The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-07-29
STEIN ON POLITICS
He Tells OF An Exciting Days Sail On The
Susquehanna River

SuSquehanna kIVer
"Och. vat joys der must be in de lifes
of elm mariner who sails nit himselfs OH
de ,,a." said Stein when he reached the
deck Of the City Belle at Port Deposit
the other day. where Admiral Bill Holm
of King Cruthrr'S navy stood ready with
Il warm welcome for his German friend.
II tells Yer vat continued Stein, 'Ad
nIra< Holm yru vas indectS anudder
John Paul JoncS-rSS,$-for-ge hochen-
scin. vat he did for de American navies,
datS vat You vas doin fer King CTud-
der,,--you vuS trulys modelled in de mold
of elm fghtn man.
Yes friend Stein. and it takes hard
| fighting to keep down inSurrecticn-our
| true supporters are getting alarmingly
| scarce. Every day our followers are
| leaving to join the ranks Of the people.
| Commodore lamar with his torpedo boat
| Of Turkey Point is Hr dangerous to us as
ever was Captain Kidd and his pratical
band to the mariners of that day, and
| the purpose of this nip of my battlcShip
today is t. send a shell into him broad
side that will strike terror among them
| from the bounding Octoraro to the placid
| Saa$afras.
| Nel-v,ll-vrll-und mine formers
| frucnd RrubenS of the Registers of Wills.
vu:r nit de peoples, WIS he" said Stein,
'und vat vu> ..e donS nit his torpedo
boats off Turkey Points,"
| what is he Going:" asked Admiral
Helm. III" is doing King CrothcIS. He
is Il mcnacing danger to our kingdom. |
can tell YOU
| The City Belle was then rounding
al"at to pass through the draw of the
| Pennsylvania railroad bridge between
| Pclryvlle and HHvre de Gracc-and up
| high on the structure doomed the gigan-
tic figure of marl-likc the statue of
| William Penn ON the public building in
| Philadelphia.
| Vat Il grand sight dat mine eyes, now
| cnioys-Dcre vus de Colossus of Rhodes
c>lNes-" said Stein, "und how powerfulS
he looks Is Gat big, strong, powcrfuls
man wild King Crudtlcl~?"
''Glory to the King" said Admiral
Holm. ''he is with us-ikc the blessings
of Hravcn-al the time. He is indeed
our 'Stntu" of Liberty he guards the
bridge for King CrothcrS."
/
nnd Sn"lcnhurg," exclaimed Stein. Il
-" he vuS anuddcr LcUnid;lS at de Pass
und if any boddyS wants to cross over
de bridge, he say 'vus yer nit King
| Crndd,rS.' und if de man say No. No"
den he lift up de draws und lets de man
fails into de river. und de- waters uf de
| SuSquchanna swallows him up"
| WHO is dat man, asked Stein.
| That great man that you see is Alecli
P'pp,c ;" replied Admiral IIonn
| Il Scr-l srr''- answered Stein. He
WIS like Al"MlndrrS the Great of Athens
-Al"Naniltr> til" Great uf Cesul."
just then up went the draw Of the
bridge smd G,wn into the river fell an
''in>urg"nt' who wanted To Grass hut
| when #eskcl, he hld replied to
Guard Pr,r!,s that he WIS Not with
King cruth,r,."
| With IL spy sass they discovered the
| "in>urgcnt' to b" "CLppy' Hen. Cameron.
| who is strong fighter AGAINST King
| CIath,rS.
Both Admiral Holm AMI Stein looked
| in amaz, mcnt-whrn ont Of the mist
| IF the upper bay came the form Of a
| craft, and Commodore lamar of the in
| sargent navy WAS 1T han for rescue his
>a:!or> quickly taking Lieutenant Cam
| cron aboard
Admiral Holm gave, orders for pursuit
| hut t"nmO lore .Iamur'S torre,lo boat
WAS ably manned and soon got out of the
| l'nge of the City Brl!c'. heavy guns.
Just at this lrint from the signal
>t"tGA came Il message from King
tl"th"r> to Admiral Holm, Announcing
that the Republican ticket waS in the
| field and that the people at every point
were rallying +, its support
Things look dark for H.. Stein" said
| the Admiral, rs he sailed homcwar,.
Yah. answered Stein. de Republicans
will vim de battlc-evcrythingS nit dem is
vell-mcin fr,undS Bill Smith und Sen.-
tors Henry Mccullough be both on de
State ttntra,> Committees, und vd dis
bubble team dry will march right through
to victorieS'
When the City Belle reached Port De-
post good Stein thanked Admiral Holm
for his trip and courtesy and left for
other parts Of Cecil to meet new friends.
whom he will write about again.