Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-11-02
BIC MEETING
IN SNOW HILL
Opera House Crowded To Hear
Gov. Montague and Con-
gressman CovingtOn

1t is not necessary for The Messen-
ger to praise the big Democratic meet
ing held here last Tuesday, as the special
Staff representative of the Baltimore
Sun gives the following account:
Ex-Governor A. J. Montague. of Vir-
ginia, who spoke here Tuesday after
noon, charmed one Of the largest audi
ences that has gathered at a political
meeting in Worcester County for several
years.
Masons Opera House was crowded
Many were unable to find seats and half
hundred stood on the steps leading to
the hall. Congressman j. Harry Cow
ington was the other speaker of the day.
The former Governor had been cam
paigning in the North and came to Snow
Hill from Philadelphia Monday night
On the train he was greeted by the
United States Senator John Walter
Smith, who came from Baltimore espe-
cially to attend the meeting and greet
his home friends. and by State Senator
John r. Moore. He expressed himself
as immensely encouraged by the size
and spirit of the audiences he has ad-
dressed during his tour, especially in
Pennsylvania, and is sanguine of the
election of Governor Wilson by heavy
majority
He was made to feel somewhat at
home here by the presence Of so Vir-
ginians who had come from Accomac
County to attend the trial of w. B.
Duncan, of Pocomoke City, charged
with the murder of John w. Allen.
They surrounded Mr.. Montague in the
lobby of Purnell's Hotel. and he held
quite a reception for his former constit-
uents.
Senator Moore called the Democratic
meeting to order and introduced Col.
George NJ. Upshur as the presiding
officer. A large number of ladies' at
tended, and in the gallery were dozen
high school girls, students of stenogra-
ply, who were busy taking down the
speeches in shorthand.
The former Governor made thorough
and thoughtful presentation Of the cam
paign issues. First he took up Presi-
dent Taft's failure as chief executive.
''He entered upon his term." said
MIR. Montague, satisfactory to more
people, apparently, than any other
President of recent years, but he has
been losing steadily since. Two years
after his Inauguration he lost the House
of Representatives.; within three years
he had virtually lost the Senate: in four
years he had lost his party nominating
convention = for. il we take from his
vote the delegates from Alaska. Hawaii.
Porto Rico and Philippines. and only a
small number of the delegates from
States where he could not hope for cleo
toral votes, he was in minority. He
was nominated by the mere husk of his
party; the kernel went out with the
other Colonel.
Attorney General Wickersham ask
ed in recent speech, What had Presi-
dent Taft done that he should not be
accorded reelection He should have
put the question in another shape:
What has the President done that he
should be re-elected?'
"He was unfortunate in selecting his
Cabinet advisers. His foreign policy has
not been such as to command respect
from this great country. What is known
as dollar Diplomacy has flourished un-
der him. Our Nation has become a
sort of collecting agency for big in
vestors, especially in South America.
Senators Bristow. La Toilette, Cum
minis and others have asserted that he
promised to do one thing and did another.
Into this campaign is injected the
vigorous personality of Colonel Roose-
welt, who has organized what he terms,
the Progressive party. My friends, the
Democratic party today is the most
sanely. soundly and surely progressive
party in America. This present move
ment toward progressiveism is only the
effort of the American people to get
their hands on the throttle of the engine
Of the government. and the surest hand
to control that great power is in the
hand of Woodrow Wilson"
The speaker aptly illustrated the
working of the present tariff laws in
several ways, but that which seemed to
strike home hardest was his description
of the duty on blankets. On these, he
said. were two kinds Of duty -one ad
valorem, or duty on value, and the
other specific, or a fixed duty. The ad
valorem duty is SMALL the spicific duty,
which is based on weight. is heavy.
Mr.. Vanderbilt and his coachman might
both buy blankets for the coming win
ter. That of the coachman might cost
81. so; that Of Mr.. Vanderbilt would
probably cost $50. The blankets would
weigh about the same. but the coach
man would pay very much more duty,
in proportion, than his employer.
AFTER ALL" said Mr.. Montague. in
conclusion. I'VE must decide for our
selves, whether the three candidates
are free to deal with the great question
the trusts. MIR. Taft, apparently.
cannot see any trouble in his own party:
how, then, can he see any in the coun-
try! Mr.. Roosevelt is strenuous to
know how to deal with the situation.
II Woodrow Wilson is elected. he will
be the most free man to act who has
been in the White House for 80 years.
and he will act calmly. sagaciously and
and with an eye soly to the best inter-
ests of the entire people Of this United
States"
Congressman Covington made brief
but telling address and was greeted
warmly by the audience. He reviewed
the promises the Republican party had
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