The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23

Last Tuesday night in Baltimore
was Republican night, for at that
time Secretary of the Treasury Leslie
NJ. Shaw addressed a meeting in
Music Hall in that city at which more
than four thousand people were pres
ent to hear the issues of the campaign
discussed. He spoke for more than
two and a-half hours during which
time he held his auditors who APP
plauded and laughed IN turn. Below
is published compend of his speech:
Mr.. Chairman, Fellow Citizens and
Ladies and Gentlemen: | assure you
it is with profound pleasure that |
am permitted to address an audience
like this.
A Voice-God bless you.
And to thank these gentlemen for
the kind words and the benediction
at this early stage in the proceedings.
(Applause.)
A few years ago, in my own town,
lady called upon her sister who had
recently become the mother of her
fourth or fifth child. After admiring
the little stranger for a season she
said to the babes grandmother; "This
is the handsomest baby that Mary
has eyer had; it looks more like my
children daughter and applause
And l thought as l sat here listen
il 7 to these patriotic songs and the
We y kind introduction of your chair
man and looked out upon this sea of
intelligent electors and upon these
fair ladies, that | could pay you no
greater compliment than to state the
naked truth, that you resemble an
Iowa audience. (Applause.)
think few in public life, or out of
it, enjoy campaign more than |. |
have learned to look upon campaign
as very important, aye. necessary
feature of our existence. We send
our children to the schools, spend
large money for their education, to
the end that they may be able to
protect themselves in the market
places, but, my friends, if you and |
continue a great self-governing and
self-governed people it will be neces-
sary for us, | think, to spend some
time in studying state craft. ZAP
plause.) And about the only season
of the year when we step aside from
our business and the press and ankle
tY of our private affairs, to study the
great principles that have to do with
our national affairs is during a cam
psign.
have learned to believe that these
campaigns should be educational, and
to believe that whoever is permitted
to occupy the platform-or the stump
l suppose, as you people in Baltimore
call thought to be able to teach. |
hope that may be able to make some
suggestions tonight that, if you will
take them in the forum of your best
judgment and there consider them, it
may help you to become the better
citizens, the more competent electors;
not necessarily that it may convince
you to become member of the same
party, or to vote as | do, that is not
essential to good citizenship; but it is
essential to good citizenship and to
wise dictatorship that a man shall
know why he votes as he does; for
every man should have reasons why
he adheres to the principles of one
party and not to the other. And so,
if l present the questions as they are,
fairly, he may be the better able and
the better fixed in his principles of
Democracy.
l wish | could have an audience like
this who had not formed any opinion.
| have sometimes secured twelve men
who agreed with me on the PROPOSE
ton (applause); and sometimes | have
secured the favorable consideration
of the court, but there have usually
been two persons present whom |
could not convince. One was the at
torney on the other side and the
other his client. (Laughter.)
JUROR AND ADVOCATE.
Now, do you know the difference
between a juror and an advocate? |
have sometimes as an advocate sat in
the court room and had the cold chills
run over me as the evidence was COM
ing in against me. | felt anxious and
s>.uirmed simply because l was an ad-
vocate. The juror did not. Now, if
you feel any of these sensations to-
night you may know that you are an
advocate an not an impartial Juror.
(Laughter)
And, do you know that we are very
apt to form our opinions before we
come to political meeting? | doubt
that there is any one able to convince
any man on this platform that he
ought to change his party affiliation.
The probability is that these men are
advocates, and possibly there are in
the audience some who could not be
changed.
We go to political meeting very
much in the same attitude that the
colored justice occupied when he was
trying a case. He said: 1.-The court
takes this case under consideration
for three days, but it will ultimately
decide for the plaintiff. daughter
and applause.)
In 1899 was waiting for midnight
train at Cedar Rapids, Ia, and met
man from my own country, one of
the best men ! ever knew, German
farmer, a man that would trust with
uncounted money; had known him
for years; l knew his condition.
said to him in the course of our con-