Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-01
PARTIES CONFIDENT
Both Sides Claiming Victory in Prince
Georges County.
REPUBLICANS APPARENTLY AHEAD
Governor loWndes Greeted With
Enthusiasm at Marlboro.
THE INDEPENDENT TICKET

! UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Nov. l. 1899.
| One more week and the voters Of Prince
| Georges county will know the result of
this falls election. There are three tickets
| in the field. but the politicians generally
| are of the opinion that the independent re-
| publican ticket will be bad third in the
| race, Despite these opinions the independ-
ents are keeping up what they term a fight
against sydney E. Mudd, who represents
| this district in the national House of Rep
resentatives
! notwithstanding this cutlery has been
| made since the boilers met in Washington
| ard nominated a county ticket, Mr.. Mudd
| has assured the voters that reasonable
man can regard the fight being made on
! him, as he is in no sense a candidate this
year. He says he is merely in the cam
paign in the interest of his party, and
terms the Independents as assistant demo-
Gratis, although he seldom refers to them.
1t is his belief that the independents Will
not poll votes enough to affect the result.
Whatever may be the outcome of the
county contest, it is said there will be no
cutting of the republican state ticket, for
the names of the candidates for the state
offices will head the list of the independents
as well as leading the nominees of the regu-
lar organization. When Gov. Lowndes was
here a week ago it was believed he would
heal the differences in the party and have
the independent ticket Withdrawn, but TINS,
1t is evident could not be accomplished.
The presence of the governor and other
prominent speakers from other parts of the
state attracted one of the largest and most
enthusiastic political gatherings ever seen
here. The court house was packed, and the
governor was loudly cheered q number of
times during the course of his speech
The Governors Speech.
Gov. Lowndes dwelt largely upon the
question of state and not county issues. He
referred to the manner in which elections
were held before the passage'of the present
election law Prior to and including the
election of 1898, he said, elections were adj
mitted to be shame and a reprOach to the
state when fraud reigned supreme, and
there was no guarantee that the verdict
announced as that of the people was true
index of public opinion.
The elections under the present law, ne
went on to say, are orderly, and the re-
suits are accepted by all parties as true eX-
pressions of the popular will of the people
Continuing. he said: The record OF the
democratic party the question OF reaS-
sessment was one of empty promises year
after year and final failure to give TO the
people this great measure OF relief. IN con-
| trast with this shuffling was the prompt
action of the republican party when 1t came
into power. The republicans at once en-
acted a law which equaliZed the burden OF
taxation and yet added $So,0pOooo to the
taxable basis Applause) While the demo-
cratic party has invariably sought TO Keep
the school system under partisan control
ways insisted on keeping the schools out of
| politics and upon having minority represen-
tation on the school boards. If Reelected,
| will recommend to the legislature the in
| corporation of this principle into the school
| law Free school books have, under repub-
| lican management, become an accomplished
| fact, and 100000 have been expended there
| for without injury to the state finances
| The state debt has been reduced Sioe,ooo
! during the past four years, notWlthstand1
ing an increase of the bonded debt OF
Iii, oil Ia
pubiicans have carried to the sinking fund
| s165, 900 more than the democrats did, ana
have largely increased the appropriations
for all of our charitable and educational in
stitutfons the appropra tons for colored
schools having been increased from sloo,ooo
to $12o,000 per annum.
Evidence of Progress.
81 wish that every farmer in the state
| would visit the Agricultural College and
| see for himself what progress has been
made. New buildings have been erected
| and new departments created, which have
| materially enlarged the facilities of the col
| lege and it has never been in such a -four
ishing condition under the four years
of republican good government. Farmers
| Institutes have been established, and, with
| liberal appropriations, have been success
| fully conducted in every county in the
| state
| THE management of the state tobacco
| warehouses under democratic rule had re-
| suited in bringing the whole system of in
| spectfon under the just criticism of the
| growers and shippers. The evils complained
| of were remedied as far as possible by the
| prompt action of the executive. and a we'll
| defined plan for the reorganization of the
| warehouses was submitted to the legisla
| ture in 1898 and enacted into law, which
| has resulted in decreasing the expense of
| the houses, restoring the efficiency of the
| system. and at the same time largely in
| creasing the revenues of the state. The re-
| port of the inspector for a period of not
| alaIyan
| shows that the,e had been collected and
| paid into the state treasury the sum of
| SIS, 1896 after the payment of all expenses
| of operation. this being the largest revenue
| from this source which has ever been re-
| ceived by the state
Republicans More Confident.
| While politicians of both political parties
| are claiming everything, the republican
| managers seem more confident than do
| democrats. Both parties have been hold
| ing meetings, but it is admitted that the
| county has been more fully covered by the
republicans than by their opponents. 1t is
| claimed by the republican managers that
| a canvass of the county has been made by
| them ard they figure out safe majorities
| for their candidates
Tonight there will be a big meeting at
Laurel and tomorrow night there will be
! speechmakng at Bladensburg. Bowie will
| be the scene of a big gathering Saturday
| night.
! Although the election will not take place
| for a week members Of the county COM
| mittees are talking of possible efforts at
| bribery A large amount of money, it is
stated is being used for campaign pur-
poses, and 1t is feared by some that an
! attempt will be made Tuesday to buy votes.
! That this has been done at other elections
| is not denied, but this year the committees
! of the two parties will be on the alert and
| attempts to buy voters may result in the
filing Of some of the cells in the county
/ iails.
| GERMANY TO TRADE SAMOA.