The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-10
Communicated.
, the Editor of The Republican.

L ne norman democracy were
never in such deplorable condition
as at the present time. Witness
the inconsistent platforms Of the
Democratic county convention
without a single principle worth
striving for. The assessment reso-
luton a canard and hoax. Silent
as the grave upon the question of
Democratic economy; not princi-
pie to 60 before the people. The
mountain in labor brings forth
mouse, and we have that awful
phantom Of by-gone days, negro
domination. Nothing to appeal to
the Intelligence of men, but an
appeal to the prejudice of the peo-
Pile; scare-crow which will not
scare worth cent. True, under
the Democratic mismanagement
our people have had but short terms
of schools, but they read and think
for themselves and have at least a
little "horse sense and such an
APP peal is disgusting to the intelli-
gent people of the county regardless
of politics. Yes, we have too good
an opinion of the intelligence of
the gentleman who drew the reso-
luton to think for one moment
that he believed that there was any
danger himself, or that a vote for
| Lowndes meant what the resolution
said it did. There is no danger of
negro domination.
When MIR. Cleveland appointed a
negro for Recorder of Deeds of the
District of Columbia, the people
, did not get the nightmare, and the
) Republicans did not lose their
heads and pass resolutions crying
"negro domination" This is a
question of the people against Cor
manism and misrule. and the people
will be heard in spite of appeals to
, prejudice and misrepresentation to
get the people away from the issues
of the campaign. They also de-
clare that they recognize no issues
in this campaign other than those
: enunciated and proclaimed in the
Democratic State platform of 1895,
and vet with this declaration made
they at once say that they endorse
the expressed purpose of the Dem.
9 ocracy of the State to give us free
> school books. When did the
: Democracy make such an expires
Did not the Democratic State con.
Yention turn down the Democratic
t representative of the free book
, measure, Col. John Walter Smith,
and nominated "Gorman's man?''
When the bill appropriating $685.
900 towards free books was before
: the last session of the Legislature,
: was 1t passed by Democratic votes?
Your party had sixty-elght major
lty-twenty two votes more than
was necessary to pass any measure
yet had it not been for Republi-
can votes the bill would have failed
to have passed the Democatic house
with twenty-five votes more than
necessary to have passed the bill.
And yet every scheme known to
parliamentary tactics was employed
to defeat the bill, and even with
the aid of Republican votes the
record shows that the fight in the
Democratic legislature for what the
Democratic leaders of Garrett
county would have the people be-
lieve is one of their dearest pros
poets, continued from o'clock D.
m. until 2.30a a. m. land when passed
by the aid of the Republicans the
Democratic Governor, Il suppose,
remembering that it was the ex-
pressed purpose of his party to
give the children of the State free
school books, and knowing how
much the German Democracy loved
the dear people, especially about
election time) vetoed the bill, and
our Democratic friends would have
us believe that their party is in
favor of free books. Is 1t any won
der that we have the plank on negro
domination. No assessment, for
their promise is not worth the paper