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FORTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 46
REPUBLICAN HARMONY BANQUET
WAS A VERY GREAT SUCCESS
Governor Goldsborough and Party Workers From
All Over the State Meet Around Festal
Board to Discuss Plans for Party
Organization and Unity.
Stirring Speeches Made by Governor Goldsboro, Senators Jackson
and Zihlman, State Roads Commissioner Ramsay, Hon. Thomas
1 Parran and Hon. John B. Hanna. v
Greatest Republican Function Ever Held in Allegany County Good
Music, Good Speaking and a Dinner Fit for the Gods Enjoyed
by 272 Guests—Harmony the Key Note Throughout
Future Prospects for Party Very Bright.
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STATE ROADS COMMISSIONER ANDREW RAMSAY.
[Cut used is by courtesy of the Cumberland News.]
In its write-up of ttje great Repub
lican harmony dinner given at the
Queen City Hotel, Cumberland, last
Thursday night, the Cumberland
Daily News very truthfully says:
“It was one great and glorious night
in the annals of Allegany county Re
publicanism—one great episode in the
annals of Republicanism in the State
of, Maryland, was last night, when
with Governor Phillips Dee Golds
borough, guest of honor, Mr. Andrew
Ramsay was host at a banquet at the
Queen City Hotel to members of the
Republican party from all over the
state, nearly three hundred of whom
accepted the invitation to what has
been termed a ‘harmony’ dinner.
“Headed by the Governor of Mary
land, and having as guests such lead
ing men as United States Senator
William P. Jackson, Hon. John B.
Hanna, State Senator Harvey J.
Speicher, Hon. Thompson Brown, of
Washington county, State Senator
Frederick N. Zihlman of Allegany,
Col. W. Bladen Lowndes, of Balti
more, Hon. John Hanson, Hon. O. S.
Metzerott, and many other prominent
men, the dinner first intended as a
private and complimentary one to
Governor Goldsborough, assumed, in
its proporations, a State function,
held by Republicans in the Gibralter
of Republicanism, Allegany county,
of which Cumberland is the county
seat.
“Besides coming in response to
Commissioner Ramsay’s invitation
from Baltimore and Annapolis, 'there
was a notably large representation
from Cumberland present, likewise
from Frostburg, Lonaconing, Mid
land, Eckhart, Westernport, Mount
Savage, Ellerslie, Barton, with a
iscore or more each from Garrett coun
ty, Washington county, and other
outside places where Republicanism
is rampant and strong.
“There was little need to nickname
the affair a ‘harmony’ dinner, for it
was no nickname whatever. Harmo
ny and unity of. action tending to
wards the success of the Republicans
in the state was the keynote in speech
es by all the orators. Senator Jack
son’s speech teemed with this senti
ment, as did .that of Governor Golds
borough and others.”
The Program.
The order of the printed program
was as follows, but was deviated from
considerably, and some very excel
lent speaking and singing was render
ed that was not printed on the pro
gram:
The Menu.
Green Turtle
Queen Olives Celery
Baked Trout, Tomato Sauce
Potatoes Brabant
Roast Turkey Craneberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes Petit Pois
Shrimp Salad, Mayonnaise
Neapolitan Ice Cream Assorted Cake
Fruit Coffee
THE FROSTBURG SPIRIT
The Speakers Scheduled.
Andrew Ramsay, of Mt. Savage;
Phillips Dee Goldsborough, Governor
of Maryland; Wm. P. Jackson, United
States Senator; Harvey J. Speicher,
State Senator; Thompson Brown, of
Washington county; John B. Hanna,
Treasurer of State Central Committee;
Frederick N. Zihlman, State Senator.
As before stated, the program was
somewhat deviated from. Some good
singing and speaking was rendered
that was not on the program, and
some few features of the program
were also changed or omitted for want
of time, or at the request of those
who were scheduled to render them.
While the sumptuous feast was be
ing disposed of, the menu was inter
spersed with fine singiug, and also by
excellent music by Carl F. Schmutz’s
Qrchestra.
The Music Rendered.
Among the songs that were sung
were the following: “The Trail of
the Lonesome Pine,” “That Old Girl
of Mine,” “Maryland, My Maryland,”
“Dixie Land,” “Roamin’ in the
Gloamin’,” “I Love a Lassie,” “A
Wee Doch-An-Doris.”
The orchestra rendered the follow
ing selections: “Stars and Stripes,”
“King Dodo,” “On the Beautiful
Blue Danube,” “My Raggyodore,”
“Humoresque,” “Pique Dame,” “The
International Rag,” “Spring Maid,”
“Peg o’ My Heart,” “II Travatore,”
“Wiener Blut,” “Sunshine and Flow
ers,” “Brides and Butterflies,” “Rose
Maid,” Roman Races.”
Last Scheduled Feature of
the Program.
The last scheduled feature of the
program was a recitation entitled
“My Old Maryland Home,” by the
author, P. L. Livengood, editor of
this paper. This feature
on the program at the special request
of State Roads Commissioner Ramsay,
who was both host and toastmaster at
the banquet.
Editor Livengood is the author of
several poems which pay a high trib
ute to his native state and have be
come quite popular with worshippers
of the muse, among whom Mr. Ram
say is numbered, being somewhat of a
poet himself and a staunch admirer of
“My Old Maryland Home,” composed
by the writer.
However, the author of the poem
aforesaid, did not get to recite it, ow
ing to the departure of the Frostburg
train before his portion of the pro
gram could be reached. But the
author had no regrets on that account,
as the audience had so many other
and better things to listen to. There
fore he joined the Frostburg party for
home at midnight, just as Governor
Goldsborough was in the midst of his
masterful address, which all were
, greatly enjoying when the train cut
their pleasure short by getting ready
FROSTBURG, MD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1913
to start for Frostburg and all other
towns on the C. & P. road.
The speeches lasted until long after
the midnight hour, and those who had
time to remain and take in the entire
program were indeed fortunate.
The Banquet Chamber.
The big dining room at the Queen
City Hotel had been transformed into
a banquet chamber. Three long
tables running the full length of the
room, with another at the head of the
room for the distinguished guests and
orators, with every seat filled with the
nearly three hundred guests—this
was the sight that greeted one at 8:30
o’clock when all sat down to the table.
Following grace by the Rev. Wil
liam Cleveland Hicks, Manager
Swayne’s corps of expert waiters
served the dinner.
When the wants of the inner man
had been abundantly satiated, Mr.
Andrew Ramsay, the host and toast
master, arose to attest the extreme
pleasure which the presence of so
large and distinguished an assembly
afforded him. He made clear at the
outset that this “Harmony Dinner’’
was solely as the title signified, in the
interest of fetter friendship and more
intimate acquaintance, and with no
thought of personal ambititon or self
aggrandizement. He realized the im
portance, if the Republican party is
to attain its former influence and
power throughout the state of Mary
land, of dismissing petty jealousies
and prejudices, and obliterating fac
tionalism. “In mutual concession,”
said Mr. Ramsay, “we shall secure
mutual benefit, hence let us pursue a
give-and-take-policy, with the single
interest of restoring the Republican
party to great glory and power.”
“I wish to express my extreme pleas
ure and gratification for this kind and
refnarkably handsome way you have
responed to my modest and somewhat
feeble invitation,” said Mr. Ramsay.
“I am proud to see here so many of
my neighbors and friends of Allegany
county, and I am proud to see here so
many distinguished gentlemen, so
many men of mark from adjoining
counties and throughout the state,
but I am more than proud if you have
met here tonight around this table
through any humble efforts of mine.
“I am highly honored and feel more
pleased to see this notable company
than I can find words to express. I
am happy to have j-ou all, and thrice
happy to be able thus to claim friend
ship with such a large and represent
ative gathering. Gentlemen, I bid
you welcome, a warm welcome, a
hearty welcome. I welcome you with
open arms, not only to this table, not
only to Cumberland and to Allegany
county, but I welcome you to the
promise of a better, a brighter, and I
hope, a more victorious future.
“My motive in asking you here is a
perfectly simple one, a natural one,
but one I wish to impress on you, and
one I wish you to remember, the only
meaning, the only motive, I say the
only motive—is friendship and ac
quaintance. A better acquaintance
and a stronger, truer feeling of friend
ship among us all.
“I will admit there is a slight, only
a slight political flavor, not at all un
pleasant to the taste, but the under
lying reason, the intention is an ear
nest of poor endeavor to know you
better, and for you all to know each
other better.
“Co-operation that is worth while is
only possible between friends, and
without co-operation we cannot • hope
to secure results that count.
“The splendid results secured here
in this county a month ago, and which
were so satisfactory to some of us,
were altogether due to friends help
ing friends, to a spirit of friendship
and co-operation, to a long pull, a
strong pull, and a pull altogether, and
this spirit ought to be nourished, it
ought to grow, it ought to expand,
until the slightest feeling of animos
ity and petty jealousy has disappear
ed and is buried forever.
‘He who has a thousand friends
has never one friend to spare,
But he who has one enemy will meet
him everywhere.’
“In society, in friendly association
and co-operation we must all sacri
fice something to the other, something
to the common good, we must of
necessity give and take. In mutual
concession we have a consequent mu
tual benefit, then why not accept this
in the spirit in which it is offered. As
an effort on my part, a small effort if
you will, but still an honest, sincere
effort to strengthen the growing ties
of friendship, an honest sincere ef
fort to cement the bonds of unity, so
that we may have the strength that
comes from union, the union and the
strength for battles yet to come, for
victories too great to be confined
within the mountains of Allegany
county.”
Mr. Ramsay, in briefly introducing
Senator William P. Jackson, paid
glowing tribute to the sterling worth
and ability of the distinguished young
Republican whose loyalty to the par
ty, and untiring efforts were contrib
uting factors in the election of Gov.
Phillips Lee Goldsborough. Senator
Jackson spoke as follows:
Senator Jackson’s Address.
If there is one thing that brings
special pleasure in the midst of this
delightful hospitality on this my first
• visit to your city, it is the thought
that we are met in part to celebrate
• the election of a Republican Senator
. in a county which has so many vic
: tories for the grand old party to its
credit. We are also assembled to
counsel together for the future, to
, devise plans whereby our cause may
, not only continue to triumph in Alle
- gany, but may ultimately be success
. ful throughout the state. And there
. fore, without further indirection and
resisting the temptation to spend all
. of my time in congratulating our host
. on the success of this dinner, let me
) point out to you two essential condi
tions towards the realization of these
. ends so devoutly wished by all. These
. essentials I desire to mention are not
, unknown. On the contrary their very
familiarity and simplicity may some
[ times lead us to overlook their im
portance and make necessary a re
. direction of our minds to the fact
. that, unless they are present, hope of
i success is as futile as for a warring
and factional mob to Seek to sweep
. aside the bayonets of a disciplined
army. And my simile suggests the
first of these two essentials. It is
harmony.
i I place harmony as the first of the
: two essentials. It is really also the
fundamental condition precedent be
i fore our party can hope for success.
Is not the loss of this erstwhile solidly
Republican Congressional district
, sufficient proof that lack of harmony
• is our undoing? Are not our Demo
cratic friends centering their hopes
for a continuation of power more on
. our lack of unity than upon their own
: merits and deserts? Gentlemen, all
other considerations pale into insig
nificance when contrasted with the
■ supreme importance of our fighting
the enemy in one united Effort rather
: than fighting among ourselves. I be
: lieve we are realizing this truth. I
believe the substantial efforts to close
: the old gaps among our ranks and
the results that appeared in the last
i election, are certain evidence that we
i are realizing this truth. And aside
■ from this visible progress towards re
union, we may take fresh encourage
; ment from the thought that direct
: primaries should remove for the
future the causes that have produced
: hard feelings and the consequent dis
organization in the past. If rival can
! didates for a nomination submit their
: claims to the pecJFe ii a fair 'direct
■ primary, each thereby renounces the
• right to claim when defeated that
favoriteism and intrigue triumphed
rather than the choice of the people.
For can anyone feel aggrieved by
; the decision of the majority of the
people in a case where it is agreed
; the majority should decide? Further
more, gentlemen, there is a moral
duty on the part of the defeated can
didate to support the choice of the
majority, except in those extremely
rare instances when a question of
conscience is involved. For if minor
-1 ities will not acquiesce in the decision
of the majority, thenjthere is an end
! to popular government. Again, if the
faction defeated in the primary re
fuses support to the victorious ma
jority, and think by this means to
cause their own convictions to pre
vail, they are actually bringing about
' the downfall of the principle repre
sented by the party to which their
1 very presence in the primary shows
their allegiance.
But I am attempting to prove a self
evident fact. The prime need of our
partv is for every man to make some
concession towards the common pur
pose; to sacrifice some little ambition
for the common good; to put aside
some little jealously for the welfare
of all; to think less of self and more
of party; to realize once and for all
that the triumph of one’s personal
views can come only through co
operation, and to grasp the eternal
1 truth that a great party, like a nation,
can speak only through a majority
thereof.
United, our party future looms
bright. To realize that future in all
1 its brilliancy, I call your attention to
' the second of the two essential con
ditions I had in mind. The party
1 must stand for the best. We are a
' minority. The worst element in a
' community, those persons who com
: mercialize their convictions, whose
1 activities are the direct cause of the
• unwholesomeness in our political life,
> attach themselves to the majority
> party; for it is the majority party only
■ that can make their loyalty worth
! while, that has the power to give them
> the rewards of office and special
■ favors their debauched patriotism de
> mands. We could not win over this
t class if we tried. We must appeal to
; those citizens who are not attached
' by chains of financial interest to the
1 Democratic party. Our problem is to
• convince the good citizenship in this
state that we stand for the best and
1 most enlightened government. To do
1 this the party machinery must be
1 honest and efficient. We must have
' a platform that is not loaded either
• with the theories of extremists or with
' matters not properly the subject of
• political discussion; that on the one
r hand preserves that which experience
has proved the worth, and on the
other hand strikes fearlessly at exist
s ing abuses and proposes a construc
s tive plan for their correction,
t Gentlemen, these are the two essen
: tials as I see them. They can each
1 be realized, and therefore this meet
ing should be filled with hope. Our
' party has an honorable record in this
1 state. The administration of the late
' Governor Lowndes is a record of what
1 has been achieved, and by which we
may be proud to be judged. The ad
■ ministration of Phillips Lee Golds
borough is a present and living evi
dence of our present capacity to gov
ern, to which we can confidently point
as an achievement worthy of the best
; of Republicanism.
May these few words then, tend to
■ push away any lingering discord and
doubt, and place in their stead unity
: and hope for the future.
Mr. Parran’s Views.
Hon. Thomas Parran, late of Con- (
gress and more recently Republican
candidate for United States Senator,
having been vanquished at the No- (
vember election by his Democratic
opponent, with a characteristic touch
of wit, said in response to the toast
master’s introduction that “since a
certain rather interesting event of a
month or so ago his mind had drifted
from politics into other channels, and
on his farm he was endeavoring to
grow sufficient corn and raise enough
hogs to assist President Wilson in his
loudly proclaimed effort of cutting
down the high cost of living. Thus
far he had not been able to be of
much assistance to the President.”
As to the progress that is being
made in Maryland and throughout the
United States toward a reunited par
ty, Mr. Parran was of the opinion that
it would not “be long before the
chickens came home to roost.”
Mr. Parran showed himself a game
loser by declaring that he is a
stauncher Republican today than ever,
and he had the eHtire audience in an
uproar of laughter at frequent inter
vals during his speech by relating
many humorous stories that served
admirably to clinch his arguments.
Mr. Parran said the Republican
party was not only holding its own,
but improving at a rapid rate. By
way of suggesting betterment, Mr.
Parran declared for a more efficient
party organization. During his cam
paign for the Senatorship, Mr. Parran
found many palpable weaknesses in
county organizations. He advocated
new blood and new life for county
leadership, _&nd a permanent State
Central Committee active throughout
the year, and not simply called into
being a few weeks before election.
Mr. Hanna Optomistlc.
Hon. John B. Hanna, Collector of
Internal Revenue and Chairman of
the Republican State Central Com
mittee, was emphatic in his declara
tion that the Republican party would
speedily come into its own. Although
recently rent asunder by dissension,
there had come an awakening. Bit
, terness and prejudice had been cast
aside as unworthy of Republicans.
Substantial progress was apparent at
every hand, and apprehension and
uncertainty already begotten by Dem
ocratic misrule, was certain to result
in the Republicans being returned to
national control. To Governor Golds
borough and his administration Mr.
Hanna paid high tribute. He said
that by virtue of the wise and consci
entious acts of Governor Golds
borough, a healthier, better condition
in public life had been wrought in
Maryland than, ever existed before.
In conclnsion, Mr. Hanna compli
mented his host upon the grand suc
: cess of the dinner, and earnestly
besought the aid of the banqueting
1 host in a harmonious and earnest
1 effort for closer and more potent polit
: ical affiliation.
In his introduction of the guest of
honor, Governor Phillips Lee Golds
borough, the host and toastmaster was
( especially felicitous, and his remarks
were greeted with a storm of ap
' plause.
“It is not necessary that I should
introduce him to you, he is known to
| all of you; you all know what high
ideals and good qualities he possesses.
“Many of you knew him years be
. fore I did, but it has been my priv-
L ilege to come in close contact with
him, to work with him, to note the
. workings of his mind, and the prompt
, ings of his heart. I have seen his
. keen analytical brain cut the Gordian
knot of problems too difficult for
, others to solve, and again wondered
, at the warm workings of a heart that
t is all red blood. I have seen ambi
i tion gratified and displaced by a
[ strong, earnest, yearning desire for
. the betterment of this good old state
. of Maryland, for improvement in our
, schools for our children, improve
[ ments in our roads for our farms, im
, provements and benefits for our work
, ing folks in sickness and in death,
s improvements even for those forgot
[ ten by all save their mothers—the
, poor wretches in our prisons.
; “When 1 expected in my egotistical
: ignorance to find a politician, I found
' a man, an honest man, and all that
i name implies. Burns says, “Princes
t and Lords are but the breath of
: Kings. An honest man is the noblest
i work of God.”
: “Gentlemen, please rise and greet
- the standard bearer of the Republican
- party, an honestman, His Excellency,
the Governor of Maryland, Phillips
- Lee Goldsborough. ’ ’
The Governor’s Address.
The Governor was visibly affected
as the banqueters rose to their feet
and sang lustily, “For He’s a Jolly
Good Fellow,” to the accompaniment
of the orchestra.
“Somehow words fail to convey my
appreciation of the high honor you
have bestowed upon me, or my happi
ness in the presence of this great as
semblage of Republican workers and
well-wishers, whose presence and
manifest interest are so significant of
the future welfare of the party,” said
the Governor in prefacing his eloquent
address. Referring to the fact that
although relatively a young man, or
at least at the zenith of physical and
mental manhood, he had spent twenty
five years in public life, Governor
Goldsborough declared that this oc
casion brought vividly to him the con
viction that the “party of Lincoln, of
Grant, of Garfield, of McKinley,, of
Roosevelt and Taft is not dead,” for
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GOVERNOR PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH.
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which he gave devout thanks. He
spoke of the signal honor that had
been conferred upon him by the peo
ple of Maryland and declared that he
was earnestly trying to give a good
account of his stewardship. To the
administration of the late Governor
Lloyd Lowndes, the state’s Chief Ex
ecutive referred in most praisworthy
vein, and asserted that it was his
ardent desire and earnest purpose to
emulate in wealth of service and
benefit to the people of the state the
grand work accomplished by Governor
Lowndes. While with a Democratic
legislature, and many of the import
ant state boards under the control of
that party, Governor Goldsborough’s
efforts may only result in a negative
work, he earnestly asked for “the
support of every honest man who had
ever called himself a loyal Republi
can.”
“I have made mistakes,” said the
Governor, “and I have aroused ani
mosities in my own party. When I
came into office I had 4,000 appoint
ments to make, and a total of 65,000
applications to consider. It was im
possible to do otherwise than disap
point more than 60,000 persons. But
I did not play politics. I tried to ap
point only such men as would render
honest, loyal service to the State.”
Governor Goldsborough, while declin
ing to appear in the role of a prophet,
declared that if he could read the
signs of the times aright, “the victor
ies of the Republican party in the
past will not equal the triumphs of
that grand old party in the future.”
Treating of some of the achieve
ments of his administration, Governor
Goldsborough made mention of prison
reform. Corporal punishment, savor
ing of the Spanish Inquisition, has
been abolished in the House of Cor
rection and the Maryland peniten
tiary, and a commission has been ap
pointed to revise the penal laws. The
Governor also declared his opposition
to convict contract labor, and while
he earnestly favors proper prison dis
cipline and employment of the con
victs, he would not have the product
of prisons come in competition with
free labor.
Governor Golsborough voiced his
belief in a Workmen’s Compensation
Act, and stated that a bill framed by
the commission he had appointed
would be submitted to the General
Assembly. He also championed the
cause of education, and asserted that
more money and better service should
be given to the schools of Maryland.
He declared that the school teachers
were underpaid, and while it meant
an increase in taxes, learning was ai
; far more important consideration than
money.
The Good Roads system of Mary
; land was interestingly detailed by the
Governor, who affirmed that the -pres
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ent commission has accomplished
splendid work in seeing that the
state’s money is honestly spent, and
has built twice the number of miles of
road in two years that the preceding
commission built in four years, and
despite the fact that material has en
hanced in cost, the work of the pres
ent commission has been done at a
less expense per mile, as will be shown
in the exhaustive report to be present
ed to the Legislature. Governor Golds
borough said that an appropriation of
five or six millions would be asked of
the General Assembly to complete the
good roads work, totaling 1,300 miles.
The chief executive declared him
self in favor of changing the tax sys
tem in order to obtain more equitable
taxatio'n. He proposes to advocate a
bill, the salient feature of . which
shall provide for the appointment of
a commission having the powers of a
board of adjustment and equalization.
Gov. Goldsborough concluded his
address with an earnest appeal for the
Republicans of Western Maryland to
bury their differences and unite for
the party weal, that the old Sixth Dis
trict, once the Gibraltar of Maryland
Republicanism, may regain that proud
distinction at the next Congressional
election.
Thomas A. Brown's Remarks.
Thompson A. Brown, member of the
bar of Washington county and former
floor leader of Maryland House of
Delegates, brought a message that
the Republicans of Washington coun
ty were anxious to get together and
were practically one again, that dif
ferences were as good as healed. Mr.
Brown made a point that won applause
when he said: “Just get together and
talk about the future, and let the dead
past take care of itself.” His talk,
which was brief, was most pungent,
teeming with wholesome advice as to
the necessity of complete rehabilita
tion and the injection of new blood,
into party affairs. He felt the dinner
would have a most beneficent effect
and would be emulated by other coun
ties, with the result that through these
communions, the party would win a
great victory in the state.
Senator Zihlman’s speech.
State Senator Fred N. Zihlman, the
last speaker, was warmly applauded
following the introduction of Mr.
Ramsay that he was Allegany’s fav
orite son. Senator Zihlman’s elo
quently described the necessity of or
ganization. He said it was not the
men who voted occasionally or those
, who threw up their hats on election
. night that brought results, but those
who strive day by day to solidify and
. build up the ranks. He appealed to
these men to regain control of the
. machinery of county government, and
. said there would be no halt until this
. end was attained.
Senator Zihlman said that his best
efforts in the coming General Assem
bly would be given toward assisting
. the Governor in all his laudable and
. humane undertakings. He referred
; to the workingmen’s compensation
bill, rewision of the penal laws, abol
ishment of the contract labor system,
improvement in the school system and
the equalization of the tax laws. By
■ these, he declared, the Republican
party in Maryland would come into its
own. He added that he would., fight
. any venal or corrupt measure by
- which the progress of good govern
ment would be halted, and he would
oppose the control of state boards or
. administrative functions by selfish
; men, who mainly would draw their
j, pay. He served notice on the arrogant
, Democratic majority, which may at
tempt to override the constitution,
. violate the fifteenth amendment and
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