The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-10-30

conducted an aggressive 1a"ip"s "'
with big meetings ~ most oil Tue
county seats, ;nd the close sees the
fight against the Suffrage Amendment
practically won. with good prospects
for a party victory at the polls next
Tuesday. The mass meeting held al
the Lyric. in Baltimore, last FRIDAY
night, was one of the greatest demon
,tratiors ever seen in that cry. Inc
spccchc, were ringrts ana incisNe.
and enthusiasm ran high. Readers OF
the WlIlG are herewith given an OPP
portuni,y to read the Specch OF us
editor. the party nominee Tor Cotnp-
trolcr. Mr.. Williams went to tue
meat ui the issues and made an ear
nest and clear cut plea Tor the people
right t. rule, speaking as iollowS'
When Mr.. Williams was presented
The Republican Standard-bearcr was
accorded an ovation. lie said;
when thi, morning, on my way
from llagcr>town, } picked up nc
Baltimore American. which IS dong
,uch splendid service III this campaign
and which ha, been most kind to my
n,u candidacy. | was shocked and a
,,ad deal d,,nreanizcd Craitlcd, II
,lu prpicrl tn learn that | would be
pi Maryland, wurlhic>t ,uts and Wis
.Si dcbatcr, have only recovered
M, cuu n. rium sufficiently I" appear
before ,uu at IN hy iu,i,tcutjy rcmcm-
herring that m, busnc~, here Is not TO
Shine. leave that role To- the para
mount 'rlumuatur ri the opposition,
wh,. iuur years ago. | believe, posed
a, a storm god a>tridc the clouds,
Il. a.
/, sunbeam. ar a bottom d'p, who
shine, ipr al but more especially Tor
nimscl, hat j, not my business acre.
am uul, q plain, blunt mana Mary
'ardcr wnn COME, Ia talk to MLryland'
.rs lac, lu lace A. q man talkcih To his
friend, about the matter, with which
Mary andcr, are concerned aud |
MART tn talk about them frankly, fairly
-and practically
-,,r Chairman and Gentlemen. /
congratulate our friend, ui the uppuNl-
tom that this campaign is drawing To
close Their conduct oi the discus
sion has reached the maudln stage.
where charity suggests that, like the
son, ni Noah. wc should take gar
mcnt aud 20 backward I" hide the
shame ~ their low estate. In the be
Cunning ~ the campaign We said, Let
there be liph, II j, the light NC want
not heat /, j, facts we want-not
Nardamans. from Mississippi, or phre-
unlogiSts from Missouri. or gun-tO-
ter, from Alabama And right here
want e. stand pat in my declaration
weeks ag" IN ms speech ul acceptance
that the paramount issue IN the State
II MARYLAND al the present hour Is not
the 'ncgr" peril IL, the ring peril,
even a, the whole is greater than any
part,
"1h, cnwhuy sent telegram East
announcing the death al his compar-
ton. The first telegram 10 the dead
mans friends read "Bill flung by
rronchn: neck aud LETT arm broke.
Then came second message: News
not So bad ; d, first reported: Rilrs arm
not broke. The whole i greater
than any part The Democratic ring
in this state j. greater AMI worse than
any one 81, 4, many evil mlciins'i"nS.
Back Ui II, di,irauchiscmcnt scheme.
lack ui its crooked election laws. back
81 its trick la lot schemes. back -
legislative ruttpunc,~ ard high mI>dc-
mcanor, in official places. back ~ the
whole litter ~ iuul political pr"trr,
., the thup which ha. .cguttcu it and
d. that thing which wr are after AMI
which We are going L. get IN the name
- the pcoulc "i Maryland and ctrcral
righteousness.
TURNING on THE LIGHT.
Wet. / say thi, Democratic ring is
asking iur another lease on lie. and
wc say. 'Why* Show US By what
right divine rs i, entitled any longer
20 govern wrong: Why should free
men, citizen, and taxpayer, tand every
man !, in Some iurm q taXpaycr)
Grunge and lawn At the feet ~ such
thing Il Is ~ Olympic deity II is
not even lirilr tin god II j. only
flesh ard hluud and mighty common
and mighty c'wdrdly flesh and blood
al that Smtc It and It screams like
beaten donkey That j, what it has
been doing ever ,.ncc our State Cen
vrntiuu 1t ,ay, We abused il in our
platform Wei, what did it expect us
to do--cnmplimcnt it and crown it
with garlard>: We only did what
honest men were constrained to do
and Whit the fact, required us to do
II the facts rccitcd in our platform
hrrt let them remember. We only
Nlh'' l'' ilHll'Ilu, tntN Ulaut tuc
facts which it rccitcd We invited
them o. 90 before the people on a
presentation oi the facts Have thcv
done it, We asked them to turn on
the light, Senator Rayncr thought
that meant him, and prompt as an
echo he stepped tn the front lie said:
d" ! will illuminate the issues. more par
t'cnlary the naramouut issue, and so
tt H. =.
Democrat can understand aud dissent.
rate the illumination McsSrs
Naniivcr Mahon & Go ti:mitcij
thought that looked good to them.
They would even agree to secure the
Scua'or thi, great auditorium Tor his
opening ,unbur>t. II he would let them
see his chcckbnok first II was arranr-
c1 and here on this platform the Scna-
tor began his work oi illumination