Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Joint Debate.

sion of party issues at Mt. Savage be-
tween John r. Workman, democrat, and
Harry White, republican, both of that
place, brought an audience approximate
ing 800 into the town hall Thursday
evening.
The Union Cornet band held orches-
ira row-a musical foreground for deep
fringe of Mt. Savage beauty, enhanced
by home and imported millinery of be-
coming hues. Farther back the crowd
grew into the stature of "standing-room
only
George Reagan announced that John
Chambers, of Frostburg, would preside,
and Francis J. Miller, of Mt. Savage,
would prepare the proceedings for the
archives.
The audience was in excellent humor
Indeed, a little too ready to enjoy the
fun prematurely. A number of misses,
undeserved, at times married the sereni-
ty of the occasion.
Chambers took the chair amid tumul-
tuous applause. At the same moment
Workman came on the stage. Mistaking
the demonstration as intended for him
self and vlsibly impressed by its volume
he got ahead of the chairman and bowed
effusively his own Acknowledgements.
lOverpowering amusement all over the
house.
The chairman addressed the meeting,
stating object and programme, conclud-
ing with an order to the principals to
"shake hands and be friendly"-''not
necessarily for publication but as guar
antee of good faith" White came for
ward at an amicable gait; Workman
bounded into the arena and with hercu-
| Loan WHIT,
with the air of the lion who, leaping from
his lair, shakes the dew drop from his
name in the sunlight of the morning :
| Tremendous Outburst, accumulated by
sonorous blasts from the band He
then turned to the audience with ges-
ture intimating palmer than words
"ladies and gentlemen, you can see for
yourselves there's nothing mean about
me -
Judges We're announced as follows:
| Democrdts-P. J. Gallagher and Peter Boyle
northumberland Uhl and Reuben
Lightner.
Next the programme:
l. Money. White opens-lO minutes !;
Workman closes-15 minutes.
2, Trusts. Workman opens-lO minutes !;
| White cloSes-15 minutes.
3, Imperialism. White opens-10 minutes !;
Workman closes-time unlimited.
AS Indicated White-a specialized gen
| tleman, began the debate. The JOUR
NAL cannot award space to subject mat
ter. 1t was present only to depict well
as it can comedy in real political life
| Whites points We're literally applauded.
his opponent frequently leading. A long
pause ensued at the beginning of the
home stretch, which was cheered
Speaker took Il protracted drink of water.
| [UprOarious applause. Still pausing.
| Applause and cries of ego on The
pause ended in retirement.
All this time Workman showed eager
ness to "get at him. and when the
chairman introduced him he sprang into
the fray as one determined on the an
Inhalation of everything that had been
set up for him to knock down only.
His voice took the highest note at first
pitch and the opening sentence scared
into Il falsettO at length lost III the clouds.
Others followed while he vibrated from
side to side of an area 10 feet wide. Big
drink of water. THE money question
is a dead issue. 1t has no standing"
Emperor of the Philippine Islands. "
"16 toll At this point piece of money
dropped from his hand and flew across
the stage. His effort to regain it before
David j. Lewis could nab it brought
down the house in crash of mcrriment
At a point later when he stopped for an
outburst, none coming, like "Blind
Tom he started ii himself. Music.
| Workman resumed on TRUSTS
"Rockefeller, said he, "goes to church
Sings Nearer, my God, to Thee and
when he's done he's nearer somewhere
else. Rockefeller"-(rising infection
and accent on 'feller) J. drink of water.
Laughter Showed newspaper with
picture of Bryan. [Great applause
White had a second warm greeting.
Made several points audience appre-
ciated. A thought got away from him,
however; scratched his head and found
| it. Applause and laughter. Was told
he had but ) minutes remaining
| Seemed to think it wasn't that much
Soon closed, with a protracted pull from
| the pitcher, now, as Alfred Jetfries fire.
| quently reports, with only "a foot of
water in the reservoir
Chairman announced White again
on imperialism and Expansion" Inter
rupted by 'hurras for Bryant Work
man drank glass, heaping full, Of water.
| JOURNAL suggested to WOrkman-"don't
leu tHdt ltllON ScI away Will you
go, he's gone now; can't you see he is ?'
answered Workman. A pause. Kisses
| Workman jumped to the front and
CALAMITY demanded fair play for his
antagonist, emphasizing his sense of the
| business and the fitness of things by tax
ing drink of water. White soon after
left the platform. Applause
Workman requested band to open his
final entree with a tender strain from
"My country, it's of thee" Introduced
for the third time, he swung the great
broad-aX of his indignation high in the
air and brought it hammer-side down
with thuds that i'll real war would have
crushed every myrmidOn of imperial
ism that transacts business anywhere
between Dams mountain and the Beer
sheba of Canton, Ohio Here he erred
inindulging prophecy; said "Ohio would
go for Bryan" and pledged himself to
that effect in a copiOus drink of water
| ut should be stated here for the comfort
of republicans that Workman himself is
an imperialist-in gesture. When he
says anything with his arms, head and
chest it cannot be vetoed. And so it
turned ont, although the judges never
decided the issue, that while White is Il
| logician, Workman eXcels in unimpeach-
able eloquence. He is il master alike of
| climax and anti-climaX, of certain be-
| ginnings and uncertain endings, and of
high and low flying i'll the forensic uni
verse; Suddenly, almost stunningly,
he dropped from a flight and concluded
in the following words r"rbdtjm:
Ladies and gentlemen, l thank you for