Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-10-27
Joshua w. Miles Great Speech
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brief dispatches which have appeared
in the papers of Baltimore concerning
the opening of the campaign here,
which occurred Wednesday, have not
done justice to meeting which was
one of the most enthusiastic the East
ern Shore has had in many moons !;
nor have they done justice TO the
very able address delivered by Mr..
Joshua w. Miles, candidate for the
long Congressional term.
Whatever objection the Democrats
of the Eastern Shore have had to find
with the luke-warmness with which
they believed Mr.. Miles and Mr.. W.
Laird Henry were supporting the tar
ifi-reform policy of Mr.. Cleveland bids
fair to disappear, and ought to disap-
pear, if the speech of Mr.. Miles de-
livered here Wednesday is sample of
the gospel he proposes to preach for
the rest of the campaign. There is
nothing the matter with the Demo
cracy preached by Mr.. Miles Wednes-
day. and the cheers that greeted his
utterances must have told him that he
had found the way To the Democratic
heart.
The first speech Of the day was
made by Mr.. Henry. who seemed to
make an excellent impression. but
Mr.. Miles caught the people complete
~. Even Mr.. Henry, who has been
with him throughout the campaign,
says it is the best speech his running
mate has yet made.
HOW MIR. MILES TALKS.
1t was really an eloquent speech.
In many respects Mr.. Miles is very
much like Mr.. Isidor Rayner in his
earnestness, his force, his eloquence
and even in his gestures. No one in
the State, however, not even Isidor
Rayner, could have exceeded Mr.
Miles in the directness and frankness
with which he expounded Democratic
doctrines of the Grover Cleveland
order to the farmers of Kent. Super
latives almost failed him as he pledged
himself to the cause Of tariff reform in
the most solemn way. He faltered not
single tenet of Democratic faith and
there was not a man in the audience
who appeared to doubt or question
the truthfulness of tie words he spoke.
All the Democrats among the leaders
in the county are now enthusiastic
over him and none more than the
Cleveland Democrats.
1t is probable that no other Demo
cratic Congressional candidate in the
State-not even John X. Cowen-will
make any more Of Democratic
speech than did Mr.. Miles. So far
from there being any equivocations in
what he said he went TO the border
lines of prudence in registering his
views. He repudiated the Senate bill,
declared himself individually in favor
of free iron, free coal and free sugar
and wound up by a statement that
Senator German will probably find
interesting. 1t was in reference to the
Sugar Trust, which he scored and
scored again.
at is a shame, a scandal and dis
grace" he declared, upon the fair
name Of a country that the dictates of
a trust should be substituted for the
will Of Congress of the United
States" This part of his speech was
greeted with great applause.
"When l was nominated at Ocean
City had no idea that anybody was
behind me-" said he most earnestly.
81 declare this to you on my word Of
honor"
Il swear it," he continued impress
lively. Il never knew that anybody
was behind me save the delegates who
sat in the convention. / could not
and will not be the henchman of any
boss 1t was the greatest disappoint-
ment to me one of the greatest disap-
pointments | have ever experienced,
when on the day after the convention
/ found that a portion of the press
intimated that the word for my nomi-
nation came from Washington.
IF it did, | do not know it. | can
only say that no word can come from
Washington that will make me abate
one jot or one title from my Demo-
crazy, and that Democracy is the sort
that is taught by that great American,
Grover Cleveland, and the great COM
moner from West Virginia, William
l.. Wilson.
81 am no mans man. and when
get TO Washington I'll be no mans
man, but I'll be man of the men-of
the men of this district"
This declaration Of Mr.. Miles crea-
ted great enthusiasm in his audience.
None was more pleased with it than
that sturdy old Democratic Roman,
James Alfred Pearce, who is taking
an active interest in the success of the
candidates.
SENATOR HEPBRoN IN LINE.
State Senator William 7. Hepbron
who went TO the convention with the
avowed and openly-confessed purpose
of doing everything in his power TO de-
feat the purposes of Senators German
and Gibson, whom he charges with
unfaithfulness and broken promises. is
most enthusiastic about the candidates,
and especially about Mr.. Miles.
81 never heard better Democratic
speech in my life" he said. "A man
who could not support these candi-
dates is unworthy of the name of Dem
ocrat. Well get at German and Glib
son when their turn comes around.
These men are not German men.
They are true and honest tariff re-
formers"