Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-07-20
F0K vICE-PREstDENT:
LEVI p. MORTON,
Of New York.
GALLANT REPUBLICAN LEADER


GALLANT REPUBLICAN LEADER
or the three hundred and thirty mem
Lers Of the House of Representative III
the National Congress, none have gam
I'd more prominent or CONSPICUOUS
blaze. before the country than the eiS
lent and able gentleman, who repre-
yn,s the Sixth Congressional District o!
Maryland. To say that he is loved ana
reyered at home because OF his gre"
ability and sterling worth, Is putting It
mildly. He is idOlized, and three ''me'
in succession has be been Pltted oy hi'
party against the flower of the de"'cra
cy the last time having as his opponent
the present bright and talented Comp
,roller Of the State, Col i. victor
Bauobman. and each time although
money unlilnited was used and the mos
oloouent orators summoned to compass
his defeat, he was triumphantly elected
His record since his advent in Congress
has proven that the confidence oil DIS
constituents was not misplaced, Tor Dc
has acquired national reputation, mad'
Nv an earnest advocacy of the prlno'p'e
# his party. This Republican repre-
sentative, the ablest that Maryland n"
to-day in Congress, delivered on the =
of May last speech on Pro'ecuo
versus Free Trade. which was an elc
qucnt and able defence of American u
dustries and American worklngme
AGAINST the free trade cncroachmcnts
the Democratic party as dehnen
President Cleveland, and the Mills blI
In that speech, in defence OF the nc
South which is struggling against u
old plantation aud Bourbon IDEAS VIM
hnve so long dominated that sec''o
MIR. McComas said: Like anoth
Tapnhauscr, the new South has j
broken away from the tolls of SLAYER
II HIS awakened the Industries OF
Garth Just as it has made Tbs IN ! ;
,rackless forest, just when 1t Is exp
ina the seams Of earth to extract Its Of
ms, n, 1t stands by the mouths OIL
new made coalpits. the President "
sage and the Mills BILL sOn@"H I Tue !.
South again to slumbcr' that Tue '
may cumber the forests tna' Da's
n,,i. NAV iuhabit the shafts of desc
mines, tina, spiders may weave
m.hs over the mouths of the coa'
1,,t the grass may grow in tho VI
trects Like aaother TannhauSer
as, cry will break the illusion .
trade that so long has blinded the .
Instead Of Clevelands euriew' w
-, he morning school bells ring
IL. South." Again on july
the Republicans we're endeaVo''
secure reduction Of the outrag'o
ties on sugar, which comPeIs the
Of the United States to pay twelve
,bc value of the sugar crop III
keen the State of Louisiana IN 'H'
oara,;c column, ana which also mi
,he supar trust which has its headl
n New York and fixes
tho prices Of sugar for every :"
woman in this country Mr.. NJ
during the discussion OF tna'
forced from members oil ID
and Means committee the Dana
,;ss;on that whilst it was
act that representatives Of maj
inc industries we're denied y
whereby they could show now
dustries would he crippled
entirely destroyed, MI II
the head Of the sugar trust anu
sons his attorney, were grantee
n NAL interview. Aud the N
Az DAYS thereafter was so a
would benefit the sugar trust
,,,;o work detriment to the
ftbe country. The patriot
~. ,ortlenan is a pleasing
that pursued by other
congressman. one of who
in speech in defence ofproo
industry which would be Ser''
by the Mills bill declared t
standing that fact he would
h;ll In other words thus
misrepresentation would or
stroy an industry which g''
HE homes and happy
70 hundreds of his cons'i
3 than offend his party "
has practically no oppos
nomination. The Repub
Sixth District of Maryla
aware of the fact that they
.. the present time to los
of this able exponent of
When the proper time arr
Comas for duty faithfully
step up higher. and tn
he has so gracefully worn
the shoulders Of some OF
talented gentleman.
There is no taIiif on u
II hos vet m