Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-21
CANNON IN MARYLAND
Enthusiastic Reception at
Cumberland Last Night.
AN AUDIENCE OF 1900
FORMER GOV. LowEDES MADE
THE INTRODUCTORY SPEECH.
Speaker Compared. Democratic Leaders
With Characters in an Old
English Story.
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.

Special From STAFF Correspondent
CUMBERLAND, Md, October 21-
/! Speaker Cannon today invaded Maryland
and made his first speech during his pres
ent tour in that state. His reception at the
Academy of Music in this town last even
ing was one of the most enthusiastic that
I has been accorded him. Fifteen hundred
people gathered there to hear him. and they
I formed most attentive audience.
He was introduced by former Governor
Lowndes of this state, Mr.. Lowndes taking
occasion to speak of the effective service
| that had been performed by Representative
| Pearre, who lives at Cumberland and repre-
sents the sixth congressional district and
expressed the hope and belief that his elec-
tion would be by an unusually large ma
jority
The event of the evening was Mr. Cam
the principal characters in Ten Thousand
a Year
Recounts Old English Story.
Doubtless" said the speaker. many Of
you have read that story of DR.. Warren's
| Ten Thousand Year written a genera
ton or more ago, an English story of an
action of ejectment brought in English
| courts by one Tittlebat Titmouse to recover
an estate. The firm of Quirk. Cannon e.
Snap were the lawyers for Titmouse the
plaintiff. They with great effort fabricated
the evidence upon which they sought to win
| the suit, the whole question turning upon
the legitimacy of Titmouse. who, by the
way, was without reputation or notoriety
They changed the records stole record
here and there and suppressed it. and fab
ricated evidence by which they made the
truth to appear to be falsehood, and the
falsehood to be truth.
'Old Quirk, the originator of the scheme
had much of ability and cuteness, but was
not very profound lawyer Oily Cannon
had thorough knowledge of the law. was
diplomat, gentleman in his demeanor,
handsome, of good appearance, plausible,
and, his name indicated. furnished the
oil for the legal combination. Snap, the
third member of the firm. made the noise
did the betting and bluffing claiming ali
things possible and impossible. having no
regard for the manner in which an end was
| reached. or as to the desirability of the end
when reached. This was a rare combina-
ton.
Comparison of Characters.
1T will be recollected on one occasion
when Mr.. Quirk was intently reading Burns
Justice. Mr.. Cannon asked him, What
are you doing, Mr.. Quirk?' Mr. Quirk re-
piled. I seeing how far we can go
without committing a felony" 1 think I
may say, history repeats itself.
I'm this contest for policies the demo-
cratic party has selected for the plaintiff
Parker, who in one respect, at least, is
like Tittlebat Titmouse, unknown Mr.,
David Bennett Hill is the Quirk of the COM
bination that represents Mr.. Parker.
Quirk discovered Titmouse-Hill discovered
Parker.
Oily Cannon The second member of this
firm is Senator Arthur p. German. He is
the Oily Cannon of the combination. The
third member of this firm is Taggart, the
Snap of the combination. That firm was
Quirk, Cannon & Snap: Titmouse was the
client. This firm is Hill, German & Tag
CART, and Parker is the client. Cannon
frequently threatened to have Snap dis
charged from the firm. He was too in
discreet and too impolitic in working up
the case So German, it is said. has In
sisted upon the retirement of Taggart. On
the suggestion of Hill, German and Taggart
Parker changes the record. Mckinley is
dead. He quotes Mckiney's last speech,
emitting portion of McKinley's sentences,
Making Mckinley say directly the oppo-
site of that which he did say touching reci-
procity.
A Garbled Record.
'In other words by garbling and chang
ing they make a record against the dead
President and statesman that is false. AS
to the Panama canal, they suppress the
facts and seek to condemn Theodore
denim him, and this. too, where by their
own action, even If their accusations
against Roosevelt as to the larceny of the
Panama route were true. they participate
in the larceny and approve ii by receiving
the stolen goods. Titmouse. Qurk, Gam
mon and Snap-Parker, Hill, German and
Taggart.
..Protection in West Virginia and Mary.
land; anti-protection in Greater New
York and in the SOUTH the scuttle policy
to the Philippines to effect a reconcilia.
ton with Bryan and please the mugwumps.
when Bryan himself. by the aid of demo-
cratic senators in ratifying the treaty Of
peace with Spain, is responsible for our
acquisition of the Philippines, Bryan over
throwing the oily Cannon of the combi-
nation in that contest, Mr.. German.
And now as the day for trial approaches
they call into the contest Mugwump Olney,
who belittles the war with Spain as a use-
less scrimmage; and Grover Cleveland who
appeals to the young men of the republic
and holds up James Buchanan as model
for them to copy; while Bryan joins the
push for Parker because he stands for
scuttle in the Philippines, with the ink not
yet dry upon the paper where he de-
nounces Parker as not a fit man to be nonl-
mated either by the democratic party or by
any other party that stands Tor honesty
and fair dealing in politics And all this
accompanied by the beating of gongs by
Mr. Taggart, the Snap of the combination.
People Have Caught On.
THE people who control the policies -
the country at and through the ballot box
have caught on. They believe in Theodore
Roosevelt: they believe in protection; they
believe in the republican policies, and they
are making the contest for the right
against the Parkers. the Quirks. the Gam~
mons the Snaps the mugwumps. the disc
contents and the discordant elements in
the opposition. And / am justified in be-
lieving that great majority are for
continuance in power of the republican poll
icies.
'The only matter of doubt is whether the
people are not overconfident. If they voice
their wishes by putting the ballots into the
boxes all over the country will not pass
the management of the republic to the
have described"
The greater part of Mr.. Cannons speech
related to the tariff. He was followed by
Representative j. Adam Bede of Minnesota.
who in apt language pointed out differences
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