The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-08-30
"THE RULE OF CONDUCT is THE
MEASURE OLE THE MAN.

Address Delivered BY Charles O.
Clemson, Esq, of the Westminster
Bar, At the Annual Tournament and
Fair at Mt. Airy.
Sir Knights, Ladies and my Fellow
Citizens
This is the tenth year that I have
attended your annual tournament,
and in that time III has grown To in-
clude a horse show and OF late you
have made it good sized county fair.
I feel honored that year after year
you have invited me to speak on these
occasions. My speeches have been, -
Lincoln said, both new and original
and some (perhaps) just new. Today
/ have chosen as my theme, The Rule
OF Conduct Is The Measure Of The
Man.
The business men Of this beautiful
little mountain city have been 80 en-
ergetic in upbuilding and beautifying
these hilltops; the fame of your gen.
erous hospitality IL well deserved;
and best OF I'll, g. your distinguished
friend and neighbor, former Governor
Edwin Warfeld, has said here, on 80
many occasions, we have here, Sir
Knights and my Fellow Citizens, the
most beautiful women f. the land,
and that is saying "a good deal, for
Maryland in famous throughout the
Union for the great wealth Of her
agricultural and mineral products,
and for the attractive and captivating
beauty OF her women. These are all
fit subjects, except the last, for our
ladies', Sir Knights, are Queens to US
men and o Queen Is no subject
Sir Knights, 7 am here to charge
you To ride we'll and D. men. If we
men are 60 be worthy companions,
husbands, brothers and lovers OF our
beautiful women, whom former Gov
errors, Congressman and laymen de-
light 90 TO praise in our midst then Il
ig our duty Co BE- clean and manly IL
our daily lives and to do our duty by
the State.
This Ia our hour, our day, our time
Go 20 make and 90 build that our fell
lowmen may b. better for our having
lived we cannot live our lives our
selves. Men are 80 created that they
must have company. Man is social
being. Men will gather together in
clubs, in meeting places, and IL there
be none or these at hand, they will
assemble In dives and salons. Com
pany they will have, and II none Of
the better sort be at hand or chosen
then the evil In men prevails.
We speak or society, and daily read
ing OF newspapers and magazines &C
centuates the idea, as IL where there
is no leisure there can be no society,
that riches and poverty fix the social
standing of u all T take the middle
course and declare that Gentlemen
and Ladies are to be found living in
poverty as well as in af1uence. Gold
cannot measure the value of man.
a Gentleman IL a. Gentleman does.
The Rule OF Conduct il the Meas
ure Of the Man.
You have heard the old adage, "He
was a gentleman to the manor born"
That was English. 1t meant land and
estates entailed. Tit meant privileg-
ed class and a separate class of serv
ing people. 1t meant an established
Church. It meant King, House Of
Lords and a House of Commons. Out
Of it all grew our Revolution, which
made our country and our nation. So
we Americans can be grateful that all
these causes existed for it all made
us more united and aggressive peo-
pie, when our forefathers adopted the
Stars and Stripes a. our flag and
made us a nation.
Sir Knights and my fellow citizens,
/ would not have you understand,
however, that 7 think there Is nothing
in family history. There Il much in
| IT, Show me a man who can find
nothing good in his native town and
nobody worth while in his community,
and more often than otherwise you
will find that man one who should
long ago have gone into a new coun-
| try, and changed his name and begun
life all over again
| AS in the days of old, when Knight
hood was in Flower, when mailed
men rode forth alone to do battle with
the monsters, who would enslave wo-
manhood, there Is service to be done
today and enemies to be vanQuished.
| If you and I, Sir Knight, live our lives
a. clean, sober, Industrious, God
fearing men, then and then only shall
we be worthy OF companionship with
the comrade Of our beautiful women,
for after all, THE men of earth build
houses-halls and chambers-roofs
and domeg. The women of earth
God knows, the women build the
homes"
! Then in conclusion the speaker
painted the picture of a home quoting
"a Lovers Dream of Home" by Sir
EdWard-BulWer LyttOn