The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-30
WONDERFUL MEETING
FOR nth LIBERTY LOAN
Tremendous Crowd at The ArmOr'y
Yesterday Afternoon to Hear
Judge Covington And Rev. George
Bennett Discuss The War.

| The capacity of the Cambridge
Armory is said to be about 1900 per
sons; it was not taxed to its utmost
/ capacity yesterday afternoon, but it
! is estimated that the crowd present
numbered at least 1900 persons.
This splendid attendance augurs well
| for the success of the Fourth Liber-
! ty Loan, the campaign for which OPP
| ened on Saturday.
The meeting was called to order
about three o'clock by George w.
Woolford, ESQ, county chairman,
who asked Rev. George Bennett to
invoke the Divine blessing. Follow
ing the prayer, Mr.. Woolford brief
ly outlined the object of the meeting
and introduced the Hon. J. Harry
COyington, former Congressman from
this district. and until recently Chief
Judge of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Judge Coving-
ton made wonderful speech; he
used plain, straight-out talk, he did
not mince words at all, and he made
it very clear to his hearers that he
regarded the man who attempted to
shirk doing his full duty in subscrib-
ing for Liberty Loans as a greater
Stacker and an object of greater con-
tempt than the man who attempts to
evade military duty.
He stated the objects of the Unit
ed States in this war; how Germany
had repeatedly failed to keep faith
with this country; how promise after
promise had been broken, showing
how utterly lacking in honesty of
purpose or honesty of action the
present German government is. The
war, he said, is one of Democracy
against Autocracy. Ever since the
dawn of civilization the greatest
achievements of the history have
been accomplished by nations living
under a Democratic form of govern
ment; the great development of art,
the sciences, literature. ETC., for
which ancient Greece was noted were
all achieved during the time when
the people ruled, and with the de-
cadence of the peoples rule, there
followed a falling off in the arts,
sciences, literature. and all those
brilliant accomplishments which re-
suit from open competition.
The splendid accomplishments of
Rome were all achieved while it was
a republic. As soon as the people
lost control of their government, as
soon as the Emperors obtained con-
troll of the State and were able to
reward favorits, without regard to
merit. Immediately there followed
tie decline which ultimately resulted
in the downfall of the Roman gov
eminent and the great civilization
which had been achieved under its
popular government.
The greatest achievements OF
red while it was Republic. IkSse
times have the rights of the people OF
France been wrested from them, and
three times have there been revolu-
tons, in when the people have ov-
erthrown those who have attempted
to take their rights from them.
Speaking of our own independence.
he stated that he was surprised to
find that so many persons overlook
ed the fact that our independence
was not wrung from an English king,
but that instead many of the leading
men in England, such as Pitt,the Earl
of Chatham, and others, were in IA
vor of according the colonies liberal
treatment, representation, local self
government, but it was German
king, one who could not speak the
English language, who happened to
be on the throne at that time, and
who so strongly insisted upon refus-
ing the colonies the right of self
government, and who sent German
troops to America to try and over
come the colonies.
Judge Covington stated that he
strongly favored the CONSUMPTION OF
wealth the same as the men have
been drawn for military service, and
that he hoped this would be the last
call for voluntary subscriptions, but
that instead the government would
allot directly loans. In this connec-
ton he spoke of the fact that only
seventeen thousand farmers in the
entire United States have paid an in
come tax, only this number out of
over 100000 farmers. 1t is simply
preposterous to think that only this
number earned $4,000 during the
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