The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-04-12
MARLBOROUGH, MARYLAND APRIL u
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

UTTER MAELEoHo April TO-
Mr. EDITuR:-Somc of the papers
of the State calling themselves dem
! ocratic. are indulyin- in severe criticism,
aS to the composition of the crowd that
assembled at the Carrnl1on Hotel on Tues
day last to attend the meeting of the Cen
trail Committee The attendance was Il
large one. and was made up of earnest and
true workers in the interest of the people
and the party. But the gravaman of the
charge, made by these carpcrS and allies
of the Republicans is that it was in the
first place Il convention of office holders
and in the second place, that Senator Cor
man came over from Washington and eX-
changed views with the party leaders from
all over the State. But after all, the chief
diSplcaSure. and it may be said cha grin, of
these maligners, lies in the fact of the man
ncr of the reception given the senior Scna-
tor.
There has been studied effort put forth
by certain of the press of the State, to dis
credit the senator with his party friends
This scheme has not worked, and the game
SO nicely Matched, at Il time when the minds
of the people were at sea, as to what Con-
gress might or mi ght not do, has been still
born. Here Is the sore, and this is the
hurt. so that it has been given out that the
scenes at the Carrollton where all was
harmony and good feeling cannot be taken
as the index of the popular mind, but there
is Slumbcring volcano. and it means de-
StructiOn to the Senator and all his friends.
We can see no such evidence and on the
contrary we must take occasion to say,
that the era of good feeling and harmony
i'm the party has set in. and that our peO-
pie are arouSing themselves to the impor-
tan nf hnS q Iafa N.
ton to win at the coming election. We
will have on our hands ISSUES in the cleo
ton that are calculated to bring the pco-
pie together. There are men in the county
to- dav, and scores of them, who have not
forgotten the oppressive rule of the Re-
publican party, in the State. just after the
war They remember how in 1856. after
most exciting contest, that rule was over
thrown. and have since then. Maryland
has enjoyed a prosperity and peace, that
have been unbroken down to the present
time The government of our State has
been ever since in the Democratic hands
and to-day no commonwealth in all our
great country en- joyS higher reputation.
But the Republican party are embOldencd
in the belief that they can win in the com
ing election. That party will make us
strong fight. and to do so, will put up
hope of success has been created by the
result of last falls con yreSSion Il election.
in which the claim is made that they car
ried the State. Be this as it may, the cleo
ton that is now on hand is altogether Il
different affair. but We must be careful in
the character of the men to be nominated.
Let our people think for Il moment what
the loss of the State would bring with it.
\ change in every office from the highest
to the lowest Every Justice of the Peace.
every Registration officer, in fact the en-
tire machinery of State management would
pass into Republican hands. Are the peo
pie of the State prepared for such a disas-
ter: We cannot think SO. The issues
are too momentous. To think of the
possibility of democratic. conservative
Maryland making such radical departure,
must arouse the best energies of the peo-
pie all over the State, and in this con1in
gencv success must he assured But our
people must come together. they must lay
aside party discussions. they must make
up their minds to win. To lose under
present circumstances would be great
calamity. IL there ever was Il time, when
success of democratic principle in the
State was a necessity, now is the time. The
real questions and the one issue, in the
campaign. will be the assessment law.
This will be the slogan of both parties
and their platform upon this question will
be narrowly watched. The democratic
party is pledged to the rca>sc>smcnt Of the
State. Every voter Is familiar with what
efforts have been made by the legislature
to pass law. They know how failure to
secure such Il measure has come about
and with a candidate for Governor whose
views are known. and who can centre
around him the confidence of the people,
there should be no trouble about winning.
The voters of the county are beginning to
agitate the question of candidates, both
State and local. and by the time that the
convention is called, they will be prepared
to act with judgement. The date for the
State Convention has been fixed for the
3lst of July, and the County Convention
will not in all probability take place be-
fore the last week in August. BY then
our people will be ready to act. ii.