Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-03-08
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by Mr.. Warbutton, OF Cecil county,
Republican leader Of the House,
which surpassed any previous effort
recalled in Maryland Legislative his
tory. Upon its conclusion RepubIi-
cans and Democrats alike crowded
around him and showered cJngratu-
Iations upon him and hailed him as
the next Republican candidate for
United States Senator.
We give below an extract of the
beautifully eloquent speech of Mr.
Warbnrton: He said;
~There is a great many fads and
isms in this day, and you know we
are travelling rapidly through what |
cali period OF transition. There
are a great many things that are cali
ed progressive that | do not think
are very progressive, bat if there is one
thing in Maryland that we, as citi-
zens, want to hold on to, it is the
dear old-fashioned home where that
virtue presides thet gave TO this State
he men Of her history Of whom we
are proud. lApplau FL We know
that Sh a k spare, has sal d
'Frailty, thy name is wo-
man. Now, that | do not accept
Lat me reverse that in token OF the
high regard | have of the memory OF
my dear old mother, who sang the
sweet lullaby into my infant ear; let
inc reverse that in toke n
of the loving affection / bear
TO my wife, WHO shares with
me LIES joys and disappointments;
let me reverse in token OF the mem
DRY Of my only daughter, who long
since has gone where beyond these
voices there is pesce;' let me reverse
in token Of the high regard | have
for women. Frailty thy name is no
longer woman, but love and patience
and truth. These are Thy other
names, and God bless the go1d wo-
men Of this state, and as sai4 10 the
Committee on Constitutional Ams,.d-
ments the other night, if there is ane
class Of women in this world | revere
it is that class that goes dow with
the death-damp on her brow into
the very Gethsemane OF suffering
and brings forth sons and daughters,
and trains them to honorable and
useful lives. loud applause
"As | said a moment ago VIVA. we
need is a little old-fashioned piety
in the home. This is an age Cf
res'lessnsss; it IL an age of excitement;
young people now seem to teed up
on excitement. What we want is a
little more Of the old-fashioned kind
of life. You know there is more ID
this life than money. A great many
people are taught and great many
people believe that the only thing
that is worthy of acquiring in this
world is wealth. Now it has beer
said that this is a hard calculating
metallic age; that the temporal force.
of a cold-blooded commercialisn
have absorbed the people; that self
fishness grows space under the
powerful slim ,lus of growing for.
tunes; fhpt wealth sears the con.
science Of those who possess il and
the finer feelings of manhood are
lost and swallowed up in the absorb
ing greed
snow while that is true to some
extent, ] dc not subscribe 10 all that
While it is true that it il an age of
great prosperity and great fortunes
have been and viii be garnered, the
age is conspicuous for its philan-
thropy. Travel where you will,
North, South, East and West, and
you will behold in amazement the
great gifts of wealth dedicated to the
cause of religion, science, learning.
art, suffering humanity, the poor, the
blind, the deaf, the widow, the or
phan; the helpless and the hopele $.
Men who have accumulated great
wealth have poured out of their coff-
ers millions of dollars to aid every
worthy cause, and these great bene-
factions poured forth as they have
been in all parts of our common
country, have greatly aided our ma
tional life in that they have tended
to heal our jealousies, unite our po-
licies, inspire US with new national
life and nnobled our national am
billions and make us a people great
and strong, not for aggression and
quarrelsomeness, but for the peace of
all the world, giving to us the glorius
prerogatiye of heading all nations to
juster laws, sincerer friendship, to
more humaLe policies to universal
Christian brotherhood. Applause. !
.sGod forbid that such an age
should have come upon the home as
this female suffrage would bring a.
bout. And, for that reason, | sin
cerely hope that the membership of
this House will adopt these views
that have feebly attempted to ex-
press and that we will re'egate to tie
legislative Greenmount this bill and
bury it so deep that succeeding SEES
sions ofthe General Assembly will
not be annoyed as we hays BEEN
Loud and long applause?
Mr.. +. Stone Posey made a short
but eloquent speech in opposition to
the measure. lie declared that of
the 80, 900 voters who signed the
petition, a majority were of that
class who will sign anythin that is
presented to them lie asserted that
in Charles County there is not wo-
y