The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-18

The expectations of the most sanguine
were more than realized by the attendance
at the mass meeting on Tuesday. The fine
weather, the presence of the gentlemen on
the State ticket and of Senator German
and ex-senator Butler, had the effect of
hrin ging together Democrats from every
section of the county. Clubs from Bla-
densburg, Hyattsville, Laurel, Branchville,
SurrattSville, Piscataway and Westwood
sent large representations. The West
wood and Oxon Hill clubs particularly
made fine showing.
Messrs Hurst, Smith and CrotherS came
on the earlytrain from Baltimore and were
met at the station by the Reception Com
mttee, DR.. l.. A. Griffith, Chairman, Judge
II. B. B. Chew, MessrS. {. c. Magruder, |.
s Wilson. William |. Hill and Joseph X.
Roberts. They were escorted to town by
a cavalcade of horscmcn, headed by Capt.
p W. Chew, Chief Marshal.
The committee, with the music and Il
procession of horsemen then went up the
pike to meet Senator German who with
ex-senator Butler drove in carria re from
Washing tOn.
The crowd numbering from two to three
thousand people, was called to order by
DR.. l.. A. Griffith who announced the fol
lowing officers:
Observation-Disclosures Sasscer.
Vice Presidents-Dr. Charles \. Fox.
DR.. Charles \. Wells, Benz. H. Brown.
Enoch G. Pcrrie, l.. G.. Towles. Henry
Armstrong, Henry McGraw, p. 4. Bowen,
John B. Merchant, Charles II. Stanley. s
G.. Townshend. S. s Adams, John Shultz,
F. l.. Newman.
Secretaries-I. 5. Wilson, Geo. l.. Har-
The chairman, after brief speech, in
trodued Mr. Hurst as the first speaker
SPEECH OF MIR. HURST.
Mr.. Hurst said: "On this struggle de
pends the life of the democratic party in
this good county of Prince Georges and
the State of Maryland. The dissatisfac-
ton of which YOU hear so much comes
from people ninc-tenthS of whom do not
control single vote. They are parading
themselves in newspapers for notorietv.
and cheap nOtoretv at that This State
will and must remain democratic. Every
pledge set forth in the platform will be re-
deemed The newspapers may indul re in
all the false statements they desire but let
me assure YOU that if | am elected | shall
not be controlled by any man. Mr.. Lowndes
saws | was nominated by two men. Well,
who nominated him: What methods were
used Why they promised to nominate
Mr. Master for Mayor of Baltimore city,
but when they found that the Sun would
not support him he was not nominated
Mr. Baker, the newly elected republican
Congressman from Hartford county said
in his speech at Belar that | was the treas
urer of a committee who raised funds to 20
to Annapolis to defeat the assessment bill.
! defy Mr. Baker or any other man to say
this is true. | never was the treasurer of
any committee, nor did collect "a single
dollar. | was there, | admit, and as have
said. | was opposed to the passage of the
bill for reasons which have made clear
To the people, and tell YOU that if elect
ed | will sign any bill which is passed bv
the General Assembly for the purpose of
just taxation on all property. Applause.
Mr. Bernard Carter, of Baltimore. was
next introduced as distinguished son of !
Prince Georges
He began by saying that he still felt |
great interest in his native county, and re
membered his happy school boy days at
the old Academy here.
SPEECH OF MIR. CARTER.
The question to be settled by YOU is
whether the democratic party shall con
troll the destiny of this State or not. This
is the question, Do not be misled nor