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

lures long after Gabriel blows his
trumpet and there has been a general
resurrection OF the dead.
THAT ROAD COMMISSION.
II say. the record OF that commits
sion during the two years OF its exist
encc, with plcnary power and great
popular sympathy. is a sorry exhibi-
ton of incompetency and mismanage-
ment, ] don't say il upon my honor.
! say II upon my judgment and the
Judgment uf scores OF practical busi-
ness men in every county which have
visited.
And So, step by step. we have mar
rated the excuse for another Demo
cratic legislature to the plea for
Rayner's return To the United States
Senate. and Rayncr has. swept even
that excuse away by the wild flood OF
his own Incorporate, II not tra;torous
words
The third step-last stage OF all, I
hppe-is the present stage OF dclirium,
where the organ and orators OF the
opposition have gone to 'seein'
things ON the Eastern Shore and in
Southern Maryland: dreaming dreams
ro mortal ever dared to dream before.
which j. all right for the poets fan
taStic imagination. but which is all
wrong ia any sane, intelligent discus
sion OF governmental problems. This
!, NJ time and place for fantasies. The
Mary ard electorate IS clothed now
Wit hlhc solemn responsibility OF a
conscientious jury and should have the
facts. The stuff which the Baltimore
sun has been publishing concerning
some oi our ialrc>i counties is not the
facts. Gentlemen. ! wa Vt To be heard
on that subject a moment am an
Eastern Shurcmau mvScli. was
born at the home oi an cN-slaSc chold
cr. ] was reared in The regions which
the opposition tells YOU have Len
b.iphtcd hV the presence oi the negro.
! tell you these Southern and Eastern
counties are crying for no dcliycrancc
from the negro peril They don't
know anything about negro peril
The R.l,murc Sun does not know
anything about 'rcgro peril. except
"n the eve ui an election. when il is
hard pressed ipr a legitimate defense
irr & bad car,r Depreciation oi real
estate vGlucsr
\ Libel. NND \ IIEl
Why. ii the Sun wanted the truth
uf the matter. why didn't il turn To our
own Bureau ui Immigration Tor inior-
nation before 1t published to the
%"rld libel and a lie Nm ! speak
ing strongly; Certainly am. and
have cause 50 To- speak. | say il is
carrying political controversy entirely
too TAR when. ipr cheap political CAPT
tai. a widely circulated journal de-
.amcs whole sections ni our State aud
Ntabs us ~ our material welfare.
Somebody said at the Princess Thea
ter the other night that | had become
q ''ibclcr oi the Democratic party.
That. nt course. Is entirely inaccurate
Bmt Is It inaccurate Ia say that the
suns So called descriptions OF South
rrn and Eastern Maryland are a l;bcl
upon "ur Zones and our dearest inter
cStS; Give me = word to those homes.
Let me send my voice across the wat
crN ni the Chesapeake Ia my friends
and brethren oi the Eastern Shore,
and let me call upon them TO rcbuk,
Al the polls on November the re-
crc;ut journal that can So malgn our
conditions and dciamc Our common
veal
And all for what. For what, in
deed, But the pcrpctuatiun in power
at political machine which has so
di,pu>tcd aud disrupted il, own party.
;" DESTROYED the possibility ni any ap-
peal 10 an intelligent public that its
only hope iur further ENDORSEMENT lies
IN An unjust and unfair appeal to the
laSc>t prejudice and the dcnScSt ig-
unranCc
Gentlemen, ! have purpnScly avoid
ed any precise discussion oi their iran.
cmiSc Amendments. Its 'lnored and
Widowed raggcdrcSs' has been ex-
posed To- public Scorn and ridiculcd by
hundreds al honest and most capable
critics. and will be lett a wrctchcd rag
by every fair minded auditor who
hcarS the gentlemen who shall follow
me, ] am against il because il is I'M
american and immoral am against
II because 4 Is meant to. and does.
p';cc Our suffrage rights at the mercy
oi the partisan ,pirit am against Il
because whatever it may be aimed at.
1t ScattcrN its deadly fire upon citizens
81 every race and condition I am
AGAINST 1t hecauSc il !, against the flag
whose ample folds float protcctingly
over the humDcst citizen am
against il for the same reason Rayner
was against it iour years ago. because
il will serve to 'pcrpetua,c the power
oi political machine which does not
know and does not care what public
opinion means | am against il be
cause ! am AGAINST piracy on the high
seas or in political contests. And II |
read the signs - the times. even half
aright the people are against il with
hot indignation which is waiting
cager'y Tor the hour when the nciar-
iouS project aud its politi al progeni-
tors shall iall before the falling bal
lots a the dccldcnt oak falls before
the storm \n honest ballot ior an
honest man by this sign We con
qucr"