The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-09-27
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


| Mr. EDIToR:-Thc Baltimore Sun in its
course for the defeat of the State ticket is
| also including the Legislative ticket. This
appears from an issue of last week, where
| the relative standing of the next House
| and Senate is given. In this guess the Re
| publcans will have Il ma ioritv on joint
| ballot and thus elect Il United States Sen
| ator Our county is placed in the list that
will send three republicans to the House
of Delegates. So now it may be known
| that the Sun is not content Will the defeat
| of Mr.. Hurst and the State ticket but it
desires the county ticket us well. This is
not surprising, because Il partial change in
politics something that rarely takes place
| place. In the case of the Sun it is all. Our
people have been put on the alert, by the po-
Sltlon taken by that paper the first impress
sion was one of disappointment when Il
| change of politics was foreshadowcd, then
as it increased in its venom and hostility
| to the IStrty, those who for so long Il time
| had relied upon its unwavering support
| OF democracy, were simply Disguised at
| the turn suddenly taken. when heard
| upon the plea for that position. We are
| now completely warned and know the cX-
| tent of its opposition, and the hopes that
| it so cherishes. 1t seems now that an eff
| fort is to be made to hand the entire State
over bodily to the republicans. To sus-
| tain the position that paper has repeatedly
| pointed to the political changes that have
| taken place in other states, notably Penn
| sylvania and Massachusetts, republican
states, where democratic Governors were
| elected. These are not parallel cases.
| They are not in point. These states were
| and are republican to the core by vast ma
| jorities, and the bare election of Demo-
| crat as Governor, made little or no differ
| ence to them. They always took good
| care to have Il republican Legislature.
| But ascending to the former faith and Cos
pei preached by the Sun, they did Il good
| thing to elect Il democrat, but Judged by
| that same standard, our people will commit
| a great wrong to elect Il Republican Cover
| nor When did this great change in SEN
| timent take place: 1t has existed for some
| little time back, as far as personal dislike
! to Senator German is concerned, but it
never until late extended to the entire par
| tv. Then democrats are asked by the Sun
| to defeat their party, because that paper
and its malcontontS wish the defeat of Mr.
| German. Now this is all that is in it. But
| coming to the ticket in the county let us
ask if the Sun is really serious in its cal
culations! We will examine the condition
| of things as they appear and state the case
as it truthfully stands. The democratic
convention of the county composed of the
| very best men of the party nominated Il
| Il ticket that has met the approval of the
entire party, and represents every interest
of the county. 1t is satisfactory. The
personnel is strong, and it is popular
ticket. In the convention there were no
factions, there were no disputes. Rarely
if ever did the work of Il convention 90
off more smoothly. The ticket represents
the democracy of the county. Now is this
the case with the Republican ticket. We
can answer no, emphatically. The con-
vention that made the nominations was
composed of thirty-nine colored men out
of the seventy that met in convention. The
convention was worked in the interest of
but one candidate, and every nomination
was subservent to that element. 1t was
| the colored element then that made the
nominations, and hence the ticket is not
representative of the republican party.
| The colored men are the voters in that
party, but there their office ceases This
| has been the rule in all preceding cam
| -paigns, but in this there is Il departure.
| But Mr.. Belt prepared and paved the way
| for the situation in his fight for the nomi-
nation, when it is seen that the colored
vote predominated in that body and when
| he persuaded the colored man that he was
really the republican party and should die
| tate its nominees. He then and there
| drew the color line, by telling them to be
| true upon election day and success would
surely attend their actions. Now in the
face of all these facts so well known to our
people can it be seriously expected that
the white democratic vote, will ally itself
to such IA party, and help elect it. With
out a strong accession from the democrat
ic ranks the republican party in the coun-
ty is easily beaten. The white registered
vote is in excess of the colored vote at
| least two thousand and odd. But here is
| the danger The colored vote is about
2l0O, and of course is as solid as can be-
1t can be counted on as Il rule and the eff
fort is then made in addition to the white
republican vote to catch up unwary dem
ocrats. Let our people be upon their guard
and see to it that the democratic ticket
county and State shall have the support
that they deserve. They are both repre-
sentative tickets, regularly and fairly NOM
mated, and composed of men who will
worthily fill the Offices for which they have
been nominated. 1t is the duty then of all
true democrats to come to the rescue of
their party, and see to it that the unholy
alliance of democratic malcontents with
republicans shall not cause its defeat. H.