The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-10-18

coerced to vote in solid phalanX against
the Democratic party, thus making for
purely partisan purposes race issue. 1t
has resulted, as was inevitable, in Undue
ing the ignorant and vicious elements of
this race to believe that the political sue
cess of the party to which they are at
tached means license to disregard all the
| rules which are necessary for the peace
| and order of the community.
This condition is recognized everywhere
where they exist in large numbers, and the
States south of US have been compelled,
with the approval of the best thought of
the country, to eliminate them as factors
until such time as they shall have reached
| the point where they can exercise their
| citizenship with discretion and prudence
and without race prejudice. In other
words, the Anglo Saxons in Maryland, as
in Virginia, will control and shape the
| destinies of the Commonwealth. To
those of US in Maryland this condition ap-
peals with peculiar force. 1t must be met
and disposed of in such manner as to
prevent the control of the State from
passing out of the hands of the white pop
ulatiOn.
Our Public Schools--Again our position
on the great question of public education
| entities us to the confidence and support
of the people.
For more than 80 years the Democra-
tic party in Maryland has steadfastly and
literally sustained our public school sys-
TEN, and we are pledged now by our
platform to still further advance the in
| terest and promote the development of
| our schools.
The next Legislature, if Democratic,
will certainly redeem this emphatic
pledge.
Primary Election Law-The people may
rest assured that if we are successful in
the coming election a thoroughly salts
| factory primary e.ection law will be
passed. Our platform is explicit on this
| point and our promise to the people will
unquestionably be fully kept.
The Oyster Law-Our present oyster
law is an Improvement on the law passed
by the Republicans, and it has enabled
us to put back into the Treasury large
part of the deficit left to US by them.
Some objections to it have been urged.
These shall have full consideration at the
next Legislature, and in the language of
our platform the defects in the law will
be remedied.
The Extra Session.-The call for this
session was urgent and widespread that
the Governor felt it to be his duty to re-
spect the popular demand.
| The State census was necessity in Or
der to Illustrate gross fraud which it
was impossible to defeat in any other
way.
So also in regard to the amendment to
our Election law.
These amendments were imperatively
demanded.
| Upon both of these measures we take
our stand, and we cofidently believe that
our action will be emphatically sustained
and approved by the people.
| We have tried the Republicans and our
people are not likely soon to repeat the
experiment.
All that is necessary to insure our sue
cess is for our white people who believe
that this State ought to be managed by
them in the interest of civilization, cul-
ture and social order which they repre-
sent, to come out on election day and
assert their right to rule.
They are the representatives of the
great p eponderancc of the intelligence
and property of the State and are there
fore entitled to control the administration
of its affairs.
believe they will So assert themselves
and the result ought not to be doubtful.
The Republican party in Maryland
| would have no existence were it not for
the solid colorcd vote Being thus abso-
lutely dependent on that the managers of
the party must of necessary be more or
less subservient to their colored allies, and
it is manifest, therefore, that they cannot
exercise that wholesome restraint over
the laWlesS and dlsorderly element of
their party, which is necessary for the
peace and good order of the State
There are no national issues in this cam
paign.
Our State convention, rejecting the
sentiment of our party, decided that this
campaign must be fought out on State
issues only, and we mean to conduct it
on that line.
| My information leads me to believe
that Democrats of evey shade of opinion
are standing together, and that they will
vote for our ticket in November.
| MURRAY VANDIyFR