The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-10-11
A SPLENDID MEETING.
Tremendous Crowd Fills AuditOri-
UNI to Overlooking Last Night
Lee, Magruder, Harrington, Pres
ton And Goldsborough Thrill
The Crowd.

ing dIIlNSu DIT lie AuuICOlluu lds
night they were greeted wit
crowd that numbered not les
than seven hundred persons, hui
dreds of whom had been there sine
seven O'Clock and before, awaitin
the opportunity to get within tn
building. And Notwithstanding tn
large audience within the building
it is conservatively estimated tina
not less thar four hundred pei
sons were turned away because Q
their inability to even gain en-
trance to the building.
w. Lake Robinson, chairman 9
the Central Committee, called tn
meeting to order and introduced Nj
Benjamin S. Insley, who announce
the following list of vice-presidents
T. R. Hackett, Samuel w. Wheat
ley, Alfred NJ Brinsfield, Thoma
c. Sellers, Geo. B. Fleming, Ell
wood LeCompte, Vernon A. Hitch
Harry p. Spilman, J. Hooper Bos
ley, Edward Edmondson, d. B
Prettyman, Duncan L. Noble, Ar
thur K. Austin, Frank E. LOOMS
Webster c. Wroten, VIM. F. Apple
garth R. Pinkney Insley, Alonz;
Adams, A. Halle Creighton, Henri,
Travers, Levin F. Lewis, Herman
Holland, Thos. B. Travers, DAME
F. Condor, Chas. Webster.
! Alton Hackett, Edw. Bramble. D
j. Wiley, Chas. N. Spence, Samue
j. T. Smith, Frank III. Cannon, Dan
iel J. Vickers, d. A. Cooke, Thos
| S. Higgins, ]. Houston Stapleforte
Fred Wright, Jos. Coulbourn, Ar
| thur j. Kirwan, Jos. w. Bradshaw
! Arthur T. Stewart, John B. Natb
| VIM. B. Stevens, VIM. e. Hooper
Jos. E. McKnetf, E. S. Gore, Franz
H. Vincent, w. Alvin Brooks, VIM
H. Brooks, w. w. Harrington, VIM
L. Tregoe, Benz. Fitzhugh, VIM. H
Mcguire, T. Walter Bromwell, Mat.
thew Creighton, Jared R. Shorter
Jos. S. Smith, Chas. H. Seward
VIM. T. Hubbard, T. Edgar Hubert
Chas.. w. Brohawn, L.Eugene Ross
w. M. Brohawn, Herbert Goslin
Thos. w. Lawson.
Thos. H. Horseman, Edgar E
Phillips, Geo. w. Trice, Thos. w
Wright, George Thompson, Fred
Handley, H. J. Lambdin, Chas. Ca
tor, w. J. Holland, H. Pegelows J.
Ennalls Beckwith, JOS. SpeddeH
Mr.. P. Watson Webb presided
over the meeting and introduced as
the first speaker Hon. Blair Lee
of Montgomery county, candidate
for United States Senator. Senator
Lee, who is well-known to the peo-
pie of this city and county, was
given a splendid ovation. He dis
cussed briefly the achievements Of
the Democratic party during the
seven months since the inaugura-
ton, calling especial attention tc
the fact that the party is not on
ly redeeming its pledges to enact
legislation in the interest of the
masses of the people, but also thaa
in doing so no interruption to bust
ness has been occasioned, but, in
stead, the business interests o1
the country have recognized that
the application of conservative bust
ness principles will give a stability
to business conditions that could
not possibly exist where sectional
favoritism and political expediency
were made the basis of legislation.
The speaker urged upon his hear
ers the Importance of passing the
Currency bill, which he stated was,
in his judgment, of at least equal
Importance with the Tariff bill for
under the present system, through
their control of the capital of the
country, the capitalists are able to
depress or initiate the finances OF
the country, and bring on panics al
most at their will. This condition
reslts largely through their con-
troll of the reserve funds of the
national banks all over the country.
The local country banks send their
reserves to the designated reserve
banks of the smaller cities, and
these, in turn, send their reserves
to the larger banks of the larger
cities, as the result of which $780,
100000 is tied up in the banks OF
New York alone, and these banks
lend this money for use in Wall
street, as the consequence of which
it sometimes happens that when
the borrowers on Wall street find
the market going the wrong way
and are unable to respond prompt
ly to the call of the banks, prices
go to pieces and panic is caused,
from which the interests emerge
with millions, which amount is ia.
ken from the public. Senator Lee
stated that the present Currency
measure was designed to avoid
these conditions and to keep the
money of every section, as largely
as possible, in that sections so that
the people who had accumulated id
and had placed it in the banks foI
safe keeping might receive the full
benefits from it.
AT the conclusion of Senator
Lees speech, "Tom" McNulty, can
didate for Sheriff in Baltimore city
sang the Star Spangled Banner
and was greeted with such tumul.
tuous applause that he yielded te
the insistance of the audience and
rendered second selection.
The second speaker was the Hon
Caleb C. Magruder, candidate fol
reelection as Clerk of the Courj
of Appeals. Mr.. Magruder won ths
lady members of the audience BY
the graceful tributes which he pail