The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06

Governor Lowndes has withd rs|n
from the Senatorial contest,
The Governor was in Baltimory oi
night last week and had a confe. n
with number of his frSen's IwsI- Ii
ing reaator Wellington ,55udgeSi Z I
w. Sloan, of Cumberland, and Sub
Treasurer James NJ. Sloan. In speak
ing to representative of the Balti
more san on the senatorial situation
and his position in regard to it, he
said:
You may say for me that my name
will not be presented to the caucus of
my party as a candidate for the
United States senatorship to succeed
| Senator German. | have decided to
withdraw from the senatorial contest.
This conclusion / have reached
after carefully considering the cir
cumstances surrounding my nomina-
tion by the Republican party for the
office | now hold, and the circumstan-
ces under which l was elected to that
office. Added to these are other
reasons, which | shall enumerate.
In the first place, | became the
candidate of my party for Governor,
when, for the first time in a period of
twenty years, there was every pros
pect of success. 1t was not a forlorn
hope l was called upon to lead. The
prospect for support from independ-
ent quarters and from Democrats
tired of the unkept pledges of their
own party, gave evidence of their
Willingness TO support a Republican
party platform, provided it gave dis
tinctive pledges of relief, which
through their own party they had
failed to get, and provided a candi-
date be nominated on that platform
whose name would be a reasonable
guarantee of carrying out the pledges
of the platform upon which h y:
nominated.
The convention of the Republics a
party adopted platform every plank
of which was distinct pledge, and
every pledge was regarded as CON
tract with the people of Maryland as
to what that party would do if placed
in power. | was honored by unani-
nous selection as the standard bearer
of the Republican party in that cam
paign, and, if elected, was, therefore,
to be the instrument through which
that contract was to be carried out.
Aided by a large Independent vote
drawn from the Democratic party the
Republican ticket was elected and |
became Governor of Maryland
las the unanimous choice, there
fore, of my party for the nomination,
as the successful candidate at the
polls, aided by votes drawn from the
opposite party-the votes of the indie.
pendent-thinking men and having
been elected for four years, | have a
duty to perform to those who contrib
uted to my success and a duty to the
people of the whole State. My term
is just half completed. Much yet
remains for me to do for which was
made Governor. Looking over the
whole situation, feel that have no
right in the middle of my term to
place my party in the position of
having it said that it's first Governor
in period of thirty years relenquish-
ed that office, with his work half fin
ished, for the purpose of obtaining
another. | point with some pride to
the fact that the three distinet -,siaii]ss
| OF my party platform have been car
ried out to the letter, and am proud
of my connection with those gentle
men and those elements which
brought about this result. H
"The plank which pledged our
party to ballot reform, to the passage
of ballot law which would guarantee
as far as the law could give it, every
voter a right to cast his vote without
fear and a right to have that vote
properly counted.
'Second-An assessment law which
would meet the demands of the people
of this State, and
Third = The submission to the
people of civil-service act.
"The people of Maryland know how
we'll all of tbasa pladpaS baya hoa,,
kept. l do not mean to say that
there may not be defects in our ballot
law and in the plan of assessment. II
is now my duty to those who have
supported me for the Office I hold tc
remain here for the balance, of the
term for which was elected, deeotina
my energies, in connection with 9th
ers, to the correction of such defect.