The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-10-31

clcCl d CIlllSI OldlSS NSilGtlOi sihNi IN
cause in 1904, the next national
election, we will chose a successor to
the President who now occupies the
White House and who has Inundated
his high position by series ofvaude-
vile performances with absolutely no
other object than the qualification OF
his own personal ambition. Il think
he is without exception the greatest
political acrobat that the world has
ever seen. He starts political con-
hagration for the express purpose OF
extinguishing it himself. He turns
complete political somersault on the
rock shores ofNew England and lands
on the fertile plains of Iowa. Hecan
take the trust elephant, which in my
opinion is the most formidable mon-
ster now confronting the American
people, and with his pearly teeth,
coolly bite off his proboscis, and,
straddling his tail, ride him back and
forth before the admiring gaze of
every man who owns an interest in
him.
Every move has been in the line
with the concentration of the power
within himself. Mr.. Roosevelt, after
consulting the men who carry the
portfolios of the war and navy, and
his spokesman in Congress has con-
cluded that he can manage the affairs
of the Government without consult
ing the people. He has pursued
course that has made this country a
shame to its citizens at home and a
disgrace in the eyes of every civilized
country in the world. He has aban-
doned his ministers, he has done away
with the influence of the people on
the floor of the Congress, divided the
navy into warning factions, which
have struck down the heroes who
have endeared themselves to the
hearts of the people by their gallant
service for their country.
Mr.. Rayner then touched upon the
question of monopolies and showed
how the trusts had crushed out al
together the middle man. He said
that they had raised the prices and
at the same time lowered the wages
and worse than this they bride and
corrupt the powers that oppose them.
In conclusion he paid his respects to
the Union League Club and called
their recent meeting political skirt
dance. Senator McComas exhibited
his Maryland delegation in Congress
in all their attractive and symetrical
proportions. He told that intelligent
gathering that Providence and the
stars were with President Roose-
velt,"
Mr.. Rayner predicted the election
of Mr.. Talbot and Mr.. Denny as a
certainty and said that while Mr..
Meyer might not be as great a con-
stitutional lawyer as Mr.. Wachter;
he might not be able to pass the law
to deepen Spring Garden, but he will
vote for laws that will cause the COM
MERGE of the world to come to Balti-
more.
Ex-Governor Whyte electrified the
audience with one of his characters
tic speeches. He urged tariff reform
as remedy for the oppression ofthe
trusts. He said that under the pres
emit order of things the rich grow
richer and this accumulation of
wealth, which they call prosperity,
creates a love of luxury and that be-
gets arrant selfshness. The trust
magnates in the dark hours of the
tax-ridden consumer deems every
thing as bright as day. His world
has but one inhabitant, himself.
Such pampered wealth breeds an
aristocracy, rank week among the
flowers of republican government.
at was just such a condition of
things which produced in France at
the close of the eighteenth century a
dreadful revolution whose history
we read with shivers. Before it broke
forth in all its fury, the French were
the most miserable of people.
While that revolution destroyed the
nobility of France in its progress, its
cause was the same which has reused
many people into revolt against the
government of their country-over-
taxation. Life had become a burden
to the French peasant. He was
hunted by the taxgatherer who
squeezed the last centime out ofhim.
Amid all these exactions from the
humble farmer and the toiling artisan
the aristocrat was a courtier in the
palace, and enjoyed exemption from
the burden. Poverty wac ground to
powder for the support of the gov
eminent and wealth and luxury
squandered the money drawn from
the pockets of the people. This was
the primary cause of the revolution
in France in 1889 and the lesson
should never be lost upon a nation
where circumstances and conditions
approach such parallel. The ex-
Governor deeply urged upon the vot-
ers to support the Democratic
nominees.
THE CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
This week witnesses the close ofthe
Congressional campaign. Despite
the impression that seems to find
| o-adanca -, eo,,,a 1,orters WE be1iaya