Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-07
TELLS OF A COMPACT
iSpeaker at Democratic Meet
ing Gives Real News.
MEANS DEFEAT OF HUGHES
Maryland, However, Must Be Swung
Over to Taft.
LOCAL POLITICIANS ACTIVE
Strong Effort Apparent to Induce
Voters to Go Home and
Cast Ballots.
MEANS DEFEAT OF HUGHES
LOCAL POLITICIANS ACTIVE

Cast Ballots.
| According to Philip ]. Mackey of Mus
catine, Iowa. an enthusiastic Bryan man
and travelling salesman. who addressed
the District Democratic Association at
headquarters in the Munsey building last
evening, Maryland anti-Bryan democrats
have formed compact with New York
anti-Hughes republicans to give Mary
land to Taft and bring about the defeat
of Hughes in New York.
| Mr.. Mackey said he conversed with
prominent bankers in Baltimore yesterday
and learned that the foregoing is the
case. He added that between 5000 and
$1,000 has already been sent by Balti-
more merchants and bankers to New
| York to aid in the defeat Of Hughes. in
return for which the anti-Hughes repub-
licans are to send speakers and litera-
| ture to Maryland to try to defeat Bryan.
Other speakers at democratic headquar-
| tiers last night were p. ]. Monohan Of
this city. C.. c. Frost Of New York and j.
w. Nigh of Langdon, D. c., formerly a
| republican.
A meeting Of West Virginia republicans
In the District is to be held this evening
at headquarters. in 10TH street.
J. Fred Kelly Gives Estimate.
J. Fred Kelly, chairman, and w. NICK.
Clayton. secretary Of the District demo-
cratic central committee, estimate that at
least 5000 local democrats will go home
to vote next month. At the weekly meet
ing Of the committee in Eagles Hall
last evening the following were elected to
serve on an advisory committee to help
the central committee induce voters to go
home and cast their ballots: John E.
Laskey. James B. Archer. jr, Howard
Boyd. w. c. 'Balderson. Frank Hall, B.
Edward Mccain, DR.. Mcdonald, James
Burdine. Fielder Newman. Andrew Cock
rell, Harry D. Nash. George Killeen, P.
7. Moran, Edward Devlin, E. F. Buckley,
F. Schosser. Henry Ash. George Warren,
J. Holdsworth Gordon, Edward Mannix.
Sheriff. and DR.. N. B. Shade.
The Iowa and Maryland Republican
Clubs of the District gave a smoker last
evening in republican headquarters.
About 200 men were present. Every one
talked politics generally, but no speeches
were made.
Associations Are Active.
A meeting under the auspices of the
Illinois Republican Association will also bs
held at republican headquarters tonight.
w. H. Richardson, president of the asso-
citation. will be the temporary chairman.
Col. John G. Capers. commissioner of in
ternal revenue, and Capt. Thomas H
Mckee and others will speak.
| The Chevy Chase Democratic Club will
hold meeting at Chevy Chase Lake this
evening at o'clock. The following will
| speak: Charles w. Darr. e. c. Peter
John H. Brinkman, secretary Of Carriage
and Wagon Workers Union; A. ]. Cum
minis. Judge J. w. Nichol, John Wesley
Gaines of Tennessee and David E. Finley
| of South Carolina. One Of the features
of the occasion will be the unfurling of a
BRYAN and Kern banner.
| The colored democrats in the District
| have been summoned to attend a meeting
of the National Colored Mems Political
| Union. to be held tomorrow night at At
Missouri avenue. Speeches will be made
! by w. c. Martin. L. M. King. A. w.
Scott: L. c. Moore. Travis Glascoe. r. e.
Gilchrist. DR.. George w. McGoin. Lemuel
c. Moore and A. st. A. Smith.
| Making a jackson GaveI."
committeeman for the District of Column
bda. has received from the democrats OF
Clarksburs. w. Va, two pieces of oak
taken from the sill of the house in which
Stonewall Jackson was born. These pieces
| of wood are for a gavel to be used at the
meetings of the District of Columbia Dem
! ocratic Association. In 1896 the demo-
Gratis of West Virginia presented Mr..
Bryan a gavel made from the same sill.
| Mr.. Newman lost no time in taking
the wood to mill where it will be
turned into a gavel, which will be used
| the first time at a meeting of the asso-
citation in. the Munsey building. tomorrow
night. The pieces or splints of wood not
actually used for the gavel will be worked
| into penholders for the use Of officers
| of the association.
Meetings Out of Town.
The democratic, and many of the re.
publican voting population of Kent dis
trict of Prince George county. Nd. at
tended rally held by the Bryan, Kern
and Smith Club at Capital Park last
night. George N. Palmer. the president
of the club, presided. and Charles W.
| Darr of the local bar was the principal
| speaker. He declared that the President
had. one code of trust and corporation
morals for himself and cabinet and an
| other for senators, representatives and
| governors, and that he failed to find any
thing wrong in accepting Office bought
by corporate money.
Capt. Henry c. Porter, president of the
Maryland Republican Club of Mount
Rainier. Md. announced today that the
| club has made arrangements for the
| raising of a Taft and Sherman banner
at that place next Tuesday evening
Prominent speakers have been invited
| and Capt Porter says all republicans and
doubtful voters in Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia will be cordially well
coined to the rally.