Evening star., 1903-10-14

here yesterday afternoon. The party was
driven to the residence of Mayor Timanus,
where dinner was served.
Shortly after O'Clock the Laurel Military
Band arrived and escorted the party from
the mayors residence through Main street
to the Academy of Music. All along the
route the candidates met with warm re-
ception, and upon their arrival a the place
of meeting rousins reception was ten
dered them. The meeting was called to or
der by Mr.. James +. Curley, who intro
duced to the gathering Mayor Timanus
president of the Williams Republican Club
of Laurel as the presiding officer. After a
short address by the president, in which he
urged that all republicans of Prince
Georges county unite for the purpose of
presenting a solid front on election day
the speakers of the evening were intro
duced.
Mr.. George Whitelock, candidate for at
torney general, was the first speaker. In
speaking of the election law of 1901 he
stated that the democrats themselves ac-
knowledge that the law passed at the Spe-
cial session of the general assembly needs
amendment. He characterized that legis-
lation as one of the most iniquitous acts
perpetrated in the annals of the state of
Maryland. Mr.. Whitelock referred to the
many dangers OF that law, which by the
slightest inadvertence on the part of the
voter. whether he be illterate an
educated person. would result in his
vote being thrown out in the general re-
trouble in Allegany county. when out of
total of over 5000 there were under 1,090
votes recorded, until finally the matter was
contested and the final recording allowed
about 2,2OO votes. The speaker strongly
advocated that the election judges be al
lowed to record the votes according to the
intention of the voter, and not to have the
ballots thrown out because of some mad
vertence on the part of the voter marking
one too many persons on the ballot or of a
slight mark unintentionally put thereon by
him casting it.
In speaking of the question of negro su-
premacy in Maryland Mr.. Whitelock
quoted figures from the census of 17l2
which showed that at that time there were
nearly six whites to one colored person.
Quoting from the records of the last census
he showed that the ratio was practically
the same. there being four white persons
to one colored in the commonwealth
In speaking of the alleged attempt of the
democrats to array class against class, the
speaker stated that the whites and colored
people live side by side in Maryland, but
that they do not coalesce. that intermar-
r1age between the races was virtually nom
existent: that as a southerner himself he
was not free from these influences of line
age, but that this antipathy had no place
in the campaign, and he protested against
an appeal to it.
Mr.. Whitelock refuted the charge that the
white people of the state needed any pro-
lection at this time from any impending
danger. He showed that the same predic-
tions We're made by the democratic speak
ers in the campaign of 1895. but they were
not realized. The orators of the democrats
raised the cry that Baltimore would have
negro policemen and negro deputy sheriffs,
but he had yet the first one to see and
characterized the prophecies of 1903 as
harmless as those of 1895.
The speaker declared that the cry of
negro supremacy was only a subterfuge on
the part of the democratic leaders and that
their main object was to attract the public
mind from Their real object in the cam
paiGn. that of securing the control of the
Independent vote of the state. In conclud-
ing his address Mr. Whitelock made a
strong appeal to the republicans to support
Mr.. Williams for governor, saying he had
espouSed the cause of fair elections in the
state senate. and that he was endowed by
nature for the place.
Mr. Williams followed the first speaker
and was given an enthusiastic ovation by
the audience. In his address he stoutly de-
Tended the plank in the republican platform
in reference to corporations and the delega-
ton of legislative power in respect thereto.
AS corporations are formed under the gen.
eral laws, and the power to authorize the
formation of corporations for certain pur-
poses is now. and has been for years past.
delegated to the courts or any judge thereof
the speaker urged that the general laws be
formed under it for any purpose except
municipal. and instead of delegatng the
power to the courts an office be created, the
occupant of which shall perform the same
duty with respect to the granting of char
terS as has heretofore been repoSed in the
courts. He Illustrated his point by showing
the process engasVs in by those desiring
certain privileges on the part of the legis
lature. Instead of the money used by such
parties to secure the Endorsement of the
legislators for his enterprise, Mr.. Williams
urged that the state share the proceeds,
and that fees be charged in granting char