The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-25

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
UprEE MARLBORO. October


MR. EplroH-Thc present campaign
promises to be the most memorable that
has ever occurred III the annals OF our
State From its very inception ii has
grown in interest. and when considered in
its true and real relations To the cause of
the people, il is more han remarkable. 1t
is not Il i4ht between republican and dem
| ocratic principles, that would be easy, hut
it is Il struggle of democracy against the
unnatural combinations that have been
formed To defeat it, The republican par
tv has allied itself To the dISaIlectcd and
the malcnntcnl portion. who claiming to
be democrats. still ere willing To assist
in the defeat of their party. This is the
unnatural condition of things. and is what
makes the campaign at least SINGULAR As
is we'll known, the job. for ii l. well to call
things bv their right name, commenced bV
the Baltimore sun, in "ht that it is max
ing for personal reasons. against the man
ayers or leaders of the party. From time
to time this fight has increased in activity,
and the republican party is stalking lis all
upon the issue We hear repeatedly of
democratic promises to support the State
republican ticket. In fact Mr.. Lowndc>
plants his success upon the numbers of
democrats who will vote for him. 1t would
seem that he is making his campaign en-
tirclv among democrats But the reason
! given for the dissatisfaction of democrats
is puerilc and unnatural. The democrat
| is persuaded to vote for Mr. Lowndc> be
| cause it is necessary to defeat the bosses.
| so say the malcontrntS. This is necessary
| in order to purify the political condition
| of the State. The democrats are bad PEG
pie, they. through their leaders, crush out
| the real sentiment. and Stli1c the voice oi
| the people, this is the chief plea. Forthl>
| sin the party must he defeated. What an
| insane reason. In the first place. If all
| that was said of our leaders were true, how
could the defeat of the party hurt them. or
| rid the people of their influence: The
Baltimore sun saws it would he an easy
matter to accomplish. because the demo
cratic party could at once rcOrTanlZc. with
out the aid of the bosses, and then bc so
purified aS to assert its asccndancv IN the
State and go forward to the achievement
of new Victories In this work Of rcwcn-
Grafton we suppose ii Is expected that MIR.
LowndeS and his friends would assist, up
on the ground that one good turn deserves
another oh what a phantom Of dclu>iol.
Once surrender he State to the Republic
can party and the next generation would
scarcely see its rccapturc With the entire
state government in its hands, with all the
election machinery at its command. hold
would be had that would be difficult to be
rid Of Then again the State could be so
gerrvmanded that hereafter it might be inn
possible to elect Il Democrat to Congress
from Marvland There are many other
wrongs that may be inflicted upon our peo-
pie at the hands of the republican party if
entrusted with power, and all these mat
tiers should be carefully weighed at this
time The caiamiticS that would hcfall us
cannot be ovcrrated. Our people once
felt the lion hand of this party. and they
cannot afford to try it again. The cam
paiwn in the county is progressing finely.
Our county candidates are making a most
vigorous campaign. The meetings are
everywhere attended well, and the cnthu-
Siasm is undated. There is without qcuS-
ton deep interest taken i'll the present
fight Our people are aroused as they
never were before. and this interest will
grow and increase a> we near the day
of election The dangers that confront Us
are fully appreciated, and there i Il deter
mnatinn that the republican party of the
county shall be defeated 1t is remember
ed by our people that the ticket nominated
by the republican convention WAS put in
| the field by Il body composed of 80 colorcd
men out of 20 delegates who constitute Il
county convention. The ticket represents
the worst elements of that party. although
there are some good men upon it. but they
are in mighty bad company The head of
the ticket is Mr.. John W. Belt. can ildatc
for Clerk indeed it would seem that he
compoScS the entire ticket. aS one seldom
hears any other candidate on that side
mentioned He as little deserves the sup
port of the people of the county a> any
man who ever was vet in public life. He
has been an official for the past fourteen
wears and from the first lncumhcncv of
he office to the day that he will retire
from the position. he has performed III"
regular duty connected with the office
Such Il nominal officer should he retired.
He will he given Il Ion" holiday and it will
date from November 9TH The democratic
ticket is made up Of men who will reflect
credit upon the positions for which they
are nominated They possess the entire
| confidence of the people they deserve and
will receive the warm support of their
party. II.