The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-10
A PROMINENT GUEST.
JUDGE TOURGEE in CECIL
COUNTY.
His Impressions of the Campaign, and
His Opinion That Maryland will
Go For Mckinley.

Judge Albion W. Tourgee, of New York.
whose authorship of the Fools Errand" and
Bricks Without Straw have given him d
wide literary reputation, as will be seen by
our report of the big mass meeting at Rising
sun on Wednesday, made an unusually able
and convincing speech there in behalf of
sound currency and an honest dollar. Before
going to the Sun the judge was interviewed
by a Baltimore reporter to whom he said: sI
have been through many campaigns. but this
is the most remarkable one have ever seen.
There is an absence OF enthusiasm which is
noticeable everywhere l have been, and |
have been in n number of states. | never
saw anything like it. 1t is the same on both
sides, for l have had occasion to study 1t
from both standpoints. My headquarters in
New York are just opposite prominent Demo
cratic campaign club. If l should tell how
few persons l have seen about that club the
time was there it would be thought was
drawing the long bow.
~ do not believe in so-called campaign
of education. 1t is not the people who follow
the politicians. The shoe is on the other
lOOt. lue puDllc makes up llS nina now II is
going to vote. and there it is.
II think that the meeting which addressed
in Baltimore Friday night was one of the
most remarkable of this most remarkable
campaign. A crowd of between 1000 and
5000 persons stood for nearly four hours and
scarcely without sign of approval or disap-
probation, listening to the discussion Of the
issues. l got down off the platform and
went around that crowd twice. and / never
saw men so apparently wrapped up in politi-
cal talks as they seemed to be. They ap-
peared to be carefully weighing every word.
as If their lives dc. e.ended upon it, and care
fully digesting every utterance. The chill of
the evening, the fatigue incident to standing
so long seemed not to have any effect what
ever upon them. They waited clear to the
end and believe would have been willing to
have waited longer.
There have been fewer Interruptions dur
ing speeches this campaign by persons in the
audience than l have ever before known.
The only interruption have had so far was
when spoke before the Commercial Travel
ers Association in New York There were
cries of Put him out!' but do not believe in
putting man out when he wants to speak
out in meeting. 1t gives the speaker an
opportunity to answer, in the first place, and
then. think everybody should be allowed to
voice his sentiments. In this case made the
man get up and sit on the platform with me,
where he was as quiet as possible afterward,
in spite of the fact that he was slightly under
the influence of liquor.
II have also had an opportunity to Judge
of the enthusiasm reported to have been
aroused by the presence of Mr.. Bryan. He
spoke at my town, Mayvlle, KY, and the
published reports said that he was received
with unbounded enthusiasm. As matter Of
fact-I was present at the meeting-three-
fourths of his hearers were gold men, as was
shown by the sprays of golden rod, which has
been adopted there as the emblem OF the gold
party, in their buttonholes.
81 am not one of the persons who studies
as to the probable outcome of campaign by
the manner in which it is conducted. | rely
much more upon what l term the temper OF
the voter himself. l like to circulate in
iuiS' WY "ii'hb euO POofio anu uScONtT ny
IA sort of instinct how the ballots will be cast.
l have at different times proven reliable
forecaster of a storm political this way.
'From what have seen in Maryland can
not but think that the state will 60 for Nc
Kinley. never was so surprised as l was at
the meeting in the Fourth district Friday
night. 1t seemed as if the people have settled
the question rs to how to vote, and having
this fixed in their minds, it was not worth
while to excite themselves over it, but to
listen and coincide with the views of the
speakers.
1.-The only place where l have seen the
silver people doing great work is in the west
ern part of Pennsylvania, where the silver
sentiment is being famed into flame in an
aggressive manner"