New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-29
Mr. GORN1N'S CAMPAIGN.

Senator German has been resting and re-
Operating at Saratoga He had need to do So
When he has got himself into the best possible
condition he will return home, take off his coat
and go to work in politics in dead earnest. He
has urgent need to do that too. 1t Is quite evil
dent that he has this year the biggest fight of his
life on hand His loss of the coming election
will mean not only Republican Governor and
a Republican Legislature 1t will mean Il Re
publican United States Senator to succeed Mr.
Gibson. 1t will mean a Republican state Senate
10 hold over and help elect a Republican United
States Senator to succeed Mr. German himself.
II will mean such blow TO Mr. Germans pres
tisc as will almost certainly cost him the leader
ship of his party
1t will mean still more than that. For many
wears rs every intelligent observer knows. Mr..
German and his followers have controlled the
polltics Of Maryland and the government Of the
State. in both general and local affairs. More
than once the result Of n State election has been
decided by wholesale frauds in the city of Bali
more Most Of the tricks known 10 the Tam
many bosses in this city in the height of their
corrupt power have been known and practised
there Fraudulent; registration. wholesale repeat
ing. voting on dead mems names, stufiing ballot
boxes buying voters in droves, intimidation by
organized gangs of plug -uglies," are familiar
methods by which the dictatorship has been
maintained. Republican success this fall would
mean an end Of all that. 1t would mean
change Of election methods. and Of police and
other officials the conducting Of the government
by honest men instead of knaves, and an as
surance that hcnccforth the will Of the people
will be honestly registered at the polls. In brief,
II would mean political revolution.
For such life or death struggle Mr.. German
will need all his physical strength, all his mental
astutcness and the assistance Of every man that
ever responded to his call. The first two Of these
he may have The last seems beyond his reach.
Rebellion against him and his machinemadc
ticket is widespread, open, and organized in his
own party throughout the State The best part
Of the Democratic press Is opposing him. The
thousands of Cleveland Democrats remember
well how the Senator stood up at his desk ut
Washington and denounced the President as a
man consumed with vanity n maker of foul
charges, and traducer and blackener Of
characters There will be no enthusiastic mar
shalling Of Federal office holders to his sup
port this year. Even If they are forgetful Of
favors received from Mr. Cleveland in the past,
the prospect of favors to come from Mr.. German
is too dubious to warrant them in rafting. Mr..
German must make his fight without them. He
must make it with only faction Of his party a.
his back. with an unpopular candidate on his
hands. and with the enemy before him united
confident and reinforced by a multitude of
ccders from his own party. In such crcum-
stances his handicap is heavy. For him TO
win honestly seems impossible. If we are rot
mistaken as TO the temper Of the people Of the
State for him TO win by his old-tlme tactics will
also prove impossible. Maryland now promises
to elect this year Republican Governor, and a
Legislature Republican in both branches.