Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-06
MARYLAND REpUBLlCANa.
A Rousing Ratification Meeting II Kensins-
ton Last Night.

TIE PEOPLE OF NoSTeoxKRY couSrr runS
OCT IN roRcE-AANr WENT PROM WASHING
ToS-srIRRiSe SPEECHES NADE-rREsIpESr
HARRIsos's ApHiSisTRArioS WARMLY conf
NkNDED-RNrRrsIssN ron raE ricSEr.
The republican party in Montgomery county.
Nd. turned out in force last ,.ight and psrtici-
pated in the ratification meeting at Kensinston
in honor Of Harrison and Eeid
1t was q patriotic gathering and the stirring
speeches and music kept mp degree OF enthu-
siasm that would have caused the uninitiatcd
for miles around TO believe that Montgomery
county was a republican stronghold
A short distance from the station at Kensine-
ton stand had been erected, and when the
train from Washington rolled in q few moments
before g blaze Of Chinese lanterns, Q eco Of
flags and largo crowd. kept impatient by
music from the Tskoms band greeted IL. The
train brought a large contingency. but IL
lost IL the .a,ge crowd that had already assem-
bled
Dir. B. n. Warner busted himself looking
after things in general. and after all the
speakers had been introduced the band struck
up Marching Through Georgia" and the
crowd fell in line and headed for the stand
In front seats had been provided, but In q
moment they we're st premium and over one-
half stood
CHAIRMAN WRIGHT CALLS TO oRpra
Mr.. W. W. Wright OF Linden was chairman.
and after the crowd had become settled he sd-
ranced TO the front Of the platform and ex-
planned the object OF the meeting. He intro
duced Mr.. Arthur Stabler of Sandy Springs
who followed with bright. snappy speech,
giistening with stories apropos of the cam
paign. Among others he told the story Of the
lnsfr norSr
nominating Grover Cleveland n third time:
"Grover Cleveland il IN the position of a sea
captain once heard Of This captain owned a
sloop. and had a crow consisting OF an Irishman
and boy. II was a calm, still night and every
thing was going on smoothly. The captain
thought he would Like TO take a short nap, so
calling the lrishman 10 him he said:
Mike, | want you 20 steer o while
All right, answered the son Of Erin. Only
show me how TO do it. aud bedad it shall be
done
$50, pointing to a bright star In the heav ens.
the captain directed him to keep the vessel
headed for that and then went 10 bed
About an hour afterward clouds came up and
obscured the star. and the freshman did not
know what to do; SO. calling the captain. he
said
please come and point me out another star
Sure, I've passed the other wan
And SO II was with Cleveland. The republi-
cans had passed him four years ago, and the
steering this time would be much easier"
GOV. u.Rr's SPEECH.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Aphonso Bart of
Ohio was the next speaker. He compared the
coming campaign to great trial al law The
first thing to do. Of course was 20 ascertain the
facts In the case, then find the law applicable
thereto, and after these things had been COM
piled in an argument lay the case carefully and
consistently before the jury and the result was
assured. That's what the republicans of this
country wanted to do.
he lines OF battle by the opposing lawyers-
the dcmocrats-hsd been drawn and the IL 000-
600 voters. the great jury were listening eagerly
TO both sides OF the great questions before pass
ing Judgment.
A tree, he said, is known by its fruits and an
administration is known by its acts The ad-
minlstration of Benjamin Harrison had given
ample proof OF Its strength. The country to-
day was ia prosperous condition, and the
nifty first republican Congress had done more
10 BRING about this result than any Congress
Tor thirty wears. lApplause.l The speaker
then discussed the Mckinley bill and pointed
OUT the Dement'S that had redounded to this
country through Its enactment.
lettering to the Homestead affair he said il
had been charged that 1t was due to the tariff.
Mhy II It had not been for the tariff there
would nave been no snch place ~ Homestead;
there would have been no SIS. 600 900 works; there
would not have been employment for $500
worklnSmen. A protective tariff was what
made there things possible.
aEo T. wr,,,xarox,s prx.pv.
Mheh chairman wright introduced Mr. Geo.
l.. Wellington OF Cumberland there was vocifer-
GUS cheering Mr.. Wellington is the probable
renublicap candidate Gov Concr.ss sr,,,, ,hs
sifth district The snealer Ia n. ,as snro
nriscd rs he looked abant him AMI san ,hs , sa
derful transformat,on that had hean wronsh,
within the last few yeIrs From sand Mills o.
barren va.,as q b,nlsoms v;Ilaaa haJ $500, ,,.S
This was the result of good eoyernment and
protection
FROM I;ncoir ,,,d ,he,, s,ot. =, bal -. =,
the grand administration of Harrison. He aid
not believe there was a republican in The whole
state OF Maryland who did not approve the
action OF the Minneapolis convention. The
promises made by the republican party in 1885
had been all faithfully fulfilled.
The democratic party four years ago raised a
cry that the treasury was being overfowed.
and that tariff bill was needed for revenue
only But the operation of the Mckinley bill
has brought about no such state of affairs, aud
the calamity croakcrs were AZ the end Of that
string.
The speaker dwelt upon the foreign policy Of
the republican party and incidentally men,
toned how foreign powers had been made to