Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-11-01

0uu auAs points IN ~ "h-
certain way to the standaFibf de-
mocracy, which / have felowed for
so many years With strog hope and
abiding faith. woud urge every
democrat to weigh carefully and
prayerfully the issys, before de-
Gliding to vote against the Hurst
ticket, for it il democratic ticket,
having been Jeterrnined by the
same system VI representative con-
ventions as The democrats have
approved. Instituted and employed
as far back as ms memory goes.
Now, some ore nay reply: "This
convention fd not represent the
democracy" The objection is
not well funded. Who is to
blame if tft delegates to that
| convention I'D not represent the
democracy? mo one but those dem
ocrats, who we're so far recreant to
the duty of gpod citizenship as to
stay away from the primaries. Had
every good democrat gone to the
primaries aud yorked to secure pro-
per representa- ION, neither Mr.. Cor
man nor Mr.. kasin would have been
able to con- the DEGREES of that
convcntfols;F he WIN of the democ-
racy wogld have had as free and
resistles) course as the waters of the
bold Pdomac. Do not make your
party [ Ie victim OF your own neg
lect. Accept the consequences of
your oFn remissness and strive to
do better in the future. Stand by
your cSlors new and be men.
Jeffrson said prudence, indeed,
would dictate that Governments
long established should not be
chang I'd for light and transient
causes" We would have said the
same, With equal truth, of political
parties, and, | tell you, fellow dem
ocrats, when you vote against the
Hurst ticket, you are changing your
party for light and transient cause.
What reason do you assign for
not voting this ticket? eve want
to down Mr.. German. This is
too Eight" cause to justify you,
for Mr.. German is not candidate.
"No. but we must defeat the
ticket in order to censure German
and express oar disapproval of the
nominating convention" What a
flimsy puerile reason,--lacking even
the one redeeming element of plaus-
Utility. Do you tear down your
house, because some part of it is
Objectionable: Do you turn your
destructive wrath against your
church, because there are one or
two bad men in it?
Do you now propose, as reasona-
bic men, to Uefeat your party in
order to get rid of one or two bad
members?
20 Judgment thou art fled to british beasts,
And men have lost their reason!'
| would be ashamed to admit the
silly proposition that the democra-
tic party is too weak to free itself
from German, but needs must pur-
chase relief by base surrender to
the enemy.
No, we can not afford to turn
over the State to republican rule
merely to censure Gormanism-it
costs too much.
Republicanism may do we'll enough
IN Kansas and some other States,
but it is not congenial to the peop ole
of Maryland, and it is not favora-
BILE to their interests. Lowndes
predicts that his party will hold the
government OF Maryland for long
time to come. should they win this
! election. To say the least, such a
result is most probable. | can not
believe, as some democrats too SAN
guinely represent, that the demo-
cratic party would rise Phoenix-like
in few years and "turn the ras-
calls out" This is delusion and
a snare-believe it not, fellow dem
ocrats.
Buckle on your armor and go
forth under the broad banner of
democracy to win the fight. IL you
have any thing to settle with Mr..
German, attend to that at the pro-
per time and keep the fight within
the party. But let the democrats
now unite cen masse" against the
common foe, and after the victory
is won, turn their attention to the
publication and regeneration of the
grand old democratic party, a party
which is too broad and too firmly