Maryland independent., 1910-11-04


Hon Thomas Parran, Ex-senator S.
Spearman Lancaster, Ferdinand c..
Cooksey and Sydney E. Mudd, Jr. The
vice presidents of the meetings were
Messrs George A. Shorter, William
stine, j. P. Johnson and Charles Fred
erick.
The speakers were entertained most
Hospitality by Mr.. F. NJ. Acton. To Mr..
William Stine the credit is due for the
excellent meeting.
The largest meeting Of the campaign
was held at La Plata, on Saturday. The
hall was crowded every seat being filled
and standing room was in demand. Mr..
Ferdinand @. Cooksey presided. On
taking the chair he thanked the Repub-
licans for the honor bestowed on him
and after discussing the issues OF the
campaign made a fervid appeal to the
voters, both Republicans and Indepen-
dents to give Mr.. ParTan their loyal
support at the coming election. He
then introduced Mr.. f. Stone Posey who
made short address. Mr.. Parran was
the next speaker and made an excellent
address in which he thoroughly dis
cussed the tariff, high prices and the
other issues of the caSipaign. His ar
guments on the tariff and other issues
were most forcible, clear and convincing.
BE handled the tariff without gloves
and did not minee words or straddle it
in any manner, shape or form. He tore
the arguments of the Democratic party
on the issues Of the campaign asunder.
Gen. L. Allison Wilmer, followed Mr..
Parran, and made able aud forcible ad-
dress Owing to the lateness of the hour,
the other speakers on the program,
Hon. Adrian Posey, Mess-s. Sydney E.
and John F. Mudd did not speak
On Monday Messrs. Parran, Adrian
Posev, sydney E. Mudd, Jr., and r.
Stone Posey addressed a large and
enthusiastic meeting at Indian Head
over which Mr.. Alexander NJ. Bryan,
presided.
The speaking rsrt of the campaign
was wound up with rousing meeting
at Hughesville, on Tuesday at 2P- NJ.
Mr.. John +. Mudd presided and msde
a most Interesting speech upon assu-
ming the chair. The speakers at this
meeting were, Messrs. Parrau, Adrian
Posey, f Desales Mudd, Ferdinand G.
Cooksey, and Sydney E. Mudd, Jr. In
thecourse Of his address, Mr.. Parran,
bad among other things the following
to say;
Mr.. Ray, in an interview in the Sun
of October 10Th, stated that l, in an
interview IN the Sun of December 4,
1908, had favored oyster culture, and
quotes few extracts from that inter
view Of mine, and warps them in be-
tween his own language, and thereby
endeavors to place my attitude in a
wrong light before the oystermen of
this State.
That interview OF that date is correct,
and it is mine, and l stand by every
word of it today. ask Mr.. Ray to
publish every word of it, and, with it.,
the editorial of the Sun, that was pub
lished just few days previous to that
Interview, in which it had criticised the
attitude Of us people who had opposed
the passage Of the Haman Bill, intro
duced by Senator Robinson, of Hartford
County, which criticism caused me to
give the interview. l would like to
have the editorial and my interview
read by every voter in the Fifth Con-
gressional District of Maryland.
In 1906 practically the same bill re-
appeared in the Legislature OF Mary
land, having been introduced by Senator
Seth, of Talbot County. While that
bill. which is the present oyster law,
was pending in the House of Delegates
on the day Of its passage, as can be veri-
fled by Delegate Wilkinson, at that time
from St. Mary's County, and who is now
living, sat beside him on the floor of
the House, and wrote several amend
ments that believe would have improv-
ed the law and guarded the rights of
the oysteImen. Those amendments
were offered by Mr.. Wilkinson and
rejected. When it became known that
the bill could not be modified by amend
ments, every friend of mine voted
against the bill, and Mr.. Ray voted for
it.
Mr.. Ray further states chat, as Speak
er in 1908, he appointed DR.. Hayden,
of St. Mary's County, as Chairman Of
the Committee on Chesapeake Bay and
Tributaries, to guard the oystermen's
interest.
He did appoint DR.. Hayden at the
head of that Committee in 1908, but the
bill then had been passed and the law
on the statute books for two years the
stable door was closed and locked by
y
Mt. Ray, after the horse was stolen and
gone.
He further states that he was told
by Senator Wilson, Of Prince Georges
County, (who is now dead, and, II my
memory serves me right, died in 1904,
that / was interested in bill introduced
in 1906, to take up a large acreage Of
land in the Chesapeake Bay bordering
on Calvert County, for private conn a,
ny, and | was to be its head.
There is not one word of truth in thi.
statement. never was interested
directly or indirectly, in taking up :
single foot Of oyster land 70 my life.
never spoke to a human being about
such bill, nor has ever human bein.
spoken to me of such one.
! fail to see how Senator Wilson
could have told kim of this bill tha
was introduced in 1908, when S nator
Wilson died in 1904.
I am opposed to the present oys. Ell
law, with its high saIaried commission,