The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-10-24

time. If the ReDuDlicauS OF Baltimore anu
Of Maryland he said, will give him hearty support
not only with forty rounds but with rounds enough
to storm the walls and defeat the enemy. what en-
envy gentlemenY The Democratic party o. mary
And Col. Thomas said:
HE hoped the Young Mems Republican Club and
the Hogan Inyinqibes will keep step together keep
the cartridqe-bor t all the time. When the chance
comes to fire at Democrat, do ii, IN legitimate way
Mr. McComas, the only Republican Congressman
from Maryland. hoped they would go hand-in-hand
together and carry Maryland not back to the days
Of Henry Winter Davis but to The days he told as Of
This Is the same Mr.. McComas who. as president
of the state Republican convention, held in Bait
Wallis and Marshall we've about TO lead a revolt III
the Democratic party Che seems TO have been let into
the secret before the public Was crl ed out III great
glee Now is the Republican party's opportunity
in Maryland" Thereupon three times three cheers
were given for Gen. Logan as the next Republican
standard bearer, and there were cheers and tiger
for the Republican party and the prinepest repre-
sents.
named were Stephen b. Elkins. of West Virginia,
and Mr.. Peter Thompson, of Maryland, one Of the
committee appointed at the Coneordia meeting to
arrange the coalition ticket
am authorized, therefore, to say aud to charge,
as do that the chiefs of the Republican party
in the coalition movement for the destruction of the
Democratic party, and a means to that end the
overthrow OF Gorman are the menwho inaorse Ji m
Presidency and approve the principles which ne
boldly advocates, the chief one OF when Is war
upon the Democratic organization OF the southern
States with view to the restoration of the carpet
bag corrupt Republican rule in those states. He
thus follows in the lead set by Sherman in Ohio and
also by Hoar in Massachusetts, who in his address
as president of the recent Massachusetts Republican
convention, said:
"First. in many states of the South enough in
number to change the result in the election of the
President, and TO change the majority i'll the House
of Representatives, the Republican majority has
been deprived by the Democratic minority of its
right vote and its right of free discussion. This
has been accomplished in the states where the Re
publican majorites were largest by violence and
crime until the minority got control Of the Offices
and machinery of elections.
Third. This condition of things constitutes a
great evil and a still greater danger. evil and
danger more important than any other matter now
demanding public attention.
Fourth The true remedy for this evil is the Re-
publican remedy viz: Take away the great motives
to it by preventing the election OF any candidate for
the Presidency willing to accept Office gained by
That is to say President Cleveland was elected by
these See to it that neither he nor any other
Democrat is hereafter elected.
I5 Now, Democrats of Baltimore city and Demo-
Gratis of Maryland what think you of a coalition
formed by gentlemen heretofore acting with the
Democratic party with those Republicans of Mary
land who would not only put your state IN the re
publicau column but in the Republican column for
the candidate who turns his back upon the peace
full uterance sown so broadcast over the country at
the time of General Grants funeral, and brings un
der his wrathfu condemnation your sister Southern
States? Might not go further, and appeal to every
class in the community-men of toll, artisans, me-
chanics manufacturers merchants and whether
Republicans or Democrats-and ask what the south
ern people, who buy what we have to sell upon
ane is so anxious to cultivate will think when they
hear that coalition has been formed by gentlemen
calling themselves, and no doubt believing them :
selves Democrats with Republicans who advocate
the election of Republican President prepared 10
do all he can to destroy the government when
they are now so prosperous?
Virginans are there any here in this hall Tonight
Well, what think you viii be thought Of Baltimore
in that old Commonwealth now struggling, with all
her might and main, under the lead of her honored
and gallant son, who is not only worthy in himself
To fiji the high office for which he has been named,
oh thor and fif will pardon
the personal allusion my own great-grand- father,
Light-Horse Harry Lee, the nearest to General
| a name dear to every true Nirginian. What, ask,
will be thought there. when the news goes tat the
chief actors in the Republican coalition are the very
men who eheered to the echo the man who in their
presence on the day preceding the formation OF the
coalition held up to ridcule and seorP their candl-
date as wobbling about in the saddle of his uncle
Robert E. Lee y and declared that lin Virginia the
blood-stained saddle appears 20 be the leading
card?'
thought in the Democratic House of Representatives
and BY the Administration O. President Cleveland
Of Maryland hitherto CERTAIN Denocratlc Statei
if as the Republican leaders whom nave quoted
declare, Maryland is about to wheel within the Re
publican line .,,....-
anxiety all Democrats from one end of this country
TO the other awaited and hung upon the ascertain
ent of the result of the recent presidential election!
Do Won remember how hearts almost ceased to
beat as we read upon the bu.ie1in boards the teIe
grams from New York which showed the efforts OF
Union Telegraph Company, to manipulate the cleo
tion returns? And do you remember the dispatch
of Blaine Che and Logan were running together TO
''clain euefythtngF And do you remember IN this
connection that Zach. Chandler i'll 1876 teegraphed
to Washington to claim the election, and that there
unon HAYES was counted in?
But do YOU not remember that in 1884 Blaine was
not counted in? And you remember thas When
Blaine teegraphing to his frlenas 10 cIalIn LAIN
everything; when the Republicans in New York
were engaged in the desperate game OF noIdlIg DacK
and manipulatng returns there flashed forth over
tl,a xvira diSpafch which sent q THRILL OF JOY
through every Democratic heart throughout TINS
broad land from the Canada line to the GuII OF Mex
led and from the Atlanticto the Pacific? What that
dispatch was leave Mr.. MCMILLAN, memDer OF Coi-
gress from Tennessee to describe and as ne descrlo-
ed it in this very Coneorda Hall on December 10,
1891 at fine meeting here held to celebrate, as the
Sun describes it, the Great Nic4ory.
Mr. Mcmillan of Tennessee, said: i rejoice TO.
night that the Democratic party has shown that it
is capable of achieving victory, me
predictions of its enemies after tne Irauu % doa9
that the great fraud of 1876 was to be repeated IN
| that hour we needed stern democracy and can
never forget that from my own State, tennessee we
sent a dispatch to New York to know the situation;
! There came back the response, which gladdeneu
ali hearts. Cleveland has been elected and Cleve-
land 7CiH be inaltqlrdtedi That answer was from A
| p German.
Mr. Gor1nan at that time sent another dispatch,
which you cannot have forgotten 1t was addressed
to the democrats, telling them thai Cleveland was
elected and to celebrate their victory The Kepuo-
can organs insisted that by claiming the election,
Hg m5s tbTeateged civil war But by boldly pro
claiming the truth in these dispatches, MI Gornlan
compelled the conspirators to give over tnelT ues
peTate work and President Cleveland was declared
Mr. Wallis, in his speech in this hall on Friday
last asked, what beacon light has Mr.. German
! flashed forth ?' | answer the dispatches have
quoted flashed forth the beacon light when helped
to guide the people VINO naq electeu biu
| Then if the members of the Democratic party IN
| this State in common with their brethren tnfougA
out the country, thus rejoice IN the overthrow OF
Republican rule which had held us in bondage Tor
"a years, have we this soon ured OF our NtccoiS
Do we not value Democratic administration
II We do reflect upon the dangers that hang over
us if the coalition now attempted succeeds IN carry
ing the coming elections AS we all know, Unled
States Senator is to be elected by the coming Legls-
lature. The coalition has declared its purpose 70
nominate full ticket for the Senate and House OF
Delegates They still keep their plans in the dark
and their ticket in the background
But irrespective of the relative proportion Oh t Inc
Republicans and so-called Democrats upon TINS
ticket they hope by this general combination 10
defeat the Democratic party-as party-ln the COM
ing contest
They none to elect their candidate for Mayor on
the 2Sth of October; they have made the nomlna:
ton for Mayor only part of their general pan OF
action What therefore, is the expectation OF those
Democrats and Republicans alike, who have de,
clared that they must win 'du along the tlne and
that the Mayoralty is but hdy the battle u is Lnls
they succeed the 2Sh of October the conse-
ouenee will be that the Democratic organizations in
the counties will be so dspirited that in many OF
the close counties the Republican tickets VIII sue
coed. and thus those 'who assume to represent the
Democratic party Ito use the language OF inc coal
itop address) will be defeated AL along me Ane
IL is well known that the Maryland senate IS
already very close and very considerable KepuD'
lican minority existed in the last House OF Dele
gates -,
bility that with the quota of Republicans TO be as
signed to the coalition in Baltimore there may be
a Republican majority on joint ballot II SO, then
Republican win represent Maryland 1nthe United
States Senate.
to secure Democrat in the place of Malone; when
Ohio is striving to secure a Democrat to succeed
Bloody-Shirt Sherman. and thus secure Democratic
majority in that body, and so strike down the Cd
str1etion which 8 Republican Senate threatens to
place in the way of the great reform In the admin
istration of the business Interests OF the country
which the administration of President Cleveland
has entered upon and in which all Baltimore bust
ness interests are so much interested.
Surely they who count on such suicidal conduct
on the part of Democrats of Maryland count With
out their host.
Ifanv portion of the country is to be benefited by
the administration of the general government in
augurated by President Cleveland Maryland is that
portion What has been the result to her of Repub-
iican administration? have no time to go much
into detail ON this point. l content myself with a
recent editorial from the Baltimore sun:
New York has until recently possessed no doubt
an advantage all her rivals as market for I'M
ported goods, which went far to counterbaance the
disadvantage under which she labOred because OF
her great distance from the consumers of the South
and West We refer to the facilities possessed by
many New York merchants undervaluaton Drl-
berry of officials and otherspeces of fraud and cor
ruption at the custom house for evading large
percentage of the tariff tax, and thus getting
goods at prices which the honest importer at
Baltimore could not meet Our sugar business,
great industry here, was Killed by IKE prac-