The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
Baltimore Letter,
From our Regular Correspondent.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 90, 1895.

From our Regular Correspondent.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 90, 1895.
One striking evidence of the panic
pervadlng the ranks Of Democratic
leaders this year is shown by the
speeches of Senator German. That
able and astute politician, usually
so suave, imperturbable, calm aud
clear-headed, seems now to have
lost bis head entirely, and his
speeches are certainly doing his
cause no good. MIR. German has
been lndulging in coarse PERSONAL
ties and abuse, and has been dodg
ing all the main questions at issue.
His speeches have been full Of ego
tistical Boosting Of what he has
accomplished in the United States
Senate, coupled with the frantic
declaration that if the wicked Re-
publicans are successful this year
they will carry the State next wear,
and this will surely elect their pres
ident Cor them. Then Mr.. German
has been vigorously stirring up race
prejudice, and, haying no good
arguments to present for the sup.
port of his ticket, is endeavoring to
arouse the fears of his audiences.
To what base ends has the great
Democratic party come in its mad
terror over the inevitable defeat
that IS coming?
Mr.. German has sadly disappoin-
ted his friends, this fall; he has not
measured up to those great stand
ards of political leadership and
shrewdness for which he has acquir-
ed a national reputation. When 1t
was announced early in the summer
that German intended to take COM
mand of the forces in person this
year, all the underlings, office
holders and petty politicians set up
mighty shout of rejoicing, for
they thought, with German to lead !,
no foe could stand before them.
But, singular as it may seem, this
campaign has been more completely
packed with blunders than any ever
attempted by the Democrats.
Nearly everything done by that
party seems to have been the wrong
thing, and every wrong thing has
hurt them immensely. Their lead
ers have failed to appreciate the
temper of the people; their old
audacity has been so long success
full that they could not refrain from
using it again; they undertook the
same old fraudulent tricks at a time
when the people were tired of trick
cry and determined at all hazards
to stop it. Mr.. German, with all
his great reputation for shrewdness,
seems to have failed entirely tc
comprehend the state of the popu.
lar mind this year or to read the
signs of the times.
Speaking of frauds, their most
desperate effort was made at the
recent registration to pad the lists
with fraudulent names, and severa
thousand were put on the books
In speaking of this, the Baltimore
Sun says: cit is very certain thai
the lists have been falsified to al
unusual extent. The practica
question is, what are the people
going to do about it? By thorough
organization and vigilance many o
the medltated frauds can be pre-
vented on election day by th'
prompt arrest of those who seek tt
vote upon false names and residen
ces. The whole conspiracy o
fraud can be effectually checke'
and defeated by the resolute deter
mination to vote against the candi
dates in whose interest and 70
whose benefit these frauds ar
intended. The honest vote of thi
city can beat the fraudulent vot