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The Democratic Advocate
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
UK Democratic Advocate Company,
OF WESTMINSTER. MD.
g 0. DIFFENDAL, Manager.
Friday afternoon, June s.im
The date on the label on your paper
shows the time to which your sub
scription is paid.
time table.
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.
Trains leave Westminster, west,
* •■>() 10 and 10.06 a. m., 3.35, 4.25,
603 and <-4S p. m.
Trains leave Westminster, east,
- ]_9 V;J7. 7.12, 8.20 and 9.30 a. m., 3.35
and 17 p. ui.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
number of men are at work clean
ing the Union Bridge reservoir.
The Union Bridge Fire Company
clea;e d about one hundred dollars
from their festival.
The annual meeting of the State Bar
Association will be held at the Blue
Mountain House July 8, 9 and 10.
leslie A. Wood, of Union Bridge,
Ins gone to Poolesvllle, Montgomery
county, where he will go into business.
Joseph Wolfe & Son, of Union
Bridge shipped to Baltimore about
100 = tons of hay during the past
month.
The students of Western Maryland
College will give a dance at the First
Reaimeut Armory Wednesday evening,
June 17.
Chief of Police Hesson killed a dog
that was thought to he suffering from
rabies on Saturday in Smith & Reif
snider’s lumber yard.
Pierce Snyder and Dr. L. E. Stauf
fer. of Union Bridge, were fishing in
the Monocacy on Monday. They had
“good luck.”
A W. Boone won the clock raffled
off 1)v the Union Bridge Firemen at
their’festival on Monday night. The
clock was donated by Jacob Peipert.
The tennis grounds on Court street,
opposite Willis, have been put in fine
condition by Mr. Little. The court
is owned by Attorneys Parke, Roberts
and Reifsnider.
Reisterstown defeated the S. B. Sex
ton baseball club at Reisterstown
Saturday 5 to 0. The feature of the
game was the pitching of Brown, who
struck out 18 men.
Bethany M. E. Church South, near
Franklinville. Md., will hold an ice
cream and strawberry festival in the
grove adjoining the church Saturday
evening and night. June 14.
Every fire insurance policy issued
in this State after June 1 must bear
a stamp attesting that the company is
authorized to do business in the State,
over the signature of B. F. Crouse,
Insurance Commissioner.
Tlie following changes in salaries
of postmasters were announced Mon
day: Ellicott City from SI7OO to SIBOO,
New Windsor from $llOO to SI2OO,
Ridgely from SI2OO to SI3OO, Sykesville
from SI3OO to slsoo,Union Bridge from
SI4OO to SI3OO.
The Blue Mountain express will
make its first trip tomorrow, Satur
day, reaching Westminster about 4.25,
going west. A new time table goes in
to effect on the Western Maryland
nex.' Monday. Changes will be noted
in the Advocate.
Memorial Day services were held
in Union Bridge on Saturday evening
by the Fire Company, Lodges of K. of
P. and Red Men. Led by the band they
marched to the M. P. Cemetery, when
Rev. C. Edward Snyder, pastor of the
M. E. Church delivered an appropri
ate address.
It is claimed that plaster and salt,
two i>arts of the former to one part
of the latter, dropped on the hills of
corn—or potash in the form of kainit
— will have a good effect in keeping
away cutworms and besides will fertil
ize the corn. A very small amount
is all that is required.
Governor Crothers says that the
work of building one main artery from
the Susquehanna river, at Conowingo,
down the entire length of the East
ern Shore will be begun not later
than August 1. The cost of the pro
posed road, which will be more than
200 miles in length will be about sl,-
200,000.
Oliver J. Stonesifer, formerly con
nected with the Taneytown Elevator
Co., has entered into a business con
nection with the Union Bridge Pilot.
We extend the right hand of fellow
ship to Brother Stonesifer, and trust
that in his new occupation he may not
experience the ups and downs incident
to the elevator business.
The dedication ceremonies of the
Jewish Home for Consumptives near
Reisterstown which was founded by
Jacob Epstein will be held Thursday
afternoon, June 11. The home, which
was made possible by the generosity
of Mr. Epstein, will he up to date in
every respect. Within 24 hours after
Mr. Epstein had announced his gift a
number of wealthy Jews of Baltimore
had pledged the money necessary for
its maintenance.
A retired farmer writes: “Post
master Samuel K. Herr who owns a
nice farm about one mile from West
minster on the Baltimore and Reis
terstown turnpike, has the best field
of oats in the county. It was sown by
Milton Swartzbaugh, of Webster
street, by hand. No machine sowing
can equal it. Mr. Swartzbaugh is quite
an expert in sowing grain in the old
yay, before machinery was brought
into use.”
The C. A. Club organized and played
their first game on Ascension day with
the Smallwood nine, defeating them by
a score of ,4 to 3. We would like to
hear from any strong nine. Wm.
Herd, captain; Clarence Stoner, man
ager. Address all challenges to Clar
ence Stoner, Westminster, Md. The
line up is as follows: J. Stoner, c.;
Mm. Herd, p.; C. Stoner, ss.; J. Baby
lon. lb; D. Shunk, 2b.; H. Leister, 3b.;
R- Irving, r. f.; W. Bankert, cf.; W.
Eckenrode, If.
The ladies of the Union Mills M. E.
Church, Union Mills, Md., will hold a
festival tomorrow, Saturday .evening,
on thfc lawn in front of the church.
Union Mills Band will furnish music.
Westminster will be without a fire
company, band or militia next week.
Company H and the First Regiment
Band will leave tomorrow morning for
Eort Howard, where they will spend
10 days in army life. The fire company
leave on Wednesday for Frost
ourg, where it will attend the State
Convention for two days.
I B. F. Shriver Co. started to can peas
P yesterday at their factory near this
Children’s day services will be held
> at Deer Park Chapel Sundav, June 7,
2 p. m.
Main street west of the Western
Maryland Railroad will have eight
- inches taken off up as far as the Forks
of the Road.
Mrs. Jonathan Bixler, of Bachman’s
Valley, has three stalks of pineys
r with 168 flowers on. Also a very fine
■ bed of pansies.
Company H and members of the fire
department, accompanied by the First
Regiment Band, entertained our citi
zens with a parade Thursday evening.
t At a recent exhibition of the Mary
land Colt Show Association second
prize was won by Carrolltonian, own
ed by Wade H. D. Warfield, Sykesville.
1 Children’s day will be observed in
the Methodist Protestant Church on
Sunday morning at 10.30 o’clock.
There will be an elaborate musical
service.
Frank Wilson, of Union Bridge, sent
thirty-five gallons of ice cream to Pen
Mar on Saturday last. Mr. Wilson will
furnish the resort with cream this
summer.
Members of the Royal Arcanum will
hold a social in their rooms in the
Wantz building Tuesday evening, June
9 Ice cream, strawberries and cake
will be served.
Don’t forget “ginger-cake day” at
Manchester next Monday. Everybody
will be there, together with his sis
ters and his cousins and his aunts.
And then some.
By advertisement in another column
the Westminster Deposit and Trust
Company announces a semi-annual
dividend of 3 per cent, and an extra
dividend of 1 per cent.
Miss Margaret Bennett, of this city,
has purchased from Edward H. Cop
persmith, who conducts a sale and
exchange stable on West Main street,
a very fine riding horse.
Samuel Brown, blacksmith, of this
city, who has been confined to the
house for several weeks with his eye,
is still suffering very much. Dr. Eu
gene Sullivan is his physician.
About 40 members of the Junior
Order of Mechanics of this city attend
ed the decoration exercises at Hamp
stead on Sunday last. The meeting
was held in the Hampstead Fire De
partment Building hall.
The new timetable on the Western
Maryland leaves Westminster with no
train to Baltimore between 9.30 a. m.
and 3.35 p. m., the train which form
erly went at 1.35 having been trans
ferred to the other line.
At the beginning of the warm sea
son it is well for all to remember that
the house'fly is generally responsible i
for the appearance of typhoid fever in (
any community, the germ being trans- j
ferred to our food by the feet and legs I
of the pest crawling over it. From |
every room in the house, especially I
the kitchen, the house fly should be
rigidly excluded.
At the regular meeting of Charity
Lodge No. 58, Knights of Pythias, this
city, last Friday night, it was decided
to hold memorial and decoration ser
vices Sunday afternoon, June 12, and
a committee was appointed to make
the necessary arrangements. An in
teresting program is being arranged,
and the members and friends of the
lodge are cordially invited to be pres
ent.
The store conducted by McHenry
Marshall at Tyrone, with its contents,
was destroyed by fire Monday night,
as was also the adjoining dwelling
occupied by Mr. Marshall and family.
The latter' was the property of Mrs.
Mans, and is thought to have been
fully insured. The Mutual Fire of
Carroll County has a policy for S2OO
on the store and contents. The ag
gregate insurance could not be ascer
tained.
The Louisiana University baseball
team defeated Western Maryland Col
lege in this city Tuesday by a score
of 7to 2. It was the last college game
of the season here. Each team got
the same number of hits, but Western
Maryland had more errors and these
were costly. The Louisiana team is
touring the North and meeting teams
from the different colleges. Wednes- j
day they played the University of
Pennsylvania. Counting Tuesday.’s j
contest, they had played 11 games and
won 7, which is a fine showing for a
team away from home. They go as far
as Connecticut before returning to;
Baton Rouge. This is probably the 1
longest baseball tour on record. They!
are a genteel lot of youngsters, a cred- |
it to their school and to the gulf state, i
Odd Fellows’ Hall was crowded Sat
urday afternoon by an audience as
sembled to witness the Memorial Day
exercises. The program was carried
out in an effective and impressive
manner, which could not fail to touch
the hearts of those present and cause
them to beat with gratitude at the
recollection of the men who died for
their country. The parade to the cem
eterv was made particularly pleasing
hv the presence of little girls of a very
tender age, who attracted the smiles
and affectionate comments of all as;
they marched down the street, carry
• ing flowers and flags. They were In
charge of Miss Mary Shellman, to;
! whom is due in great measure the |
• preparation for and performance of
the ceremonies in observance of the
day. _
; Republicans to Elect Democrat-
Early returns indicate that the Re-!
I publicans have elected their candidates |
r in the two Congressional districts of
' Oregon, as well as the Governor; and
; have also won a large majority on
; joint ballot in the legislature, which
1 yet must elect a Democratic United
t States Senator! This extraordinary
result arises from the direct primary
i law. combined with the remarkable
1 popularity of Gov. Chamberlain, a
\ Democrat. He carried the State In
’ 1906 by a plurality of 2,494, although
• the remainder of the Republican ticket
‘ triumphed by pluralities of from 25,-
000 to 30,000, and Rosevelt had won
‘ Oregon in 1904 by 42,988. This year,
? although the Republicans have car
’ ried the State again, as was fully ex
‘ pected, Gov. Chamberlain appears
’ to have a safe lead over his Republl
’ can rival in the vote for United States
Senator. Of course,a Republican Leg
1. islature is under no legal compulsion
a. to elect the Senator who is the proved
choice of the people of the State, but
l. it is normally bound to do so. In
:. deed, Republican candidates for the
b Legislature expressly pledged them
selves to abide by the popular vote
t on the Senatorship. If they do not,
r they will repudiate the direct primary
1 law of which Oregon, has been so
y proud, and under which they them
- selves have their political being. But
e fancy the strain on party loyalty!—
N. Y. Evening Post.
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE, WESTMINSTER, MD.
WEDDING BELLS
Brennan—Shriver.
The marriage of Miss HelenMcSherry
Shriver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.
F. Shriver, of Avalon, Union Mills,
Md., and Leslie Warnick Brennan, a
prominent and wealthy young business
man, of Utica, N. Y., took place in
St. Mary’s private chapel in the old
Shriver homestead,now the residence of
ex-State Senator T. Herbert Shriver,
at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning.
It was a beautiful and very interesting
event. The marriage ceremony was
performed by Cardinal Gibbons, as
sisted by Rev. Joseph H. Cassidy, of
St. John’s Church, Westminster. The
nuptial mass was celebrated by Mon
signor Lynch, of Utica, N. Y.
The bridal party formed at Avalon
and marched across the lawn between
the two homes to the chapel, which
was decorated with Assumption lilies
and ferns.
The bride, who was escorted by her
father, wore an exquisite Princess
gown of heavy white satin, embroider
ed in pearls, and carried a shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley. Her
sister, Miss . Madeline Shriver, acted
as maid of honor, and wore a gown
of white radium, with coronation veil,
and carried pink roses. The brides
maids were Miss Hilda Shriver, of
Union Mills, cousin of the bride; Miss
Mary Rose Devereux, of Utica, N. Y.;
Miss Mary Dugan, of Baltimore, and
Miss Anne Lewis Jones, of Alexandria
Va. They wore dainty Empire gowns
of pink mull, with tulle veils, and
carried pink roses.
The groom was attended by his
brother, Russell H. Brennan, of Utica,
N. Y., and the ushers were Joseph
Shriver, of Union Mills, Cortlandt
Stuyvesant Wheeler, John F. May
nard, Jr., and James S. Kernan. all of
Utica, N. Y.
A breakfast was served at Avalon,
the home of the bride, at which about
150 guests were seated at small tables.
Mr. and Mrs. Brennan left Immed
iately afterward for their wedding
journey. They will live in Utica.
Among those present from Westmin
ster were Mrs. George M. Parke, R.
Abner Parke, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cun
ningham, Mr. and Mrs. William Shriver
and family, Mrs. John L. Reifsnider,
the Misses Reifsnider, Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Roberts, Daniel S. Roberts,
Mrs. Wm. H. Thomas, Brook Fink,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Boyle and
family, Mrs. Charles E. Fink, Roger
Irwin.
Mas se j—Soli ae flfer.
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Mary S. Schaeffer, 95 West
Main street, her second daughter was
married to Dr. John Fletcher Massey,
of Knoxville, Tenn. There was no
attendants and only a few friends and
relatives were present. The bride
; wore a handsome gown of white point
d’esprit trimmed in real lace. The:
i ceremony was performed by Rev. P.
| H. Miller, of Grace Lutheran Church. |
! A reception was held later. Dr. and
' Mrs. Massey left on an afternoon
train and will he at home in Knoxville
after June 20. The bride is a daugh- 1
ter of the late Milton Schaeffer, who
was formerly postmaster at Westmin
ster.
May Term of Court.
Two cases took up the time of the
court this week. Beverly W. Mister
et ah, receivers, vs. Raymond L. Hend- 1
erson, removed from Washington
county, tried before court, decision re- 1
served. Robertson, Bryan, Jr., and
Bend & Parke for plaintiff. Little and
Fink for defendant. i
George F. Diffendal vs. Philadelphia, (
Baltimore and Washington Railroad ,
Co., action for damages, removed
from Baltimore county, trial before
jury, not concluded. Stonebraker,
Spessard and Fink for plaintiff, Carter
and Bond& Parke for defendant.
Sheriff Townshend took to the peni
tentiary last week Thomas Waters, for
larceny, 2 years; Wm. H. Dorsey,
alias Eliza Sam, larceny, 4 years;
Wm. H. Thomas, larceny, 3 years;
Pearl Hammond, 5 years for attempt
to kill and 1 year in House of Cor
rection for carrying concealed weap
ons; Blanche Smith, larceny, 1 year
in House of Reformation; Charles
Robertson, larceny, House of Correc
tion until 21 years of age;Edward Hill
| was convicted of asault with intent to
kill, and Charles Summers of larceny,
j but a new trial is asked in these cases.
A Fine Colt.
j At the second exhibition of the
, Maryland Colt Show Association, Bal
i timore, third prize was awarded Hat
j tie Farris, owned by Benjamin Dorsey,
! Westminster. There were eight en
tries, and the judges had an arduous
duty to perform, as they were all such
fine specimens as to make the sepa
rating of them for awards a very
delicate matter and one which requir
ed the most careful study of every
point. The blood of equine royalty
flowed in the veins of each; not only
of royalty, but of the present fashion
able strains. David Bonner, one of
the judges, told Mr. Dorsey his was
one of the best bred colts in the State
and should make one of the greatest
I stock horses Maryland ever had.
.Much In Little.
The hatmakers says that heads are
increasing in size.
The Czar has a single estate cov
ering 100,000,000 acres.
Figures show that schoolteachers,
as a class are long-lived.
The Mexican porter handles loads
i of 400 pounds with ease.
In proportion to its size a beetle
j is stronger than 100 Horses.
It has been estimated that a Lon-
I don fog weighs 3,000,000,000 tons.
Pawnbrokers in Peking having re
} fused to reduce their 50 per cent.
I rate of interest, the municipal board
, has opened official pawnshops charg
. ing only 15 per cent.
The United States imported from
Central and South America during
1907 goatskins, cattle hides and crude
. rubber to the value of $52,153,330 and
, exported to those countries $3,758,238
• of shoes and leather.
A serious problem for the people
i of Canada to solve is the fuel supply
• of the future. No coal of any kind has
i ever been discovered in Ontario.
• In the older part of the provinces the
i timber Is practically exhausted.
I In boring for oil at Mobile,Ala.,three
; years ago salt water and natural gas
■ were struck at a depth of 400 feet.
> All attempts to shut off the well have
■ been unsuccessful, and 400 acres of
s farm land have been ruined by it.
, While services were being held in
■ the First United Presbyterian Church,
at Bellefontaine, 0., the congregation
• was alarmed by the tolling of the bell.
■ An electric storm was In progress, and
- the bell had been rung by a stroke of
lightning.
STATE CONVENTION.
BRYAN GETS FOUR OF THE SIXTEEN
DELEGATES TO DENVER
Harmony Prevails and Everybody is
Satisfied
The only excitement at the Demo- j
cratic State Convention held Wednes- :
day at the Auditorium Theatre came at ;
the close. Former State Senator W. i
F. Applegarth, of Dorchester county, :
launched forth in a tirade against ;
“gag” rule, insisted upon seconding :
a motion to indorse William Jennings
Bryan, which had not been made, and ;
when declared out of order, broke :
away from his friends, rushed to the
platform and asked the crowd to get ;
together a “rump” convention.
The efforts of Mr. Applegarth were
disapproved by representative Bryan ;
leaders in the convention, who realized |
that in securing four out-and-out
Bryan men on the delegation to Denver :
and inducing the party managers' to :
relinquish their idea of binding the
delegation by the unit rule, they had :
won a considerable victory; in fact, !
more than • they had expected. The :
leaders of the Bryan element, such as ;
Mr. S. S. Field and State Senator 1
Blair Lee, realized that the Bryan fol- j
lowing in the convention was short of ;
a majority and that on a “showdown” i
they cold not muster enough votes <
to obtain an indorsement of Mr. Bryan i
or instructions for the delegation. I
Their advice was strongly against j
attempting it, it being plain that the i
only result would be to precipitate a ■
row* and make things unpleasant. j
Believing that Mr. Bryan will be i
the nominee, these men are anxious to i
have the party in Maryland as har- |
monious as possible. It was with con- !
siderable chagrin that they witnessed ■
the furor kicked up by Mr. Apple- ;
garth over nothing. The incident, 1
however, served to get Mr. Bryan’s ■
name openly mentioned in the con- j
vention and gave to his friends in the !
convention, on the galleries and on the i
stage an opportunity to cheer for him j
of which they were not slow to take. i
Aside from this the convention was ■
harmonious in the extreme and the re- ■
suit , apparently, is satisfactory to :
everyone. There was a considerable •
discussion in the committee on reso- j
lutions, w*hich was in session for I
nearly an hour. The fight there was i
for the indorsement of Mr. Bryan, but j
none of this appeared in the conven- i
tion, and the platform, as finally i
adopted, contained no such indorse- ;
ment. But for the Seibert and Apple
garth speeches, the name of Bryan
would not have been mentioned. j
In the original draft of the platform i
there was a paragraph declaring un- i
alterable hostility against the govern- j
mental ownership of railroads—a pet j
Bryan idea. This was stricken out ;
by the committee, as was also a par- j
agraph declaring that the “commerce :
clause,” in the Constitution was suffi- ;
cient to empower Congress to regulate j
and control railroads. Several senten- :
ces in the original draft, w*hich is said ;
to have been drawn by John P. Poe, ;
which appeared to ameliorate the :
tariff revision plank, were likewise ;
cut out and the stand taken for re- ;
vision is unequivocal. The corrupt ■
Practices act was indorsed and the
Republican party condemned for its
failure to pass the Publicity bill. >
This provision was inserted into the ■
platform after considerable debate.
Those w*ho made the fight in the com
mittee for the Bryan indorsement
were Robert W. Wells, of Prince
George’s county; Major W. E. Stewart,
of Talbot county: James E. Ellegood,
of Wicomico county, and others. They
lost by a vote of 16 to 9 and accepted
the result gracefully. When the re
port was finally submitted by Col.
George M. Upshur there was no dis
senting voice and it was adopted in
full by a unanimous vote.
The convention did not assemble un
til 12.30 the delay being caused by the
difficulty in fixing up the state for dele
gates to the convention. After At
torney-General Straus had consented
to go as a delegate-at-large there was
trouble getting a right man for fourth
place. Congressman Talbott was fin
ally selected.
The George Gray boomers were on
hand about the hotel and at the con
vention. They got what they wanted
—no instructions for Bryan—but they
would have been far better pleased
had the convention adopted the unit
rule w'hich would have prevented
Bryan from getting four of the Mary
land votes on the first ballot.
Senator Isidor Rayner and Senator
John Walter Smith were in attendance
at the convention as were a host of
other well-known Democrats. The in
fluence of Senator Smith in making
up the slate and in determining the
course of the convention was para
mount and his friends were in com
plete control.
Frank I. Lewis represented Carroll
county in the committee on credentials
and George A. Shower was a member
of the committee on resolutions.
The four delegates-at-large are
Governor Austin L. Crothers, Gen.
Murray Vandiver, of Howard county;
Attorney-General Isaac Lobe Straus,
of Baltimore; Congressman J. F. C.
Talbot, of Baltimore county.
Folowing are the district delegates:
First —Andrew W. Woodall, of Kent
county, and W. Grason Winterbottom,
of Dorchester county.
Second —Charles H. Dickey, of Bal
timore county and T. Herbert Shriver,
of Carroll county.
Third—John J. Mahon.of the Fourth
ward, and John Hubert of the Second
ward.
Fourth —S. S. Field, of the Twelfth
ward, and Daniel J. Loden.of the Nine
teenth ward.
Fifth—Jackson H.Ralston, of Prince
Georges county, and J. Frank Smith,
of St. Mary’s county.
Sixth—Blair Lee, of Montgomery
county and G. Semms Hamill, Sr., of
Garrett county.
Presidential electors were named as
follows;
At-Large—J. Enos Ray, Jr., of
Prince Georges and JamesW. Denny,
of Baltimore city.
First district—E. H. Brown, of
Queen Annes.
Second district —John P. Williams,of
Baltimore.
Third district —Dr. H. H. Bledler.
Fourth district—J. Charles Linthi
cum.
Fifth district —William H. Hellen,
of Calvert. _ ,
Sixth district —Charles H. Conley,
of Frederick county.
THE PMTFOBM.
The platform adopted by the Demo
cratic State Convention is as follows:
We hail with deep satisfaction the
abundant and gratifying manifesta
tions of unity and concord In our
ranks all over the State and the al
most total disappearance of the fac
tional strife which for a number of
years so seriously Impaired our
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strength and from time to time imper
iled our success.
No good reason exists for dissension
among the Democracy of Maryland.
The strong, clean and progressive
administration of the State govern
ment by the Democratic party from
1900, Including the splendid record so
far made by Governor Crothers and
of our late Legislature, ought to con
vince our people that their substan
tial interests and the peace, tranquil
ity and good order of the State will
be best advanced and promoted by
a continuance of our political control.
And recognizing that in the purity of
the ballot is thepresentation of the
rights of the people, we heartily in
dorse the Corrupt Practices act and
call upon all citizens to aid in its en
forcement, and we therefore condemn
the Republican party in Congress for
its failure to pass the Publicity bill.
And we have no doubt that in our
next State contest of 1909 the gratify
ing victories of 1899, 1903 and 1907
will be repeated with majorities so
largely increased as to demonstrate
the resolute purpose of our people to
keep our State government in Demo
cratic hands.
Questions of State policy, while
proper to be borne in mind, are not
at this time of paramount importance.
We are just now more especially
concerned in the clear, emphatic and
correct declaration of the principles
upon which the Democracy of the
Union Will conduct the coming Presi
dential contest, for upon our national
platform, more even than upon the
personnel of our candidates, will de
pend the result of this great contest.
The preparation of this platform in
its entirety must be left to the wis
dom of our national convention, but
we feel it to be our privilege, as well
as our ’•kty, to express our views
upon what we believe ought to be
some of the controlling issues of the
campaign.
Speaking for the Democracy of
Maryland, we demand a revision of our
present tariff without delay by our
next Congress along the lines for
which the national Democratic party
has always contended with emphatic
earnestness and unwavering tenacity.
The declaration of some prominent
Republicans that a committee will
look into this vital subject during the
recess of Congress and may, perhaps,
recommend that steps be hereafter
taken to give some measure of tariff
reform to our long-suffering people is
a practical confession that there is
just ground for our complaint; but
we are not content to accept these
vague promises of relief at some in
definite future, or to wait until it shall
please the Republican organization to
dole It out to us.
What we demand is vigorous action
at the earliest practicable moment.
This action should come in the shape
of bold and free protection of the
masses from the insiduous robbery to
which they have been so long subject
ed by the lavish protection showered
by the Republican party for years upon
specially favored classes of our fel
low-citizens who have no just right or
title to be singled out as the recipi
ents of the munificent bounty of the
Government and enormously enriched
out of taxes wrongfully wrung from
the necessities of the great body of
the people.
The reform which we demand is
such a revision of the existing tariff
as will rescue the people from the
oppressive burdens under which they
now suffer, while at the same time it
will steadily keep in view the neces
sity of securing revenues amply ade
quate to all the needs of a frugal,
economical and honest administration
of the Government.
We believe that all this can be done
without injustice to the interests that
in the past have been so needlessly
nurtured and sustained by the Repub
lican party and without detriment or
check to the true prosperity of the
people, and we appeal to our country
men to support us in this demand for
relief and protection against greed and
oppression and retrenchment in the
expenditures of the Government.
The Democratic party has always
maintained that the powers of the
Federal Government under our Con
stitution are absolutely supreme with
in their orbit and cannot lawfully be
denied, resisted or obstructed when
! exercised within their true sphere.
It has also always maintained with
equal vigor and tenacity that the re
served rights of the sovereign States
of which our Federal Union is com
posed should be resolutely and stoutly
maintained against Federal encroach
ment.
And it stands today, as it has al
ways stood, the unrelenting foe, on
the one hand, of those who would de
prive the Federal Government of any
of its constitutional powers, and on
the other hand, of those who would
take from the States and give to the
Federal Government any of the powers
which exclusively belong to the States.
As members and representatives of
the national Democratic party we are
jealous of all attempts to belittle the
powers of the Federal Government
and to deny it the free and full ex
ercise of any single one of its lawful
powers.
But, at the same time, we hold that
in the Constitution alone are to be
found the measures and limitations of
Its jurisdiction and that no departure
from these limitations can be tolerated
without peril to the Republic.
We denounce, therefore, the dang
erous, new-fangled doctrine that pow
ers which, In the opinion of the advo
cates of boundless centralization ought
to be possessed by the Federal Gov
ernment, but, which, under the Consti
tution,exclusively belong to the States,
can lawfully or safely be exercised by
the Federal Government simply be
cause the States have not seen f.t to
. exercise them; and we denounce that
equally dangerous claim that the Con
stitution may be elastically expand
ed by executive or judicial amendment
i instead of by amendments enacted
in the specific mode provided in the
Constitution.
Federal usurpation and encroach
ment cannot be justified, excused or
tolerated or overlooked upon the
ground of alleged expediency, desir
ability or necessity; nor upon the
equally alarming ground that, if in
any given case the States shall fail
to exercise their just powers, the pow
ers of the general Government shall
thereby be enlarged to meet the sup
posed emergency.
We declare our inflexible opposition
to both of these methods of expand
ing Federal power at the expense of
the just powers of the States and we
especially denounce the bold and rev
olutionary threat that the omission of
the States to pass laws upon subjects
within the Constitutional powers
may be treated as a surrender of
these powers into the hands of the
Federal Government which may then
lawfully proceed as if such powers
were possessed by it under the Con
; stitution.
We declare also that upon the Presi
dent are conferred certain executive
i functions and powers distinctively
specified in the Constitution to which
| the safety of the Republic requires
that he shall be strictly confined.
We repudiate and denounce the un
warranted pretension that beyond
these carefully enumerated powers
the President possesses other general
and indefinite powers of the existence
and extent of which he is the judge,
and we therefore condemn as of dang
erous tendency and evil example his
persistent attempts to dictate and co
erce legislation by Congress, his fla
grant disregard of the true limitations
of the Executive office, his autocratic
claims to power beyond the letter and
the spirit of the Constitution, and his
arrogant declaration that if Congress
shall refuse to carry out his will he
himself will carry it out in defiance of
Congress. *
The wide field of pur national pol
itics presents a number of other Im
portant Issues, but upon them we
await the action oir our Democratic
National Convention with entire con
fidence that the platform which sec
tions of the Union will put forth, to
gether with the candidates whom they
will nominate, will be sure to receive
our hearty approval and the generous
and loyal support of the thoroughly
united Democracy of Maryland.
The estate of David Valentine was
settled at Fall River, Mass., after hav
ing been in the courts 102 years.