Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-10-18


State affairs accordingly, no man
who knows him can question or
doubt. His past life is a guarantee
that he win do SO, untrammelled
by personal obligations to any man.
With all these qualifications, is
he not entitled to the support of
every true Democrat in the State?
To my mind it is the weakest of
nonsense to refuse to vote for him,
on the ground that he is the can
didate of men, who are obnoxious
to the Baltimore Sun and to some
democrats whose prejudices blind
their judgments. Democrats who
lay all the sins of the political vo-
cabulary on Senator German, can
fight him two years hence, If their
wrath be not appeased before that
time. They should not now take
vengeance on the whole Democratic
party, by refusing to vote for a high
toned, honorable, honest and capa-
BILE democrat fairly nominated by a
State Convention, which had been
fairly elected by democratic prima-
ries throughout the State.
Suppose Mr.. Hayes (my personal
choice) had been nominated; the
whole tax lodging influence would
have combined to defeat him. The
Baltimore SIN would haye dis
charged its batteries loaded with all
kinds of armor, that selfishness and
perhaps venom, could have invent
ed, to prevent the passage of the
"drastic" Hayes Bill as described
by the Sun, which had passed two
successive Legislatures. and been
defeated by the then Governors of
the State. This word "drastic"
simply means powerful" "effica-
cious"-just such bill as the peo-
pie needed to bring under assess
ment all the property of the State.
This opposition would doubtless
have had some additional pretext
for opposing Mr.. Hayes.
Would it not be more manly to
at once go over to the Republican
party "horse, foot and dragoon"
than under such flimsey pretexts to
try to turn over the State Govern
ment to the tender mercles of the
Republican Party? They say they
will redeem the State in 1896. How
fallacious the promise, How decep-
tive the aim, time will prove, If
they accomplish their end in 1895!
Why did not these grumbling
democrats attend the Primaries,
and control them, if they are so
numerous as they claim to be? They
did not do their duty then. Are
they doing their duty now?
Republicans will be on their
guard, while admitting the "Greek
Horse" full of kicking democrats,
into their ranks. They will doubt
less think of the warming line OF
Virgil-"Timeo Danaos, ct dona
ferentes. The Baltimore Sun al
ready out-Herods Herod, in its
advocacy of the Republican ticket.
Its correspondents, aids and emf
saries are doing the same thing,
The Smn must be leader, or moth
ing.
As for Senator German, | have
no defence to make for him. He
has already done that for himself,
in a very able speech, which though
severely criticised in a three column
article by the Sun, has not been
answered, or controverted-a diff
Guilty beyond the attainment of the
| !Sun.
Democrats should remembe that
there is much more at stake, than
the election of the Democratic State
Ticket. The defeat of the Demo
cratic State Ticket will undoubted-
ly lose the State for the Democrats
in 1896. The boiling democrats
know this, as well as it is possible
to know anything. in the future.
What the Republicans were in
the late war, they are yet, in princi-
Piles and political creed. l had
much painful experience with them
in the General Assemblies of the
war period, and the Constitutional
Convention of 1864. During that
period, they folsted upon the State
the inlquitons Constitution of 1864,
which was never legally adopted by
the voters of the State.
1t was with great difficulty that
the Democrats obtained a change