The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-11-01
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


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cal campaigns that has ever been wageA in |
our county is now nearing its end, and be |
fore another issue OF Your paper the bal |
lots will have been cast and the result |
known. There is no reason to doubt the |
result. and indeed it can be truthfuliy said !
that the advantage is altogether with the |
Democratic ticket. Never before III the |
history of the county has the democratic |
vote been so solid, and more together in
this campaign. The interest is unanatcd |
and the vote will be Il full one. There are
many reasons for this, and chief among
is the boast that was made by the Repub-
licans, that they could capture the State.
Whether at any time the State WAS ever in
badger, vet it was enough for our people
to believe or think that there was such Il
dire possibility in store for them. This
idea has been the one railylng point for
our people and to-day it can be written
with truth that the democratic party OF the
county is united. Another cause for this
condition of our party is that we have Il
local ticket that commands the respect of
all classes of our people. They are salts
fled with the character of the gentlemen
who compose that ticket, and il will receive
the united and solid support of our party.
When such happy conditions exist it is
perfectly safe to expect success. and the
ted upon such fiattering evidences as are
seen all around us. Another cause that
has helped us is the manner Of the cam
paign that is being made by the Republic
cans in the county. 1t Is well known where
their chief reliance for success rests, ana
that class of voters has been stimulated
with the most colossal promises, i'll the
way of Office, that have been yet made.
Not content with these promises made to
the poor colored man, they have gone to
the white man also and held out to him the
same inducements for bis vote. These
promises are made to the ear to be broken
tC the hope. ana it is safe to say that if they
are kept, and this opportunity could only
arise in case OF republican success. that
Prince Georges county wuud be the most
favored locality in our State, in point of
public Office for thele would be at least
one dozen tobacco Inspectors and more
iaborcrs in the warehouses than can be
found in the work upon the farms. In a
word the State would be called upon to
erect new buildings fOrthe accommodation
Of these lucky gentlemen. What nonsense
then to attempt the deluson OF our people
with such schemes They know |. ,,,-;, 10
work a premise, and are not SLOW to make
the same promises to at least fifty people
if necessary, and detection is out OF the
question until the time comes for settling
up because each one Will keep his promise
Il dead secret and his ncighbors will never
know of it. Whenever democrat finds
out the promises and exposes their fallacy
they on the other side will at once say tia
they have made no such wholesale prom
ises and that they are able to keep all they
| make. But our people will not be fooled
by any such doctrine, they know these
gentlemen and will not be caught by their
ylitterlng promises. Now it becomes the
duty of each democrat to be on guard, to
keep the line unbroken, to see to it that
the deep interest remains active and alive.
and there is nothing to fear upon election
day. There is every reason at this time
why a democrat should give his entire al
iegiance to his party, there Is no reason
why he should fail to do 50. Indeed if
there ever was a time when the principles
of his party should claim his whole deyo
ton and service, now is that time. After
all that has been said in this campaign,
and after considering the lines upon which
it has been waged, the very life of the par
| tv has been at stake. There was a time in
the contest. when there was danger, that
sufficient democratic votes cOnld be taken
from the party as to imreril its s,.tcesS.
That day has passed, because the people
have had time to know and understand the
insinccrity, with which all such charges
had been made, and the real reasons that
| inspired them. The campaign has lacked
nothing in the way of placing before the
people the real and vital issues that CON
front them, and they have been educated
up to the performance of the duty that
rests upon them. Now before closing this
letter | will say that the present campaign
| as conducted by the opposition has been
one of buncombe. Nothing can Illustrate
| this better than the parade that occurred
| in this town on Friday last. The Sponta-
neous outpoor OF the democrats OF the
| county, when they met their State candi-
dates, put a damper upon our republican
| friends. and they went to work with Il will
| to drum UP enough to offset the good eff
| feet of that splendid demonstration. Did
| they succeed even i'll this: They did not.
| Their crow was made up of the colored
people, and altogether it is reliably stated
| that there were not over l5o white men in
| the gathering, inclu,lin = the citizens of this
| town who We're here of course Now be-
| fore closing wish to speak OF the follow
| ing incident that took place at a meeting
| of the Union Republican Club, of Wash
ngton city, on Friday night Of last week
| as it appeared in tie Post of Saturday
| morning, and also in other papers of that
| city. Mr.. Syphera white man of carpet
| bag notoriety who was compelled to leave
| one of the states Of the South for the good
of that state, in his address to the club adj
vised the colorcd men of the District to
arm themselves with Winchester rifles,
| and 90 out into Maryland upon election
| day to aid their color at the ballot box.
Ard lie further urged the use of these
weapons. This sentiment met with APP
proyal from his audience, and it remains to
! be seen whether it will he carried out
Now this shows how these poor mis- guided
! people are led by designing white men,
who alone reap the reward OF republican
success. Now then it il the duty uf all
democrats together, to work INCREASINGLY
from now until election day and success is
ours, not only in our dear old county bat
throughout this proud old commonwealth
That such Will be the case there is no doubt
because the people are aroused, and when
ever the democrats are united they can al
ways win. There is enough in this cam
paign to unite them, and it has had its eff
feet. H.