The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-10-06

The effrontery of the Republican party in
announcing such platform as they adopted
last week, is only equaled by the effrontery of
Hoton in aspiring to be Governor of Mary
land.
The first resolution reads as follows:
FIRST. They reaffirm their hearticst sympa-
thy with the great national republican party,
reiterate their pride in its splendid achieve
ments. and their undated confidence In its
ability to carry on the general government in
the future in the best interest of the people as
Il has done in the past, and still further to
consolidate the prosperity of the country.
Among the splendid achievements may
be mentioned:
The violation of nearly every provision of
the constitution;
The fostering of whiskey rings;
Granting the public domain to railroad
rings;
The protection of star route thieves
Carrying elections at the point of the bay
onet;
Collection of millions of dollars from the
people, beyond the needs of government, to
become the prey ofjobbers;
Fraudulent naval contracts, by which mil
lions upon millions were spent upon navy
that is acknowledged to be a mere burlesque
Bartering seats in the United States Su-
preme Court for political assistance;
Manipulating returns from Louisiana, South
Carolina and Florida, and rewarding the
scoundrels who did the work with Office for
their services;
Overriding the will of the people and seat
ing President by fraud and menace in 1876,
and buying the presidency in 1880 by money
stolen from the government by star-route
thieves, assessed upon government employees
and collected from corporations and monopo-
lies that have grown up under laws passed by
the party.
These are but few of the party's ''splen-
did achievements, but for bold impudence
read the following from the fourth resolution:
"That a more efficient law for the conduct
and protection ofprimary meetings be passed
There was passed by the Legislature of
1882 law to protect primary meetings. The
Democratic party has twice availed itself of
its provisions, but the Republican party has
ignored its existence. If it had been adopted
by that party Hart B. Holton would probably
not have been nominated for Congress last
year, and Baltimore city would probably have
voted in convention against him last week.
If Republican primaries were conducted fairly
under the law, the bosses would not be able
to control, hence they do not hold their pri-
maries under it.
Here is another portion Of the fourth reso-
luton
'sThat the sinking fund policy for the pay
ment of the public debt, as Incorporated in
our constitution, be inviolably preserved and
enforced"
When the Republicans controlled the state
a few years ago, to meet the deman DIS of ex-
travagance, they raided the sinking fund.
1t doesn't do for Republicans in Maryland
to talk of splendid achievements; to pretend
to want a law to protect primary meetings, or
to demand that the sinking fund policy be IL
violably preserved. By their fruits are they
known They did not point to any splendid
achievements of their party in Maryland.
but we will supply in part the deficiency
Dispensing legislature at the point of the
bayonet and incarcerating its members in
forts Warren and Lafayette
Dragging Judge from his seat, beating him
with pistol and staining the floor of tenn
pie of Justice with his blood
Dragging minister from the house OF God,
whilst he was preparing to PROFOUND the Cos
pei;
Surrounding the polls with soldiers in order
to stiAe the voice of the people;
Dragging sick, helpless and innocent ladies
to provost marshals offices to take oaths OF al
legiance;
Taking private property for individual use;
Destroying the freedom of the press by in
generating and banishing publishers, and
destroying their Offices
OBTAINING and opening letters in postofhces,
for the purpose of ferfeting out disloyal
sentiments of those suspected of not endors-
ing the high handed acts of the controlling
party
Packing courts and juries with partisans;
Arresting and bounding citizens-male and
female-without law or pretence, and impris-
oning them without giving them hearing, or
informing them of the charges against them
DISTINGUISHING citizens upon the statements
of irresponsible upstairs.
We forbear to enumerate further. The
record is appalling, but the same leaders con-
troll now that controlled then.