The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-12


litical battle of 1895 will open mp
in all its fierceness. 1t will be a
battle of giants, and the defeated
will succumb only when the votes
are counted and announced on the
evening of the 5th of November
next. Of course many changes NAV
result within the next few weeks,
but at present the Republican State
ticket has all the best of it. ills a
ticket that is growing steadil} in
popular favor, and has not only
solidifed and united Republicans
everywhere, but has brought to its
support hundreds and thousands of
the best Democrats in the State
men who value principles above
practice and the welfare of the State
far more than party supremacy.
Could campaign be more auspi
ciously inaugurated than the one
upon which the Republican stand
ard bearers are entering? Could
ticket be more enthusiastically re-
ceived or more cordially supported?
The Republican leaders AasaSk
eral good reasons for the fati1~ shat
is in them this year. First and
foremost, there is the personnel of
the State ticket. The mird of men
runneth not back to the tine when
the party could boast of such an
admirable ticket, such an enthusi-
asm-arousing ticket, such vote
winning ticket. Upon tbs point
suppose we summon expect testi
mony. You know, in a case in
court, an admission from the other
side is considered of moe value
than any testimony of your own
witness. Here is witnss that
ought to be impartial, because it is
from the ranks of the opposition.
On the morning after the Cambridge
convention the Baltimore Sun, for
many years the leading Democratic
paper, not only in Maryland, but
the entire South, said:
"TheRepublicanStateC Convention
at Cambridge yesterday nominated
probably the strongest ticket that
it could have put in the field. Per-
sonally the nominees are above
criticism. They are all gentlemen
of high standing and of undoubted
character and worth. Mr.. Lowndes,
the nominee for Governor, is a man
of fine business ability and varied
practical experience, thoroughly
conversant with the needs and re-
sources of the State. Mr.. ClaksughI.,
the nominee for Attorney-G General,
is lawyer of prominence and abll-
ity, and Mr.. Graham, the nominee
for Comptroller, is young lawyer
who has already won popularity and
esteem in his section. The ticket
represents the best elements of the
Repu olican party in Maryland, and
the gentlemen who compose it are
identified with the substantial inter-
ests of the State"
Now, the San does not often
extol anything that is Republican;
it imagines that few good things
can come out of this Nazareth, but
it is conceded to be an honest paper
and in this instance recorded its
honest opinion. Cannot the Re-
publicans of Maryland well afford
to feel proud of ticket, therefore,
that wrests such golden opinions
from a great adversary on the
political field?
But the Sun does not stop there.
Being, as said before, an honest
paper, and confronting condition
upon which an honest opinion is
expected, it is frank and honest
enough to follow the trail to its
end. 1t also said in the same issue
and upon the same subject:
"There is another point upon
which the Republican party has the
right to congratulate itself in con-
nection with the ticket nomiHS ted
at Cambridge yesterday, and that
J is that it was nominated by the
Republican voters of the State, and
not by bosses and machines. There
was spirited and earnest rivalry
between the friends of the aspirants
} for the gubernatorial nomination,
but 1t was contest of the people
{ and among the people. The prima.