speaking of trusts he SAID We bsc W
object lesson IN our city Of Their a.
effects, and instarced the Gu S'~
down OF Hih's cracker fscforv ps
then referred to the so-called m.l die u'
pail. and concluded by stating tbs .1s'I
people would go to the polls TO-DAY s,S
vote for Bryan, the tribune Of the rs u
pie. and also John f. Rzey for e.,
gress. W.
Mr.. Simpson then introduced v.
Charls Bendheim. 49,
| MIR. Bendheim eulogzed BRYAN o.,
said that he was destined IN no ~
next President of the United St.,]"
He predicted a revolution if the Irn.'.
continue to reign. He sald demo,,.,s
were opposed to imperialism aud ~
democratic party favored zoe Cou.trr.
ton following the f.e. L ".
in favor OF free schools rss
speech and free press. de then snok.
OF the policy of the administrator i
the Philippines and declared the wsrIo
be one OF conquest and criminal A..
erosion. The speaker concluded bv
saying he hoped that ell democrat.
would turn out today and vote n,
Bryan, and urged also as reason h,
full vote, that Alexandra should :.
cure her full representation 10 lne dem.
ocratic State conventions.
Mr.. a. A. Lipscomb, OF Alexandr.
county, was then introduced. n Com.
menced by addressing bs audience q,
ladies and gentlemen snd ssid Ia,
when republican speakers could DO
this then would it be time 70 cor.
slider the question OF holding Joint DE-
bates he said other States could ba
bought by the republicans, but aid
Hanns's money could not bug Virginia
He did not think that money would
, This time gain the presidency He It.
! ferred to Mckinley as being shadow
in the White House With Mslk Halus
as MS dictator. he referred 10 Roo.s.
. Welt in scatbing terms. He said Rooss.
Welt boasted of having shot a poo,
Spsniard in the back he described
, Bryan as being the noblesi esder Of tie
uoblest cause. The republicans feared
Bryan. The speaker then took up he
, question of trusts. He de Jared that
Mckinley had secured money from The
sugar trust for Campaign purposes b,
changing his attitude on lne Porto
Rican tariff question. He then De.
uounced the Porto Rlcs tariff sil. TIE
, -peaker read extrscs from the Coz.
gressioDal & cord auent ths p.so.
= log of tariff on sugar from
= hat country end then read 81.
+ ices from the republican papers
/ Of Washington. proving that McKog
had made "dealn with the sugar
trust to secure campaign money. De
. said the tax was put on with 40 ool-c.
, OF bene6ting the sugar trus.. h sad
money of the sugar trust will be
, used today in debaucbirg voters
, 10 doubtful States. The speaker
r then took up the Philippine qlrs-
; ton. He said these islands we've
r being teld for mercsnsry pdf'
. poses. The republicans ssy We
must not pull down the flag, BIT i was
recently pulled down by Jonn Bull 10
Alaska. The flag bad been pulled down
: 10 China, on Pekin's walls, at TIE de's'
ton OF the trusts. He said when %
goes up at the peoples will il VII Els!
up and never come down. DE ihen
: spoke of the so.cslled prosperity. he
said that no one was prosperous ou'
the trust msgnstes. He referred 10
the people OF Sonth Africa 10 t0tli
} struggle for independence DE ''ll
| that the democrats had sent messages
OF cheer and coincidence 10 those peo'
pie, but the republican admins ration
had not. The cause OF their failure 70
do so was the trusts. The speaker
then took up imperialism and d'cl'''
I'd ii at length. He said that Il Toe
J people OF this country did not do toeI
duty today we would have this eool'
try transformed into 40 empire. Nj.
, Lipscomb's speech was Que OF toe DEF,
made here during the campaign Slu
he was greeted by storms OF applause
at frequent intervals.