The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-28
per PARK MEETING
A REMARKABLE ONE.
Abuse. ViIIification and UntruthfuI
Statements At Peoples Gathering.

The meeting held last Saturday night
at Deer Psrk by the so-called Peoples
Party" was a remarkable one in some
respects. The manager of the "show'
must evidently believe with the lawyer
who, when asked by young member
of the bar what he shOuldldo when he
had a dad case" promptly replied,
'Abuse the other side. " The meeting
was well attended by ladies' and chill
dren, and there was also large delega-
ton from Oakland and Mt. Lake Park
present. Judging from the expressions
and manifestations it was very evident
that the major portion of those present
were not in sympathy with the move
ment.
Mr.. A. 7. Matthews called the meet
ing to order and Mr., w. B. Miller was
made the chairman. Mr.. Miller in his
remarks made many false statements
concerning the candidates of the other
parties, and in speaking OF one of the
tickets, declared that ''it was the most
d one ever placed before the people
of Garrett county" His address was
remarkable for the abuse and utter dis
regard for the truth in his reference to
the candidates of the opposing tickets,
and in introducing Mr.. VIM. Speicher,
the candidate for county treasurer, he
INDUCED in some very uniind remarks
concerning the misfortune and affection
of Mr.. Speicher' Republican opponent.
1t was plain that these remarks were
not received with much favor. Next
came Mr.. Thomas Browning, who used
his powers of oratory in abusing the
Democratic party, and he Was followed
by Mr.. William Hennen, who was intro
duced as a ''B. & o." man, and this
gentleman, catching the spirit of the
the meeting, tried to excel Mr..
Browning in the general abuse of many
of his former associates and friends.
: CWm. D. Hoye was next introduced
( 1.-The meanest Democrat in district
No. TO-" and as that gentleman did not
make any denial of this compliment"
it is safe to assume that it was a just
and we'll deserved one. Rev" H. A.
Hardesty came next and in the course
of his sermon" made the remarkable
statement that he had heard that Mir.
Michael, the candidate of the People S
party, had been seen to take drin of
whisky in a certain saloon in Oakland.
After Mr.. VIM King, of Oakland,
candidate for clerk to the county
commissioners, had been introduced and
INDUCED in some general abuse, a gen
tleman in the audience sent a written
request to the chairman to have Mr..
Michael explain the charges mentioned
by Rev. Hardesty. After a consulta-
ton with the manager" behind the
curtain) Mr.. Michael denied the charge
and said that he had also been accused
of drinking whisky with one of the can
didates and a speaker in a saloon in
Oakland. Next came the manager, !"
Mr.. G. S. Hamill who was introduced
as ''B & o. attorney" 1t was quite
evident that he was not going to be out
done by the rest and he at once began
a TRADE of abuse andj villification which
many of the audience promptly resented
with Kisses, and which caused the "ora-
tor" to make the rather remarkable
statement that he had heard geese
whistle before, and that he did not want
any interruption. In order to show that
he was the "whole show, he said he had
"a fine plan under construction, in his
Office, whereby he would "build road,
under the Shoemaker law, from Oakland
to Mt. Lake ark, and as we" have a
man there Gov. Crothers) who will CO.
operate with "our" Che meant ''my")
commissioners, when elected, this road
can be extended to Deer Park. " The
manager" in holding out this lump
of sugar. failed to inform the audience
that the expense of building my" road
would have to be paid by the taxpayers
of the entire county. He forgot that
He also spoke of the extravaganza Of
the election laws, etc. which were en-
acted by the party which he and his
henchmen had supported and advocated
since 1873, when the manager" mot
{ kLs) was defeated as a Peoples s"
y -.didate. In making comparison with
the election laws of Mineral county, w.
Va, the manager" failed to state that
Mineral county was under Republican
administration. He also forgot that.
At the conclusion of this remarkable"
meeting there were heard on all sides
expressions of condemnation and dis
gust, and one was heard to exclaim,
No Peoples party for mine; | shall
vote my party ticket straight, and the
show moved on tothe next stop
Salt Creek
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