The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-09-23

M Rayuer's letter 81 ccepituce " - As io4''" >
sir-.T desire TO unite With as colleagues upon
the state iicEes ia saying thai sc appreciate me
unanluity with which ogr selections have teen
made by iha Democratic Coaseutiou- - iAg as /
an CONSERVED, I was ia 40 sense an asrlrnni Tor
the nomination iha, has beeI rendered ne. not
withdrawing the high honor thai ii carries "ih y
and The nAcs that the place has been he!d almost
continuously 81 some q the most distinguished
memtssrs a. the Maryland bar. The choice Or cur
respective positions has alien upon us By the us'-
DIVIDED sentiment q. an u5irammelei convention.
and it win become 10; only our duty but our pleas
ure 20 contribute with al OF zeal 20 the success
OF The cause We represent
This camraigu is one IN which personal abuse
and unjuSgihabie attacks upon cur opPonenis VIII
ind no place with US am not sufficient Of q par
tiSan 70 approve Of everything that is wrong IN my
own party and condemn everything that Is Hghi
upon the side o. my opponents; on the contrary IS
We proceed upon the hastings We shah give III
ing credit 20 every Republican official who has
honestly ana faithfully administered his ONCE,
The question before The people IS nof' however
confined 70 individual cases because Is 10 DC sup
posed that the Governor Of a state. or any other
high Official viii honoubly faliu the duties OF his
place. he is selected for that purpose every Demo
cratic Governor in the state has done and it is a
pie OF Maryland to keep the Republican party in
power simply because some its leading representa-
tiyes In Office have creiitahiy administered theiI
functions in accordance with constitutional and
statutory requirements. We invite the people 10
the survey Of a broader field. We expect 70 show
them. with great Difference to the leaders Of the
Republican party and the individuals who compose
il that the party itself is unit for continued as
tendency in our midst. and that Il would be posi-
tive injury to every county and detriment to the
highest interests Of Maryland that its rule should
be further prolonged This is the ground upon
which we stand, and upon which we shall ehal-
lenge discussion.
ARRAIGNs THE REPUBLICANS.
1t is a question of good government, of law and
order aud OF obnoxious influence that the Republ
can party has welded against the welfare Of our
best citizenship in every section of the State In
which it has gained foothold. In the counties
the situation Is deplorable. The people of Balt
more have no idea Of the degrading influence to
which the counties have been subjected under Re
publican domination. Their local offices have in a
large measure been filed by persons utterly unqual
flied nteigently TO conduct them, and this is large
Iy 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
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an era of law lessness and of crime absolutely dis
astrous to the interests of the State. We are pre-
cisely in the political situation ofevery Other
Southern State-our business interests, our CONNER
cial standing and welfare of our people demanding
that law and order shall resume their wonted sway
and that we shall no longer be dominated by
political elements who have not the slightest con
Germ in our progress and advancement and who in
large portion of the State are led by adventures
who do not even reside among the people whom
they pillsge and Cypress.
''CoNFEssEDLY CORRUPT"
We have been invited by the recognized leader OF
the Republican party in communications that he
is almost daily contributing to the columns of his
partys Journals to discuss the subject of the great
reforms enacted at the last two sessions of the Gen