Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-10-25

cuasion. The cutrnres uernetrsssa shsr ,v.-.
Gone, be said under tie plea q necessity. and
after ieelingIy abiding % the persecution that
Cur people had undergone because they SYM
pashized with their own atsh and hood Who
were ~ arms acrOes The Pofor1ac, he came to
TIE record usthe rrpabIicsn party after she war
/ was over, spoke o. fis corrupfiSn and venssii.
y - Washington and q there beinx bat a sim
| gle department thnt ademorsaiie Conuress did
not successfully impeaeh; contrasting Jackson
ieAsing the White House and drawing his
private theSk on bis commission merchant IN
New Orleans % settle bis expenses wish Gen.
Grant Who left eneumbered with wealth ana
with presenls accepted from buli-iog 90 a
brown stone front. Mr. Compton then tola
bow TIE republiea1 party had endeavorsd 10
/ drive from fhe baliOt-box himoelf and AT OH
ers who had felt sympathy with their own kin
| drea who had fought for what they believed
20 be right. ~ promised. - be continued, 'ato
show yca that Hart B. Holion is the Iexiti-
mate ouigrowth Of these principles. Who Is
holtonl He has been 20 the state Senate
but how did he get there7 lie got there be-
cause he was mean enough 10 accept a seat
that another gentlenan had beeD elected 10
OH. The Senate Ct the Stale vas tied and Il
was necessary 10 manufacture majority. The
republic discounted noses. They sent guard
% manaele aud cast into prison Levin n. Wa
tiers, q demo cratic representative &C the old
county OF Somerset. and held him prisoner
until they could give Nr. Hart B. Holfou the
seat. II this don't prove that Hart g. Ho.tou
IS the legitimate oufgrowth Of the repuhlican
1 party what will DO you take man az his
wordg Do you weigh q man by his deSlara-
items or by his deeds? WonIdn't give q
pinch Of snuff for the declaration Of any man
Let him do deeds 20 show his repentance II
1 is charged that corruption has crept into the
democratic party. For four long years you
have had the watchfal eve OF Mf. WIN. r.
1 Hamilton searching II the charge was truce
and have been In posision 20 know that
had he discovered corruption no one would
hare been more ready and willing TO expose It.
don't csre 70 80 into tEis p0iHt ualess some
1 republican con ie found bold enouglI 20
make the charge. ! would try 10 do him jss-
iise. ] am proud 10 say that The State debt
has been reduced from thirteen 10 eleven mil
lions, and il You had not increased the debt,
4 IL would he now ten millions. | will tell you
how the debt was increased. The democratic
legislature increased the debt by appFOpria-
Ting SlG0.O0O 10 feed the poor people VI the
South whose all had been taken By the North
ern h0Fdss; increased by 500, 900 to found
the State Normal School. was then Treas
urer, aud il was my privilege TO cancel that
debt. Your iails and penitentiary were over
crowded and b0nds were issued for $3.50, 900
to build House Of Correction. am proud
TO say that cancelled those bonds. les, We
increased the debt. Numbers Of children are
born deaf and dumb and nn obligation is upon
as 10 make them faithful citizens. The debt
was increased 20 found Deaf and Dumb Hos
pital. Yes, the debt was increased by the
democratic party. Take care how you cIiii-
cize The debt. Some may have relatives and
friends or by the inscrutable judgments Of
God may themselves he deprived Of reason.
| Ia tn m IN,
found q home for the insane2 IL these be
crimes, charge them up. IL Marylanders con-
denim them as crimes, don't want 70 lie "a
i harylander. Mr. Compton spoke Of the DEM
ocraiic ticket, saying that the Convention had
done its work we'll, aud that the candidates
required no eulogy. Speaking OF the oppo-
| sition ticket, he said, THAT he did not know
| what record was claimed for hS Holton.
| Some had said he was workingman and was
raised in factory. The baltimore American
after his nomination simply said he appeared
before the Convention in splendid fitting
suit Of conventional black and accepted the
| nomination. Did the .AmerieaH mean his best
suit or black republican conventional suit ?
| can understand how the suit would have been
just the thing in the company ofsome spright-
~ widow, or would have graced him AS "A
knight Of the round table, or would have fitted
him to
''Caper nimhly in ladYs chamber" etc.
But do not understand how il would recon-
mend him for the position OF Governor of
Maryland. never heard Of Mullikin until he
appeared upon the Republican ticket 10 be
Lea;en by Covington and he was well beaten.
Frank III. Stoekett was an able lawyer aud
gentleman, but the blackest republican in
Anne Arundel County," Mr.. Compton re-
lated an ancrdoie Of the old Marshal Butcher,
told how after Waterloo he had Travelled over
Europe, receiving the freedom of the cities
and being feied wherever he went, how visit
ing London he had been taken TO the Tower
aud there surveying with his field glass the
| whole city had exclaimed, my God what
| city 90 sack" "The Republicans" he said,
''see from the statements 10 the monthly pa
pers thar have in the Treasury over a mill
lion Of dollars and they exclaim "'GTeat GUd,
| whata Treasury 10 sack (" After relating an
Anecdote Vt the battle OF BleRheim, lie exhor-
| ted the Democrats to initiate the example OF
| the allied forces there, ''close up their ranks
and march on 10 victory in November"
| The chairman then introduced the Hon.
Charles b. Roberts, .he democratic candi-
date for Attorney General. Mr.. Roberts
said: Il feel that my heart is throbbing
| harder than usual. | have faced many an
audience before, have always been DEM
ocrat, but was never before in an assem-
blage where my heart beat more in unison
| than with the president OF this meeting and
| the humblest member Of this crowd. BY
way Of preface, viii say that have come
here not that it would do any good for me
IN preach democracy here, but have come
here to renew my own democracy. Now,
when the memories Of the war are wiped out
il is no time TO allow personal considerations
to regulate and control your conduct. do
not come here to ask that any man should
vote for me on private considera' ions but to
ask that they vote for me on principle.
Many things have bVen said and been very
well said by the gentlemen who have pre-
ceeded me, but some yet remain to be said.
! wish 70 impress upon You the duty incum-
bent upon YOU as American citizens Of cast
ing intelligent ballots, and q correct appre-
citation Of the value Of Suffrage. IL is a mat
ter that lies az the foundation Of Republican
| government. Suffrage is a priceless gift.
IL you fail In its appreciation your govern
ment viii pass from You and y0u viii not
know IL. After mastery exposition Of
the principles Of the democratic party and
q short reference to the existing factional
contests, Mr.. Roberts spoke Of the Republic
can party as not being one Of principle, Of its
missioG having been finished and want Of
Office the only tie that held it together and
then touched upon Mr.. Holton's record rs .
wOrkingman, saying the only work Holton
shad ever done was 70 court rich wife. Af-
ter complimenting Mr.. Holt0n on the sue
cess Of his work and giving numerous ac-
count Of his own record as a workingman,
Mr. Roberts reviewed the record Of the re-
| publican party in this State aud read from