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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-16
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

(From our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. II, 1882
Senator Blair, who took an active
part in the late Campaign in Vir-
ginia, and who was undoubtedly in
a position to form an. intelligent
opinion, says that he knows that
there we're enough Republican votes
cast to have elected Malone by a
substantial majority, hut the count.
ing being entirely in the hands of the
Democrats they counted him out.
Mr.. Blair further says that this cleo
ton will make many new friends in
Congress for new and stringent fed
eral election law.
The President has been very deeply
interested in the election returns and
he Is still figuring IN cause and effect.
He recognizes the fact that the Re-
publican party has lost battle, and
IL more than anxious to have the
blame put Just where it belongs. even
if he shall have to shoulder part of the
burden. Republicans arriving here
from the lost states meet with cor.
dial reception at the White House,
and the various causes assigned for
the defeat are carefully listened to
by President Harrison. even though
,ome of them are very unpleasant for
him to hear. One of the results of
this is the determination on the part
of the President to give the claims
of party workers more attention in
making future appointments. Tbs
will be good news to working Re-
publicans everywhere, for there is no
denying the fact that the men who
always bear the brunt of the political
battles of the party have not received
the recognition they had a right to
expect from a Republican admins
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-16

By comparison of the election re-
turns of this county at the late cleo
ton with the result last fall, it will
be seen that the Republican vote fell
off in every district except Accident
and Frostburg our aggregate loss in
the county being 1855. On the other
hand full Democratic vote was
polleG, and. indeed, in excess of their
presidential vote last fall. This
shows the importance of getting out
a full vote. If our entire vote had
been out we would have elected our
entire ticket with possibly one ex.
ctptiotl.
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The following extract from the
Philadelphia Press recites the facts
of the Tunnel Hill, Montana, matter
IN a compact and lucid shape:
The law required that there should
be five judges Of election. but as it
was easier to deal with less number
the conspirators had only three ap-
pointed. Then. contrary to law, the
clerks of election and everybody ex-
cepting these three judges were ex-
cluded from the room when the
votes were counted. Thick paper
was pasted over the windows, and
the doors were locked. The returns
were not certified by the clerks &C.
cording to law. Out of an alleged TIA
votes cast only three were returned
for the Republicans, but large num-
Der of Republicans made affidavit
that they voted for their party ticket
at this precinct. 1t was on such a
return as this that the Democrats
hoped to capture the Legislature and
two United States Senators. And
Judge DeWolf did his best to help
out the fraud from which he was to
profit. The Democrats in Montana
may buster and create a rump Leg
islature but IL will avail them not.
They conspired to the hest of their
ability, and that of no mean order.
to carry the new State by fraud.
They had the aid of several ambi.
tious miIIionaires and the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company. But thew
failed, and may yet live to regret
their work.
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COLUMBUS. O.. Nov. 1.-THE off,
cial returns from sixty counties re-
ceived at the Secretary of States of
fee and the other twenty. eight on
kilograms from the officials of the
counties, indicate that the plurality
of Lampson. Republican, for Lieu
tenant Governor will be 131. These
figures will not vary much from the
final result. The Republicans elect
all the State ticket except Governor.
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Republican Purposes.

The NeU York Tribune recently
addressed certain inquiries to menu
bers of the Fifty.first Congress touch
ing views on several questions of
importance that will come up for
consideration at the approaching ses-
sion, and concerning the replies to
those inquiries says:
1.-THE replies elected from Repub-
lican Congressman by the Iri6une's
inquiries have attracted the attention
of both parties throughout the coun-
try. Democratic comments in both
cases berray the chronic vice of that
party-its inability to deal with an
issue on its merits without an at.
tempt TO misrepresent it in the spirit
of the demagogue. To an honest
man it is entirely possible to speak
of an effort to encourage commerce
by securing better foreign mail ser.
vice without calling 1t san attempt
to waste the surplus in subsidies"
It was not to be expected that all
Republicans would be of exactly the
same mind about every detail of
tariff revision. But the replies were
surprising In that they INDICATED a
closer agreement as to all essential
points than. most persons had antici-
pated. When eighty-six out OF
ninety.three members replying ex-
press their substantial agreement
with the Tariff bill passed by the
Senate at the last session, it is evil
dent that unanimity of action will
not be difficult. Although there are
some points which need modifca'
ton, and members may not at first
agree about the changes desired, no
great difficulty is likely to arise if SO
large q number of members appre'
ciate the valuable features of the
measure, and resolve that they will
suffer no disagreement about minor
points to defeat them. For these
vital features of the bill are designed
and 10 the main admirably calcutta
ted, to stimulate home industries tt
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High License or Prohibition.
HON. WILLIAM DANIEL.

HON. WILLIAM DANIEL.
High License is a failure in prdc-
tice.
Some additional instances to those
furnished by me in previous issue !:
NEBRASKA. by the census Of 1880,
with license fees from $50 to 500. had
one licensed saloon to 45l inhabit-
ants. In 1881 the fee was increased
tenfold, with many other added re-
quirements. and its advocates claim
ed that the number of saloons was
very much reduced thereby; but the
census of 1885 showed that there was
then one licensed saloon to every 292
inhabitants, and perhaps no State
can claim to have more carefully
prepared or better executed High
License law than Nebraska"
Further, in reference to this High
License law, the non.partisan Pro.
hibitory Amendment League of Ne
braska say, in an address to the peo.
pie published in the Chicago Lever
on the 22nd of August, 1889. among
other things:
"High License has wholly failed to
remedy the evils of the liquor traffic.
II 1T has reduced the number of ga.
looms. ii has proportionalIy increased
the destructive power of those doing
business. by reducing competition
and increasing their patronage.
Enabled to do so by reason of the
monopoly given to them and urged
by the necessity of meeting the pay
ment of large license fees. the saloon
men have practiced every device to
make more attractive their places OF
business and to increase the number
and incite the thirst of drinkers, thus
Turing to poverty, shame and crime
many young men for whom the cheap
GROCERY has no attraction. By the
testimony of the brewers and distil.
lers themselves, High License has
not checked the use of intoxicating
liquors in Nebraska, while crime,
pauperism, insanity, and waste and
misery produced by the drink habit,
has kept pace with the growth of the
population. The money received
from license fees has tended to bride
| the public conscience to acQuiescence
In this condition Of affairs, though il
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SATURDAY, NOV. 16, 1889.

In the Sixth Congressional district
Mr.. Wellington got majorities as fol-
lows: Allegany, 1870 Garrett, 1876
Washington. $40; Frederick, 2l5;
total, ,181. Baughman carried Mont
gomery by 249, leaving net major
ity for Wellington of 1882. His vote
in this district was not only highly
complimentary, but equally so was
his pairing down of Baughman's ma
jority in 1887.
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new and unexampled prosper
ity to close undefended gaps through
which foreigners have found entrance
to deprive American producers Of
their market. and to clear away a
great number of antiquities and
contradictions which have made the
revision of 1882 unsatisfactory.
There is more agreement ofopinion
than was expected, also regarding the
reduction of the Internal Revenue.
Perhaps it is at this point that most
caution may be needed, because the
hasty desire of many voters to get
rid of the only taxes which the people
feel might easily lead to mistakes
that could not be remedied. The
surplus in the Treasury was never as
large as was pretended by Mr.. Cleve.
land, when he was trying to drive
the country to abandon protective
duties. 1t is not as large now as it
formerly was. because of more lavish
expenditures begun when Demo-
cratic appropriations had been ap-
proved by Mr.. Cleveland. because of
larger pension rolls and heavier out
Toys in constructing new navy.
Any proper revision of the tariff,
moreover, will cut off considerable
revenue dow derived from heavy i'm.
portations which deprive American
producers of their means of support.
There is more unanimity. apparently
in favor of a repeal o, the tobacco
tax than regarding other changes of
the Internal Revenue, and that re.
duction, at least, could certainly be
made with safety.
No less than seventy.five members
replying were in favor of the control
of Congressional elections by the Ma
tiOnal Government, while four were
opposed, questioning the efficiency
of any legislation to that end. and
fourteen were non-commital. PROB,
ably it may be taken for granted
that every Republican member of
Congress would deem it his sacred
duty to vote for such measure if he
could be satisfied that it would insure
free ard fair elections. The difficulty
here is to devise the best means of
attaining that protection for the
rights of citizens and of civilized so.
cietv which the Government is
bound to give. 1t may fairly be in
ferred that, if seventy.five capable
men have recognized the duty and
necessity. there will not be wanting
some who have searched for proper
methods with success.
In connection with the visit of
delegates to the American Congress,
the great unanimity of Republican
members respecting improvement of
oCl VINO 10 tlIOOt
gratifying. With eighty-three men,
bers unqualitiedly favoring liberal
appropriations for the purpose, and
only eight dissenting as to the best
mode of reaching the desired end,
there Is little room to doubt that the
House will pass some measure to re-
store American commerce. 1t is
satisfactory to known, also, that no
Democratic Postmaster-General will
have the power this year to nullify
an act of Congress, as Mr.. Villas did
four years ago with the approval of
President Cleve land. This year
measures calculated to promote the
Nations prosperity will he executed
by President Harrison and Postmas-
ter General Wanamaker as zealously
as they can be enacted by Republic
nc in Cnrurooo
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tory of their party in Ohio. They
claim that most of the RepublicaR
delegates in Congress from that State
will be retired to private life through
redistricting, which will give every
advantage to the Democrats in the
next Congressional election and
change the present representation
materially.
1t is also claimed that the prospects
of Major Mckinley for the Speaker
ship have been damaged by the re-
suit. because he will not be allowed
to succeed himseIfin the Fifty-second
Congress. Also that no other OHIO
Republican stands a show for the
Speakership for this same reason.
While Republicans know and ex-
pect a general gerrymandering bv
the Democrats in Ohio which will
cut into every Republican district in
all ways that the ingenuity of re-
morseiess politicians can devise, they
cannot see how they are to be de-
prived of representation almost en-
tirely, as some Democrats insist.
Neither can they understand why
the declaration of Democratic war
against Messrs. Mckinley. Butter
worth. Grosvenor, Thompson and
other Republicans who are selected
to be the victims in the elections for
the Ffty-Second Congress can have,
any bearing on their position and
standing i'm the coming Congress or
in their relations to the Sppdkership.
The Ohio delegation is elected for two
Years to come, and, barring incidents.
will serve during the first and second
sessions of the Fifty.tirSt Congress.
The matter of reelection can not be.
determined a year ahead. by any
Democratic post election fiat or eau
Gus in Ohio. The expression of po-
litical hatred toward the Ohio Re-
publican delegation in Congress,
which would deprive such members
of the slightest chance for advance
ment in the House to which they
have been legally elected, indicates
what would happen if some Ohio
Democrats could have their way.
The proposition to punish the Ohio
Republicans in the Fifty-first Con-
gress for the supposed changed aspect
in their political futures, owing to
recent result of the election, finds
some encouragement in certain Re-
publican quarters. where feeling runs
high on the Speakership question,
but there is NO sense or logic in such
an argument, and no Republican,
dare openly endorse it. The Speaker.
ship election and the subsequent as
signment of committees next month.
will discover the Ohio Republicans
in the prominent positions their ser.
vice and talents entitle them to.
without regard to the redistricting
programme of the Democrats.
There are some singular facts no.
ticeable about the comments on the
result in Ohio. In the first place.
that State Is more talked about than
any of the others recently holding
elections. Among Democrats there
is a mixture of revengeful express
sions aimed at the Republicans with
their words ofceIebration. but among
Republicans the first feeling of disap-
p0intment and surprise being passed,
there is nothing now but good hum.
ored acuuiescence.
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has amounted to but a small part of
the tax imposed upon the State by
the liquor traffic. More than all the
legalizing OF such destructive enc.
my of the human race is wrong
which the receipt of no amount of
revenue can justify"
In answer to the claim often made
that High License reduced taxes. l
extract the following from the New
York World of the date of July 4,
1889, IA high license paper.) in refer.
ence to Omaha, one of the 81 900
licensed cities of Nebraska:
1.-THE burden of city taxes has
heretofore increased 80 per cent. oyer
last year. Is it not about time to
call halt? The levy il 8
mills heavier than last year, the val.
uation several millions greater, and
the amount which will be collected
is quarter of a million greater than
in 1888. Is 1t not about time for tax
payers to protest ?"
Here prostitution is also licensed,
as it is in Hastings. another city of
Nebraska.
In Worcester, Mass, it appears
that during six months of the year
1888, when the license fee was $3.50.
there were IS more arrests for drunk
eness than during the whole year
ending LIST of May, 1887, under a no.
license regime.
In Atlanta. Ga, it is shown that
during the last four months of no.
license there were but one-third IS
many arrests for drunkenness and dis.
orderly conduct as during the core
spending four months of the follow
ing year, under license of 81 ,00e.
In Duluth. Mimi. during the first
half o the year 1887. with a License
fee of 81 900. there were LILY arrests
for this one offence, showing an in
crease of arrests for this offence, un-
der the higher fee, of 81 per cert.
In reference to Chicago Rev. Or.
Herrick johnson ia resident shows
from statistic that the saloons had
only been lessened 282 under the
reign of High License, between the
years 1S83-'84. when the number was
8. 682 and the fee SOB, and 1856.
when the number was $3.50. and the
fee $500. and that those thus closed
were the most orderly, the least pa.
tronized, and the least Objectionable.
And further, discussing this point,
he says:
1.-THE writer has himself person.
ally interviewed the policemen on
their heats. the police headquarters,
the Mayors office, and the license
office, and from all four quarters he
has received Just one testimony-to
wit: the giIded saloons are all run
ming as usual, every low dive has
been kept in full blast. Chicago's
Black Hole is as black as ever, and
along all the main arteries and
thronged ways of the city not sa.
loon has been closed.' See pamphlet,
High License Weighed in the Bal
ance," D. 2, s.
And in answer both claim that
High License makes "better Sc
loons," he cites the arraignment of
the last previous Grand Jury of Cook
County, as follows:
olives of the lowest order defy the
city ordinance by keeping open from
dawn until midnight, and from mid.
night till dawn. wherein cOngregate
diSreputable women, thieves AMI
criminals. well known to the police.
To such places may he
traced the ultimate ruin of thousands
of young girls and unsuspecting
females"
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Worcester, John wafer SmltD'
dem.
senate-Democrats, 49,; Republi
cans, 8.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Allegany - James A. Cunning
ham, rep, James A. Mullen, rep,
lanes M. MAR. rep, James 6. Viii.
liams. rep.
Anne Arundel-Dr. g. w. Will
liams. DEM, Geo. W. Hyde. Jr.
DEM, J. R. Brashears. dem.. ]. F.
Krems. rep.
Baltimore City-First Legislative
district, Charles j. PhiIbin. K. d.
Fitzgerald, NJ. A. Mccormick, Theo-
dore B. Fox, w. M. Frazer, John B.
| Leplipger, all Democrats.
Second Legislative districe--George
Cotton, ]. H. Preston. Henry Bar
gar, G. H. Carter, H. G. Fox, ]. Hen
ming Jones. all Democrats.
Third Legislative district-J0hn
Jamison, Edward G. Rost. Charles
W. Brown, Robert Fl. Beauchamp,
James E. Swindell. VIM. G. Harden,
all Republicans.
Baltimore c0unty.-John Hubner.
DEM. Frank Parle,t, dem. E. H.
Rich, DEM, DR.. J. H. Dratch. DEM,
u. B. McCabe. dem.
CaIvert-Tilghman Sparklin. rep,
Francis Gannt. rep,
CaroIine-George w. Raughley.
dem, Edward e. Goslin. dem.
Carroll-Frank T. Shaw. DEM, B.
F. Selby. dem, J. L. Stull. DEM.
M. E. Walsh, dem.
Cecil-Thomas Pearce, DEM. Hies.
ter Hess, dem, VIM. H. Sincoe,
dem.
Charleston. G. D. Mudd. rep, P.
A. L. Contee. rep. w. De G. Mitch
ell. rep.
Dorchester w. r. Stapieforte.
dem, WIN. 8. Craft. DEM, Edwin
T. Mace. dem.
Frederick G. Thomas, dem,
Ezra Minnick. dem, F. G Norwood.
rep. w. P. Morsell, rep, J. w.
Kaufman, rep.
Garrett-G. w. Merrill. DEM, H,
M. Kemp. rep.
Harford-W. w. Preston, dem.
w. B. Hopkins. DEM. G. w. Rich
ardson, dem, N. L, Mitchell, dem.
Howard-E. Green Selby, dem,
w. E. Linn, dem.
Kent-F. H. Taylor. dem, Samuel
Nannort, dem.
M0ntgomery-P. D. Laird, dem,
VIM. Kilgour. dem., John A. Glenn
ents, dem.
Prince George's-W. A, Meloy,
rep. r. V. Hall, rep, r. G. E. Par.
ker, rep.
Queen Anne's-Wm. w. Busted.
dem. VIM. i. Temple. DEM, w.
P. Thompson. dem.
Snmerset-A. l.. Dryden. rep, B.
K. Green. DEM, w. E. Ford. rep.
st. Mary's-J. f. Cecil, rep. J. II.
Ching. rep.
Talbot. NJ. Lowe. dem. q. r..
Leonard, DEM, VIM. Collins, dem.
Washington Martin l.. Knpdy,
rep, John III. Harp. rep, Moses
Whitson. rep. Lewis G. RAmsburg.
rep.
Wicomico-Dr. &. w. Truitt, dem.
S. X. Covington, dem., T. N. Hearn.
dem.
Worcester-E. w. McMaster, dem. =,
s. w. Lane. dem., r. j. Shovel,
dem.
House of Delegates-Democrats SO,
Republicans. 80.
The Democrats have, on joint bal
lot Of the two Houses. II, and the
Republicans 40. Democratic major.
ity in joint convention. 81.
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STATE AND COUNTY ELECTION, TUESDAY. NOV. 5. 1885,
CANDIDATES.

Comptroller.
George l.. Wellington. X.
L. Victor Baughman, ID.
State Senate.
James w. Laughlin. r.
William R. Getty. d.
House of Delegates.
Howard M. Kemp, r
Ira e. Friend, r.
George w. Merrill, D.
Samuel G. Hove, d.
County Commissioners.
George w. Legge. R.
Jacob Fresh, r.
William M. Junkins, r.
Thomas Johnson. D.
Isaac NJ. Umhel. D.
Benjamin Shaffpr. D.
Sheriff.
Edward N. CasIeel, r.
Nathan G. Browning. D.
Register of Wills.
James w. White. r.
Titus Delawder. D,
Surveyor.
John Harmed, r.
c. N. Friend, d.
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A Democratic Scheme.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. ia
lot of wild talk Is being INDUCED in
around Washington by Democrats
who are still exulting over the vic
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Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication. but
a. private guarantee of good faith. Reject
d COMMUNICATIONS will not be returned.
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Prohibition voe-Sone, Eng Smith, II Ryand II Friend,
Philips, Rodehaver. 10; Lower 29 Enlow 10; Love- To-
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worcester, John Walter Smith,
dem.
senate-Democrats, 1s; Republi
cans, 8.
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