Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-10-28

DEMOOhA L ~ mEL lJNOs
The democratic me cling at the Opera
House last night, under the auspices OF
the BrysD, Kern and Osrlin Club, was
largely st ended and the speeches we're
heartily eOjOyed aud applsuded through
out.
o. the stage were Messrs. John A.
Marshall, K. s. Barrett. s. L. Monroe,
J. NJ. Hill, J. Fred BirrelI, ID. r.
STAINS ury, K. l.. Monroe and others.
Mr.. y. G.. Brent, president of the
Bryan, Kern and Osrlin Club, presided,
and 10 his usual graceful manner intro
duced the speakers, prefscing his re-
msrka with q few complimentary words
in regard to them.
Mr.. james r. CstOn was the hfsI
speaker of the evening, and said the
democratic party today was worKiDg rs
q unit FIR the election Of their candidate
az president. He paid tribute to the
manhood and character OF William ).
Bryan (applaus) and said there was
marked contrast between the nomination
of Taft and Bryan-Taft had been NOM
mated through the influence Of RoOse'
welt, while Bryan had been the people,
choice. He said that even the republic
can newspapers had denounced the
usurpatiOu of power by the chief execu-
tive. The speaker pointed out the in
reference of the federal government with
states rights, and also referred to the large
nu nber of workingmen out OF employ
ment in the United States. Mr.. Oston
ridicuIed the so.called prosperity OF The
country and denounced the protective
tariff, stating that while wages had in
creased 10 per cent, living had increased
40 per cent. The difference, he stated,
had gone to the trust. He closed by
urging all democrats to 60 early and vote
the democratic ticket and see that their
neighbOrs did likewise.
Mr.. Brent then introduced Judge r.
T. w. Duke, of Charlottesville.
Alter prolonged applause Judge Duke
stated that be had just come from the
Valley of Virginia where he said be had
found the spirit of democracy still ex-
tsut and be had brought a message to
the democrats of this city-To DO THEIR
DUTY. He said the democrats bad for
years been too busy with sffair5 at home
TO look out for others, but that now thst
the black cloud had been eliminated
from the horizon they could consider
national affairs. he said that the fault
now WIS that men followed the dollar too
much and not the principles. The speak
er said the time had come to select men
to carry out the wishes of the people sld
not their own personal aims. He likened
the government of the country to a
wstch-the republican party the case
aud the democratic party the works
and said that as long as the case did not
interfere with the works the works would
run smoothly. He said the republican
parry had been inaugurAted for theft
and had finally managed to steal
the democratic principles and embody
them in the republican platform. He
said the two parties should not be
Judged By promises, but by what they
mad done in the past Look at the fruits
OF the republican party, he ssid-war,
reconstruction (dsmnstiOn to the pee
ple) pensions, tariff, Capitalization and
panic. The speaker said Senator Lodge
had introduced the force bill and that
Mr.. Cfumpacker had introduced mea-
sure to reduce the southern representa-
ton in Congress and in the electoral
college, which was unfair and unjust.
He said he was in favor OF tariff for
the support of the revenues of the coun-
try, but not for the benefit of the many
trusts. He ridiculed the full dinner
pail and called 1t g "fOoP' dinner pail,
stating that it was not so full now as 1t
had been. He said the republicans we're
saying to the farmer what friend they
were to him by keeping up the tariff, and
yet the farmer had to pay high tariff
on everything he bought. He said the
farmers could buy farming implements
IN st. Petersburg cheaper than they
could in this country and gave his per
sonsl experience in ascertaining prices
here and abroad. He said he had priced
an American made sewing machine in
England and that itcould be bought $40
cheaper in that country than at home.
He said the tsriil hid been both the
father and mother of robbery, and that
the republican party had even corrupted
the English langnI &c. lie said that the
sweetest and tenderest word had hereto
fore been Crust" but that the word
now meant highway robbery and every
thing contemplate. He also gave figures
to show how the tobacco trust had been
fostered, as well as the steel trust (pro'
nounced "stesPO, under the head o.
Andrew Carnegie, with his "pubic'
libraries, and told Of the methods o.
John d. Rockefeller, the head of The
Standard Oil Company. The speaker
said he would rather st the judgmen
day to have been the lowest man, of Iht
streets, who had given FIVE cent piec'
to a beggsr, than to be Rockefeller with
the millions he had gotten by roobine
the people. He said the price of kero
sene oil could now be made 8 cents &
gallon and the company then make 81
per cent. He said the democratic party
stood for mans rights and freedom. He
told of his having been at Hot Springs
with Taft, but had looked behind the
candidate Of the republican party and hat
seen the ghost of the agony and suffering
of the var of 1861 and Whist had followed
He said some men today called them
selves TAFT democrats, and would vot
for that man, but that be would soone
be "whits democrat then a white ne
gro" The speaker then criticized tn
various blanks in the republican plat