The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-10-23
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS
FINE AUDIENCE To HEAR BLAIR lee
and LLOYD WILKINSON
Enthusiastic Gatherings in Other Sec
!. tiOnS Of the County

Members of the Bryan, Kern and
Talbot Club of Westminster were
more than satisfied with the large
audience which gathered in it's rooms
Tuesday evening. Some apprehension
was felt that after the great crowd of
the week before the attendance this
week would show an unfavorable COM
parison, but it was one of the largest
and most enthusiastic of the campaign.
At it's close both of the speakers said
it was the most earnest and spirited
club meeting they had ever addressed,
and expressed wish that some Car
roll county enthusiasm could be in
fused into other sections of the State.
The glee club of young men, led by
the MeSsrs. Powers, sang number of
inspiring campaign songs, in which
greater part of tho audience Joined.
Practice, of course, has made the
young men more familiar with these
ballads, and Tuesday evening these
were rendered in fine style Miss Jose
phine Baust, who happened to be pres
ent, played the Accomplishments upon
request, and also played several of the
national airs while the audience was
gathering Mrr Power and Walter
Zepp each sang a solo,
Lloyd wilkinson was the first speak
er. Instead of making the regulation
campaign speech and discussing the
issues between the two parties he said
he would take up the present course
of the Baltimore Sun ind compare it
with it's attitude 8 years ago, when
it was supporting Mr.. Bryan for the
presidency. Mr. Wilkinson's remarks,
with accompanying extracts from the
Sun editorials of 1900, will be found in
another column.
After the singing of a campaign bal
lad, Senator Blair Lee was introduced.
The Senator at once put himself on
good terms with his audience by de-
claring it to be his great desire that
the people of his own county of Mont
gomery and those of Carroll may soon
be linked together by the Lincoln high
way, and Talbot, said he, is the man
to bring about that result. He said
it had always seemed a little peculiar
to him that the memorial to Washing
ton should take the form of Cleopa-
tra's needle, that lady being rather a
dissolute character and possessing
nothing in common with the father of
our country.
The Senator went at some length
into our form of government, and said
that two great parties were essential
to its proper administration, one as a
check upon the other. Where either
of these parties held Office too long
corruption was apt to result and its
overthrow was necessary in order that
these abuses might be corrected. The
party under which evil comes is not
apt to provide remedy. A man can
! not be trusted to amputate his own
leg or arm, no matter how much the
TOicOD NAV have invaded those Dnar1-
,, bers.
Senator Lee spoke of the railroads
as the backbone of the country, and
told how they would be benefited by
} law tariff on raw material, which
would enable our factories to turn out
: larger quantities of manufactured ar
ticles, thus increasing the traffic over
the various lines. He said the rail-
roads were probably the largest con-
: sumers of steel and iron, and re-
duction on these articles would mean
thousands of dollars, which would go
toward the payment of employees and
, stockholders.
Although large stockholder in one
of the Rockville banks, Senator Lee
/ expressed himself strongly in favor of
the guarantee of deposits. He said it
was just as sensible to charge that the
: formation of fire department had
: tendency to make people burn their
? homes as to say that the guarantee of
/ deposits would make bankers so reck-
!, less as to destroy their business and
, their regulations.
! The Senator has always been great
, admirer of Mr.. Bryan, and, being
graceful and attractive speaker, his
services are in great demand.
The meeting next Tuesday evening
, will be addressed by Hon. Isaac Lobe
Straus, attorney general of Maryland,
second to no one in the state as an
orator, and Thomas O'Neal Baum
gartner, of Westminster.