The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-18
DOWN WITH THE "RING"
Republican Nominee For Comptroller Notified Ringing Speeches
BY Candidate And Spokesman OF Committee..fiaht All
Along The Line For A Square Deal For An

| Gentlemen with you and a greater
host of my fellow citizens OF my native
State. | resent that claim with hot in
| dignation: and with no might but the
might OF right am ready to plead the
| equities of our case. the justice OF our
cause before the high court of the peo-
pie.
Under the direction OF our efficient
and jealous State Chairman and in
! cooperation with the various county
committees, ! hope to make that plea
throughout the length and breadth OF
the State and to make II on grounds
as brt ad and commendable as the plat
form upon which we stand.
All ! most love, are. living or dead.
on Maryland soil Its past is rich for
me in sacred memories. through a
dozen generations of my forebears.
give hostages to its future by a family
oi boys who believe in their Gown their
native State. and by the investment of
all my worldly goods within her goodly
borders. am a Marylander-a citizen
al no mean State. was a citizen be-
fore was a partisan was n citizen
/ before ! was a clergyman am first
aud foremost a citizen. entitled To be
heard by my icllow-citizens. and moth
inc but the in,erposition OF the Al.
mighty shall prevent my being heard
in a cause which ought to stir the
hearts of the pcnple like q trumne,. and
which will stir them. IL only they will
hear.
NEGRO DOMINATION.
Talk about the negro peril" II is
not the negro peril which threatens us.
When gentlemen OF the opposition un-
dcrtake to handle that subject they are
palpably diSingcnuous aud. in the for
mcr opinion oi so good an authority
as the Baltimore Sun, are simply APP
pcaling To race prejudice for political
capital Will these gentlemen under
take To- tell intelligent aud unpreju-
diced hearers that the negro vote in
this State O7 per cent OF the whole)
Is or ever has been SO influential a
factor III our government affairs as to
call Tor a constitutional amendment
which bccloudS the whole subject OF the
suifrages
II Is not the black peril that is
threatening us; 1t is the ring peril"
That ring would be glad enough to
drag herring across the traP' as
the chase gets hot We will not have
It Su. The cause at bar is the cause OF
the people against the ring, and 1t Is
no time for any man to doubt or falter.
!. for one, have not only drawn the
sword, but flung away the scabbard
! hail the firingline with Joy. | give
n" quarter in the coming controversy,
aud ask none. An insolent oligarchy
may Shackle our suffrage, but it shall
put no gag between our lips. | say to
you, here and now that will never file
my tongue to smooth and meaningless
phrases ! will never. so help me God,
stop To count the cost OF what | NAV
dare To do or say So long as the politi-
cal dcStinies and. n fortiori. the mater.
al and moral interests Of this good old
State lie in the hands ot an unscrupul-
Gus political cabal be it Democratic or
Republican.
RING WANTS TO RULE.
understand that our friends
OF the opposition do not approve
this sort oi talk They regard
1t a. too severely critical, even
ca'l II sometimes abusive | should dis
like Ia be abusive. but | may claim the
right I" be explicit and tu label ex-
hlbits with their proper name-at the
same time suggesting that these gentle
men have not been sufficiently regard
iul oi the interests or feelings OF these
who lie uut side their charmed circle 10
cntit'c them I" the privilege oi whining
every time they are Smitten: and at
the same time suggesting that We need
rot tcci called upon /" be too care.
iu'ly rice about Just now We Weld the
lash. When q man i, fighting Tor his
lite who Is gong To- crticisc h'> want
ri classic pose or the awkwardne,s oi
his movements That. tu nur think.
ing. j. the situation here in MARYLAND
We are called upon to fight for our
political ibcrtic, Cough and ahcm
about II - YOU will. this whole history
ot the Rings tampering with the stuff
rage reduces itself 10 a very simple pro-
posltion-whcn crooked election laws
shall have been climaxcd with consti-
tutiuual di,irauchi>cmcnt. political lib
rrty becomes matter oi political Il.
ccnNc, and the dominant Ring issues
the license NJ, the >pccinus areu.
mcnG, ni their most expert advocates
have not served tn remove thi, well.
grounded suspicion from the peoples
mnd, Neither do their solemn a..
'urancc> remove il. When these gen
tcmcn publicly guarantee tn preserve
I" every white man his vote. We must
bc forgiven II We doubt tfcm The
record is against them. Fifty ,hnuS
and white men in this State can stand
mp to.right and testify to the loss II
their votes in 4 Republic that proudly
claims to have proven the doctrine Il
universal suffrage \ century and 4
hall have rolled away since our fathers
vcnturcd the sublime declaration that
Grd intended all men 10 he free and
equal all men without restriction.
without qualification, without limit
Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Mans
Insisted on giving the people the bal
lot-thc right To rule; nn giving it 10
the people not To class. not - those
who could produce a family tree, not 20
those who show tax receipts for Ger.