Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-28
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HomaId, Niceoise
TONNES, Maintenon

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Demitasse Cortez Cognac
The members of the organization With
Their invited guests began to gather
about o clock.
Mr.. Percy Gift, superintendent Of the
Washington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon Railway, who Is always especisl-
ly thoughtful when anything is going on
ia Alexandra, had placed The palace
car "Mount Vernon" 10 commission for
the accommodation OF TIE Distinguished
guests who were to come from Washing.
ton, and shortly after 8 o'clock the csr
bearing the party stopped in front OF
Armory Hall.
1t Was nearing 9 o'clock before Mr. j
I. johnson, president OF the Alexan'
drla Chamber OF Commerce, who pre-
sided, called the company to order:
Alter Right Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd had
invoked blessing the feast proceeded
and en- hour was consumed 10 its discus
sion.
The gathering embraced most OF the
businesI men OF the city, and there were
uauy guests from Washington ard
ALEXANDRIA county prtsant, and the
miagliug and pleasant converse were
inspiring to all.
At ten O'Clock the president egaln
rappsd The company to order and IN q
few well lined remarks introduced Mr.
W. I. DAbney, bus n rs maosger Of he
Richmond Chamber of Commerce. NJ.
Dsbney congratulated the Alexandra
Chamber on the representative gather
log, and said IL there were any business
men In the city who we're not allied
with the Chamber Of Commerce they
sheuli sead in their applications for
mem persbip at once. The speaker said
be ha bsen.led to suppose that only The
wholesale merchants we're members OF
the chamber, and be urged ell retail
merchants to become members and gave
many reasons Why they should pursue
such a course. Mr.. Dabney urged COZ
ceued action on The part OF the entire
community 10 order to expand the cily's
commercial interests. II said every
member Of community Was or should
be interested In the clly'S growth, and
in order to accomplish anything there
must be union and sll should pull to-
pether. This was the law of the family
aud should be the law of the commune
ty. The burden Of expanding the city's
trade should not be laid solely upon the
shoulders Of wholesale dealers, but each
person should add bic mite toward the
public good. The speaker took fiS seat
amid mach applause
Hop. O. o Oarlin was the mex
speaker. He began by saying II is 81
wars a pleasure to him to miDgle With
Alersndriaps, people among whom be
hsd been born sud resred, and be con-
grs,u ated the CHAMBER Of Commerce
for the work that Organization bad 10
recent years accomplished towards the
enhancement Of the city's interests.
Hs also thanked the committee on be-
half of the Chamber OF Commerce for
the successful aud satisfactory manner 10
which ell the plans for the banquet had
been perfected and he also ex ended q
hearty oldYirginia welcome TO Virginias
iuuior senator, the other senators present
az we'll as the distinguished guess who
had accompanied them from Washington
Among other things be spoke OF the
retrocession crsz} which recently pre-
vailed 10 Washington and called step'
ton TO the fact that the people OF the
District OF Columbia recently decrled
tho triple.hesded government under
which they lived and subsequently start
sd a movement towards annexiug Alex
sudris to that mops.rosity, hs alluded
to the chief notorlety attained by
Hsnnis Taylor, who Published ao
"opinion" to the effect that the retro
ces,ion OF Alexandra TO Virginia was
unconstitutional. Mr.. Csflln riddled
every Argument used BY M. Taylor
He said after his appointment on the
committee on the Judiciary in looking
over the calendsr be found the first ma
ter to be disposed of by the committed
was a bill calling upon the attorney
general to take steps towards having
Alexandra retroctded to the District o.
Columbia. The bill has been referred
to 9 suS.com mitsee, of which he Is
member, and the speaker said he would
endesvor to prevent 1t from being re-
ported by the subcommittee, Eu, II by
any unlikely means the bill should gel
before the Htu3e and be passed there
we're senators present Ia the bsnqu1t
hall who would intsrceptit 10 the north
ern wing Of the Capitol. NJ. Osrlir
announced that an appropriation for tht
improvement Of the hsrbor OF Alsxan'
dria was embraced IN the river and hsr-
Dor biz, spoke of the irjustlce Of tht
present tariff laws, the prevailing higt
| isrifI laws, the prevailing high prices
aud the feeble protests of certain repub
Icsus ssaI1st the s9pesis ce OF Camera
Lees statue 10 TIE Capitol. Mr.. Oar.
Inns speech vas interlsrded With smus
ing snecolss. There yes Eild enthusiasm