The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-09-29

cases, because it is to be supposed that
the Governor of State. or any other
high official, will honorably fulfill the
duties of his place he is selected for
that purpose, every Democratic Gov
ernor in this State has done so, and it
is superficial view of the situation to
expect the people of Maryland to keep
the Republican party in power simply
because some of its. leading represen-
tatives in office have creditably admin
istered their function in accordance
with constitutional and statutory re-
quirements.
A CHALLENGE.
ave invite the people to the survey
Of broader field. We expect to show
them, with great Difference to the lead
ers of Republican party, and the indi-
viduals who compose it, that the party
itself is unfit for continued ascenden.
cy in our midst, and that it would be
positive injury to every county and
detriment to the highest interests of
Maryland, that its rule should be fur
ther prolonged. This is the ground
upon which we stand, and upon which
we shall challenge discussion.
| Ic of
ment, of law and order. and OF the OBJ
noxious influence that the Republican
party has welded against the welfare
Of our best citizenship in our section Of
the State in which it has gained foot
hold.
I'm the counties the situation is ut
terly deplorable. The people of Balti-
more have no idea Of the degrading in
fiuences to which the counties have
been subjected under Repuhlican'dom-
ination. Their local offices have in
large measure been filed by persons
utterly unqualified intelligently to con-
duct them, and this is largely due to
the fact that the Republican party has
been unable to find adequate material
in its own ranks from which proper
selections could be made. Four years
more of Republican rule would mean
an era of lawlessness and of crime alb
solutely disastrous to the interests Of
the State.
ave are precisely in the same polit
ical situation of every other Southern
State, our business interests, our COM
mercial standing and the welfare of
our people demanding that law and Or
der shall resume their wonted sway,
and that we shall no longer be domi-
mated by political elements who have
not the slightest concern in our pro-
gress and advancement, and who in a
large portion of the State are ed by
adventures who do not even reside
among the people whom they pillage
and Cypress.
| CORRUPTION ALLEGED.
"We have been invited by the recog-
nized leader of the Republican party,
in communications that he is almost
daily contributing to the columns his
party's journals, to discuss the subject
Of the great reforms enacted at the
last two sessions of the General Assem-
bly, 10y the representatives, of his par
ty. We shall cheerfully respond to
the invitation so cordially extended to
us, and from the time that the cam
paign opens we hope to demonstrate
to the intelligent audiences of the
State the proposition that the legisla-
tive career OF the patty, with some
rare and notable exceptions, has been
confessedly corrupt, that legislation
has been marketed, and that the scenes
enacted at the capitol, in the presence
and with the participation of the
speakers of both houses Of the General
Assembly, have been as revolving as
any that ever disgraced the annals of
a legislative body. We agree with
him entirely that this is ques-
tion upon which the people are anxi,
Gus to hear discussion, and we there
fore accept the issue that has been ten
tered us, and promise that the fullest
light shall be reflected upon this sub
ject.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The Republican platform has been
framed with the evident design of eva
ding the actual issues before the peo-
pie, of concealing the truth from view.
and of presenting feigned issues that
have no bearing or relevancy upon the