The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-30
GRAND OUTPOI RING
OF HIRFGRD DENOCHATS AT
BEL tTR COURTHOUSE.
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! \ ratification meeting of the Democrats o.
| Hartford county was held on saturday after
noon and night in Bel Air, which as regards
attendance and enthusiasm exceeded any
! thing of the Kind which has occurred in The
county for many years. i was UHaer tie
auspices of the Bryan, SewaH and Jcwett
club, of Hartford and the aSsem3lage vas
composed Of prominent cit @crs from every
district At an early hour the people logan
to arrive and at the hour namel for the meet
ing the attendants could be estimated by
hundreds.
At one o'clock the Club from Hickory ar
rived and led by Mcssrs VIM II. Paul and
Robert Nelson representing the soldiers who
had worn the blue and gray marched through
the principal streets. They were headed by
the Norrisville Bond and presented fine APP
pearance. Matthew j. Heron Esq, acted as
Standard bearer, and Iacheus De8ow as
Marshal. \ prominent aud attractive feature
was the appearance Of the horsemen There
were sixteen of them mounted on white
horses and one on II little s0rrel mule. y
long string of carriages Of every description
followed:
The meeting was called to order by lion.
Thomas II. Robinson the officers being as
follows, the president Of each OF the clubs
acting as vice presidents: President, George
!. Maynadier; yice-presideuts, Edward q.
Hooker, Harry 7. Strasbaugh, James 7.
Pritchard. Charles Wood, William :. Bow
man, Joseph Z. Spencer, Walter slade, K.
Harris Archer, Nathan Grafton, John II.
Englc, DR. William l.. Smith, Asbury 5.
Wiley, VIM. n. Wiley, j. Martin McNabh,
George L. Silver, Howard Proctor and DR.. W.
W. Hopkins; secretaries, Joseph B. Hanway
and George w Slade.
Hon. \. Leo Knott, Of Baltimore was tie
first speaker. lie spoke of his recent discus
sion with Bonaparte in Baltimore and while
he had not as yet met Wellington, confident
of the justice of the cause he represented, he
would meet him or any other man. Acquies-
scuce with the decision of the majority, is the
very ground work OF Democracy, and the
majority binds the party absolutely as far as
the platform of the party is concerned. We
are called anarchists, but if there is any party
to whom the epithet applies, it is to our de-
parted friends. the gold bugs. for they have
gone out and are trying to break up the
Democratic organization. Mr. Knott spoke Of
the demand that had at one time been made
to demontetize gold and of the fact that Hol-
land did so and made 4 telling point ny referr-
ing to the two occasions. in 1887 and 1880, when
mouometailic England was compelled to Dor
row money iTCm timetable France. His
speech was an eloquent and convincing one.
Shortly after the meeting had been called
to order and the speaker had gotten fairly
under way, Mr.. Jewett entered the courtroom.
The vast audience rose, and cheer after cheer
rang through the hall, an uuthurst which COM
PEELED suspension of all proceedings until it
subsidized. 1t was a fitting tribute and a gen
une exhibition of the esteem in which Mr..
Jewett is held in this, his own county.
Hon. William j. O'BrieE, was the next
speaker. lis address was an able one touch
Ing mainly upon the financial questions, tax
ing as a text, the announcement deduced from
the Chicago platform, 1--WE are in favor of an
American financial policy, one which will not
add to the accommodations of the few and the
impoverishment Of the many"
Mr.. George NJ. Jewett made the closing
address of the afternoon and probably de
livcred the best and most telling speech
which lie has made during the campaign. 1t
was received with enthusiasm and had a
telling effect.
The night meeting was addressed by
Messrs Lloyd Wilkinson. of Somerset county,
Burton F. Doyle, of Tennessee and George
Cotton, of Baltimore. Their speeches were
full of vim and frf and were well received.
The immense crowd which attended the
afternoon meeting could not find accommo-
dation in the Court House and an overflow
meeting was in Bateman's hall, which was
presided over by Mr.. William ). Bowman
and addressed by Messrs Wilkinson and
Doyle
Taking altogether the demonstration of
Saturday was one to be remembered, and one
which stamps Hartford county AS sure for the
Democratic party and its candidates.