Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-08-24
THE sun. .
Has it Gone Over to the
Republican Party?
THE TRUTH OUT
Democrats Gcttin. Their Eyes
Wide Open Now.

Democrats Getting Their Eye,
Wide Open Now.
UestmRiStcr .id,oeate.
1t is simply nonsensical to talk .
ridding the party of German anC
Rasin by defeating the Democratic
State ticket Those who talk 50 wei
know it. The milk in TIE cocoanu!
is, the '!Sun" and "Ne,cs" are opposed
to just and proper reassessment law
They know that such bill will be pass
ed il the Democratic party wins. Th,
German and Raisin business is nj
humbug. 1t is being used becaus,
there is considerable anti.Gormal
sentiment in the State, and they hop,
to enlist all who are opposed to Mr.
German in their cause to elect the Re
publican ticket All who vote against
Mr.. Hurst, or cut him from the ticket
for the result is the same in either
case, will be simply voting against re
assessment and in favor Of Republican
rule in Maryland.
Democratic idrocate.
The Baltimore Sun. as all lis read
ers know, has been an uncompromisinn
opponent of every proper assessment
bill brought before the Maryland leg.
islature the past six years. 1t is still
opposed to a proper and just assess
merit law, in accordance with the con.
stitutIonal requirement. The Demo.
cratic party has declared for new
assessment, nominated candidate for
Governor who will lend his aid to Sc.
cure it. and has commended that Dem
ocratic legislative candidates lie plctig-
ed by the conventions that nominate
them Ia vote ;Or a re assesment law
This action of the Democratic state
convention accounts for the SIMS hos.
tility to Mr.. Hurst. Its talk about
Gormanism is Il mere blind and hum
buggery.
annapolis Rep"bliem (Dem.)
The Baltimore Sun, which can find
nothing To commend i'll the Democratic
party OF the State fairly gushes over
he Republican ticket in its leading
editorial OF Friday. 1t is not only
tulsome in lis praise Of the ticket, hut
also OF the platform and Of Republican
party methods and machinery. Ii
comes out ,quarely in advocacy Of the
Republican party. concluding lis edi.
torial by saying that the interests oi
the State will not suffer by the election
of the Republican ticket. And this i.
the paper which has been boast;ng oI
lis Democracy and which has set itsel
up rs the leader of the Democratic
thought oi the State. 1t has now
shown lis cloven foot and proved in
its own columns that It's professions OF
Democracy were insincere, and were
made solely ior the purpose OF mis-.
leading lis readers. and thereby ena-
bling it the better to aid the Republi.
can party in this falls campaign. We
are delighted that it has thrown of
the mask and proclaimed itself an
open enemy; for now it will be power
less to do the party harm. The !Su,,
will find out, as many man has here
tofire to his cost, that il may rally
quite respectable body Of Democrats
in Maryland to its banner in primary
contest, but cannot lead any consera.
bic number Of them into the Republi.
can camp. The fight in MARYLAND
this fall is whether the State shall re-
main Democratic or be turned over to
the Republican party. There is no
good reason why any Democrat should
hesitate to vote for his party this year.
The primaries in every precinct Of the
State were conducted without Il claim
or even suspicion Of untairneSs
quite Il contrast to the Republican
primaries in some parts OF the State !.
and the convention voiced the senti-
ments and was entitled to speak for
the majority OF the Democrats Of the
State The ticket presented is adj
mittedly tirst-class in every particular,
and the platform is thoroughly sound
and Democratic. What more can any
Democrat ask or desire We do not
believe that the Democrats Of Mary
land propose 10 turn this good old
commonwealth over to the Republican
party, hut that when election day roll.
around all will he found in line, ex-
cept few who have no party princi-
pies aud who only wear the livery Of
Democracy rs occasion and self inter
est may dictate.
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