The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-07-12
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


UPPER MARLBORO July 10.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The Central Committee
for the county has issued the call for the
primary meetings. There will be one con-
vention, that is the delegates that are Sc
lected to represent the districts in the
county convention, will nominate the can
didates for the various offices, and also
send delegates to Baltimore to represent
Prince Georges county in the State con-
vcntiOn. This view was reached after a full
consultation of the full committee on Tues
day last and it was decided that it would
be best to have the entire matter settled bv
one convention. The committee acted
wisely, because it is not always convenient
to nave the people come together in prim-
aries, and it is always attended with eX-
pense. For this reason it was deemed
best to have but the one convention 1t
is not by any means too early to place our
ticket in the field, and early action upon
the part of the people in this respect, will
be as safe for the party success as if it was
deferred later. Indeed there are many
good reasons why early nominations
should be made. There is much work to
be done, towards thorough organization
of the people. The registration of voters
is to be looked after, and the party inter
ests in each district attended to. In the
nomination of IA ticket each district in the
county will be represented, and the candi-
dates can commence at once their work.
Now will we have good ticket? The in
| dications are in every direction, that the
| convention will nominate Il strong and ac-
ceptable ticket. AS has been frequently
spoken of in this correspondence, we hav e
the material in the county from which to
make an excellent ticket. That this will
be done, there is no question. The peo-
| pie are determined and the signs are that
| we will have full harmony in the conven-
| ton, and a strong ticket set before the peo-
| pie. If this be done we will win without
any trouble. But it must be remembered
| that the republicans are equally deter
mined. 1t will therefore require earnest
and watchful work There is no time to
| be lost, and each day after the ticket is
| formed should be spent in getting our peo-
pie together. Then every care should be
| taken to have the voters attend the cleo
ton. Democratic prospects are now
bright. The conditions are helping us all
over the country. The depression and
| gloom that beset the country almost three
years ago, are fast dissipating and now
the only shop that is closed is that of the
calamity bowler. Business has improved,
and the improvement is of that steady
growth, and healthy surroundings, that
insures a continuance of that condition.
| There is no boom, but each week shows
an advance in the wages of the laborer,
and each week also shows larger out put
from the furnaces of the factory All over
| the country the Improvement is going on,
and this, in the face of their prophesy,
that the democratic administration would
ruin the people. These predictions have
all failed, and the voters can wake up to
the fact that the scare was after all mere
fake, and played for campaign purposes
alone. The democratic party is in line for
1896 and will win. The depression that
overlook us, and nearly swamped the treas
ury, at the beginning of the Cleveland adj
ministration, has been tided over and the
| good sense of the people can at last see
that it was brought about by republican
legislation, especially that upon the silver
| question. This condition has been fear
lessly met by Mr.. Cleveland by the issue
of bonds and by keeping the gold reserve
in its normal state. This has been done,
and thus the confidence IN the ability of
the Government to meet all its liabilities
in gold that has been almost destroyed by
the tinkering silver legislation of the re-
publicans has been fully restored, our peo-
pie then can be encouraged in the belief
| that the next administration will be dem
ocratic, and thus take from our enemies
one of their favorite props, in promising
help and aid in the way of office, from
their administration. Then our people
should consider the situation, and come
to the convention with their minds made
up, and a determination to nominate such
a ticket, as will represent the best inter-
est of the party and the people. There is
much at stake and we will have plenty
| upon our hands to carry the county. But
| in making this concession, there is en-
enlargement in the experience that when
ever we have hard fight, we always win.
Whenever this county has been carried by
| the republicans, it has arisen from mis-
| takes made in our own party. We now
know what is before us, and we know for
what we are to provide. Let there be no
| lukewarmness, let there be no indifference,
but let every member of the party go to
| work, and engage in the contest as if it
were a personal one, and victory will be
| ours. In this correspondence it has been
shown what success to our people means,
in the coming election, and it has been
pointed, out what dangers will beset us,
if we suffer defeat This is democratic
county, and we can and will win Let
this be our motive. H.