The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-10
REPVBL BLICANS MEET I'M
FINE OPENING RALLY
Strong Speeches Senator Burrows And Chairman Parran
Congressman Jackson Present And Warmly Praised

outside OF them and suffering to work
men in or out OF their employ. So
much for the tariff.
Senator Burrows next reviewed,
briefly our financial legislation from
the issue OF the gerenbacks TO the es-
adjustment OF the gold standard. Mr..
Bryan, he said, also has financial rem
edies, but he had lost confidence in his
financial ability. No man, from the
proprietor OF a peanut stand 10 the
owner OF great factory, would trust
Mr. Bryan with its management. This
is why thousands OF Democrats turn
ed their backs upon him and never
would support him b,cause they
thought him unsafe. Mr.. Bryan
stood for free silver and went down to
defeat upon it in two campaigns. II
his policy had prevailed, we would
now be on level with Mexico and
other like countries. Mr.. Bryan still
stood by his theories, and his attitudes
upon the tariff and finance utterly dis
qualified him for the Presidency.
MIR Bryan also wished to regulate
railroads. The power to regulate
commerce between the States had
been conferred upon Congress to pre-
vent conflicting action by the States.
Senator Burrows said he had no.
ton that most men wanted to make
money. That was true OF railroad
managers who had favored individ-
uals by rebates and other practices.
But Congress established the Inter
State Commerce Commission and had
passed laws 10 step the practice. Mr..
Bryans remedy is government own
crShip at the cost of billions oi dollars
and involving the control oi the armies
oi railroad employees by the party
that ever puts it III operation. Ii this
is ever realized. the people will no
longer rule and the party that estab-
fishes il will rule, possibly forever.
Mir Bryan, in truth, does not wish the
people To rule Who elected Lincoln,
Grant, Garfield, Harrison, Mckinley
and Roosevelt, ii not the people. Mr..
Bryan will find the people do rule
when the bleak winds OF November
whistle through the dismantled and
deserted National Democratic head
quarters and he hears the shouts OF
rejoicing over the triumphant election
OF TAFT and Sherman.
Senator Burrows speech was force
iul and convincing, and was punctutt-
cd with frequent applause.
Chairman Parran closed the meet
ing with brief but effective speech
illustrated by number OF apt stories.
Bryan could never land the Presi-
dency, he said, unless he fooled the
,NaT,ln | ,nRnia hnpa,,,. "a tu
when he said YOU could fool some OF
the people all the time, but Bryan
could not fool the lcvel-hcadcd Demo.
Gratis who would vote for Taft. Bryan
had been Jeffcrsonian Democrat.
next Populistic Democrat, next a
Lincoln Democrat and now he was a
Roosevelt Democrat. Mr.. Parran
spoke OF cartoon picturing Bryan
holding Roosevelt in his arms and
asking, Father don't you know your
son" But Roosevelt doesn't know
him for his boy, and says Bryan's
election would prove a National ca
tastrophe. The main fact in Bryan's
legislative record was his vote for the
Wilson German tariff, which all but
ruined the industrial interests OF the
N''NllNl WI. dl an ItiCIICu 10 IHC
peoples experience under the last
effort at Democratic tariff reform.
and he had believed that the people
would never consent TO have ii tried
again. Speaking to farmers, he said
that calves which fourteen years ago
brought S. apiece, now brought Sro
and wheat then worth so cents was
now worth 90 cents or more. When
the farmers prosper all Of us prosper.
Mr. Parran said he had not the slight
est doubt OF TAFT and Shcrman's cleo
ton, and was confident that Mary
land would give them a handsome
majority lie made a strong appeal
in behalf oi Congressman Jackson, as
Judge TAFT would need support in
Congress 10 give successful admins
tra,iou. The references 10 Mr.. Jack
son by all the speakers were heartily
applaudcd