The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-07-24

headed Seeking a Subterfuge. It Wv
idly portrays the fallacy of Republican
professions and the bald hypocrisy of the
Baltimore San and other city papers, which
profess to be Independent in politics and
yet are always found on the side of the
corporations and trusts, and against the
people. The SIM and its followers sup
ported the Republican ticket two years ago
on the ground of opposition to bossism, .
and again last year for fear of "dishon-
est dollar T They also professed great
concern for an improved civil service, and
the immaculate Bruce and Cowan, and
other corporation politicians knew no other
way to save the great reform but to place
it in the keeping of the Republican paryr
What are the results 2
George L. Wellington is the most con
spicuous creature of the SIMS reform
Legislature, while its acts in whole and in
detail were a burlesque upon reform of any
kind. And since that day-when the
SIN party took charge of the Republican
party Maryland has been disgraced by
the pretensions of the most autocratic boss
that ever dominated political party in
this or any other State
The continued support of this supreme
boss Wellington-and his coadjutors,
Mudd and Stone, is the best evidence in
the world of the hypocrisy of the SIMS
professions in 95.
Again, the Independents who professed
loudly their civil service and reform prin-
ciples find as the chief result of their ac-
tion in SO, an utter disregard of civil SER
vice, and tariff made exclusively in the
interest of the classes and against the
masses
Here again will be found the test of in
sincerity in those who continue to support
party after its wolf-hand is so fully ex-
posed
The SIN is at its old hypocritical tricks
again. 1t is purely creature of the cor
porations. 1t hates with venom un-
equalled any man and any party which
seeks the best interests of the masses of
the people 1t is always found with the
classes, though it pirates ever so loudly of
the contrary. Its opposition to the Demo
cratic party is wholly and solely because
of its inability to use that grand organiza-
ton of the people for its own selfish pur-
poses. 1t is specially pleased now in hav-
ing apparently the supreme command of
the Republican machine.
Cecil Democrat
By reason of the adoption by the Dem
ocrats of free silver and other consistent
planks, many heretofore sterling party men
were forced to abandon the Democratic
platform and vote against the party candi-
dates. This year however the election in
Maryland is purely local one and should
properly turn upon local issues, the most
important of which is the record made by
the Republicans since they have had con
troll of the State This record is notori-
ousy bad and well do they themselves
know it, and they are making desperate
effort to keep the silver question to the
front for the double purpose of distracting
attention from their record and of securing
the votes of the gold Democrats who voted
with them last year.
This scheme is 50 transparent that it
will only require attention to be called toit
to frustrate it. The fight in Maryland
this year will be made upon the Republican
record, and they will not be permitted to
evade it. That they have made dismal
failure at their attempt at government is
conspicuous and nobody knows it better
than the Democrats who helped put them
in power.