Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-25
FRIDAY EVENING OCT. %. 1888.

character is above reproacb. His
opponents concede it, not except
ing the venomous element busily
engaged liz slandering the two Mary
land Senators, German and Gibson.
The opposition to Mr.. Hurst is united
in the support of Mr.. Lloyd Lowndes,
the regular republican nominee for
Governor. This opposition is made up
of three elements. First we have the
regular white republicans, presume
biy Caucasians, who are quite ready to
use both the negroes and the so-called
cleveland democrats" or boilers for
t leir own party purposes, but who are
really ashamed oftheir allies. Second
", we have the negroes who vote the
republican ticket partly from animosity
10 the respectable portion of the whites,
and partly because they hope as the re-
suit of success for the coalition, partial
recognition of thier race for Offices, and
also on the social lines ofmixed schools,
easy access to theatres, hotels, parlor
cars and sleepers along with the whites,
and other features of their darling aspi-
ration for social equality. They also
argue rightly enough that such offences
as rape, arson, and theft will be less &c.
verely punished under the new regime.
The third element are the boilers, in-
spired by desire to strike at German,
cheat the State out of taxes on their
property, and lay the basis for new
party in Maryland outside ofthe regular
democratic organization. Unfortunate
ly for the success of the coalition, this
last element, composed of the boilers,
have not yet made up their minds to
throw off the mask and publicly &C.
oept ia full the doctrines and practices
of the republican party, or to encourage
openly the social aspirations of the
negro, however sympathetic they may
be with their new allies. They are in
the same plight that Malone and his
associates were when they first under
took the task of carrying over the State
of Virginia to the republican party. 1t
became absolutely indispensable then
to bring into play considerable
amount of diplomacy, evasion and false
pretence, before the fiual act of treason
was consummated. 1t is natural, there
fore, that when Mr.. Lowndes comes 10
speak to the people of Maryland he
should be treading on very thin ice.
Naturally he now pretends that ma
tional issues are not involved in the
present contest. Both he and his allies
know full we'll that republican legis-
llture means a republican Senator in
he place of Senator Gibson. The
Cleveland democrats" inspired by
hatred of Mr.. German, are quite ready
for this result. Mr.. Lowndes knows
and they know that the election of a
republican Governor would be long
stride towards the division ofthe South
ern vote in the Presidential election of
1896, and that it will endanger not only
Maryland, but West Virginia and Della
ware also. Does any man doubt that
the election of J.owndes would be bail
ed with joy by every republican leader
in the landry Reed, Mckinley,
John Sherman, Platt, Quay and
the whole gang? Mr.. Lowndes in his
speeches says "the democrats talk to
the people of negro supremacy, mixed
schools, civil rights bill, and force bill.
These are ancient issues. They know
that there is no Force bill, no civil
rights bill, no federal election law to
hurt them?" The italics are ours and
help to emphasize his evasions. 1t will
be noticed that Mr.. Lowndes is extreme
ly careful not to say that he is opposed
to those measures or that he would
veto them if they should be passed by
a republican legislature, he being Gov
ernor. Is Mr.. Lowndes opposed to
Force bill? If so let him 30 declare
himself. Is it an "ancient iHsue?' Why
it is only FIVE years sipoe the whole
force of the Harrison administration
was exerted to pass such a measure
through Congress. It did pass the
House Of Representatives by the votes
of Mr.. Lowndes's party friends, and
would have passed the Senate also but
for the energetic resistance of the Sem
ate democrats, led by Mr.. German.
Mr.. Lowndes did not leave his party be-
cause it favored Force bill that would
have been complete and brutal over
throw of republican institutions. 1t is
true that he republicans are not now
avowing their purpose to pass Force
bill if they gain power, but they are
saying fully as much about it as thew
djdin the campaign which put BENJAMIN
Harrison in the White House. This
time year ago the New York republic
can leaders were not saying anything
about passing civil rights bill. They
Were running their campaign largely
under the suspicious cry of "re-
iorm," the same hypocritical
Ssibboleth, now employed by Mr..
Lowndes and his Baltimore organs of