Evening star., 1896-09-18
HYATTSVILLE AROUSED
Enthusiastic Republican, Ratification Meeting
Held There Last Night.
Mr.. II. H. Warner Presided and
speeches Were Middle by Ex-COn-
gresham MudAi and Others.

The republican ratification meeting held
in Hyattsville last night was one of the
biggest political demonstrations the town
mas ever seen. Although Masonic Hall,
"here the meeting took place. is large
nail, there was not even breathing space
When the speech-making commenced, and
lhere were fully as many people outside
listening at the open doors and windows as
occupied the seats and aisles inside the
structure. The greatest amount of enthusi-
asm prevailed. and the speakers were
cheered to the echo.
Shortly before o'clock Weber's Band,
which had been engaged for the OCCASION
SET out from Bladensburg for the place of
meeting. Several hundred men, members of
the different clubs. under the auspices of
which the meeting was held, occupied
places In the line, a number carrying
torches and other means of illumination
" men the parade started, and the number
steadlly increased as the procession neared
Masonic Temple. The hall was fairly filed
even then, large percentage of the spec
ialors peins ladies', and the crowd that fol-
lowed In the wake of the music filled it to
sunocation. The hall presented an extreme
~ pleaslng appearance, streamers of red,
Wnite and blue bunting hiding the ceiling,
flags.
Mr.. Il. H. Warner Presided.
quite little quiet campaigning was done
by putting copies of all the best known
sound money literature in the seats, SO that
every one could have something profitable
10 read IN the quiet moments. The meeting
was called to order by Mr.. d. E. Graves of
Bladensburg, who acted as temporary
chairman, VINO introduced Mr.. B. H. Warner
c1 washington as the presiding officer. Mr..
Warner made spirited speech, in which he
appealed to his hearers to bring back that
period OF prosperity that existed before the
democrats secured control of the admins
tratlon OF the country's affairs. and paid in
glowing language his respects to Mr.. Bryan.
Mr. Warner was greeted with the widest
applause on his introduction, and the sound
had hardly died away before a cheer out
sue announced the arrival of some one well
known. Just a this juncture Mr.. S. n.
Mudd. the candidate for Congress from the
Bladensburg district, strobe up the center
aisle, and Mr.. Warner could not have been
heard had he used a speaking trumpet.
After number by the band Mr.. Warner
introduced Mr.. Daniel Remy of Pennsyl-
Vania as the farmer orator. Mr. Remy
gave talk that lasted seven minutes. in
which he said that the republican party
was for education first, last and always,
and that wherever education was to be
found there you would see plenty of re-
publicans. At the conclusion of Mr.. Remys
talk Mr.. Mudd was introduced by Mr.. War
ner. and the demonstrat ton just concluded
began all over again. By this time the win
dcws We're crowded from the outside, but
Mr. Mudd's voice was in excellent condition.
and every one heard his stirring utterances.
Mr.. Mudd's Speech.
Mr.. Mudd began his speech by saying
that he did not feel as though he had come
to an enemy's country, because he believed
that wherever republicanism was known
there was no such thing an enemy's
country. Although Mr.. Nudd did not try
for ho.
id argument for the return Of republican
prosperity, ard led up to his discussion of
the silver question by short talk on the
tariff. He said tina; rearrangement of
the tariff system was absolutely necessary
to provide for the deficiencies in the reve-
nue., but that while the tariff did not fade
into insignificance beside the other prob
lem now confronting the country. 1T GER
taiEly falls into suhordiEa tion to 1t, and he
would, the refore, take up the most of his
time in the discussion of that problem.
Mr.. Mudd said that the country had prac-
tically been under the gold standard for
nearly fifty years. and that during that
time the height of its prosperity had been
seen. He made plain statement of the
proposition of the free coinage OF silver,
and gave short history Of the fall in price
of that commodity. He followed this by
an exhaustive discussion of the question of
free coinage, and told of the different legis-
lative acts which had had to do with the
money of the country.
More commence banteO.
1--WE don't want more money! he said,
but activity of the money already in ex-
istance. We have plenty of currency; our
banking system is good and the need is
not for more dollars, but for confidence in
those which we already have. The banks,
which hold the savings Of the American
laboring n an, must have confidence restor-
ed. and then there will be no more demand
for increased currency.
h{c &c fn Nv
Bryan and the principles which he advo-
Gates, and made eloquent appeal to
| maintain the honesty and integrity of this
country with foreign nations: He spoke
scathingly of the dollar worth less than
one hundred cents with which 1t was pro-
posed to pay debts which were incurred
when dollars were worth the full amount.
and concluded his speech by speaking Of
| the relation between capital and labor.
| Mr. Warner called for three cheers for
| the candidate at the conclusion Of Mr..
Mudds speech, which were given with a
will, and then Capt. William NJ. Potter Of
Laurel, Senator Wilkinson Of ST Mary's
and Mr. F. H. Smith of Hyattsville follow
| ed with short speeches, In which they in
| dorsed the platform of the republican party
and urged their hearers to uphold it.
Officers of the Meeting.
| The officers Of the meeting. which was
| held under the auspices of all the repub-
lican clubs of Bladensburg district, were
Garges, Major M. V. Terney, Mr.. ]. A.
Blundon and Mr.. Emmanuel Simms; sec
retaries, Charles Earl, jr.. Harry Dobbs,
H. B. Fowler, Robert Barron and p f.
stubbs; executive committee, Major NJ: v.
| Tierney, Mr.. Doc Garges. Mr.. J. A. Blum
don and Mr.. Emmanuel Slmms: reception
committee. J. c. Ellis. R. H. Vincent. F. A.
Holden, Charles Earl, sr, and John E.
Bowles; committee on music, Geo. H. Nc
Farland, and committee on printing, D. e.
Graves, Harry Dobbs and 3. A. Holden.
Besides those 1,ns: mentioned there were on
| John W. Belt, chairman Of the county
committee; Geo. Holmes, Senator Hender-
son of ST. Marys county, Mr.. Clark of
| Laurel, Ferdinand Hall Of Bladensburg,
| Harry Fowler of Riverdale and John w
| Mckee Nearly all of these were presidents
| Of the different republican clubs. The
| meeting lasted until a late hour, and the
| enthusiasm generated by the gathering cid
not die out for severali hours after, par
| ticularly in Bladensburg.
BUSINESS EXCHANGE HALL.
| 1t VIII BE Used for Union Veteran
| Legion Meetings.