The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-03-18
Ups and Downs.

ship has at last been broken, ana the
indications are that the links of that
chain will not soon be mended. The
partnership which enabled them to
control the political destinies of the
Democracy of the State has been dis.
solved, and the "reminiscences of two
years ago, when the Warwick and
the Grave-digger, shoulder to should
err, fought Governor Hamilton and
other political leaders, live now only
as a tradition in the memories of the
participants. The enmity between
these two leaders is to all appear
ances irreconcilable, for their hatred
toward each other is now as strong as
formerly their attachments were
warm. The rupture, however, was
not unforeseen. When, four weeks
ago, The american announced
breach between Senator German and
Police Commissioner Cotton as an
event in the near future, the organs
set up howl of indignation and de-
clared that it was impossible that
such a thing could ever happen.
When, last Sunday, it was predicted
that the police commissionership
was the rock upon which the amity
of the two Democratic chieftains
would split, one of the newspapers
announced that nothing In this
world could induce Senator German
to take part in that or any other po-
litical contest /; that "hands off" was
his motto, and it was intimated that
he would take unto himself wings
and fly away to some undiscovered
spot, where he would be far away
from the seductive influences of
Maryland politics, and that he would
return only as messenger of peace.
The events of last week demonstrat.
ed the accuracy of this oracle's deliv-
erance. Senator German, instead of
retiring into political cloister, came
down to Annapolis in Pullman pal
ace car and fought valiantly for his
An edict went forth that
the line had been drawn, and that all
the friends of German must vote for
Bians, and during the day the latter's
counted upon forty-one
votes as certain for their choice.
They made a miscalculation, and
General Herbert's election was the
first defeat that Senator German
met with since he has assumed the
of the party. His politi-
cal life has been series of successes,
but his opponents think that he has
now found his Waterloo. Elected to
the canal presidency in 1872 through
Whyte's influence, and
several years afterwards appointed
by Mr.. Whyte as chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
Mr.. German did not neglect to inn
prove his opportunities, and in 1880
he defeated Senator White for the
United States senatorship, and fol.
lowed up his successes in attempts to
prevent the political ascendancy of
his former chief by exerting his in
duence against his nomination for
the mayoralty aud against the pas.
sage of the Police bill. Senator Cor.
man had no intention to rest his
laurels on the defeat of the Police
bill. His chief of staff and his most
active lieutenant in the senatorial
of two years ago was
George Cotton. Mr.. German saw
that the latter possessed political am
bition, and with an increase of pow-
er he might become a dangerous ri
val. He resolutely determined to
nip in the bud Mr.. Colton's aspira.
tons by preventing his election to
the the canal presidency and lessen
ing his influence in the Police Board.
Mr.. German was too ambitious, and
hence his fall.
There Is deeper significance in
last Wednesday nights contest tnan
appears on the surface, and there is
no wonder that all the influences op-
posed to Mr.. German arrayed them
selves against him in this fight. With
Mr.. Bians in the Police. Board, Mr..
German might have made combina-
tions by which he could have con-
trolled the appointing power of the
police force, and indirectly exerted
an important political influence over
the city. With this important branch
of the public service of the city under
his direction and control, Mr.. Cor.
man had hoped to neautralize Mayor
Whyte's influence in the city, and to
wage war against him for political
in Baltimore. The polit-
ical power which Mr.. German would
have possessed had the result of the
caucus been different, is not to be
underestimate. AS president of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, he al
ready yields, through this patronage,