Evening star., 1907-10-26
MEETING OF REPUBLICANS
Issues Of the Campaign Discussed at
Hyattsville.
Special Correspondence Of The Star

SiN''hi correspondence OF The Star
HYATTSVILLE. Md. October %. 1902.
The announcement that George r
Gather. candidate for governor, and Rep-
rese ntative Sydney E. Mudd would adj
dress the voters Of this section of Mary
iand attracted an audience that tested
the capacity OF Masonic Hall last eyen-
ing. About one-third of the assemblaRe
was colored. The crowd was entertained
by brass band and the discharge of fire.
works until after s o'clock. when an cleo
trio car from Washington arrived with
Messrs. Gather and Mudd Frank b.
Metzerott of Chillum district called the
meeting to order and introduced G. B. IT,
manus OF Laurel as the presiding officer
The candidate for governor pre- faced his
remarks by declaring that the campaign
Is exceedingly strenuous and that he
would be unable to make an extended
speech owing to the fact that te had to
return to Baltimore to make an address
later In the evening. Referring to his
itinerary over the state. he said that the
party was united from one end of tie
state to the other He declared that the
republican party had no difficulty in find
ing issues to discuss in the present cam
paiRn. but there were two subjects upon
which he desired to lay particular stress
One concerned the right Of an American
citizen. as citizen of the state of Mary
land. to have his ballot counted as 1t
was cast. Mr.. Gather proceeded to crit
icise the ballot as II exists today in GER
tain counties in the state.
The speaker said he was in favor Of a
system that would result in the perma =
nent Improvement Of the highways of the
state, being particularly Interested in see
ing the Washington and Baltimore boule-
ward completed. and promised II elected
TO usa his best efforts to accomplish that
result.
In conclusion Mr.. Gather declared that
he believed the people Of Maryland were
in favor OF the party that does things,
and that the result of the coming cleo
ton would prove that they believed in the
principles OF the. republican party.
Mr.. John H. Baker. candidate for state
controller. spoke briefly on the evils of
the existing election law.
Representative Mudd said he did not
visit Hyattsviile with a pre- pared speech,
but merely for. the purpose of preventing
the numerous candidates present from in
ficting too much of oratory on the au-
dience. Mr.. Mudd declared that II was
with modesty and frankness that he
stated he expected to be before the peo-
pie next fall for reelection to Congress
He characte rfzed Senator Rayners refer
ences to him disllusions. The speaker
referred TO the disSensions In the repub-
lican party in Prince George county as
the result of the recent nominating con-
vention: declared that the democratic
members of the board of election super
visors for Prince George county had de-
clined to allow the minority republican
member to accompany them to Baltimore
to have the official ballots printed re-
ferred to the fact that the boulevard law
was passed through the influence of
de mocratic member of the legislature
from Prince George county, and yet this
same man was turned down for renomina-
ton by the recent democratic convention,
and urged the election of l.. Allison WILL
mer of Charles county as the chief judge
of the seventh judicial circuit.