Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-11-02
Mr.. H. j. HINTS Address At Be-
thesda, Md, Nov. 4.

Ladies and Gentlemen 1t is my pleas
ure to welcome you here this evening
not only as your Democratic Committee
man, but as lifelong resident of this
section Of Montgomery county. where our
mutual interests should draw us closer
together in bond of friendship and prog
ress.
1t is an inspiring thing to know that the
greatest President who ever presided as
Executive of this nation was nominated on
Maryland soil, five years ago, amid the
strains of Maryland, My Maryland, floating
out over that vast audience in the city of
Baltimore.
No President except George Washington
and Abraham Lincoln has ever been so
shamefully abused, so carpingly criticised.
and so unjustly assailed by slackers and
traitors while his shoulders are bent down
with the burdens and lives of hundred
million American people whom he loves
than our present Executive, Woodrow Will
son. and like Washington and Lincoln the
name Of Wilson will be emblazoned on the
shields Of, our posterity as the protectors of
this great Republic.
The United States is far more prosperous
today than it was five years ago. 1t is
more prosperous than it has ever been
under any previous administration. Do
you know that the gold reserve of this
country, even after the loans we have ad-
vanced to the Allies. is greater than that
of England. France. Germany and Austria
combinedS Since 1912 bank deposits have
increased over 40 per cent. The increase
Of exports over imports in the trade bal
ance of the nation is $50 per cent. The
railroad earnings for 1915 were % per
cent greater than in 1912. The average
annual value of farm products for the past
five years is over ten billions of dollars,
while the average under the two preceding
Republican administrations was only eight
billions.
Figures are some times dry. but when
they present such facts as have been stated
it leaves nothing for our Republican friends
to combat
There has been more progressive and
constructive legislation placed upon the
statute books during the administration of
Woodrow Wilson than any in the history
of the country. II is useless to put mag
nificent roof upon house unless you place
with it the proper rafters and studding to
support it. 1t was idle for us to have re-
turned Woodrow Wilson to the White
House unless each and every registered
Democratic voter goes to the polls on Tues
day. November the 9th. and elects to the
offices Of both State and county those who
will uphold his hands and encourage him
in the great strain under which he Is
working.
We have as a candidate for the impor-
tant Office of Comptroller of the State of
Maryland man who has already proven
his worth in that capacity. Mr.. McMullen
has allowed himself to be the candidate of
our great party on this occasion because
we called upon him to do so and he has
responded nobly. Hugh McMullen halls
from the same section of the State as that
great intellect and deep thinker for the well
fare of the people, David Lewis, than whom
no better man ever represented the State
of Maryland in the nations Congress.
call upon you to give Mr.. McMulen the
largest Democratic majority of any county
in the State.
There is man residing in our neighbor-
ing district of Wheaton who. when elected
to the Legislature of Maryland, served his
county and party faithfully and well. A
man who. after having known him for
many years, can earnestly say has proven
that he has placed party loyalty above
fractional strife, and that he is both kinds
of a Democrat. that which is spelled with
little and that emphasized with big
D. refer to our candidate for the State
Senate, j. Dawson Williams. Mr. Williams
for his loyal support of his successful OPP
ponent in the primary election four years
ago should receive the vote of every right
thinking and minded man in Mont
gomery county.
But. my friends, we must not be content
to elect our candidate to the State Senate
alone. He needs with him as colleagues
in the Legislature the four loyal Demo-
Gratis from Montgomery county. who have
been regularly nominated by our party for
the House of Delegates. to see that State
laws are enacted that will be in accord
with the following statutes already placed
upon the books Of our national Congress:
The Federal Reserve Act. the Rural
Credits and Farmers Loan Law. the Work
mems Compensation Law. the Child Labor
Law. the Clayton Antitrust Law. the good
roads legislation, known as the Shackel-
ford Road Law. under which our State OF
Maryland receives over six hundred thous-
and dollars to be used in the improvement
OF our roads. and last, but not least. the
Income Tax. which places the burden Of
taxation in correct proportion on those who
are best able to bear il.
All Of these things. my fellow-citzens,
are undeniable truths which the Republi-
can candidates and their following cannot
assail and they are forced to exclude all
reasonable issues from their argument.
The four candidates for the House Of
Delegates. Of whom have spoken. are all
lifelong residents Of Montgomery county.
Mr.. Josiah W. Jones is one of our leading
citizens. farmer in the Sandy Spring
neighborhood. Of Olney district, who was
formally most excellent President Of our
montgomery County Agricultural Society.
Mr. Hazel Cashell have known for many
years. He is an upright. conscientious.
resident Of the Redland section Of the
county. where he owns and operates one
Of the finest stock farms in the county.
Mr.. William H. Fawsett, who is exceedingly