Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-10-14
DEMOCRATIC RALLY.

House last night was largely ATTENDED,
both by ladies aud voters. Decided en-
tbusissm wss shown throughout the
speaking, sod each speaker vas heartily
spplauded. o. the stsge were Messrs.
j. r CstoD, E. E. Lswler, Il. s. Bar.
rett, J. NJ. Johnson, 3. P. Fisher, Thcs.
8. Fisher, T. L. Risheill and others.
Mr.. S. G.. Brent, president of the
Bryan, Kern and Osriin Club, opened
the meeting with few remarks in a
humorous vein. He paid au eloquent
tribute to the ladies. He said 1t was
E.oosevelps policy to rule the people aud
not to allow the people to rule themselves.
Mr.. Brent sisted that Mr.. Taft had found
fault with Mr.. William JennIrg, Bryan
| (spplsuse) for bis support OF the IS to l
standard. The speaker said he had not
agreed with Mr. Bryan on that issue and
had not voted for him at that time, bot
be now thanked God ihst no democrat
could see any reason for not voting Tor
the democratic leader. Mr. Brent de-
cIared thst President Mckinley had
been S free silverite, but owing to the
influence of Senator T. O. Plstt and
Wall street had renowned his ideas aud
Joined forces for the gold stan lard. The
speaker declared that Mr.. Bryan stood
for every plank in the democratic plat
form and that be would undoubtedly be
the next president. Mr.. Brent ex-
planned the issues of free silver and gold,
In Introducing TIE next speaker Mr..
Brent paid just ibnts t. him as Ga
noble son of Virginia who had served his
state uuswervngly and Que who had al
ways found welcome wherever he hsd
spoken-Hon. HarrySt George Tucker.
Amid an enthusiastic ovation Mr..
Tucker or SO aud stated that he was
glad to be 10 the old town OF Alexandria
sgain--not that ever thing was old, as
the town had progressed very rapidly.
BE stated that be had cOms from the
battle-ground of the stats.-soulhwts
Virginis-where the democratic psr.Y
had driven tne foe to cover. He said he
brought good cheer to the democrats Of
the city, as never before 10 the last
twenty years bad the prospects Of a
democrat victory In the Ninth distr ct
looked bet er. he said he hoped this
city would give them every assistance In
its powe-. He said the present CAM
psign WAS being mere earnestly conleltsd
tta1 any la1 cen for the last thiIt5
years. He paid glowing tributs t.
Mr.. 9ryau (1hon, be said, be had sat by
in Congress for over four yesr IS a
statesman, stating that be was SIS pure as
4 woman and splendid type of Ameri-
can citizen He said that mere than
one hsd not believed In l6 to 10 1896.
He had not believed 10 it while be WAS
Ia Congress aud soon sfterw r g be went
home and had remained there since 81
private citizen. he declared that TAFT
had Invoked high tariff and wa, now for
revision. He ssid Taft and Foraker q
short time ago had sat at the same table
Ia Toledo, like Two doves, bat that sincs
then the president had said that to as
so.iate with Foraker would be to asso.
ciaie with evil and now both tbe repub-
Iican presidential candidate and the
psrty wanted nothing to do With Foraker.
de Sid that Mr.. Bryan stood on plst.
form that any of the republicans could
not successfully asssil and the democrats
had now come together and would see
that their candidate was elected. He
stated that Mr.. Bryan had been stack
ed for being against the trusts, / ut that
now the republicans we're claiming tast
they were against them. BE asked the
voters II they wan ed an imitation article
(rafD or a genuine one (BrgaL). He
said the republicans in the lass csm-
psign were for high tariff, but now tn y
said they wanted it revised, as tDey de-
clared in their platform fer Az un(qlivO-
cal revision of the tariff OF special seq
sion OF Congress Immediately at.Sr the
election OF their nominee. He j clared
the republicans had used The pry to
further a private interest snd be then
dissected the republican platform piece
| by piece, showing the pitfalls an snsres
for the volers, aud II .tsd that the foil
dinner pail, of which the republican
parry had been 80 proud, was nov very
near empty. lie paid tdbu'e 10 Rep
resentative John Sharp Williams, who
had endeavored to reduce the r fl. but
said that Speaker Cannon had fslltd to
see either Mr.. Williams or the bill. The
speaker then argued on states rights
aud declared that Roosevelt (rbeodore
y was trying to usutp the rIghrs Of The
states in furtheriDg bis own IDEAS. He
said that under The tar A the steel trust
was beiog 50 pretscled that trey were
.ell.ug rails in other couoiries IS cheap
er than they we're in this country, and
that the travelling man and people ia
general had to pay the difference 10
price. He said thst la 1893, Will in
Congress, be WAS the sulh)r Of bill to
wipe out every vestige Ct federal inter-
ference 10 state eleCti ms. He declared
that were Taft elected be (rafD would
sppoiut Elihu Root as chief istice of
the Supreme Court ard appoint three
other friends marked T. r IS judges,
90 as to give the reputl I'm president
more power to SGT aslds states rights
and the constitu ion If nece sary so as to
make their rule mt rs secure. He spoke
of the japanese &c lOol que ton "a CALI
for. ia and DECLARED tas; the president
mad no right to iuterlers 20 it wss q
question for the sttts to decide. He
declared that in 81 The south bad fought
tor states rights ard tina! when Gen.
Lee surrendered the south had her cause
wop, as was afterwards shown. He