The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-10-13
The Suns" Orac e Speaks at Last.

1t is with feeling of pleasure, no
unmiXed with slight ranking mem
cries of he past four years, that We
publish the fol owing extracts fir m al
editorial which appeared in the Balti
more SUa of e lllh inst, the first
really definite ami Democratic utter
ance ii has launched forth in this cam.
| paign. which the party could att ch to
its own gdvantag All thro igh the
preparatory and succeeding stages OF
the strong fight which is being made
10y the Democra of the State for the
overthrow # the political usurpers,
wnO by an unfortunat4 mi-conct ption
of public duty o. the part of missuid-
ed Democrats were placed il power,
the San has ma ntained a serene indif-
ference and Conservatism OF action that
could as easily be turned to the account
of one side as to the other. In view OF
the SUMS support of Low ndes and his
parry in 1885 and sue eeding elections,
it as D. o doubt difficult to sever allie
glance with tn m, but the barriers
havr been burned away. and the Sun
has cane out strongly in favor of Dem
ocratic success in November r the
State ticket. The article we refer to
is headed "a State Campaign on State
Issues" AID isa comment on the article
which recen tly appeared in the New
York Eve ing Post as to The Giffer-
ence in the Maryland fight and that
in Neb' aska, Pennsl lvania AID Ohio,
and " ere in the latter state, Mckin-
ley and his entire cabinet are at pres
ent doing active campaign work for
their party, on II tional issues. The
Post says:
at * ref eshing to witness such a
spectacle as Maryland pr. sents this
tall-tbt two parties pres nting candi-
dates for Sta offices solely upon the
bases OF their attitude re- arding State
questions. The extraordinary feature
of the situation is the fact that il has
become so remarkable to see state
campaign conduct d on hone issues
that the anomaly now presented in
Maryland merits national attention. J"
Upon this basis the San says:
The Democrats have shown great
wisdom in limiting the canvass on
their part to tue discussion IF such is
sues and nc epting the lead of their
candidate for Governor, who has said
That the questions at issue in this
election have nothing to do with he
national problems, which in another
year We shall be called upon to con-
slider" Ia purely state election ike
the present Their is nothing, the efore
to divide the PARTY. Inasmuch as
neither Governor nor Legislature will
have anythi' g to do with the question
OF currency, there is nothing to pre-
vent gold Democrats and silver Demo-
Gratis from cordially uniting in support
OF the same candidates, where those
candidates are personally and individ-
udlly worthy of support. Their diver
gent views upon tne subject of free
coinage and Of the Chicago plato nj
have nothing to do with the case"
There is no United states Senator 10
be cleo ed then; in fact, before another
Senator IS TO be chosen, another Legis.
lature will have to he elected-two
years hence Mr.. Gormau, therefore,
whatever his future aspirations may
be, cannot with any propriety, be con
sidered factor or an issue in the
present campalgn-Or, against his will,
be dragged into the canvass. He was
an issue in 1895 and again in 1897,
when he was candida e for reelection
to the United States Senate. That is
sue was then settled by the people, and
III the hit anime, il is unjust to Mr..
German and unfair to the pre-, ent
state ticket to be using Mr. G0rman's
name as bugaboo with which to
frighten timid or unthinking voters.
80 it may be said Of any attempt to
prejudice the legislative or local ticket
on either side by suggestion, unsustain.
ed by proof, of boss" or 'ring" intiu-
ences at work in the composition of the
ticket-as, for example, by suggesting
that the one is a "Malster" ticket or
that the oIhsris "Rasin" ticket. The
tickets on both sides in this city are
now completed and must speak for
themselves. There cannot be any.
thing so hidden or mysterious about
them or about the character or antece-
dents of the candidates that the intelli-
gent voter who wishes to vote for the
right man for he right place canuot
by careful inquiry find out all he
w shes to know.
Governor Lowndes has also done
wisely in escheAing all questions OF
national politics He has made the
best possible case for himself by Easing
his claims to ret lection upon the
r cord he can present. His cause will
be weakened rather than strengt hened
by any attempt to introduce rational
Issues into the campaign. 1t is doubt
tul whether the importation of such
Republican "spell-bindeis" as Senator
Thursron, of Nebraska, who is an
nounced to speak in this city shortly
and Governor Roosevelt, Of New York
who is also ''billed' to take part in the
campaign, will be productive of any
good, unless by helping to swell tn,
number of Democratic es. Durins
the new chatter election in this city
last May, the kepubl cans lost consid
erablr mere than ,hey gained by bring
ing speakers from the counties, inciud
ing Senators We lington and Me
Conlas, TO tell the citizens of Baltim II
how to vote at purely municipal
election.