The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-04-26
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


Mr.. EDIToR:-Thc methods pursued by
some of the press of the State, Calling
themselves democratic, and notably
amongst them the Baltimore sun. while
protesting great concern in the success OF
the party. do not at all contribute to that
end Great stress is laid upon the fact.
which seems to be known to them, and to
no one else. that the ticket to he nomlna-
ted for the legislature. will be i'll the inter
est of the reelection of the present | nlted
States Senators from Maryland, and for
no other purpose. In a word, these papers
profess to know, that the nominations will
he dictated by. and subservient to the in
terests of these two public servants. Now
such a forecast is belittleing the situation,
and is rejecting great injustice upon the
discernment and judgment of the party
leaders in the first place, and the rank and
file of the democratic vote throughout the
State 1t would be somewhat amusing to
see the composition of a ticket that would
suit the ideas and whims of these chronic
grumbers, and if such a ticket was placed
before the people, the democratic party
would be about in the same plight Of
Shakespeare great play of Hamlet, with
that character entirely left out. The loss of
the State has been predicted, more than up
on one occasion by the Baltimore sun if GER
tain things are not done. in other words If
a ticket is not nominated to suit that paper,
then disaster must surely follow. This
policy if followed would be but the eX-
change of one set of bosses for another
But the people will be the real bosses, and
the evidences that are had from all over
the State, 90 to show that the interest in
the coming election is Il widespread one.
and that are for me important issues to he
decided than the mere election of Il [ nltei
States Senator Let us get at the meat OF
the situation. The people ofthc State will
be chiefly aroused i'll the matter of the Sc
lection Of proper person for Governor
Next in order will be the selection of Il
legislative ticket favorahlcto Icasscssmen!
of the property of the State. These will
be the cngroSSing subj cctS, and the mere
incidents attending session of the Gen
cral Assembly will be of small moment
We first of all want Il strong ticket put i'll
the field, one that will command the conf
dence of the voters. one that will cause the
vote to come out upon election day and we
require little or no criticism about the die
tation of any man or any set of men, in
the selection of their candidates. Such
charges after all are suspicious, and arc
ready made excuses for those who would
like to see the defeat of the party. 1t Is
time it seems that this everlasting drum
min" of the same Old state cry of boss die
tation should cease. 1t is tiresome and
certainly has played its part, and its au-
thorS should see that it is worn out The
people of this county are ust in their es
innate of the services of the public ser
wants of the State and are conservative in
their conclusions They cannot be carried
away from their allegiance to the princi-
pies of their party, because ofabuse heaped
upon their leaders. They know after all
that these leaders are but men and like all
other men can make mistakes But they
cannot and will not believe that their lead
er is a Benedict Arnold, because some one
thinks so, and makes the accusation. There
is no proof of such IA grieyous charge The
only one that is put forth for proof. i the
attitude of Senator German upon the tariff
b Il. 1t is too Il now to repeat such charges
because the people see the effect of the
measure, and know by experience that the
measure is a good one, and is bearing its
legitimate fruits During the session of
Congress and when the bill for revenue
was under discussion, it was almost a daily
occurrence to find the abuse that was heap
ed upon the senior Senator from Maryland
for his course in that regard. 1t was
then the mischief was done because there
was no opportunity for disproving the
charges. Experience alone, and time W ere
required to work out that result, and this
has all been accomplished, But we will
leave these matters alone, and come To
what is really of concern to our people.
1t is necessary to come together and har-
monte in order to win in the next elcc-
ton We have democratic county and it
can be carried easier now than ever before,
because of the interest that will be created
in the number of local places to be filled.
We must carry the county, there should he
no such word as fail, and if we meet fail
ure it is our own fault. We have now
| more at stake than we have had since 1861.
| The republicans are manfcsting Il belief
that they can win in the State. They will
make an earnest effort, and put forth every
| cNcrtion that is possible. They will give
us Il fight and an earnest one in every
county of the State, and hence the neccS-
| sity of our people getting together and be
| ginning the contest. We want complete
! organizations and it should be started ut
| once, in the formation of political clubs.
| Let our leaders III the districts commence
! the formation of clubs at once. II.