The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-10-25
REPUBLICAN MASS MEtT|h
Large Audience Greets Governor
And Candidates at Grand OPP.
era House.

accommodate about twelve hundred
persons, was we'll filled last even
ing, when Governor Goldsborough,
Thomas Parran, candidate for Unit
ed States Senator, and Oliver Met
zerott, candidate for State Comp
troller, addressed the Republican,
mass meeting which was held al
that place. While the crowd would
undoubtedly have been much larger
had the weather been more pro-
pitious, still there could be no COM
plant, because the main portion Oh
the auditorium was we'll filled with
an attentive audience, which show
ed that the people of the county
are interested in the political situa-
ton in the State as we'll as locally.
DR.. Edgar P. Jones, chairman Of
the State Central Committee, called
the meeting to order, and introduce
ed former Congressman Josiah
Leeds Kerr, as the presiding Off.
GER The first speaker introduceG
by Mr.. Kerr was Hon. Thomas Par
ran, of Calvert county, the Repub-
lican candidate for the United
States Senate.
The people of this section always
eagerly anticipate the speeches of
Mr.. Parran, who is the most hum
orous orator in the State, but last
night the gentleman disappointed
those who were expecting a liberal
supply of humorous anecdotes, for
he confined himself principally to
a serious discussion of the issues
involved in the campaign. But
briefly discussing the tariff, but
predicting dire disaster to the coun-
try as the result of the Underwood
Tariff Bill, Mr.. Parran passed on
to the question of his record, as
opposed to that of State Senator
Blair Lee, who is his Democratic
opponent. He declared that, while
personally and socially, he had not
word to say against his distin-
guished opponent, his political re-
cord was anything but progressive.
ridiculing the direct primary elee-
ton bill of the State, especially the
"envelope'' system, which he de-
neunced in unmeasured terms, de-
clarins that it was designed for the
purpose of placing State offices out
of the reach of poor men. He fur
Their stated that he favored the
Australian system, by means Of
which the voter would 60 into the
booth and there vote for such can
didates as he wanted without any
chance of someone else fixing up
his ballot for him.
After bitterly attacking the cleo
ton laws, he passed on to "Oys-
tiers and Whiskey," and taking up
the former first, stated that he
had always stood by the oyst>r-
mems interest, and that in 1904,
with Gov. Goldsborough, and the
late Sidney Mudd, he had stayed at
Annapolis and fought against the
Hannah bill, and, that in 1906,when
the oyster bill was passed. he had
advised Senator Griffith, s-c=@- ! ,s
own county. Calvert, to vote against
the bill. with the result that he,
Senator Griffith, was the only Sena-
tor who opposed its passage. He
had, SO he stated, been reared
among the oystermen, and had been
carried, as small boy, by them,
in their arms, and fed upon candy,
and by reason of his associations,
his every sympathy had been with
them. His opponent, on the other
hand, he declared, had voted in ia
vor of the bill in 1906, and had
voted against the oystermen upon
every question of importance that
had arisen, and for this reason he
expected and believed he would re-
ceive the votes of the oystermen.
Upon the question of Liquor"
his position was we'll known;he had
stated that he did not believe 1t
would be wise to enforce prohibi-
ton upon Baltimore city, or such
counties as were not permitting
the sale of whiskey, but he was in
favor of a local option bill to
permit the people of Baltimore to
vote upon the question, and also
the people of those counties, and
if they voted to go dry, he would
favor such a bill. His distinguished
opponent, however, he stated, had
not said a word upon the question,
but had refused to answer any OF
the questions upon the question,
which, according to the speaker,
could only be interpreted as mean
ing that Senator Lee was opposed
to local option legislation. Mr.. Par
ran asked his hearers to help elect
the Republican ticket in order that
the hands of Gov Goldsborough
should not be tied.
The next speaker was Mr.. Met
zerott, the candidate for Comp
troller, who stated that he had
not one word to utter against the
Democratic nominee for this posi-
ton, distinguished citizen OF
Cambridge, but urged for his cleo
ton in order that the Board OF
Public Works, which is composed