The daily gazette., 1883-08-04
patlu:,AE gasette
wILMINoTON. SATURDAY.. AUG. 4.
De...ooratlo Prospect. In maryland.

DesIocratic Prospects IN maryland.
The State election in Maryland, which
takes place next November, Is attracting
considerable attention, from the fact that
early last spring there were indications of
ened serious consequences unless wise
precautionary measures were adopted.
The trouble was that the Demo-
cratic primaries were being manipulated by
a party of not too scrupulous politicians for
tueir personal ends rather than for the good
OF the party. The Democratic people, how
ever, took the matter in their own hands,
and in Baltimore city, the stronghold Of
Democracy enforced perfectly fair and honest
primaries, and elected party man
agement that fully represented the wishes
of majority of its voters. The result was
satisfactory to the entire party, with the ex-
ception Of few malcontents of the Mayor
Whyte and Mike Bannon stripe, and having
thus placed the party behind the impreg-
nsble breastwork of honest primaries and
fair nominations, the voters who accom-
plished this good work will see to it that the
nominees chosen in pursuance of this open
and satisfactory method receive the full
party vote in good old Baltimore. The
political situation is encouraging and, In
the course of careful and exhaustive re
view, is thus summed up by the Baltimore
Day:
This then, is the situation In Baltimore.
The party management is in clean hands,
and the voters constituting it have q per-
fectly fair opportunity to say for themselves
who shall be their candidates II there
is not any general preference the
nomination will go TO whomso-
ever happens to have the largest number Of
active friends, and the disposition Will be
more universal than for years patt to give
the ticket hearty support, because it W i'll
represent the wishes of the whole party,
either actively expressed or by silent acqui-
essence. There is great deal of growing
amongst little coterie that kicked against
this movement, aud made a mistake;
but they are not numerous enough
to do any harm themselves, and
their influence is pretty well gone
and that is the secret of their impo
tent anger. If the counties will get them
selves into as good shape as Baltimore is in
they may rest assured that the result next
fall will be such as will satisfy all true
Democrats, and overwhelm with surprise
the Republicans and the little fellows whe
have an idea that they can wheel Maryland
over into the Radical camp In the rickety
little go-cart, impelied by the ambition oi
medocrity, and with its old inscript ion oi
"spoils" painted over with the word "teeto
talism" on one side and ''reform" on the
other"
As the main trouble in the party originate ID
in the repreheusible pra tices that had pre-
vailed in the management of primaries in
Baltimore city, the removal OF this source
of discomfort will have a favorable effeci
throughout the State. Very little dissatis.
faction exists in the counties, and with til,
Democratic voters of Baltimore il
perfect unity and good feeling, th,
State ticket will be given an old time major
ity of $1,000 or $4,000 jim the metropolitan
stronghold. As the Dug has not only beer
u close observer of political affairs in Mary
land during the past year, but has been
largely instrumental in bringing about the
complete reform in the primary poll
tics OF Baltimore, its judgement In
the matter is entitled to respect
and when it expresses confidence in
the success of the Democratic party its
opinion can be implicitly relied upon
Maryland has been sure State for the
Democratic column ever since the days Of
reconstruction, and 1T is nor reasonable to
suppose that weakened and divided Re
publican party, even with the assistance 0
few Democratic sore heads, can make he
falter on the eve of the great national con
test of 1884.