The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-10
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Great Republican DemOnstra-
tiOn at the RisingSun.
MCKINLEY AND HOBART!
A Sound Currency and an Honest
D0llar---EnthuSiaStic ThOuS-
andS and Eloquent
Addresses.


Addresses.
But seldom during the trying times OF the
rebellion when TIE patriotic hearts of the
solid yocmGnry of the upper districts of this
county were stirred to their depths, and but
once since, in the Harrison campaign of 1888,
has such an assemblage OF the substantial
and country-loving classes of our people.
been seen at the Rsingsun, as that witnessed
on Wednesday, at the Mckinley and Hobart
demonstration. made under the auspices of
the First Mckinley and Hobart Club of Cecil
County. The whole country side was there
Pennsylvania rvaled Maryland in its outpour
of old men and young men of matronly
women and fair damses, all inspired by the
patriotic impulse to do honor to the names Of
two men. the Presidential and Vice-Presidcn-
tial standard bearers of the great Republican
party, and whose names are the synonyms of
two great American ideas. an honest currency
and protection of American industries.
1t was. indeed, an old fashioned rally of
the people, Republicans and Democrats alike
tion given the speakers, their desire to clearly
understand the issues of the present cam
paign, and to vote intelligently on Novem-
ber Sd.
1t is n conservative estimate Of the number
Of persons present at the meeting to say that
1000 people were at the Risingsun on We'd
nesday, and that no political meeting of equal
ciza bell in thiG lnl
by Il better dressed or better behaved crowd
of people. Not a single breach of the public
peace occurred during the day. There was
also noticeable absence of tipsy or intoxi-
Gated men on the streets, and so far as we
have been able to learn. not a single drunken
man was visible on the streets at Risingsun
on Wednesday. 1t was in every respect an
outpouring OF the best class OF our citizens,
our substantial agricultural and industrial
classes, the men whose personal interests are
most closely identified with the general pro-
ductive interests OF our county. There were
possibly fewer representatives OF the Office
seeking class at the meeting. than ever seen
there, the general attendance being made up
Of men who had gone there to hear the truth,
uOl lOI JtlSOEtl Ut ScIllSu purposes, buI lOr
high and patriotic ends.
And the speakers, too were in keeping with
the audience Their addresses were not Of
the narrow partizan type. but broad and able
e1positions Of the issues, and underlying
principles of the political economies now
pending settlement by the electors of this
great nation. They were not hired orators,
Al
been and are students of political economy,
and whose expcriC4le and observation enable
them to instruct their hearers on public ques-
tions; who are conversant with the currency
question, well versed on the issues of the
hour, and who brought indisputable facts.
apt illustration and unanswerable arguments
to eucidate and make clear to the ordinary
understanding the involved and compli-
Gated questions Of finance and the currency.
As an intelligent listener said of the addresses
in our hearing, it was the kind of speak
ing to make votes, and the beauty of the
occasion vas, there We're people of every
kind of political belief there to hear it,
The meeting was advertised to begin at 10
o'clock II. M, but it was nearly eleven before
1t was organized. The Elkton delegation,
composed Of about fifty persons. representing
the two Mckinley and Hobart Clubs of the
Third district, accompanied by the Knights
OF Pythias Band of North East, Captain Isaac
Costlett leader, arrived at the railroad station
a few minutes after ten. They were met at
the station by the First Mckinley Il Hobart
Club of Risingsun with handsume uniforms
and the Risngsun Cornet Band, drawn up in
two lines. After a few minutes consumed in
organizing, the line Of march was taken to
the public stand which had been constructed
on lot on the west side Of the town. Mr.
Sherman E. Clayton acted rs chief marshal,
an attractive feature of the parade being two
pretty girl bicxc'ists, Miss Alice Hartonstne
and Miss Carrie Coates, who rode wheels
beautifully decorated in red. white and blue,
and who proved themselves skilled cyclists.
by the graceful evolutions they made at the
heat of the procession,
When the meeting grounds were reached, n
large number Of persons were already assem-
bled at that early hour. Hon. VIM. B. Baker
and Judge Albion W Tourgee had arrived by
the train from Baltimore, and on an earlier
one, Hon. Thos. V. Cooper. Of Media, rx-Col-
lector of the Port of Philadelphia, and Hon.
r. j. Baldwin. a member of the PENNSYLVANIA
Legislature from Chester county. Mr. II. II.
Haines, President of the Risingsun Bank who
with his usual zeal had lent all his aid to
secure able speakers, was visibly disappointed
when Gov. Lowndes, Senator Wellington and
Attorney General Clabaugh, who had pos =
lively promised to be present, did not mate
riaIiz', but subsequent dispatches explained
their absence, Gov. Lowndrs being detained
by the lublic reception Of t:c boston Al IL
lerymen visiting Baltimore. Senator We!!ina
ton being prevented by sicknrsI. NJ, ,u.-
baugh being compelled to arru" u .s. T., ;nc
c. 'r' Of Arlr.,.. rnI }l.. ar9..I. l. ...,
detained in Kansas for another wcel. by Tie
National Committee. At a few minutes before
eleven O'Clock, Mr.. Alexander NJ Perry,
president OF the club. called the meeting to