The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-11-01
A TONGUE TREASURER.
AN EXPECTED SPEECH TFAT WAS EoT
DELIVERED.
Mr.. Compton Upho!ds States Rights" but HASN'T
a " ord to Say About tie Empty st:ts
Treasury.

The faithful of Elkton and vicinity were
much alarmed by the success of the Repub
| to-day, and not reliShing the facts and
figures SO forcibly presented to the people OIL
| that occasion by Mr. Creswsll and the other
speakers, got up meeting of their own,
last Saturday night, in the Hall, at which
it was announced with great flourish of
triumpets that Hon. Barnes Compton, State
Treasurer, would tell what he knew about
the State finances, and the faithful and
every body else We're invited to come out and
hear him answer the unanswerlble argu-
| ments OF the Republican speakers. 1t was
also announced that Thomas w. Hall, City
Solicitor of Baltimore, would be on hand
| TO tell the audience something about reform.
So the two gentlemen came on the evening
train, and, contrary to the prevailing Gus
tom, were met at the depot by United States
Senator Groome and several of the LEGAL
politicians OF the town, who assisted him III
escortins them to his residence, where they
spent the time till about o'clock, when
they were brought down to the hail. which
was partly filled by miscellaneous crowd
of Democrats and Republicans, about half
of the former being from the First and
s
by Il few stamps, and the gentleman who
has the honor of presiding over the deliber-
atlonS of the Democracy of the Third dis
trict introduced Mr. Compton, who arose
and entered into 4 labored argument to show
that the elections in Baltimore had always
been fairly conducted by the Democratic
party since it came into power. He then
informed the audience that the committee
which had invited him here had not told
him the kind of speech he was TO make he
fore he left home, and he necessarily having
to spend much time i'll coming over long
columns of figures, had become tired Of that
kind of work and didn't like to engage in it
out of his office, Notwithstanding which he
would do the best he could to ill the bill.
and referred the audience to an article in the
Baltimore san of that day for information
in reference to the financial condition of the
State, and intimated that lie would quote
from the article before he was done. But
unfortunately for the cause that he advocated
he forgot to tell the audience anything a bout
the matter IL controversy and his hearers
went hemc no wiser tian when thew came.
The burden Of the speech was intended to
show that however bad the administration
of the Democrats may have been that Of
the Republicans had been worse, at least in
his estiu;a alton. He seemed to think that
part OF the State debt had been contracted
during the late Rebellion Or is he expressed
it ITO shoot down the flower of the Sou tn"
And then he told his hearers that a round
hundred Thousand dollars, had been spent
for the widows and orphans of the South,
which some of the audience thought was y
good thing and manifested their approval
by loud applause Some Of them, however,
didn't see the point, and didn't applaud
worth cent. The speaker, had evidently
been pretty well informed of the doinss of
the new King and tiis lisasterons effect it
had produced upon that para Of ltis rank
and file who claim the right to think For
themselves, and tbs latter part of the
speech was Il laborous effort 10 repair the
damage caused by the 5 by continuation
He besought the faithful by the love they
lad for the spoils, both present and pros
peciiye, 10 rots tho ticket, tho whole ticket,
and nothing but the tic:;st and convinced
everybody who heard him thai tic vac :s
good y specimen of AL upreconstructcd rcba,
as could be found In any part of Dixey. We
are sorry to say that some ef The nnterriiied
who had inbibed too freely bothered tho
speaker very much by applauding at the
wrong time, which was only stopped by
taking them out into the cold, after which
things were more harmonious
At the conclusion of Mr.. Compton's
speech the band oomplimented him and the
Gauss he advocated by p,agiag Ny Mary
land" and then the President Introduced
Thomas W. Hall. City Solicitor Of Baltimore,
who has the reputation Of being good
speaker, but probably owing to the fact that
the Hall was cold rs charity, and many
of the audience had left it on that account,
failed to sustain his reputation. Ir. Hall
thought 1t was his duty to fight the battles
of the last IsuEefna.Grial campaign over
again, and, like Don Quixofe, sfruch right
and left ut imaginary Hindmilis without
producing much effect upon the audience.
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