The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-10-03
VOL. XXXVIII.--NO. 30.

pointed commission to confer with Mary
land commission to settle the boundary line
between the two States. That commission
sat all day and all night, and finally had to
send them a letter recalling them and stating
that there was no boundary between Maryland
and Virginia. [Applause.]
L am glad to be here as witness to the
honor you are comforting upon my distinguish
ed friend Warfed. If you want an honest
Governor, there he is; if you want an incor.
| ruptibe Governor, there he is; if you want
Governor who will do his duty, who will hold
his head up and do you credit when he meets
the Governors of other States, elect him.
[Cheers. | know him well; know his abl-
ity, his sterling character, his honesty and his
observation-disclosures; | know his fidelity to his
duty, and | tell you: Elect him. Cheers.
| can assure you that, socially, politically and
in any other way, he will maintain his end of
the single-tree with any other Governor of any
other State. If he should happen to meet the
Governor of North Carolina or the Governor
of South Carolina, he would hold his end up
there too. Laughter. [ think you could
have nominated haudsomer man, but other
wise believe l think you believe-you
can safely trust your interests in his hands.
| loud cheers.
At the conclusion of General Lees speech
there was rush for him by the crowd, and
for nearly an hour he, Mr.. Warfeld and the
other candidates were hemmed in on the stand,
shaking hands as fast as they could reach the
people. The old soldiers struggled to get near
the General. and women stayed in the crush
about him for an hour waiting for chance to
shake his hand.
Lunch and Music.
For two hours or so after the speech making
had concluded the great crowd lunched. In
| the various tents scattered about the groves
huge quantities of chicken, ham, rolls and
other good things were dispensed with liberal
hand. The five bands on the ground played
at intervals, and everybody appeared to enjoy
the occasion.
AT 2 o'clock speechmaking was again taken
up. Secretary Wolfe read letters of regret
from Gen. j. C. Breckenridge, exGov John
| Lee Carroll, Messrs. Isidor Rayner, Alonzo
l.. Miles, David j. Lewis and j. +. c. Tai
bott. Col. Spencer c. Jones was introduced
and warmly received by the crowd. He told
IL war story of how while private in the Con-
federate Army he had been sent by Colonel
Dorsey with dispatch to Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
| General Lee was then a brigadier- general and
Colonel Jones a private, yet he was invited in
to take breakfast with the General, who dis
covered he had eaten nothing that morning.
| 1t was, Colonel Jones said, the best meal he
ever ate in his life.
Cononel Jones declared that q glorious vic
tory was in store for the Democratic ticket,
headed by Edwin Warfeld, on November 3,
but that it would take work-earnest, ener-
getic, unceasing work-to bring this victory
about. He appealed to every Democrat to
take this fight to heart. to put his shoulder to
the wheel and battle for the honor, integrity
and good government of his State.
As Colonel Jones ceased from speaking the
crowd took no the cry of "Baughman Baug h
MANI and when Gen. l.. V. Baughman came
forward he was accorded an unusual demon
stration. His speech was brief, but eloquent
He challenged the Republican party to hold
such meeting as the one then in progress at
any point in the State of Maryland. "Let the
people of the State institute a contrast between
a gathering such as this, representing the
beauty, chivalry and backbone of the white
people of these counties, with such meetings
as are held in the interests of the other party,
he said. General Baughman touched on the
race issue and declared that later III the cam
paign he would go more fully into the ISSUE
| Now he wanted to urge on the people the
necessity of registering, and he wanted the
ladies to take the matter up and and III the
good cause of Democracy.
Col. Buchanan Schley, Of Washington coun-
ty, declared that he was greatly surprised to
see the character of the people present at the
meeting and the reason why he was surprised
was because of the words uttered by Col.
George A. Pearre at the Republican conven.
ton. He then read a portion of Colonel
Pearre's speech, in which he said The
Democratic record is IL record of debauchery,
a record of thieves, Of thugs, of every crime
known to the law and without hardly single
good political act ;,
'You thieves, you thugs, you cut throats,"
| said Colonel Schey turning to the crowd.
Col. William C. Kilgore, of Montgomery.
and Guy w. Steele, of Westminster, followed.
The State Finances.
The last speaker was Comptroller Joshua
W. Herring. In his speech, he SAID, among
other things:
We have upon our state ticket gentlemen
who represent the very highest type of our
best citizenship And thus equipped for the
contest, we go in this campaign to discuss be-
fore the people of our good old common
wealth the principles and policies which di-
vide the Democratic and Republican parties
of our state as these principles and policies
reflect themselves upon our state affairs.
want now briefly and in a general way to
call your attention to the finances OF the state,
| and what has been accomplished IN that de-
partment during the present Democratic ad.
ministration We have erected large and
commodious public buildings at Annapolis,
buildings which are absolutely necessary for
the proper conduct of the states business.
We have completed and equipped the Mary
land Penitentiary; have added to and equipp-
ed the Springfield State Hospital for the In
sane; have completed the Fifth Regiment Ar
mory: have provided for large and neces-
sary wing for the Maryland House of Correc-
ton. besides improving and erecting other
buildings, all of which belong to the state,
and are under It's control, at an aggregate cost
of about 81, 270,O0O.
On January l, 1900 debt of $4,000 ex-
listed upon the oyster navy. This has been
paid off, and on the LIST of July, 1908, sur
plus of more than $57 900 was to the credit OF
that account.
The State tax has been reduced from l74
to II cents on the 500, which means that
about $4,000 formerly collected for State
taxes has been left in the pockets of the tax
payers of the State The bonds of the State.
which were issued under the acts of 1900 and
1902, amounting to 81, 100, 900, were all taken
into the sinking funds of the State, together
with about $267 900 of other securities pur-
chased for the same amount making an aggre-
gate of about 81 1861, 900 carried to the sinking
fund during the present administration. And,
Notwithstanding the expenditure for public
buildings which has added that much to the
substantial and valuable property of the State
and the reduction in the tax rate, the net State
debt has been reduced since January l, 1900,
to the extent of about 1914 900, leaving con-
vertible assets in the Treasury at the present
time sufficient to liquidate the entire debt OF
the State"