The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-25


what they could see and cared
little about the momentous cues
lions of political detail. They
came to enjoy themselves and
were looking about for the where
with. They were not long in
searching for something popped
up every moment to amuse and
interest them.
The members of the variouS
committees were active in look
ing after things and to their in.
terest and care much of the sue
cess is due. OF course the
Luncheon Committee" by rea-
son of its direct appeal to mans
weakness-his appetite-occupied
a high place in popular attention.
1t had much work to do and did
1T well. In such a large crowd
1t was natural to expect some
complaints OF minor nature.
and but few of these were heard.
"Uncle jeff" Krise, John Ii.
Grove, Charles Fraley, John
Simpson and others gave their
attention to this feature of the
picnic and no one needed to 90
away hungry if they applied in
ample time. Bread. rolls, cakes.
chicken, roast beef and coffee
truly a substantial com bination
for such an affair. 1t was well
cooked and judiciously served.
MIR. j. M. Newman was Chairman
OF the Arrangement Committee,
j. Roger McSherry, of the Re
ception Committee and GUY
Motter of the Dancing Com
mittee.
The special committee which
had in charge the making of ar
rangements was headed by Gen
eral l.. Victor Baughman, with
Alfred Ritter and Edward j.
Smith secretaries, and ably as
sisted by j. Polk Biser, Chairman
of the County Central Committee,
and Charles Waters and Joseph
w. Gaver, secretaries.
Of course the speech making
was feature of the day and the
auditorium was crowded all the
time it was going on. Those
who addressed the people besides
General Baughman were Hon.
Lloyd Wilkinson, B. Frank
Grouse, A. S. Goldsborough, j.
E. II. Wood and State Comp
troller, Gordon Z. Atkinson.
The main portion of the speeches
were devoted to a discussion of
the amendment.
GEN. BAUGHMAN'S SPEECH.
General Baughman was called
upon by the crowd for a speech,
to which request he gracefully
yielded.
His talk was replete with I'M
velled attacks on the Republican
party as the real enemy and OPP
pressor of the negro, which, he
said, had enslaved the blacks for
the furthering of their party. s
wishes with more enthralling
bonds than those of antebellum
days.
He pointed out that the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments
freed 1000, 200 negroes from one
condition Of servitude and at the
same time consigned their 5000,
600 black defendants to absolute
slavery under the Republican
party.
General Baughman touched on
the future, saying that at the
present rate of increase there
would at the end of the century
be 10000, 900 negroes and that
their demands and the question of
their relations to the whites would
prove the basis of gigantic
economic question and a situation
fraught with difficulties almost be-
yOnd conception at the present.
"The men are here, but with
them have come their wives, their
daughters and their sweetheartsl
If" he continued, 'wOmen of this
State were ever interested in po-
litical question it is mat of the
acknowledgements of the negro. In
their homes they come in contact
with black Servitors. aud no one
better knows of their arrogance.
We men are fighting for ourselves,
and the women, through their in
fiuence over their husbands, and
fathers, and brothers, and sons,
are waging a war for themselves
and their future comfort and wei
fare. This is fight of white
women and men and the future
welfare of our country"
"The Republican politicians
will battle against it's settlement
and will never consent to give up
their ownership of the negro as a
political slave, for today instead
of there being 100000, which
was about the number made free
men by the Emancipation PrOcla'