Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1895-09-27
MIR. HuRSTS SPEECH.

during the campaign / have the pleas
ure of meeting the Democrats of Monigom-
cry county. On the occasion of my first
visit i was engaged in the congenial under
taking of making acquaintance, and while
at the Fair did not meet all of the Demo-
Gratis OF Montgomery, for they are numer-
GUS, at least feel that / know many Of you,
and 10 day am here TO have brief talk With
you and to urge upon you the Importance
of the coming election. For many reasons
| ii affords me pleasure TO be with you again.
With numbers Of your citizens have for
years maintained business relations, and
others, among them your popular fellow
countain, the Hon. Spencer G.. Jones, our
present State Treasurer, know personally.
| In addition to these reasons Montgomery
county forms part o: the Sixth Congress
sional District Of Maryland, which district
the Republicans are boosting they will carry
| by from four TO five thousand majority. Up
on Montgomery, as Democratic county
located in d Republican district, devolves, TO
a large extent, the duty of showing our op.
| ponents that they reckon without their host,
and such is my confidence in the fidelity Of
your people that | feel assured that when
the votes are counted on the 9Th of Novem.
Der Montgomery will have done as she has
heretofore always done-her full duty.
| VIC VI WV vi bhC DhibiihOlC hIWophpOio
are endeavoring TO construe the remarks
made at Annapolis into an apology for the
position | occupy and the circumstances
leading up TO my nomination. Now, gen.
tlemen, | take this opportunity to say in the
| plainest and most unequivocal language |
am able TO command that have nothing 10
apologize for. In view of the numerous un-
true statements that have been made have
thought it proper to let the people know ex
actly what the real facts are. Having done
\ so, | have nothing further TO say on that
subject. have nothing personally or in
behalf of the Democratic party to apologize
| for. When our opponents show US that this
State has been misgoverned, that the peo-
| pies money has been squandered, that the
credit of the Commonwealth has been i'm
paired, then, and not till then, shall act on
the defensive
at has been said that republics are always
ungrateful, but be this as it may, and for
one do not believe it, there is one sheet
anchor of safety in our government and
that is the good sense and justice of the peo-
| Pile. Abraham Lincoln once said, and it is
true, that you can fool some of the people
all the time, you can fool all of the people
some of the time, but you cannot fool all of
the people all of the time
"In this contest one or two daily news
papers in Baltimore city are endeavorlng to
obscure the real issue and make the voters
believe that this is not fight between De.
mocracy and Republcanism, but contest
between advocates Of good government
that is, the Republican party-and those OF
bad government, meaning ourselves. But
sensible men like yourselves can be blinded
| by no such sophistries. The Repubi-
can party has always posed as one of re,
form, but ask you whether, upon its record,
it is entitled to any such appellation. A few
| years ago one OF the most prominent public
men, a man whom his constituents had
thought fit to elevate to one of the most i'm,
portant and dignfied positions In the gift OF
the people, in an interview with leading
New York daily paper, said that purity in
politics Is an irdescent dream and yet the
candidate of the same party for Governor OF
this State is trying to make the people be.
ieve that his only object, his sole ambition
is to reform abuses IN the administration of
our State affairs, and is claiming that the
fight in which he is engaged is simply one
for pure government-oi course, in Repub-
lican hands-for in his estimation there can
be no proper administration Of State affairs
except by his party. But, fellow democrats
we do not propose to be blinded TO the real
facts by any such specious statements. BE
not deceived. Every vote cast for the Re
publican candidates this fall is forging O
link in the chain of Republican rule which
If that party is successful, will bind us fol
years. The issue is plain and unmistak
able. The battle is one for the supremacy
of the party, and upon the results of the
coming election will depend not only the
position of Maryland in the presidential
election of next year, but the domination o.
State affairs for decades to come.
These same two newspapers TO which
have already referred endeavor to persuade
you that Republican success this year doe:
not mean Republican success next year, but
their own candidate for Governor has, in al
unguarded moment, told you that it does
Every inducement is held out to lure tn,
Democratic fly into the Republican spiders
net, but, having witnessed the tate of som'
of our sister States which have tried the ex
pertinent, we are not ready to be caught il
the net OF this hospitable host which is nov
endeavoring to seduce US into captivity. Ii
order to make treachery to party easy al
sorts of induce nents in the way OF promises
of reform are held out. According to tn
newspapers, Mr. Lowndes has already mad
enough pledges of changes in the govern
ment of the State to engage his entire tern
of Governor, should he be elected, and tn
redemption Of many of which would requir
the action of the General Assembly, ant
some would seem to necess;tate amendment
to our State Constitution. Now, gentlemen
am as much in favor Of good government
as Mr.. Lowddes or any member of the Re
publican party, but my business training
has taught me to make only such promise
as shall be able to fulfill. | cannot pledge
therefore, TO certain measures an unelectet
Legislature. l understand the duty of tn
Governor not to comprehend the making
of laws, for which purpose we Biennial,
elect our legislators, but you may rest as
sured that if | am elected ] shall use al
legitimate means at my command to see tina
good laws are enacted, nor shall hesitat
to veto such as may appear to me improper
upon the questions involved in this can
vass stand squarely upon the platform @
the party, q platform the soundness of which
no man can question. In every public utter
ance OF mine and in my letter accepting th
nomination | have endeavored to maxi
plain the fact that if elected shall endeavo
TO see that proper reassessment bill
passed, and this now reatfirm. In conclu
sion, my fellow democrats, let me urge yo
not to be influenced by the claptrap state
ments--I won't dignity them with the It'll
of arguments-oftwo newspapers, but stan
by your party and its candidates, and, as
man, / promise If elected to perform tn
duties of the high and dignified position
which, by your suffrages, you shall elevat
me according to the dictates of my judg
ment, and not at the dictation of any ma
or set of men,"
CONGRESS AND SLL YER.
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