Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-09
GEORGETOWN KEPT awake
BAND MUSIC AND CAMPAIGN
CHEERS REND THE AIR.
Bryan and Kern Banner Raised Last
Night on M Street, and Po-
litical Rally Held.

Something doing last night in George
town,
| From the river to street large crowds
| gathered on every corner, and hush of
expectancy pervaded the night air, for
the biggest Bryan and Kern banner in
the city was to be hung aloft at the inter-
section of NJ street apd Wisconsin avenue.
! and after that. Red Mems Hall, a block
farther up at n street, was to be the
scene of the most enthusiastic political
meeting Georgetown has seen this cam
paign.
| 1t was all done by the West Washington
Democratic Association. 1t raised the
money trained the band and drew the
crowd. The banner was revealed to the
waiting throng amid shouts and songs
| political harmony. as 1t were. AS the
large likenesses of the democratic national
candidates slid across the rope it seemed
that all Georgetown was there to give the
occasion a baptism of good, old-fashioned
campaign noise.
The raising of the banner was but the
beginning to a meeting of praise and en-
thusiaSm. When the crowd was finally
entirely packed into Red Mems Hall the
walls bulged outward. and there were
many late corners who had to content
themselves by standing on the street cor
ner and cleaning what satisfaction they
could from the scraps of oratory, band
music and Bryan graphophone talk that
foated out of the windows along with the
superheated and smoke-laden atmoS-
phere for every one in the meeting
smoked what he liked.
Nothing But Bryan.
1t was all Bryan. The first orator.
Bowie Waters of Rockville Md. laid par
ticular stress upon the democratic situa-
ton in Maryland and declared over and
over again that Bryan would carry that
state as easily any of the absolutely
sure Bryan states, in spite of the fact that
antagOniStic press was doing all IL
could to stif1e the efforts of the party
He had a sharp stick for the democratic
newspaper which recently turned to Taft,
and used it several times.
A great ovation greeted z. T. Moran of
Georgetown. His speech was businesslike
and to the point. His idea of Mr. Bryan
is very high one. and he unhestatingly
declared that Bryan is the greatest of all
Americans and has done more toward
purifying the morals of American youth
than any other man" If he should be
elected President he would continue in
his career just as he has started. Mr..
Bryan very strong on the idea OF
home rule for the District of Columbia,
and would do all he could to bring about
that happy condition of affairs, when
every man in Washington would be able
to vote TO rthe people who make the
laws"
The INSTRUMENTATION machine gave
some of Mr.. Bryan'S speeches. and the
records were applauded vociferously Be
tween speeches and records the George
town Cornet Band thumped out some
lively music. The smoke was so thick
that at every beat of the large bass drum
the vibrations of the sound waves, gener-
ally perceptible only to the ear. we're
easily recognized by the disturbance in
the tobacco clouds. Those standlnSt on
the street below could see little pufrS OF
smoke coming from the window in strict
baton, this affording deaf people
great deal of enjoyment.
Frank J. Wisner. secretary of the as
ISOLATION. criticised the District govern
tration of affairs is on wrong basis
The majority of his listeners. however
seemed to be eager for more talk on
Bryan.
MI. Moncure Next.
r. c. L. Moncure of Alexandria county
came into the hall late, but was seized
upon to address the meeting. He spoke
on the antagonism of the press through
out the country for Bryan in the early
days of the candidates aspirations. and
ended with a description Of the en-
thusiasm for Bryan now found in their
columns.
They are ceasing to make fun of him
and cannot help recognizing his ability"
he declared.
Among other things he said:
There is one thing l want to call your
attention to. and it is that Taft is doing
just the thing the republicans ridicued
Bryan for. 1t is campaign speechmaking
from the rear end of trains and talking
into machines. Bryan started the speech
making, and Mr.. Taft through fear of
being outdone, followed his example
When Bryan conceived the idea of re-
producing his speeches Mr.. Taft fol-
lowed, just like a boy daring another
to take high dive into the water Thus
you will see that Bryan has originality
while Taft has been and is just what
Roosevelt makes him.
Other speakers were Newton Hodgkins
and John Ready. The meeting was pre-
sided over by George W. killeen.
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