Evening star., 1897-04-06
MARYLAND IN CONGRESS
The Local Club Holds an Enthusiastic Mass
Meeting.
Portraits Presented by Col. j. Frank
SuppIee of BaltimOre-What His
State Has Accomplished.

An enthusiastic mass meeting unueT TIE
auspices of the Maryland Republican Club
was held last evening in Grand Army Hall.
Pennsylvania avenue near 18th street
northwest. A large number of ladies were
also present.
The meeting was called to order by Pres
ident Arthur Stabler. who occupied the
chair, with Mr.. Charles H. Kremer as sec
retary.
Seated on the platform beside the pre-
siding officer were Vice Presidents Joseph
Hrainor and DIR. W. L. Robins, Secretary
Charles H. Kremer, Corresponding Secre-
tary ]. w. Pearson, Financial Secretary
Treasurer H. ]. Beall and others.
While waiting for the arrival of Sena-
tor Wellington, who, however, failed to
come, as he was expected to do DR.. Ar
nold of Washington entertained the au-
dience with a recitation. Following this,
President Stabler made short address, in
which he said that the special object of
the meeting was to present to the club
the portraits of the six representatives In
the House from Maryland.
Uron motion the following was adopted
by an unanimous vote: Resolved, That
we, the Maryland Republican Club, To-
Gated in Washington, indorse the actions
of w. w. johnson. police commissioner of
Baltimore, i'll standing up for the rights
and the principles of the republican party
and turning men off the police force who
have been heretofore driving respectable
citizens from the polls
1t had been arranged that the portraits
would be presented by Senator Wellington
and received by Col. J. Frank Supplee of
the 4th Maryland Regiment, who is promi-
nently mentioned in connection with the
republican nomination for the mayoralty
of Baltimore next fall; but on account of
the absence of Senator Wellington the pro-
gram was changed, and the presentation
was made by Col Supplee who in part
spoke as follows:
tinguished honor of presenting to the Mary
land Republican Club these handsome pho
tographs of the first solid republican dele
CATION from Maryland. If any one had the
temerity to essay the task of prophecy five
years ago, and foretold that in this year
of our Lord 1897 our state should have
republican governor United States senator
and six members Of Congress, he would
have found incredulity his only response
and derision his reward. Were we to seek
for the reasons for this greatest revolu-
ton IL the history of modern politics they
can be found, first, in the revolt of the peo-
pie against the unspeakable rule of the
democratic bosses, who prostituted the af
fairs of state into a scramble for spoils and
the gratlfcation OF personal ambitions, and
second in the growth of republican prin-
ciples in commonwealth hitherto unwiil-
ing to even examine or inquire into the
tenets of our party. Race prejudice and
the remnants of sectionalism were the
stock in trade of those who kept our state
poses of personal plunder. But when the
search light Of Intelligent discussion was
turned upon the platform of the national
republican party it was found that its dec
larations for the gold standard, reasonable
protection and respect to law and the de-
cisions OF the courts were in accord with
true Americanism, and found echofng
response in the hearts of all patriotic Mary
landers.
THE border states were the bulwark of
the Union in the dark days Of 1861, and it
was due to the springing valor of the men
who enlisted early In the war in the Union
army from these states that the line Of de-
Tense was the Potomac and not the Sus-
quehanna, and that the smoking ruins Of
Richmond were not duplicated by those Of
fair Washington and beautiful Baltimore
In 1888 Benjamin Harrison, the apostle of
protectio2 was elected by the votes of the
men of th>- der states, who formed a
bulwark to W.. land the flood of free
trade that Threatens. to engulf the land.
I'm 1896 Delaware, Maryland, West Vir-
ginia. Tennessee and Kentucky formed a
scltd wall Of sound money advocates to
| prevent the army of free silver advocates
| from destroying the commercial life and
above party. deserting the standards under
! which they had trained for a lifetime, the
best men Of both parties united in behalf
OF common honesty and respect for law
and placed the gallant son of Ohio in the
| White House and elected a House of Rep
resentatives to support his administration.
| Maryland was democratic for thirty
years and yet had never been honored by
the elevation of any Of her sons to the
| cabinet. Our state has been in the republ:-
can column less than two years and we
| have in the person of Postmaster General
| james A. Gary cabinet minister of whom
| not only our state, but the nation is proud,
| Already our state, for so many years deem
| ed of minor Importance in the galaxy of the
| great states of the Union, has received ma
t1onal recognition and proudly takes her
/ mr. a<-tx
| Union. We were for many years destitute
| Of a leader who could direct US in the ba +
tie Tor supremacy, and we have often sighed
mat the mantle of Henry Winter Davis
might fall upon some one in our ranks Is
| there any one in this presence who will
deny that in the person of Senator Geo. l..
| Weillr gton we have found the chosen cap
| tain who is competent in every way to lead
| our Maryland republican forces in the erea
struggle to hold the fruits of our victories
| of '95 and '96?
1T is not the part Of prudence to linger
| In the streets Of Jericho while the battle
| beckons us afar and the unconuuered prom
| lsed land lies beyond. Still we may felici.
| tate ourselves that such distinguished dem
ocrauc authority as State Senator Bruce
has asserted that both In city and state tn
| republican party has given good govern
| Menf. To continue the triumph of repuhli.
canism we must not arrogate to ourselves
tnat INA ours Is partisan victory. for without
| ey democrats we would still be 1ournevinr
| through the barren wastes Of the wilderness
| with the Jordan uncrossed. To induce thes.
allies to remain an integral part of on,
army we must labor to Convince them tha
we are party Of principles and not ex
pediency, an organization battling not 70,
omces, but for good government. Impor
tant and necessary as is the increase o.
revenue and the protection of America
Industries, 1t must not be overlooked tina
the essential plank Of our platform, the on,
that carried US to victory. was the pledg,
to solve the currency question and Civ,
the nation rest from financial disturhsnc
and silver agitation.
These pictures will ever, 1 believe n
cherished by this club as q token of tn
appreciation Of our congressional delega
ton OF the efforts Of this organization I,
Keep alive the spirit Of true repubItcauism
This club, while proud Of their adopted CITY
which has been termed the best goyerne,
city In the world. Will never permit tbei
love to cool or their loyalty to abate for th
commonwealth which was the first to gran
civil and religious liberty in America. an,
they are proud tonight that they are Mary
landers as well as republicans"
The Beebe Quartet sang a new version q
Maryland. My Maryland" and also
song dedicated to Illinois in honoy of III
fact that the latter, like Maryland, had
solid republican delegation in Congress
| though In the case of Illfnojs thara q =