The evening times., 1895-11-16

According to Senator Gorn,an, the Cleve
land Administration and all the departed
flock OF cuckoos need not plume their feath
ers upon the Democratic defeat in Mary
land.
Mr.. German, who SO vigorously attacked
the attitude and conduct of Mr. Cleveland
toward his party in the Senate during the
battle over the present tariff law, does mol
regard the result in Maryland as either 4
personal rebuke to himself or as vindica
ton of Mr.. Cleveland.
Senator German returned to Washingto
last night from New York. He came down
town rs suaye as ever and cheerfulIy dis
cussed the recent landslide in Maryland
with all who br0ached the subject.
He showed no tenderness on the question
and when some friends sought to express
their sympathy for him, intimatiDg that
thu Democratic defeat was a personal re.
buke to him, he promptly deprecated that
view.
HIS EXPLANATIONS.
''The vote in Maryland cannot be re-
garded rs personal defeat OF myself or
as reflection upon my political record, u
said he.
'.No person well informed as TO Mary.
land politics can SO regard 1t. ] have never
Thought OF apologizing to anybody FOR any
thing in the record OF my political career,
and find no occasion 10 begin apOlogIzins;
now.
''The verdict delivered at the polls in
Maryland on November was in no way
personal against me. because there was no
Democratic revolt of consequence"
'Wbat. Senator German, no Democrat tic
revolt or disa ffection?''
mo, none of consequence. The Dcni-
ocratic vote polled in the ate was within
two thousand OF the highest record the
party ever made. That in an off year
certainly shows that the democracy of
Maryland was practically unimpaired by
af.s. Il f...t mol ttpsn aTn
THE fact is that Maryland went Repub-
ican because it contained more Republicans
than ever before-more Republicans than
Democrats who voted. No mathematics
suit.
'Only year ago the Republican vote
throughout Maryland exceeded the Demo
cratic vote by three thousand, and then
nobody pretended To charge that result
TO opposition to me. or To any personal dis
satisfaction. The plain truth is that the
sentiment in Maryland in favor OF protec-
lection has largely increased.
BROUGHT IN REPUBLICANS.
There are. for example. in my own count y
several wooden mills. Formerly these
mills turned out fabrics OF a rough and
cheap kind, but within the past three years
these mills have begun to turn out higher
grades OF products.
ITO do this they have been forced to bring
from New England a large number OF
licans. That condition is repeated in other
counties OF Maryland, and this alone is
enough to account for large increase i'll
the Republican vote.
Moreover. there are many Democrats
in Maryland who believe in protection.
That has caused a change. because these
protection Democrats believe that Re-
publican control Of the Government viii
mean perinancuce to the policy OF protec-
ton.
I'm every class the sentiment in favor nf
protection has strengthened, and the dc :
preston of the last two years has caused
many to turn for relief To the party not
in power, but with a consistent record
in favor nf protection to home Industries.
There is also Ia be taken into account the
Junior Order of American Mechanics. This
order is composed mostly of young men who
have never before taken an active part in
politics. 1t Is estimated that in Baltimore
alone IL 900 young men cast their first
vote this year. and through the influence
or this order most OF their ballots Were
thrown against the Democratic ticket"