The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-09-21

Mr.. Gather Makes q Happy Little
Speech at st. Denis.-A large crowd OF peo-
pie assembled at st. Denis, 18th district, on
Friday night of last week to attend the bazaar
given by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the st. Denis
Volunteer Fire Department for the benefit Of
that organization, and to meet Mr.. George r.
Gather and Mr.. Thomas Parran, the Repub-
lican candidates, respectively, for Governor
and Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Gather and Mr.. Parran were met at the
station by a committee consisting of Messrs.
Joseph Sandman, William Tyler Page, @. A.
Thompson, chief of the fire department, and
other members of the company. After inspect
ing the engine.houee the party was taken to
Columbia Hall, where the bazaar was held and
there sat down to an appetlzing dinner. by
the time dinner was finished large crowd had
gathered, and the candidates then began the
pleasant task of making friends and votes.
Mr.. Gather was cordially received and Gre
ated most favorable impression. The ladies
seemed very sensible of the fine courtesy
which distinguishes Mr.. Gather and which
stamps him as one to the manner born. The
men also were greatly pleased by his kindly
greetings which bear eloquent testimony to the
sincerity of his regard for his fellowman. Mr..
Parran also made himself generally agreeable,
and, as usual proved extremely popular with
the ladies. Upon being called to the speakers
stand, in order to address the assemblage, Mr..
Gather said
~ do not wish to talk politics tonight. But
when a man is brimful of his subject it IS Diff
cult not to talk about it, There is, however
one thing which / feel at liberty to talk. That
is the topic of co operation, working together
for the common good. That is what you are
doing in this volunteer fire department, whose
work is so valuable when we are visited by the
dread calamity of fire.
II am glad to remember that when the city
to which / have the honor to belong was de-
vastated by fre-that horrible demon-the
brave firemen of st. Denis came to our rescue
and aided Us in the time Of disaster. You
have here as your chief, Mr.. Thompson, man
who inherits his love Of fighting the flames,
for he is the son of former chief OF Baltl.
more's Fire Department.
my friends the thing that makes our
country 80 strong is this spirit of Co operation,
and ask you to remember that by the intelli-
gent and united action of our citizens we
can make our government better and stronger
than it has ever yet been. Let us all pull to-
gether for the common good-the advance
ment of our country and its interests"
Mr.. Parran also addressed the crowd and
made a great hit with his inimitable stories.
| He said he felt perfectly at home, although
| there were a number of Democrats present,
| because he had been raised in a family OF IA,
| among whom he was the only Republican.
Following the speeches of the candidates
| Mr.. B. q. Stanton president Of the Maryland
| State Firemen's Association, presented to the
| st. Denis Fire Department, on behalf OF Mr..
| William Tyler Page, a handsome American
| flag. which was elevated to the strains OF
1.-THE Star-Spangled Banner" played by the
Laurel Military Band.
The bazaar was great success. All of the
stands did q good business, and the candidates,
| of whom there were many besides those on the
J Republican State ticket, spent with lavish
| hand. The general committee in charge of
| the affair was composed of Mr.. G. A. Thomp-
son, Mr.. Walter Perkins and Mr.. Julius Gott-
| schalk.