The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-11

III Jnio place.
"There was church festival and |
oyster supper at the Glades hotel
which undoubtedly kept some per-
cols from the meeting.
cat eight O'Clock chairman of
the State central committee, r. Z. |
Browning, raped for order and
announced the following officers:
G, S. Hamlll, president, and the
following vice presidents, Swanton,
G. Il. West and Rudolph Beckman;
Selbysport, Jasper Guard and Capt.
E. NJ. French; Grantsville, W. r.
Getty and Eli Stanton; Blooming
ton, John Collins and Andrew
Mullen; Accident, William Dewitt;
Oakland, G. W. Merrell and Ed
mund Jamison; Ryan's Glade, j.
W. Mason and Henry Kidder;
Johnson's. Samuel johnson and
Patrick Carey; Deer Park, E.
Droege and Samuel S. Hoye; Elbow
j. +. Robson and Walter War
nick; Bittinger, G. E. Ellithorpe
and James Buckle. This is prac-
tically the same list which has been
read out at every Democratic rally
i'll Oakland for several years, gu,
"President Hamill in taking the
chair made very brief speech in
which he returned his thanks for
the honor of presiding and asked
for the united support of the
Democracy for the candidate. He
said: 81 have known Mr.. Williams
for twenty years and he stands
above reproach, and equal In abil-
ity to any LAWYER in the State, and
| know he will be faithful to any
trust which may be committed to
his hands, This is about what the
same president said two years ago
with regard to the gentleman who
was then the candidate. The pre-
siding officer then introduced Fer
dinand Williams, Esq, who made
an address of an hour or more.
He was very earnest and it was easy
to perceive that be believed what he
was saying. He told The audience
that he would discuss the tariff and
would convince them by irresistible
logic that the principles Of the DEM
ocratic party were right and true,
and that the Republican principles
were founded on error. 1T is my
duty he said, in discussing the
tariff to uphold the principles of the
Democratic party. The Republi-
cans appeal to the manufacturers
and monopolists because they haye
money-to the wage earners and
agriculturists because they have
votes, but the Democracy appeals
to the whole neople and to all peo-
pie alike. The Republicans say a
protective tariff will set in motion
the silent looms and spindles and
heat up the cold furnaces which ate
now idle. That is probably true.
But even then the wage Garner gets
hardly enough to keep soul and
body together. They live in poor
houses and command only one dol
lar per day.
SIT would be impossible to give
them less. Our wage earners are
no better off than those of England
Germany and France" He inno-
Gently asked is labor protected?
And SAID no. Our ports are open
to foreign labor. Does not Mr..
Williams know that American labor
is better paid than any labor in the
world. The voters of Garrett
county know that much. If this
were not true why do so many for
eign laborers come here to better
their condition? If it is not true
why do the laboring people who
come here save up their wages and
send over for their friends and
bring them here. Would they
bring their fathers and mothers and
friends if they were doing as well
where they are? Mr.. Williams
ought to know better than to resort
to such irresistible logic as that.
When he admitted that protec-
tive tariff would start up idle man
ufactures he gave away his whole
case because everybody knows that
would give employment to labor and
prosperity to the country. .
Gle was equally unfortunate in
in his statements and illustrations
in reference to the agricultural
classes. He said the farmers were
compelled to pay high prices be-
cause they were cut off from the
foreign manufacturer. If, said he,
you 60 up near the British line and
on the American side you are asked
two dollars for a blanket and you
are asked for the same article on
the Canadian side only one dollar,
and if you are asked by the Amerl-
can ten dollars for a coat and only
five for the same article by the
Englishman everybody would buy