The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-11-03
For States Attorney.
JAMES w. MCNABB.
For Judges of the Orphans Court.
JAMES NJ. CAIN,
E. CARVIL TOLLEY,
JOHN MCDOON.
For County Surveyor.
WILLIAM It. CLARK.
REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN.

The campaign of 1899 is now draw
ing to a close. Before another issue
Of The 1EgiS, the result will have
passed into history. We congratulate
both parties on the clean manner it
has been conducted. As it is now all
over but the voting and the shouting,
we would like to present to our read
ers resume> of the political situation
as it is today.
In the beginning of the campaign,
it was generally understood that the
fight should be on State issues alone.
This the Democrats have strictly adj
hered to. When the Republicans
said 1--WE stand or fall on our past re-
cord" the Democrats promptly took
up the gauntlet and the Republicans
finding themselves worsted in the
argument, beat a hasty retreat and
endeavored to throw up new breast
works and entrench themselves be-
hind National issues. To aid in this
number of simon pure Democrats
who have always voted the straight
Republican ticket since the time
whereof the memory of man runneth
not to the contrary, except when they
themselves were candidates, led by
John x. Cowen, political renegade
from Ohio, who cares as much for the
welfare of his fellow man as his Satan
ic Majesty does for Holy Water, were
appealed to. The result of their labor
was an organization which claimed
to be the Gold Democrats. They is
sued manifesto, attempting to show,
but our dull minds failed and still
fail to conceive it, that if John Walter
Smith was elected Governor of Mary
land, it would undoubtedly upset the
coinage system of the civilized world
and therefore it was the duty of every
good citizen to vote for Lowndes.
Can these men for one moment deem
the voters of Maryland a set of con-
sumate asses to believe this rot. 1t is
indeed an insult to every intelligent
Democrat. Lack of space forbids
further discussion of this and we pass
on.
The object of the manifesto, was to
drive from our ranks very respect
able element Of our party who are not
in accord with the Chicago platform.
These gentlemen, it is needless to
state, paid no heed to the insane i'm
precautions of this self-constituted Re-
publican Committee of forty and
that's about how many votes they will
poll, but on the contrary are daily
coming out in print, rendering Colonel
Smith their hearty support.
The effect of introducing these
National issues in the State proved
indeed boomerang. Speaking of
this the Baltimore Sun says:
1.-THE Republicans and their present
allies among those who style them
selves Gold Democrats" par excel
lence, need not be surprised if they
should find that the attempted in
lection into the present State contest
in Maryland on a national issue like
the currency question should prove
to be something in the nature of a
boomerang. In the first place, it is
evident from the cards published and
the signatures appended, relating to
this subject, that the "Gold Demo
Gratis" are by no means agreed as to
the relation which the cause of sound
money bears to the present contest,
and that the present organization is
not identical with that of 1896.
While some known for their devotion
to the cause of sound money have de-
clared their intention to vote for Gov
ernor Lowndes, others equally well
known for their fidelity to the same
cause have announced their purpose
to vote for Mr.. John Walter Smith and
the Democratic ticket. The former
profess to be actuated, at least in part,
by an apprehension that the success
of the Democratic ticket in Maryland
this fall would be regarded as an en-
dorsement of William Jennings Bryan
and the Chicago platform, and in this
belief they may be, and probably are,
perfectly sincere. The others, who
are just as earnest sound money men
as they are, are not moved by any
such apprehension, and see no such
issue involved in an election solely
for State officers who have to deal
only with matters OF State concern