The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-05-21
AS MIR. KEENE SEES 1T.

When Mr. John Henry keene, Jr., the
distinguished lawyer, writes he always
says something interesting, and usually
handles his subject without gloves. This
is how he expresses himself in letter
which he asked to be published in news
paper that is fair in its realing with all
classes, peoples and parties
"a couple of publications, which posed
as Democratic, are wholly responsible for
leading Maryland out of the Democratic
column. Apparently, they glory in it, and
il total lack of disccrnment renders them
as organs, utterly incapable of organizing
the Democratic party. Are these two pub
LEGATION or are the people and their leaders
to nominate candidates and run the Dem
ocratic party? Or are the people of Mary
land, writing under the rule of yelling
ton, who brushes what he cannot control,
to be told that the unquenchable hatred of
Senator German is the true measure and
the sole test of Democracy in Democratic
Maryland? Are the people to stand still
whilst Republican partisan openly tells
them that instead of regarding his party
as an engine of human progress he con-
siders it as a combination for political
supremacy of which he Is the barbaric
chieftain9 Does anyone deny that the
Maryland Democracy now standing in
Republican stocks is martyr for which
the aforesaid publications are RESPONSE
bic? Instead of the sublime spectacle of
discussing those great principals which
constitute the forward elements of prog
ress and freedom from tyranny, they dur
ing the last campaign concentrated and
directed their combined lightning against
Senator Gorman9
1.-The kindred spirits of prejudice and
intolerance which swaycI them, and who
now saturate the State with their malig
nant hate and zeal, in other ages admins
ed the hemlock to Socrates, shed the
blood of Seneca, paralyzed the tongue of
Calico, banished Aristotle, lost Harvey
his living, called Pascal a hereto; Acosta
an atheist and DR.. Faustus a copartner
with Satan
The Maryland Democracy, bound hand
and foot, has been delivered to its enc
mics, and they insist on holding the party
in this fearful bondage unless it seals with
It's blood a covenant to knife Mr.. German.
The incursion of barbaric tribe into
Maryland could not have been worse than
the advent of the present ruling, domi-
nant politicians. But how remedy the
condition? think it was Burke, in his
reply to Fox, who said that he who calls
in the aid of an equal understanding
doubles his own and think we should
call in the aid of the great captain of De-
mocracy in Maryland.
"These present dominant politicians
have, instead of servants, become kings,
dictators and emperors. They have
taught us during their short rule that the
champion of Democracy must always
keep in front or be tramp!ed down
There have been in the Democratic
party the periodic wailing jungle cats, the
purple cow-bellowers, post brandial blow
ers, pharisees forever thanking God that
they are not like Publican German, who
Notwithstanding the high pitched piety of
their patti otism keep an open eye for the
main chance, and the floodtide, faikers,
of arrogant assumption, superior wisdom,
of sublime self-assurance and of stupidity
pensonified. The saviors of the party re-
generators, redeemers, messiahs, the eX-
officio standing armies of GROWERS,
grumblers, grunters, all of whom
are periodically at war with the
august judgment of the Maryland
Democracy, and no one of whom will be
guided or guarded by the sage experience
of broad gagged statesmen. To these and
and such like recruits, strangers and strag-
glers though they have been, the Mary
land Democracy must open its ranks and
receive them, although if the truth were
told, for the effective fighting of cam
paign, their actual services are not worth
dollar day. But more than the SER
vices of these incorrigibles, for woe, Dem
ocracy requires the lavish aid of those
gentlemen of the party who, out of their
abundance and economic hypochondria,
subscribed so literally in 1895 for the
advent of Wellington, who tells them
now they must unhinge the knee and bow
to his most august will.
"The present is no time for the whining
and whimpering mugwumps and trim
mers. l favor general amnesty to all de-
serters and offending camp followers. Bet
ter muster them into the ranks and put
them to work with the unconquerable
Democratic hosts. Rescue the State first,
and look out for Senator afterwards
The better conflict of passion and inco-
herent defamation respecting economic
measures which the dsputants mostly
were incapable of investigating in
scientific manner in 1896 will cut no ice
in the coming strungle. Prejudice against
individuals mast give way to the higher
prerogatives of judgment and the high
dignity and responsibility of individual
vigor in rescuing Maryland from her pres
ent distress"