Evening star., 1901-03-18

s.f hone the time is coming and has even
now arrived when the great sense OF JUS
tice which possesses our people will teach
men of all parties that party success is not
to he promoted at the eXpeIrSe OF injustice
to any of our citizens There Is sense OF
iustice of fairness. that will assert itself
against attempts to coin party advantage
ont of public wrong. The day when men
can he disfranchised or shorn of their
political power for opinions sake must
have am end in our country.
Suck was one of the many fine and manly
public deIiverances of Benjamin Harrison.
T. is unnecessary to add that it was not
ht of timely king which had no
root or echo in his heart or actions If he
was anything. he was an absolutely sim
cere man who loved and who practiced fair
play. He was a good strong partisan, who
believed in and worked for his partys
principles He knew the value of party or
ganization and he gloried i'll vigorous party
leadership. When his own time came he
led with VigOr himself But he was never
boss or trickster. and, as the sentiment
Just quoted shows, he did not want success
by the means of skullduggery and intoler-
auce. y man Influenced has come to
his end with great honor. and at Indian
apoIis yesterday men of all races, creeds,
parties and conditions followed his body
with sorrow and reverence to the grave.
Attention shifts from Indiana to Mary
iand-from Indianapolis to Annapolis, At
the Maryland capital distinguished po-
ltieai leader is shaping a course in
tended to facilitate his own return to
power He has unusual ability. He has
filled high station. He has participated in
several of his partys most notable national
contests But the fact remains that his
name does not stand for high ideals nor for
Trinri1laS "a fr3ploVp1
agents some of the worst men in his state.
He built mainly upon their performances,
and came at last to De SO distinctly the
representative and beneficiary of bad gov
ernncnt and Objectionable practices that
the best men in his own party. led by the
most influential democratic newspaper in
the state. repudiated him and helped to
overthrow him. He shrank in their estima-
tion To- the size of being only a little larger
Rasin.
His office gone. and its recovery made
Impossible by the continued disfavOr of
thousands of democrats of the highest
standing i'm Maryland. Mr.. German. with
straight face. makes roaring appeal to
the people for educated suffrage. and
presents himself as the chief reformer
among ten thousand and the alto
gether lovely, The larger Rasin wants
good government and the man who stands
rejected at three elections by the cream of
the Intelligence and good citizenship of his
own party turns now in revenge and dis
franchises thousands of men in the hum
bier walks of life. but who are associated
with nothing unworthy in the history of
the states politics,
When Mr.. Germans own time. comes
and ali will wish that II may he distant
will this election measure help his memory?
Will the applause OF those who surround
him now. and the adulatory guff that his
newspapers offer TO every political sharp
and ringster in the land and 10 him. of
course. avail him then? Not if the people
of all parties have spoken sincerely of Ben
1amin Harrison. who would have put his
foot on a measure so full of intolerance and
hypocrisy.