1904.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 1855

Country's government faded from his vision; forgotten
their majesty and their treasure—when he, realized
as we all realize to-day, my friends, that it is not in
the magnificence and splendor of our public struct-
ures—it is not in the pomp and ceremony and display
of our public functions, but it is in the homes, the
humble, domestic homes of the great masses of the
American people that is lodged the strength and re-
sponsibility of this Government, the safety and secur-
ity of this Republic. And this sir, was the doctrine
by which we won in the recent fight in Maryland
—this the doctrine that was expounded on the hust-
ings by the best talent at our command through-
out the length and breadth of this broad Common-
wealth from the mountains to the sea, that we make
our homes self-respecting and independent—that
we make them temples of refinement and of cul-
ture, that we safe guard and shield and protect them
against all possible contingency of intrusion or inter-
ference by any people inferior or secondary to the
Anglo-Saxon. And now sir. in view of this overwhelm-
ing victory we would be false to our known sense of
duty and alike disregardful of the noble impulses and
honest convictions of the thoughtful and intelligent
citizenship of our State, who, without regard to parry
lines, -sent us here as their public servants to do their
bidding, were we at this time to fail to voice their
known sentiments or to enact such legislation as will
enable them to surely consummate their known con-
victions. I therefore trust, sir, that this bill, now on
its third reading and final passage, may receive 1 lie
votes of those who believe in the sanctity and preser-
vation of our American homes.

Said bill was then read the third time and passed
by yeas and nays as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs.

Speaker, Butler, Trager,
Buckler, Wilson, Bouchet.
Atkinson, Carey, Dawkins,
Atwell, Dennis, Durham,
Downs, Kirbin, Grant,