Evening star., 1897-03-02
SONS OF MARYLAND N D
Portraits of Distinguished Men Presented to
Club.
Mr.. Gibson Refers I'm Patriotic Terms
to the Outrages i'm Cuba
The Speakers.

Handsomely framed photographs of Pres
ident-elect Mckinley, Vice President-elect
Hobart, Senator-elect Wellington, Mr.. Jas
A. Gary, who, 1t is generally believed, will
be Postmaster General in President Nc
Kinley's cabinet, and Governor Lloyd
Lowndes of Maryland were presented to
the Maryland Republican Club at its regu-
lar monthly meeting last evening, at its
headquarters, No. 923 F. street northwest
Preliminary to the ceremonies of presen-
tation a business meeting was held. Presi-
dent Arthur Stabler presided, and Mr.. Chas.
H. Krener was secretary.
The following resolution was offered by
Mr.. Sheckells and laid over until the next
monthly meeting of the club:
Resolved, That three delegates be elect
ed by this club to constitute, with like
number from each of the other republican
state clubs of the District of Columbia, a
League of Republican State Clubs, to unite
and represent the principles and interests
of the state clubs before the departments
of the government, and within the several
states, and in every way promote and ad-
vance the purposes for which the several
state republican clubs were organized"
At the close of the business meeting Pres
ident Stabler presented the club with a
gavel made of hickory and locust grown
had never been owned by a person belong
ing to other than the whig or republican
party, and which slave had never
labored.
The portrait of Mr.. Wellington was pre-
sented by ex-Lieutenant Governor A. w.
Hart, formerly of Ohio, now a resident of
Montgomery county, Md. After pleasant
reference to his feelings an adopted son
OF Maryland. he paid a glowing tribute to
the American republic, whose government
was. he said. the best on earth. Here, as
nowhere else in the world, he said, are op-
portunities offered for the development of
the human race. OF this Mr.. Wellington
was shining example.
Mr.. Hart next referred briefly to Mr..
Wellington's humble start in life and his
progress, dwelling particularly upon the
fact that when but forty years of age he
was selected by President Harrison as
sistant treasurer of the United States at
Baltimore. He also referred to the events
which brought out Mr.. Wellington as a
leader of the republican party in Maryland.
and eventuated in the election of Lloyd
Lowndes as governor of Maryland, Mr..
Wellington as senator of the United States,
and the carrying of the state in 1897 by the
republicans for William Mckinley by a
majority of $1,000 votes.
In concluding. Mr.. Hart said the repub-
licans Of Maryland might well be proud OF
such a leader as is George L. Wellington.
In accepting the picture of Mr.. yelling
ton President Stabler spoke of the various
prophecies made by the senator-elect dur
ing the past few years in reference to the
success of the republican party, and said
that every one has SO far been fulfilled,
and that his prediction is that a republican
Legislature will be chosen next fall and
republican successor to Senator German
elected. He urged the members to do all
in the power of each to keep his party in
control, especially to having his name
registered annually, and to deposit his bal
lot on the day Of election. Mr.. Stabler also
referred to the successful efforts made by
Nv limo fnrn RI CrQt Mr. (Nor tod
a member of President Mckinleys cab
met, and said his motto in the future would
be Put none but republicans on guard"
Mr.. Gnry's Picture.
The portrait of Mr.. Gary was presented
in an appropriate address by Mr.. Tom c.
Noyes, who paid an eloquent tribute to the
worth and ability of Mr.. Gary, and said
further that the nation as well as Maryland
had been greatly honored by President Nc
Kinley in selecting such a distinguished
citizen of Maryland as Is Mr.. Gary to be 4
member of his cabinet.
Mr. Noye, referred to the advantages of
organization and said that it was this that
helped Maryland and Kentucky to break
the solid south. He said Mr.. Gary had
been the Moses of the republican party in
Maryland and for thirty years had stood
by the party, even in its darkest hours, and
he urged that, as he would be resident of
Washington, that all the members of the
club would tally around him and support
him.
Mr. Joseph Trainor replied to Mr. Noyes
and accepted the portrait of Mr.. Gary. He
said that for the past thirty-three years
Mr. GaryS name mad been almost as IA
miliar to him his own, but that he had
never seen either Mr.. Gary or, until the
present occasion. his picture. Mr.. Gary, he
said, has never faltered in his zeal for the
republican party in Maryland. 1t has been
little more difficult in the past. he said,
to be a republican in Maryland than it was
in some of the other states, for to cast
republican vote in Maryland during many
years was to incur contumeiy ana reproaciA
Mr.. Trainor in a thrilling manner re-
ferred to the trials Of republicans who de-
sired to vote in Maryland during the war
ard for several years following, stating that
those who voted that ticket took their lives
in their hands when they went to the polls,
and traced the increase in the republican
vote from 1864 to 1896, and declared that he
believed that Maryland would hereafter be
forever republican state, as there was,
he believed, clear republican majority of
10000 votes.
The appointment of Mr.. Gary as a men,
ber of President McKinley's cabinet was,
he said, q recognition of the work done by
Maryland republicans.
Mckinley and Hobart.
The portraits of Messrs. Mckinley and
Hobart, it was announced by President
Stabler, were dorated by substantial bus
mess man of Washington, who was too
modest to allow his name to become known.
The presentation address was made by Mr..
william A. Meloy of Prince Georges coun-
ty, Md. There was time said he, when
the republicans of Maryland were known as
black republicans. He had he said, voted
the republican ticket during the past thir-
ty-seven years-not very often. but as often
as he had chance Mr.. Meloy then re-
ferred to the birth of the now President
elect. and said there was no limit to the op-
portunities afforded to the American youth,
provided he would fit himself as William
Mckinley had done. Mckinley has, said
he, never failed in his duty, nor the full
measure Of all that he was called upon to
perform.
In concluding, Mr.. Meloy spoke of Mr..
McKinley's course In Congress. and said
he had no doubt that II was owing to the
fact that Thomas R. Reed defeated McKin-
ley for the speakership of the House of
Representatives that William Mckinley
became chairman of the ways and means
committee of the House and President of
the United States.
About Cubn.
Representative Gibson of Tennessee re-