The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-06-18
Congressional Nominations.

1t is little early to talk Of Congressional
nominations but the man who lives by office
is constantly looking ahead. In the fifth and
sixth congressional districts the Republican
aspirants for nominations are actively al
work. At least two or three are after Sydney
Mudds scalp. Thomas Parran of Calvert,
wants the nomination, and he is backed by
Washington Wilkinson, of st. MaryS, who
can deliver st. Mary's three votes to him.
Besides, James deb Walback who is IL mem
Der of the legislature from Charles, also wants
the nomination, and will give the Honorable
Sydney a hustle for the votes OF Charles IN
the convention. In the sixth district, Ashley
NJ Gould, of Montgomery county, thinks he
would make better congressman than Capt.
Mcdonald, the present representative, and
will contest with the Captain for the delegates
from Montgomery county.
In each of these districts the Republicans
regard nomination as equivalent to an cleo
ton. The reliance is solely upon the Negro
vote In the fifth district there are over II,
500 Negro voters, safe and reliably Republi-
can, and in the sixth there are about 1880 of
these same reliable Republicans. The White
Republican vote of the fifth district is not
$500, less than onethiId of the colored Re
publican vote. while the " lite Republican
vote of the sixth district is less than $4,000.
On the white vote the sixth district would be
Democratic by good majority, and the fifth
by at least q four-ffths ma ority.
The fifth district is represented by a mere
spoilsman-a man who is ever looking out
for the main chance for himself. Those who
want to suppant him are OF the same stamp,
and in the event of Republican success the
district will have simply a mercenary politi-
clan as a representative.
Capt Mcdonald, who represents the sixth,
is a mere nonentity, and Ashley NJ. Gould,
who wants to succeed him, is more handsome
than able. One or the other of these two is
likely to be elected next fall, unless enough
white Republicans vote the Democratic ticket
or stay at home to over balance the 1900 ne
gro votes.
Ex-Gov. Carroll or Hon. A. p. German
can carry the min district. anu one Oh uelH
should be nominated. The campaign would
have to be vigorous one, and the Republi
cans should be made to spend their corrup
ton fund upon their own voters. Cash plays
an important part in elections in the fifth dis.
trict, and to demoralize the Republican voters
with cash is the only way the district can have
a respectable representative.
The Democrats will have to use cash for
their own protection, just as they used it in
Carroll during the Herring campaign, against
a large corruption fund the Republicans had:
and the negro vote will have to be democrat
lied by cash offers in order to make the Re-
publicans spend their corruption fund u1on
their own voters.
The corrupt use of money i'll elections is
degrading to citizenship, but how to discon-
tinue it, now that it has begun, is question
difficult of solution. As long as politicians
will buy voters will sell, and politicians will
buy as long as their money holds out. 1t
cannot be discontinued by agreement, for
neither party will trust the other, nor will
grand juries indict as long as one party is as
deep in the mud as the other is in the mire.