The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-11-04
n GRAND DEMOCRATIC RE-
UNION.

A grand mass-meeting was held at
Music Hall in Baltimore on Wednes-
day night. Men who have quarreled
over money and other issues were
sitting side by side on the same plat
form. Hurst and Hayes and Whyte
were there. Ringite and anti-ringite
joined hands. Col. Marshall sent a
strong letter denouncing the Republi-
can party. Ex-Gov. Whyte received
an enthusiastic welcome, and both he
and Mr.. Thomas G. Hayes made effec-
tive speeches.
Ex-Governor Wbyte said in palt:
Every political battle, in my judg.
ment, is new one, combining in solid
phalanx to-day men who widely differed
yesterday; presenting for consideration
new questions of principle and of poll
cy; requiring decisions upon vital
problems of government not before un-
der consideration by the people. So
rapid are the changes in progressive
country like our own that intelligent
citizens, who have separated in the
past because they have viewed meas
ures of policy from different stand
points, find themselves in the present
united in common purpose for the
maintenance of the best interests OF
their country.
Il am not minded to discuss any cur
rency measure before this audience
for | do not recognize such an issue, at
least in this campaign; it is dwarfed
10y issues of far greater Importance, in
rolving the stability and permanence
of our republican form of government.
Nevertheless, let me say a word in re-
ply to the beguiling appeals of some OF
oar friends, who believe the question
of money outweighs the value of liber-
ty, regulated by constitutional law
They urge men of democratic tenden-
cies to refuse their support to demo-
cratic candidates because the gold
standard must be established by law,
and the stability Of your currency sys-
TEN can only be sustained and improved
by a republican Congress. 1t is alb
surd to talk about making, 10y law,
gold as the standard ofvalue, for every
sensible banker will tell you it is now
the yardstiek by which values are
measured. 1t is law unto itself.
say to such democrats, do not listen to
this siren voice. 1t is equally idle to
talk to intelligent electors about the
salvation of our financial interests be-
ing lodged in the hands of the rcpubli-
can party. What has that party done
to better them during the current Con-
gress? Speaker Reed, the parliament
airy car, announced the 'do-nothing-
and-adjourn' policy as the law of that
party, and the republicans meekly
obeyed. The emperor desired financial
disarmament in the interest of peace
1.-The war with Spain was begun
upon the declaration that it was waged
in the cause Of humanity, to secure
Justice to the down trodden and op-
pressed people of Cuba, to protect the
commercial interests of the United
States in that island. The end of the
war has found US in possession of Cuba
Porto Rico and all the islands that
Spain has held in the Caribbean sea
for four hundred years. We shall be
bound to retain Cuba until stable
government is established by the peo-
Die of that island Porto Rico is now
under- t t4e flag Of the United States,
and how long we SHAH -7ttain them
presents problem for the future.
But we are bound to retain in both
these islands strong military force,
which will be part of that standing
army OF 100, 900 men which the repub-
lcan party is now demanding at the
hands of the people. This means a
new burden of debt and increased tax
alton, and for the first time in this
country we shall find in times of peace
that we must resort to compulsory
military duty"