The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-07-26
Where are the Candidates?

In few weeks the republican party will
be taking steps to place candidates be-
fore tine people to Gil the Offices, 10 be
supplied at the next election. With the
exception Of County Commissioners we have
not heard a name mentioned for any Of
those important Offices Four persons have
to be chosen for the legislature, one Sheriff,
one surveyor. 1t is about settled that the
present board Of County Commissioners
are to be renominated by reclamation.
Now, good people of Cecil, il you have
any timber sound at the heart, tough in fiber
and close grained, which you think would
make good Senatorial, House of Delegate,
Sheriff or Surveyor stuff, bring it out
Hindman, however, will make very good
surveyor material, so that may as well be
passed. Blu. there is pressing necessity for
fitting timber to supply the other offices.
Send us names of any you have in your
neighborhood, and let The convention when
it assemblies, have fair assortment to
choose from. There is good deal of com.
plant that the democrts didn't select the
best they had. The reason was mainly be-
cause they didn't have names of such pre-
scented to the public before the convention
II is impossible for delegation of five per-
sons from each district, without any pre-
vious knowledge of who is best fit for the
hunors to be conferred, and the duties TO be
performed, TO meet together at the county
seat and in couple Of hours, select the best
men for the ticket. There is but one man.
Mr.. Writ, on the democrat ticket who is
well known. In fact the other candidates
are not known at all except among their
nearest neighbors
Let The names of the best men for the
different positions be suggested by their
friends in every neighborbood for the repub-
lican ticket State their qualifications and
have them brought before the public before
the convention meets, long enough to be can
yassed. This course would do more to knock
out bos ism. so much complained of than
any other plan that can be DEVISED.
Are we to haye prohibition ticket this
fall? That party ought to keep up their
organization all over the country. The
whiskey party have not succeeded in ex-
linguishing that party by using democratic
and republican shutters at the recent
Amendment elections. People who have
spent good sized lifetime in laboring for
the cause of temperance are not going to be
satisfied with democrat and republican
bosses declaring that high license ought to
be good enough temperance law for any
body. The saloon says the same, and what
the man behind the bar with white apron
says oughln't to be good enough temperance
for a Good Templar Lodge Or honorary
gentleman members of the W. G. T. U.
The democrat party has not pledged itself
10 sustain the prohibatory law of this cour-
ty, the republican party may not, and if
both neglect this, and the law in left in
future TO take care of itself, there will be no
alternative but for the prohibition party to
call for volunteers to defend it against the
advancing columns of the saloon which had
printed on its red badges at the election IN
Philadelphia on the 18th of June
''...'..... ............
high LICENSE"