The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-10-29
FsIT Example Of Republican 'ReioTIS. "
,TATESMANwITH AN UNSAvORY RECORD.
PICTURE FOR PURSTS TO LOOK UPON.
,llshed BY Authority Of the Maryland Democratic
Editors Association.)

.bshed Dy AutnOflty OF tne maryland democratic
Editors Association.)
rhe chief plea advanced In behalf
retaining the Republican Party in
|Eer this year is that the election
/ its candidates will ENSURE an cs-
IL from an era of corruption" and
IN 1.-THE discreditable elevation of
btical brigands and vagabonds"
a must inevitably succeed the tri-
sph of the Democratic Party at the
Il. The avowals of immediate re
In" and promises of better things
ii distinguished the ante-election
Frances of the Republicans two
ars ago are again in use, and the
Hess Independent vote, without the
j of which Republican success in
s instance is out of the question, is
Hin bl,,ought to ally itself with the
In Of "reform"-or the Republican
kty Of Maryland
Die blatant PROFESSIONS of clean POI
q and moral i cas- Jhat interlard Re
Alican harangucs This year show
desperation with watch the leaders
Do party view the situation. In the
MIS- to which the viciou careers of
Id, Malster, Tuck. Dave" Sloan.
M Hiss, Ben" Andrews. and
n Republican bosses ana the alb.
incapacity of Lownies has
hgIlt them, the members If the
IS N, with an audacity which would
htolerable were it not almost pa
ic attempt to fiaunt their stained
Ter of power before the voters, and,
De face OF facts, to convince them
" their malodorous rule has been
Sughout, in spirit and in deed, pre-
.# NJ what the most radical puriSt
good government" devotee could
q.
bis course is being purs led with
spirit, by reason of the assist
it receives from the bitterly
pdiced so-called independent"
of Baltimore city, which has
ked the trickery and inefficiency of
Republicans with the same salts
s ION that it displays in maligning
- disappearing the Democracy.
Republican press and Republican
kerS have the effrontery to insist
g the past two years stand as
pment to party integrity and NOR
#Orth, and that the resumption of
b by the Democrats means civic
De 1t is on account of the pro-
ton of this species of pleasant
PAT it is interesting to note just
s. some of the conspicuous results
good government" as administer
11 the Republican Party, really are.
bee the recent discontinue of
lagton, the chief figure among
brought into prominence by the
enium of 1885," is that of the up
statesman and immaculate lead
ydney Z. Mudd, Congressman
ker Of the House of Delegates,
aspirant for the United States
Re. Mr.. Mudd is one of those
take quite as much satisfaction
e great reform triumph of tive
ago as the most Jealous Indepen
who helped to make it possible
easy to account for the vigor
which he has thrown himself
the campaign a1d the JUNCTION
which he eulogizes the principle
inspires the demand for clean pol
healthful methods, decent can
es, and fair primaries-which, of
E. have been the dominant fea-
of his party's rule. 1t has been
that the Devil can quote
lure to serve his purpose" and
phrase instinctively s, guests it.
the spectacle of Mudd, a poll
whose corrupt and venal prac-
and one whose utter Indifference
contempt for the opinion of the
voting element $50 long as his
'Se is served has rendered him a
pen to his party and State. The
lcle of such a man, fairly out
ling Herod in denunciation of
al trickery and debauchery is,
" exception, the most impress
pstance of unblushing hypocrisy
pas defaced the political annals
Aryland.
I. Mudd's songs of praise to tue
Spirit of Reform" were actual
any sense of gratitude, their ex-
Pn would not be so incongruous,
ose who know the man intimate
Vouch for his entire innocence
: emotion. 1t is a sensation that
rely foreign to his nature.
yet he has reason to feel genu-
grateful to the impulse which
The Republicans into the sad
years ago. That great up
changed his fortunes materi-
nd from a mere country pollti-
not especially good odor, even
own county-he was elevated,
SpeakerShip of the House of
tes to Congress and his pres
,lence of party leadership, to
.nihg of the honor that was his
Jug conferred the United States
fsnlp upon George L. yelling
{ ue campaign for the Republi-
nilhatlon for Congress in 1894
was decisively overthrown by
aries E. Coffin, whose identiti-
WIN Southern Maryland Re
niSm has Constituted one of its
suitable features, and whose
h 0siohal career not only reflected
4 - MS r y, but his State.
iScomfture at this rebuke ras
g lo' until the nominations for
z z 1eheral Assembly were made,
Z invent an enforced retirement
y torus an effective background
present effulgence. When the
!, Oounty Republican legislative
y as nominated, Mudd succeed
|, named for the House, and
sae night worked like beaver
MS political fortunes.
Il rUn as 1t becamo evident that
spncaps were to control the
4 - DeR ates, Mudd began LIS
- ior the Speakership. The
cut OF this end was not accom-
y y many difficulties and its M.