The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-08-26
sHIPLEY-sHERALD.
INYIrATInNs 1ssuEn
The Governor at the Utica Picnic

Governor Crothers was the guest of
honor at the Utica picnic, on Saturday
last August goth, and for more than an
hour he addressed a crowd of over ;, 900
persons, speaking on the subject of good
roads, good citizenship, the church, and
variety of things that delighted the
throng
He had been expected the evening
before but DR.. Charles H. Conley,
Chairman of the Democratic County
Genital Committee, received message
from him that he was unable to be pres
ent on account of sickness. The news
was very disappointing to his friends,
many of whom had planned TO meet him
in this city. On the morning OF the 10th,
however, almost unheralded, he came
to Thurmont on the Western Maryland
Railroad, where he was met by State
Senator J. p f. Mathis, Rev. Alfred
Herman and others and escorted 10 the
picnic grounds. AS it was thought that
he would not be able to attend the pic
mic, MANY of his eadin. political
friends remained at home and did not
know that he had come until after he had
returned to Baltimore on the evening
train
Upon arriving at the picnic grounds
he was given an ovation. For some
time he mixed with the crowd and ap-
parently enioyed his outing in the coun-
try. While Mr. II. B Warner and II.
Dorsey Etchison, candidates for Con-
gress, talked politics, the Governor met
and shook hands with the country folk,
and abstained almost altogether from any
reference TO politics. He was introduced
by the'Rev Mr.. Herman Among other
things he said:
1T is the church which is the bulwark
of the State and nation. The law and
government Of our country, the leading
nation of the world, is founded on the
HOLY Writ. all others are followers
where we are leading. And we are
leading because we are re-emnently
Chriatian country in WHICH there IS
freedom for all and brotherhood OF all
men and in a country which has adj
vanced aud is progressing because its
laws and its government are founded on
the teaching of the Holy Writ, The adj
vance OF civilization through the teach
i1gs of the church are manifested every
where. We have spent billions of
dollars for transportation, and our coun-
try has outstripped every other country
on the face Of the globe in the amounts
that it has spent on transportation by
steam and transportation by water and
transportation by electricity.
I'VE have also spent large amounts
for transportation by water, but the
basic system OF transportation by roads
has almost been forgotten. We have
forgotten the first means of transporta-
lion. We spend three times as much as
England does for railroads, and England
spends1bree times as much as We do for
public roads.
I'VE are living in the grandest State in
the Union, with its diversity of hills,
wales Its beautiful scenery, It's fertile soil
and rich farming community. In State
in which truly its people may enjoy lib
erty and the pursuit OF happiness, and in
this State-in free Maryland want to
see no toll gates across the public high
ways | do not want to see the people
OF a free country held up in any such
manner on the public roads of our
State. In this country we want gov
eminent progressive. we waut the best
form Of government possible, and we
must find out the best, and then stick
TO it. -