The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-06
aORMAN SIZED UP.
qhs Defeated Does OF Maryland Dlsssetsd
by baltimore san.

The Defeated Boss OF Maryland Dlssseted
by baltimore san.
baltimore sun: The result Of Tues
DAYS election emphasizes once more
fact which has been repeatedly pointed
out heretofore, but which Il now he,
hoayes the Democratic party 10 take
into serious consideration, II II has any
regard for Its own future. The fact
is that the Democratic party in this
state has been wrecked by the cold.
FLOODED selfshness of Senator German
II has been evident for years that the
masses OF the party were weary Of him
and that his tyrannical and objection
able methods were causing disaffec.
lion and discord. Democratic majori,
ties grew smaller with every election,
and much of the intelligence and man
hood OF the party was driven into re-
volt by a despotlsm which crushed out
all Independence of opinion and action.
II was clear to every thoughtful man
that Mr.. German was riding the party
10 a fall, and that n he would not dis.
mount, the Democratic organization
must in time inevitably so down in the
dust OF defeat. But Mr.. German cared
for none of these things, The party was
nothing to him except an agency for the
and ambition. The suggestion that he
should sacrifice himself to the party
would have seemed to him as much OF
an iridescent dream as the idea of in.
Producing the decalogue into politics
appeared 10 the cynical Mr. Ingalls,
But to sacrifice the party to himself
seemed to him entirely reasonable and
proper and has been the undeviatlng
rule OF his political life. Therefore. al,
though 1t was apparent that II he per-
sisted In dominating the Democratic or
ganization he would surely wreck II. he
refused TO let go the reins, prefering
that the PARTY should be Inundated and
heaten and that everybody connected
with Il should suffer rather than Arthur
p. German should surrender the rich
place and perquisltes he had enjoyed 80
long.
There came loud popular warning in
1894 when the Democratic party lost
three congressman In this state in tho
fall elections Of that year. But Mr.
Germans selfshness was adamantine
He refused to listen. Then came 1895.
He was too astute not to see from tho
size and character of the clouds that
storm was brewing, but he would not
yield the wheel to better helmsman,
5hipwreck of the party, he thought, was
preferable TO self-abnegation. The defeat
that followed was directly due to Mr.
Germans rule or ruin policy. He DELHI
erately sacrificed to his own ambition
party predomlnance and the political
fortunes and official positions OF hun
dredS of Democrats throughout the
state. But this mattered little to Mr.
German. He was still In office, and while
others might suffer from the conse-
quences of defeat. the iron had not en-
tered into his soul. Therefore. In 1896
he proceeded, with the same deliberate
Helfshness, TO sacrifice the party again.
The moral and material effect of annex
Ing the Maryland Democracy to the
Bryan silver movement was a matter of
no consequence to him IL II could be
made to serve his political purpose and
afford u stepping-stone for his ambition.
So he hitched II on to MIR. Bryan's pro-
cession. and the result was that the
party received another and even more
terrible Touchdown. But Mr. German
was not hurt II was not his funeral
He could still smile complacently, even
II the CALLED party Jade did vince, for
his wtthers were still unwrung.
Then came 1897, and while openly pro-
Tossing the utmost devotion TO the party
ue prepared dlter MS peculiar ana Sc
cret fashion to slaughter all the party
innocents in the state In the effort to
save himself. How cunnlngly he pre-
pared his programme and how success
fully he entrapped his victims into sac
rificing themselves for him Is shown by
the results Of Tuesdays election. In the
wreck of the party little is to be seen
floating upon the waters but Mr.. Cor
man In his Legislative iifeboat strafnfng
every nerve to reach the senatorial
Shore. The highly respectable candl-
date for mayor Of this city, nearly oil
the other municipal nominees in Balti-
more and many county officers through
out the state were all offered up Tues
day aa sacrifice to his senatorial as
piratlons.
There can be no question that none of
these series of disasters would have oc-
CURED II MIR. German had permitted the
party to manage itself But for him IL
would not yet have known defeat and
would to-day retain It's supremacy in
the state. The responsibility belongs
entirely to him and his associate and
helper Mr.. Rnsin.