The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-18
MIR. GoRMAN's OVERTHROW.

/
day. 1t says yesterday:
We have been curious to know whether
! or moi Senator German was friendly 10
! the reassessment bill which was slain
outright ia the Maryland House of Dele
! gates last Thursday. The Baltimore
| Herald. writing on this subject, SAYS:
1--WE refuse 10 believe that Senator Cor
/ man was i'm the fight for reassessment
| The Senator is better fighter than
1 that"
That means, we suppose, that If Cor
man had favored il the bill would have
| become a law.
We put against this the following spe-
cial dispatch to the Baltimore Sun from
Annapolis, remarking first that Mr.
George Cotton is. by universal consent
I'm Maryland. one Of the best informed
politicians in that state:
ANNAPOLIS. MD. March l5.-The de-
feat of the assessment bill is regarded By
Mr.. George Cotton as a most significant
political event. Mr.. Cotton, believing that
Baltimore city would be greatly dam
AGED by the enactment OF the Hayes bill.
has been active against il, and has kept
himself informed far as possible Of the
attitude of each member Of the House
the vote on the assessment bill to-day
shows that Senator German no longer
possesses the great power in the State
which he once possessed. Mr. German.
said Mr.. Cotton, has used every effort
10 pass this bill. lie has written TO mem
bers Of the Legislature urging the neces-
siiy OF IFS passage. has interviewed sew
eral Of them i'm person. and has induced
several OF the most powerful ofiice-hold-
crs and expected Ofiice-hoders in the
State to come down and lobby for the
bill. Indeed. he has had a great num-
Der of generals mere, but il has been a
subject for common remark that there
We're no troops. This is due 10 various
causes. Senator Germans following was
always almost exclusively political and
not personal II was kept intact by
patronage and promises-what the civil
service reformers call the cohesive power
of patronage jBut what John Randolph
long ago called the cohesive power OF
public plumber" and that is Just what II
is.--Edtor The Times) IT must be re-
membcred that Mr.. German has been in
the Senate and practically removed from
the State of Maryland and from the con-
tact ana sympathy of it's people for nearly
fourteen wears. Some Of the present
House of Delegates were school children
when he was first elected TO the Federal
Senate. A generation has grown mp who
knew not Joseph OF course, II Is well
understood that Mr.. /. Freeman Rasn
has been actively at work against the
Hayes bill. He has made no secret OF his
opposition TO il. and / believe he is sus-
tanned by the enlightened sentiment Of the
city This is evidenced by the solid vote
to-day Of the Independent Democrats
from the Second district against the bill
4 very few years ago. had Mr. German
made the effort here 10 pass the bill, such
as ne has made in this case, il would
have been useless to oppose him. Now
the bill he advocated has been beaten
by a vote Of almost two 10 one. This
| is a great change in the political condi-
ton Of the state and means a great deal.
| Mr.. Germans attitude i'm the Senate Of
| the United states has been intensely
unpopular in Maryland. He began his
political mistakes IN the Gath interview.
| AT Chicago he did not represent his
| people In the effort to carry out the
| Democratic platform and repeal the Sher-
/ man act he was regarded as lukewarm.
| If not hostile, and the delay inflicted
| great injury on the business Of the cOun-
try. Now his position Of apparent op-
! position 10 the party on the passage of
| the Wilson bin has created a revolt His
/ sending emissaries 10 Annapolis to pass
the assessment bill created deep resent
| ment. But perhaps the worst blunder
OF an was his speech the other day defy
| ing the press and people. Such a series
of hlunders must destroy the strongest
] politician"
The Baltimore Sun. which is by far
the leading Democratic paper in Mary
land, puts this forward as the true views
Of the case, and our own information
satisfies us that it is. Judge Harris and
the Dispatch may, therefore, gather up
the broken fragments Of their idol and
store them away for mementos and heir
looms. for he is shattered, and the place
Of boundless power that once knew him
| will know him no more Ills sun has set,
and another luminary is rising towards
which all the worshippers of such lu-
minaries are rushing, as the Mahome-
dams crowd to Mecca.
The ending of German was foredoomed
from the beginning. and its caases are
| all foreshadowed in Mr. Colton's remarks
In the first place he was not a states
man who hoped TO lead his people by i'm
pressing on them their duty TO adhere
/ tilAoNsu eRoi anu tNu report III sunshine
ard in storm. to the eternal principles OF
right, justice, and truth He was an ex-
pcdiency statesman, or, 10 be more frank
at the expense Of eloQuence, he was a
political boss" whose idea Of politics
is that they are game TO be won by
tricks. devices. and distribution of public
sWag.
/ II is a great comfort TO know that
all such come 10 their end sooner OF
later. you may fool all Of the people
some of the time. and some OF. the peo-
pie all the time, but you cannot fool al
Of the people an the time" BE sure
your sins will find you out" says the good
book. and nothing truer was ever said.
"sic gloria transit mundi." and so. "Boss'
German, farewell
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THE souTH's VOTE ON sErGNIORAGE.