The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
POINTS ON POLITICS.
Some Interesting Observations on
the Situation from the Amer
lean"

The baltimore american Repuol-
any of Sunday, the 25th inst, in It's
mnartial columns devoted to the DIS
animation of news relative to Demo-
ratio politics, says: The following
has been received
rom one of the most prominent oahh
ara in the city, who voted for and ad-
vocoted the election of Mckinley last
f.u On financial grounds: ~ notice
that the Republican politicians nave
nv their language and their conduct
avinced au intention to make Tue IL
nancial question one of the most prom
mont features of this years campaign !
IN the State of Maryland. In TINS
thev are seconded by some kepuoh-
oan business men, who are Interestingly
themselves in politics, and are AIDED
ard ahetted by the Cowen-Warhelu
folIowers. independent Democrats IN
~ Citv of Baltimore and the State VI
Morvland. however, will not he Dlln1-
od 10 the real situation by these soph-
istries on gold and free silver. LII ihe
frst nlace it has been pointed out ina.
there is vast difference ana ueG G
distinction between indepenoenI De,
ocrats and the Cowen- Warheld hepuo'
Tnans The two must not oe con
sounded. The election OF 1879 dlscioseo
the fact that probably fifteen th0u
sand Independents voted Tor the I've
mnhlican ticket. At the same time. ~
sane man questions the iacV .na' fnd de
II ty-five per cent. of those SAINT inue
n pendents regret from the oo!.oln
their hearts that tney JuAi IN,
} from the frying pan into the nTe re- IL; in
he fifteen thousand may be Divided ln'
re two parts-fourteen thousand TWO nul
t. dred and fifty Independent Democfa =.
H. and about seven hundred ana MI
he Cowen. Wartield followers, who a
lis now. of course, Republicans. Fro
"a the original faction of lndepende
IS, democrats they graduated hTst 10
to working alliance with the Repuo
as can party, and now as a part ana pa
n eel of it. and henceforth will aiwa
Tor he found 10 the party whose coluI
elr is topped by the head Of Abrahf
VI Lincoln.
re- "Their motto this year is: "anythi
TIC to winw Hence the endeavor to re
ut mize local issues and to magnify
he imnortance of the questions on WI
ere Democracy split last year-the e
1or rencv question. This Republican =
,r lition realize that to rest tne ~
TN with the people of the State on
us1 conduct of the State and clty aulns'
no trations during the past veal. ana
de- half would result in an 0verwhelm
um defeat. and, therefore, they are u
~ Ing, and will leave, no stone unturl
loil to inject into this purely local con
ouU national issue, with which we 2
we this wear no more to do than we q
me with Barney Barnato's diam
IL mines.
lnu THE OFFICES TO BE FILLED.
""' "The election in Maryland In 1875
oon for the purpose of electing clerks OF
,%o- courts, members of the City Couno
So, So mayor of the City of Baltimore,
troll members of the legislature, and JUG
iast unon the bench. Now in the nam
D;Io atI that is sensible, what in the W.
l ltnS can the Mayor of Baltimore, or
ON City Council, or the nlen ,as,,s ~ ~,
legislature, or the court cle .hev 4
Il To we are to elect-wnat eau .nvJ
, nv what effect has their election u a.ure
the settlement of our natlonai ouils
the systfRe? b-...u.v.v r,spupllcan Lei
of Business Men in their address ~
n Of on Thursday last, in an endeay!
=" VI bring about the nomination by ths
nnhIicans of Mr.. Theodore Mar
, lid. for mayor, lays particular stress I
,eci= the Importance OF haVing nn -
TGs plank In the State platform q
an. force upon the people therepy
, Ill issue-false because 1t mas aDsos'
,T v nothing to do with the present'
the paign, and that it is INTENDED y
TO DECEIVE THE PEOPLE,
ltion and divert their attention from
loff1- real issues of the present camp
which consists of the mismanage
nan. by the Republicans OF the Dusins
ID. fairs of this State, ana the m
under Republican admlnlstrati
the City of Baltimore.
"In so far as the financial ana
N. the nation are concerned, II ~
rks- said that the history of the Dem0
party has shown that it has
H. been able to adjust itself to q
questions in the interests of the
BUSH people of the nation. 1t is like,
'ffice. well-knuwn fact that had 1t ne
n this for thetpersonal ambitions of .
Cleveland in 1896 the Democrats.'
nven' never have split on the financial
dorse ton; that only last spring an
aimed ment had been reached by the
DEMO- of the Democratic party, repreel
ntion every State in the Union, with
m de- to harmonizing the differences
Mount currency question, and that
plans were upset by Mr. CleN.
hanks simply because they endangered
leclar- he then considered his opportuu
1t the a third term in the presiQ
these chair. The ill-success of the
cludes cratic party and the lamentable
ions that have occurred in itN
es we were entirely due to this two-te|
who tocrat, who probably nursed Vi
n, OPP dictatorship
PUBLIC ATTENTION CAN'T ~
! VERIFIED.
"Questions such as these can i
p1 Of