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

Croquettes, de Volatile Petit Pois
Rotis. Dindonneau. Ia Franchise
Jambon, Smith, Id Gran erge
Langue de Bouef, ROCKFORD
ssl.des, Volatile Mayonnaise
Homald, Niceoise
TONNES, haintenon
Glace Neapoh a., Fraises, Dgcoree
Roqu fort Bents f Caa no''ts
TIE members of the organization With
Their invited guests began to gather
about s o'clock.
MIR. Percy Gift, superintendent OF the
Washington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon Railway, who i8 always eepeclsl-
" Thoughtful when anything is going on
ia Alexandria, had placed ths palace
car ''Mount Vernon" iu commission for
the accommodation of TIE distinguished
guests Who we're to come from Washing.
ton, and shortly after 8 o'clock the csr
bearing the patty! stopped in front OF
Arnory Hall.
1t Was nearing o'clock before MIR. j.
T. johnson, president OF the Alexan'
dria Chamber o! Commerce, Sho pre-.
sided, called tho company to order.
Alter Right Rev. Arthar S. Lloyd bad
| invoked blessing the feast proceeded
ard on hour was consumed In it's discus.
sion.
The gathering embraced most of the
business men of the ci.T, snd thero ware
uaay guests from Washington ard
Alexandria county prtsant, and the
miagliug ard pleasant converse ware
inspiring to all.
At ten O'Clock the president again
rapp:d The company to order and IN O
few well lined remarks introduced Mr.
w. T. Dsbnsy, bus nss maosger Ct be
Richmond Cuamber of Commerce. NJ.
Dsbaey congratulated the Alexandra
Chamber on the representative gather
| ing, and said it there we're any business
men In the city who we're not allied
Tiih the Chamber Of Commerce they
sheuld ssad in their applications for
| mem oersnip at once, Tts speaker said
be ha been.led 10 suppose that oniy The
| wholesale merchants were members OF
the chamber, and be urged ell retail
merchants to become members and gave
many reasons shy thoy should pursue
such cour4e. Mr.. Dabney urged cou'
cefted action on The part of the entire
community In order to exosnd the ci!y's
commercial interests. H. said every
msmber of 8 community Was or should
be interested in the cily's growth, and
in order to accomplish anything there
must be union and all should pull to-.
gether. This was the Law of the family
and should be the law of the commune
ty. The burden of expanding the cily's
trade should not be laid so'ely upon The
shoulders Of Wholesale dealers, but cash
| person should add HE mite toward the
| public good. The speaker took his seat
| amid mach applause.
Hop. O. O. Carlin Wss the mex
speaker. he began BY saying i! is al
ways a pleasure to him to Mig lie With
Alezsndriars, people among whom ne
lad been born sud reared, and he con-
grs,u atsd The CbamDer OF Commerce
fr the york that organization haG in
recent years accomplished towards the
enhancement Of the ci.y's interests.
Hs slso thanked tho committee on be.
half of the Clambe. OF Commerce. for
the successful and satisfactory manner 10
shich ell the plans for the banquet had
been perfected and be also extended 8
hearty oldVirginia welcome to Virginia's
iuuior senator, the other senator's present
as wsll as the distinguished guess who
had accompanied them from Washington
Among Other things he spoke OF the
retrocession crsz, which recently pre-
| vailed 10 Washington and called st:en'
ton to the fact that the pscple OF the
| District of Columbia recently decried
the triple.hesded government uodsr
ghich they lived and subsequently, start.
I'd q movement towards annexiug Alex.
sudris to that morsrosily. rs alluded
to the chief notoriety attained b'
Rsunis Taylor, who published az
"opipioun to the effect that the retro
cession OF Alexandria to Virgins waa
unconstitutional. Mr.. CarIin riddled
every argument used by M. Taylor
He said after his appointment on the
committee on the Judiciary in looking
over the cslendsr he found the first ma
ter to be disposed of by the committee
was bill calling upon the attorney
general to take steps towards having
| Alexandra retrocfded to the District Of
| Columbia. The bill has been referred
to a su5.com r,itsee, of which he Is
member, and the speaker said he would
endeavor TO prevent 1t from being re-
ported by the subcommittee. Eu! ii bs
any unlikely mesns the bill should gel
before The House snd be passed there
were seoetors PRESENT In the banquet
hall Rho would intsrceptit 10 the north
ern wing CT the Cipi,ol. NJ. Csrlin
announced that an appropriation for The
improvement Of the hErbar OF Alsxau.
dria was embraced IN the river and hsr.
cor biz, spoke of the Injustice Of the
pressn. tariff laws, the prevailing high
tariff laws. the prevailing high prlcs;
and the feeble protests of certain repub'
rcsus sgaiDst the aopssls ce of Camera,
! Less statue 10 tie Capitol. Mr.. Osr-
Inns speech vas intsrlsrded With anus
| inz specoles. There vas Wild eutdasIasn