The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-18

nv A'UtttpcOfC <1HtCI ttItHy vi Af1Oil~
day, says: All the indications of
Maryland politics point to a re-es-
Enlistment of "harmony" in the
Democratic machine-harmOny aris-
ing out Ofan amicable arrangement
as to the division Of the profits. The
bosses and sub. bosses, who in recent
elections spent money profusely to
beat each other in the primaries and
| the conventions, have now establish
ed basis of mutual cooperation.
Henceforth, instead of fighting each
other, they are to make common
cause against the people and good
government. All the elements in
Democratic politics which are son
! the make" whether in the form of
/ Office, or contracts, or the lobby, will
be found acting together in the COM
ing campaign. The cynical contempt
which the REGULARS" feel for the
wishes and the will Of the people, or
even for the voters of their own par
ty, already finds free expression. 1t
is assumed by them that whatever
combinations they may make, what
ever slate they may put up, will have
the full Democratic support. All
their combinations refer, of course, to
nominations. but it is the people.
after all, who will do the electing.
On the other side, however, there
is quiet but quite resolute Opposi,
ton to all this. The voters of this
state who are not "On the make"
but who simply desire good and eco
nomical government, andjust legisla-
ton uevOid Of Grades" and 'sugar,"
will make an effort to send to the
! legislature better sort of men than
the machine will nominate. 1t is
not improbable, therefore, that there
may be in this state just such a reyo-
luton as took place in New York
when that Republican state elected
Grover Cleveland governor by 1922
600 majority. Republicans in New
York were weary of machine man
agement, and though Judge FoIger,
the Republican candidate, was an eX~
cellent man, Republicans voted
against him on account of the way in
which he had been nominated. There
are many Democrats in Maryland
who now feel just as those New
York Republicans did. They feel
that the corrupt and selfish machine
that has been so long deSpotism in
this state must be smashed, cost what
it may, and that this year is the very
time to do it.
1t is bad enough when the "men
inside politics. fix the offices to suit
themselves, excluding all the young
and interrupted men who desire to
enter political life. The state is a
heavy loser when the only gates to
public service are kept by the bosses
who look after the gate money. But
it is far worse when the dearest inter-
ests of the state and city are made
the subject of forage by lobby men.
The lobby can only be effective when
men nominated by the bosses are
elected, and thus the effort to make
the lobby rich and the "grandm'oth-
er's fund" large is made in the pri-
maries and the conventions. The
lobby at the last session of the legis-
lature was brazenly audacious, and
yet some of the men who were iden-
titled with its worst features are now
the recipients of party hOnors. Our
public school system, our inspectors,
our oyster interests. and many other
things, are laid more or less under
contribution to keep UP the wealth
and power of the lobby. The time
seems to be coming for "a change. The
consolidation of bossisms may lead
to consolidation of anti bossisms.
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