The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-03
DISTINGUISHING Their Party-Action
of the Republican Managers.

Speaking of Senator Bennett, the late Re
publican convention, in their resolutions,
said-"This convention regards 1t as no vlo'
lation of party principle in declining to nom
mate n candidate against him.
Two United States Senators are to be chosen
by the next Legislature, State Treasurer
and Police Commissioner for Baltimore
CITY. The Senator from Carroll will have a
vote in the election of each. In the election
of United States Senators every political
principle is involved. If Democrats are
chosen the cause of tariff reform and civil
service reform will be advanced; two oppo-
nents to the Force bill will be insured, also
two opponents to subsidies and bouuntles and
two opponents to eXtravagant expenditure
If Republicans are chosen the Mckinley bill
will be sustained by them, the Force bill sup
ported, bounties and subsidies to iavorlte
steamship companies will have two active
champions. civil service laws will be ignored
and reckless extravaganza will be upheld. No
principle involved, indeed Every political
issue that divides the two parties is involved.
Senator Bennett will vote for Democrats for
United States Senator's and for Democrat
for State Treasurer and Il Dem at for Police
Commissioner for Baltimore. Further, he
will uphold his party in all his acts in the
Senate.
The bosses for weeks prior to the con-
yention endeavored to induced several gentle
men to stand for the Senate, but failed. Not
being able 10 get those they 1cdHted they left
the place on the ticket vacant, rather Than lei
the pariy name candidate. And on this
point putting up II partial ticket the closing
sentence of Col. McKeliip's open letter to the
Republican voters of Carroll six years ago is
interesting reading
believing, as | do, that the nominees on
the Republican ticket are in every partlcu lar
the equal and in some respects the SUPERIOR
OF those nominated on the Democratic ticket
/ will unhesitatingly vote as | have hitherto
done, and only regret that my OIcn party did
not give me a tnH instead of a partial ticket
to vote for.
The bosses, then are the 'outs" now
They declined to nominate candidates for
register of wills and county surveyor, and
Col. McKellip did not endorse their policy
and regretted their action. The "outs'i then
are the bosses now, and they have left the
most important political place 90 the ticket
vacant, and deliberately say they violate ~
party principle. No party principle was in
volved in the failure to nominate candidates
for register of wills and surveyor it had only
a tendency to disorganization, for a party
left without candidates will vote with the
opposition and party ties become less bend
sing. in declining to nominate candidate
Eor Senator, not only is party DISCRIMINATION
encouraged, but every political principle is
sacrificed. Republican voters are denied,
by the decree of the party managers, the
g,ight to cote for Republican State Sen
atOr, and thus indirectly denied the right
to vote for Republicans to represent the
State in the United States Senate. The power
exercised by the party managers is dictatorial
in the extreme tits autocratic, and deserves
rebuke They have disfrancLised the three
thousand white Republicans of Carroll on the
senatorship, and taken from them their right
10 vote for IA Republican to represent the
county in the State Senate, by refusing to al
low them a candidate. Their action deserves
the everest censure, and Republican voters
should rebuke them by remaining at home on
election day. Why should they vote for a
candidate for Clerk and not Senator? Why
vote for candidate for Register Of Wills now,
when six years ago they we're denied the right
Why vote for candidates for the House Of
Delegates when refused the right TO vote for a
candidate for Senator? If no principle was
sacrificed in declining TO nominate eandi-
date for the Senate, surely acne is involved
in the election of members of the House Of
Delegates, and Republicans can either alb
stain from voting this part Of the ticket or east
their ballots for the Democratic nominees.
The action of the Republican managers was
an outrage upon the party. 1t is no excuse
10 say that no Republican could be elected
Senator. Principles are involved and no man
ought to be denied the right to vote his senti-
ments. Is there not as much chance to elect
candidate for Senator as there is to elect
the candidate for Clerk, or for Register Of
Wills or Sheriff? Certainly. These offices
involve only party organization. The sena.
torship involves both organization aud party
principles.