The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-26
CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
A Pleasant Meeting at w. w.
MOOre's.

I'VE GORE -.
The regular April meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club was held at the home
stead of VIM w. More, near Colora, on
Wednesday. Tue day was propitIous for
a full meeting, the roads being dry and
the weather seasouable. Promptly at
1890 o'clock Enoch, Noyes, the vice
president of the Club,-(in the absence
of Joseph Coudon, ESQ.,, who afterwards
answered to his ame)-directed the call
of the roll, when the following members
responded to their names, viz: Enoch
Noyes. S. r ,wlapd Carson, Thomas G.
Bond, Jno. p Wilson, Joseph CoudOn of
Henry, George w. Sutton, Jno r. Bond,
Henry S Coudon, Enoch Mccullough,
w. W. Moore, Joseph Coudon of Jos.
aud Henry R. Torbert. Tho visitors
present by invitation we're the Rev. Jas.
Conway, R.v. Johu Sauier, DR.. Geo. S.
Dare, VIM. Coale, Mr.. f. f Ewing and
Chas. E. Moore.
The minutes of the last NEE ing hav-
ing been read and approved and untin-
mite designated by the president of the
Club Gin accordance with resolution
adopted at the last meeting) to visit the
Maryland Agricultural College and re-
port to the Club the condition and pros
poets of that institution, made the follow
ing
REPORT:
At our last meeting resolution was
adopted appointing the president and two
mem beers of the Club to be selected by him
a committee 10 visit and inspect the far
famed Maj yland Agricultural College and
Experiment Station, and report to this body
| its present condition and future prospects.
Owing to severe family aft our WORTH
president was compelled to remain at home
and took the liberty of substituting another
mem Der in his stead. As the bill designed
to relieve the Institution of the heavy debt
by which it is handicapped was daily ex-
pected to be acted on in the Legislature,
and as its passage was considered very
/ bOuDIlul OWluR W TUG .
| in regard to the management of the College,
prompt action was deemed imperative. The
president of the Club therefore in utter dis
| regard of Civil Service regulations which
dictate an inquiry into the qualification
and fitness of individuals, selected the three
! III EN- bers of tine Club who were most Access
sble, and the committee was made to con-
| sist of Henry S. Coudon, Euoch Noyes and
! Geo. w. Sutton. 1t is matter of regret
! that the Club was deprived of the stability
and good judgment Of our president, and
! that he could not have taken more time in
making up tue committe. Misfortune seems
! to have attended them from the very out
| set. This was partly due to the fact that
| no one designated to act as chairman,
D.. and consequently they were sent forth on
| this important mission, with about as much
prospect of success as a ship would have in
! IL storm without rudder, or an army in an
engagement without a commander. Were
| any thing more needed to convince You of
their inefficiencv, it is the fact that they
were unused to railroad travel, and ignor-
! ant of the whys of the world. Besides, tw o
| of them, at least, were known To be arti-
Zlns of the most uucom promising stripe,
| and I } hold the EXTREMIST and most oppo
! site views upon all questions that divide
the two great parties of the day. This last
! fact had much To do with the want OF sue
cess of the expedition as will appear later.
| Owing TO The faiiu' t of one of the committee
| al, L.. l.. ht,rr int
your committee was compelled to proceed
| in sections The irst iustalmen cousistiu g
of two-b-ing u large majority-took the
first train leaving Perryville little before
| 9 O'Clock a. III , aud snugly eusconced Them
| selves i'll one of the parlor coacnes of the
! train. The structure that spans the roman
| tic Susqu-hanna had hardly been crossed
ere the parlur Car conductor entered 81 icu-
| latiug the familiar sound-"tickets." When
| the first section OF your committee drew
| from their pockets the little strips of Iper
| procured at the Office and naturally sup
| posed by them To he the guarantee of Il
| Tranquil p .ssage i'll any of the carriage :, an
additional amount was demanded and be
ing refused, they were hurriedly jostled out,
| and compelled 10 take refuge in smoker.
| Smarllug under this seemingly rude treat
menr, and i'll any thing but an amiabie
| frame Of MUD, they soon became involved
in an acrimonious debate upon the subject
of protection. Your free trade member con-
tended that there were was no such thing
| real protection i'll this country. That the
name was "a mere delusl0n and that the ex-
| urbitant tariff levied upon foreign goods
benefited no one except the capitalists and
the manufacturers, just as they had found
out by this unpleasant experience, that the
outrageous tariff levied by these insolent
railroad officers upon the travelling public,
benefited 10 one but themselves and the
monied aristocracy who We're able to pay
the increased charges, and that it was class
discrimination that should not be allowed.
The discussion became so absorbing that
| nile posts flew by uuheeded, and SO did de-
pots, villages and even the city OF Baltimore
was treated a way station, and your
| committe did not wake up to realization
of the situation until Washington had been
| reached IL WAS now discovered that the
Agricultural College was on another rail-
| road and eight miles to the rear. As there
was no train for several hours by which
that distance could be retraced, it was de-
cided to visit the House of Representatives
and take peep at the great men of the Ma
ton. 1t is impertinently suggested by some
| that this seemingly accidental mistake by
which the National Capital was reached
WAS caused by Congressional bee which is
thought to have been buzzing in the hat of
| one OF the mem bers for some time. 1t hap
pened that the subject under consideration
in the House was the resolution which ter.
minated in the unseating of Compton and
the seating of Mudd. This served as an
other "Causus BellI'' to your already ex-
cited committee, and their loud and bolster
Gus language arrested the attention of the
| Sergeant at Arms of the House, who at once
| proceeded to arrest the offenders against
the rules and dignity of the body, and had
| it not been for The intercession of an intiu.
entail friend, who appeared just at the right
time and procured their release, your Club
I would have been deprived of this report.
After making inquiries as to the shortest
aud quickest route by which to reach the
Agricultural College and many expressions
of thanks to the kind friend who had so OPP
portunely appeared, the first section of your
committee Indignantly and scornfully
| shook from their feet the dust of the Ma
tional Capital, one of them being heard to
say that's the way American citizens sent
out by agricultural associations to gather
useful information are treated. That's a
sample of your protective system. It's a
pretty come to pass that men, bers of the
Cecil Farmers Club are not allowed the