The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-05-25
RRFoRMERs ARE ANXIOUS.
Scarcely Able to Restrain Themselves Until
the State Census Has Been Taken-Adverse
Criticism on Tap-Ready to Be Sprung by
the League at Moments Notice.
From the Baltimore Star.

League is following up the work of the State
census officials in the expectation of finding
something done, or left undone, which that
organization may be able to use as basis for
an attack on the result of the enumeration
when it shall have been completed.
Acts of omission or commission on the part
ofthe census officials are all the same to the
gentlemen of the League, so they may be able
10 find one or the other. Something to scold
about, something TO criticise, something to
enable them to say 'We told you so, the
whole affair is rotten''-that is all they want
If they could not scold and find fault they
would be unable to get their names in the
papers, and the people might forget that such
righteous people live. and no doubt the city
and State would go to the bad with a rush.
1t should be remembered in this connec
ton, however, that the League tout of
business when the Federal census was being
taken last year. Had it bestired itself then it
might have discovered something to find fault
with and thus foresalled the work of Direc
tor Merriam in making public the frauds
which have caused the indictment of the
Southern Maryland enumerators. But to have
done such thing would have contravened its
policy, for the indicted enumerators are Re
publicans and the traditional policy of the
League is to smell out Democratic iniquity
and to pass Republican misdeeds by as simple
mistakes of judgment"
REPUBLICANS wHITEwAsHED.
To ventlate Republican misdeeds would be
wrong, but TO jump on similar acts committed
by Democrats, or even suspected of the latter,
is the rule of the gentlemen who seek free adj
vertis ng through their connection with the
League.
The civil service law may be violated with
the most glaring infinity by the Republicans
and the League is silent. Federal officials
who are Republicans may violate their oaths
and mix up openly in factional politics before
the eyes of the whole community and the
League looks on with Indifference.
Men may be turned out of the local Federal
offices and their places filled with the bench
men of Republican boss, and the League
pays no attention to the plain violations of
the law Federal officials from the Custom
house, the Marshall's Office, the Internal Rev
enue office and the Departments at Washing
ton may run primaries and ward conventions
in Baltimore, and the League takes no note
of what is going on, although the daily papers
are filled with the particulars-the guilty men
are Republicans and, therefore, in the eyes of
the League, can do no wrong.
WHEN THEY SHAKE OFF THEIR LETHARGY.
But let Democrat who has ever crossed
its path be named for a place, however insig
nifcant, the great mind of the League at once
arouses itself, and bowls. The daily papers
are filled with shrieks of alarm from the mem
bers of that august body, which has consti-
tuted itself the censor of the morals of the
town and State. The public is in danger be-
cause man who has been accused of some
petty offense has been given an insignificant
office, and dire calamties are predicted as
probable result to the community. The
I to.,lf boa triAtpn
take of Democrat and calmly ignores the
commission of innumerable public crimes by
Republicans.
But the League is happiest when it is able
to find an excuse to attack some Democrat OF
prominence, such as Ex-senator German,
Governor Smith, Chairman VanGiver o. one
of the city leaders. Let Mr. German go to
ANNAPOLIS when the General Assembly is in
session, and the League raises the Pharisaical
cries that some plot against the peace and
welfare of the State is under way, although at
the same time those eminent Republican
friends of reform-Messrs. Mudd, McComas,
Goldsborough, Mason and Charlie Wilson
may be there.
Let Mr. German, Mr.. Rasin, Mr.. Vandver
and other Democrats meet in Baltimore and
the League Immediately sounds the tocsin and
declares that "some outrage is on foot against
the people, while at the same time Messrs.
Mudd, McComas and Wilson may be holding
daily conferences not block from the offices
of its chief bugleman and no mention of the
latter crowd is made by anyone.
1T ALL DEPENDS.
With the League it all depends on which
side you may be- To the members of that
holy body all Democrats are plotters and con-
sprators, and must be denounced All that
they do is bad, and must by jumped on with
vigor The Republicans, on the other hand,
are all saints, and when Mudd and McComas
meet and confer with the city gang the Leagne
smiles in approval, for are not these latter
men public-spiited citizens in whom there is
no guile?
No matter how perfect the census may be,
il will not satisfy the League, because it was
taken by Democrats, who can do no good. To
them the Republican census was right because
it was taken by Republicans, no matter if
the United States Grand Jury has idnicted
several of the enumerators. To be Demo-
Graf, in the eyes of the League, is to be hope
lessly in the bonds of iniquity.
To be Republican is to be in the odor of
sanctity, no matter if the courts take another
view of The case