Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-10-25

truth Is, that those who organize
the pretended independent move
ment are Republicans at heart and
not Democrats at all. 1t matters
little what, as individuals, they in
tend to do, but it matters very
greatly that they shall not delude
our people with such nonsense and
hypocrisy until we are handed over
to the Republican Deliah to be
shorn OF our strength and bound
hand and foot. The reelection of
President Cleveland Is directly in
volved in the State election, for no
mah % tolbe at large can honestly
believe that the State can be be-
truyed into Republican hands nov
and reclaimed in 1888. Every con-
sideration of self-interest, every tie
of association with the South, eve
ry impulse Of feeling kindled by the
memory of Republican misgovern-
ment in the past, ought to move
our people to stand as firm as ada.
mant and to turn a deaf ear to
those who have forgotten their own
political integrity and now seek to
mislead others to their ruin,
AS a further answer we quote
from your editorial of October 10,
1887:
"There is no pretense that this
is anything but contest between
the Democratic and the Republican
parties, the latter aided by desert
ers from the former, who offer nei-
ther apology nor excuse for their
conduct, except that they cannot
trust their own party to keep It's
promises, but can trust the other.
The logic of this would, of course,
land those who present it perma-
nently in the Republican fold, but
they tell us in the same breath that
they propose to rescue the State
next year and hand it over to the
Democratic candidate for the Pres
idency. This is precisely what they
cannot do, even if they so desire,
which may we'll be doubted. Let
any intelligent man think what the
situation would be if the Republi-
can State and city tickets are elect
ed. 1t is perfectly well known that
the possession of all the political
patronage of the State is a tremen.
dous lever of power. However it
may reflect upon the public virtue
. state the proposition, we know
from all experience of the past that
men see their political duty only
too often from the standpoint of
their own interests. Maryland
stands at the head of the Democrat
10 States of the South, which have
been called in derision the solid
South. We know that it has been
the unremitting effort of the Re-
publican leaders to break this solid
front to pieces and thus capture
part of its electoral vote. Are our
own people prepared to do for them
what they have not been able to do
for themselves Hand us over now
to Republican control, and a shout
of triumph will go up from Repub-
lican throats all over this broad
land. But how will our Democrat
ic friends feel towards us :? What
answer shall we make when they
point to the common ruin in which
we have involved both them and
ourselves ?"
In further reply, and as a con-
elusive answer to all that you have
alleged against the Democratic par
ty during the present campaign, we
quote your own words, which are
directly applicable to the present
contest, where the only issue is
"shaH the republican party rule the
city Of Baltimore and State of Ma-
ryland." From your editorial of
November s, 1887, we quote as fol-
lows:
"lf the Democratic party has
planted its standard upon the for
tress of truth and honor and shall
fail at last in its long struggle for
the advancement of every vital in
terest coincident with human liber-
ty and progress, it will but point
the moral of an anomaly and illus
trate the vicissitudes of a cause
which has deserved a better fate.
But there is no fear of defeat under
the auspices which now favor the
Democratic party in its contest for
continued lease of power. 1t has
the merit of having done well for
the State during the whole period