The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
PIER MARLBORO. October


Nix. EDITORIALS the campaign pro
crosses the Democratic situation III the
State is steadily improving, and men are
awakening to the true AMI real ISSUES That
are before them. 1t cannot be too much
repeated. or too often cited, that the only
issue in the campaign is at last the prcScr
walton of our State government under
Democratic rule or its surrender to the
RrpubIican> This * all of it. What IN
alliance the party of the people has OPP
posed it, 1t is composed of the reform
League that is nuthn" after all but rcpub-
licani>m under another name, the rcpub-
lican organization and dissatisfied demo
Gratis But let us see of what the rcpubli
can party is made up. Fully onc-half of
it in the State is the organized oath bound
colorcd vote, always to he relied upon, and
always on hand at the day of election. 1t
has been used as Il solid body and only
needs Il certain percentage of the white
vote to make it successful. Here Is the
great danger to our institutions, and the
chance and opportunity in that is ever
present for the success of improper and
inefficient public officials. We have the
proof of this in our own county, where, by
the prcponderanCc of the cOlorcd vote i'll
the nominating convention, candidates are
upon their ticket who never could have
won, but for the presence of that vote
The question then is, will the republican
ticket be elected: Will our people who
know and realize the full truth and mean
ing of all these statements lend themselves
to those who, paradng us Democrats, are
still advising the defeat of their party
The fight that has been started and kept
up with SO much persistence strikes at the
entire integrity of the party, and has been
conducted with So much venom and spleen,
that it is causing somewhat of Il reaction.
The argument of the malcontcnts Is lame
and impotcnt, and has grown into person
alities of the @ravcst kind. 1t has been
answered, and driven from one position
to another But the poorest argument OF
all is, that the democrats can well afford
to lose the State government in all It's
branches so as SO be purified, and so as TO
~et rid Of the bosses. From what part or
the camp of the unholy alliance who will |
perform this work, is the purifying pro- |
cess to come. Who will be the chief priest |
in this great work of regeneration. hat |
kind of ii victory will it be, and who Is to |
claim the glory. Shall the democratic |
party be re-organized and re-instated in |
its own, by the grace of the reform Lea
League. the republican forces, and the NAL |
contents, or will there be IA disintegration |
of these elements, and a halt after the |
fl chit is over and won. Can any one who |
knows anything of political parties, be so
blind as to believe that under such condi-
tons. this State could be reclaimed by |
means easy and natural as stated by the |
Baltimore Sun. Wemay expect the NIL |
!enum as well. If, as the malcontents are |
this State goes republican,
then indeed there would be such Il joyful |
shout from that camp as would arouse even
these unrcaSoning individual to their true
senses. and when the great feast is pre-
pared, that would surely follow such an
event, then would they find the doors shut
against them and then realize what an er-
ror they had committed. 1t would he her
aided from one end of the land to the 9th
er as a grand republican victory and the
old party with all its sins, with all its OPP
pressive acts against the liberties of the
people would begin to take on a new lease
Of ifc-Marvland would be in line for 90,
and that after all is what this fight means.
Our people cannot weigh these matters
too much and the thought of this great
danger should be with them continually.
W hcrcvcr the republican party has been
invested with the State government in the
South, there progress has been at once I'M
pcded. Wherever it has made an inroad
here it has entrcnchcd itself and has been
itficult of removal. But why make Il
change III the government of our State:
| ndcr Democratic rule Maryland has moth
ng to regret Our people are as wcll-to-
10 aS can be found in any other state OF
he Union. Our taxes arc low, and there
is no charge made of encouragement in
any branch of the State government. Our
system of education is of the best, and the
appropriations for this purpose are always
nd IL hat
then is the matter? Some say get rid of
tn" bosses, and the only way to do this is
to defeat the party 1t is the old story of
cut of the nose to spite the face. Others
gain say we want Il re assessment law.
Well we will have such Il law if the demo
traits wIn it is altogether another qucs- |
ion if the republicans win. At any event
it is far safer to expect such Il law from Il
democratic than from Il republican admin
stration ,nc idea of handing u,ui our
state to the republicans is So ahhorrcnt, is
SO unnatural, after all these wears of Il
peaceful and prosperous rule, that the
thought of ii becomes absolutely Sickcning
and disgusting. This is altogether inten
siilcu when we imagine what 1t all would |
result in. The executive, the Legislative
and the judicial departments of the State
would all he ovcrhaulcd and incumbcntS
would find their way To place and power,
hat would be by no means tasteful to the
better part of our people. That one-half
vote of the republican party would clamor
or recognition, and Mr. LowndcS saws he
would respect the demand This is the
me condition of the situation that should
.ausc our people to consider. III.
CIR WASHINGTON LETTER