The citizen., 1897-10-29
The Duty of the Hour.

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tous consequences. i TO X determined
on tuesday next. by the votes of the
people OF Maryland. Upon their de-
termination much depends. The cou-
test i more than the usual sud urdi-
nary recurring election. The mere
success 81 one OF smother candidate
i, Of itseli. Of comparatively MINOR i'm
pOrtance. There are greaIe- conse-
quences than that at siase TnesiruE-
gle i one which involves the aSoeu-
darcy of serious economic doctrines
aud the Preservation q fundamental
principles of se.f-goverlmsut- Tue
Democratic party, which hss &lEzys
stood s. the champion o. popular lit-
cry. j ag4in arr4yed IN .le S,ste
aud in this co1u-y zgsiust u sntAEo-
uist. the Republican party. whose
whole history aud the tendency q
who's - K l.oli-y -r- s>>e Ia y -s~-
tile . the pszce. good o1isr and seclr-
iiy ot the cammEnity aud The PEI
sou.I rights o. The individual II t1e
campaign q ISIS We predicted il ihess
columns that Republican victory
wo1ld mezu d~ceuerscy z1d retro-
sre,s1n. that il would entail IL
crzzse5 Is xa-ioa 10 nee; increased snd
unnecessary expenditures; aud i
w0sl5 ultimately r=>1l, 10 subordiusi-
ing The intelligence and integrity o.
The >l4-= to The dominion o. unscrup-
b Us z1veuture-- flung 70 the surface
ty the aid q Ieg1o voters. Every
vhzs= g that prediction has been liler-
ally verified Though checked in 8
measure by s bare msjoriiy q Deu-
oc-a-s IN the safe Senate. Repgoli-
can House wAs euablel 10 thrust upon
the statute book ex,ravagaut enact
melt. and an unequal and di>crimi-
naliug assessment measure devised in
tbeiu:@rests Of the wealthy al the ex-
peuse OF the great body OF taxpayers.
Uubrdeled partisanship ran riot in
the House OF Delegates and Democrats
who had been honestly aud fairly
elected u office were without justifica-
ton deprived Of their offices TO make
loom for incompetent mercenaries. .
The dominion secured in 1885 was
further lightened in 1895 by the aid
Of Democratic desertiou; aud frantic
efforts are now being put forth to grasp
complete control Of a commonwealth
that never thrived under the blight
ing Influence Of Republican sway,
and never halted in its onward march
Of prosperity under Democratic control.
With every impulA favoring centrali-
zation and the abs~ ptlon of power the
Republican party is essentially an or
ganizati9n repugnant TO every concep-
ton Of Democracy which Is founded
on the idea that the people are the
source Of political power.
II : an obvious duty Of every Demo
erzt 10 support Ms party and il Is no
less the obvious right Of every good
citizen, whatever his political notions
may b. % ASSIST that party il its e.
fo-Is u regain eontrol o. the Stste.
T1is czn y accomplished only by sup
porting Ihs nominees q the party, not
upon mere p=rsoDsl grounds. b1t upon
The hgosr ons tast they represent the
priuelples ard s-41d to- The policy Of
ibs great party Who's czDdiiz,es they
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Office il Msrylz1d t1s1 .ass q iL1s
county. 4. houe al z=sF t,cc-
home that ! universally e9-e-1=5-
This result is due sol=iy % E1= tze1 -Lss
the Democratic party Ia hz1 co1tr1.-
The same may x said O. th= R@xisie-
Of Wills Office. The two gsntIenen
who filed the Office u.Ger Re-
publican control could not Eell de-
part from the Path marked out
by their Democratic predecessor
But when We come 70 the Sheriff-s
Office the records OF the county show
that the administrations Of nine Of the
ten Republican sheriffs were grossly
extravagant and the tenth was pre-
vented from being 20 by legislation 50
cured from a Democratic legislature.
Our readers surely have not forgotten
the fact that many Of these Republi-
can sheriffs ran up accounts against
the county Of twelve or fourteen thou
sand dollars year, imposing heavy
burdens on the taxpayers. Not sin
gle Democratic sheriff ever presented
such bill against the county. When
you look to the results of Democratic
control by the County Commissioners
you find decreased rates of taxation:
bonds refunded at a lower rate Of in.
terest and a closer watch upon the
county treasury.
The recent assessment law made