The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-10
The ISSUE IN MARYLAND.
Honest Elections the Only Thing Before
the People.

hOneSt ElSCuOnS Inc uHly lHllS bSIOIS
the People.
The Baltimore american on Tuesday
had the following TO say editorially on
the issues of the campaign:
''At the very start OF the Maryland
campaign for 1901 an attempt is being
made to force the race question to the
front as the main issue, and to lead
voters into the belief that unless the
present Democratic machine is kept in
power their homes will be endangered
and the prosperity of the state serious
ly threatened, if not absolutely ruined
Blind, indeed, must the bosses to
think the voters of Maryland have
become when such folly is presented
to them as if it We're a real, live
political problem, entitled to their
most serious consideration. 1t has
been worked before in this state,
sometimes with success, but always
as a shield or screen to protect and to
hide some base purpose, some I'M
worthy scheme to be carried out
after an election had been won in
this dishonest way. Tricked as the
Maryland voters haYe been by this
false issue, they will not allow them
selves to fall into the trap again.
1T is no credit to the Maryland De-
mocracy to put forward such an issue,
nor is the scheme Endorsed by the
best elements of the party. The
Maryland campaign will be watched
with interest in all parts of the
country this year, as the choice of
United States senator hinges on the
result, and it is, therefore the duty
of the campaigners to be careful what
they say and not to let their party
enthusiasm lead them to utterances
which might do very considerable
injury to the good name and to the
welfare of the state. Maryland is
place of peace and good order,
commonwealth where laws are we'll
CLIOlCCd, 11u WHCIC SSIlOuS
tions of them are as uncommon as in
the quietest parts of New England.
To send throughout the country wild
reports that, unless the Democrats
win, Maryland will become a place of
disorder and law-breaking will be to
put blot on the states name, to i'm
pugn our courts, and to intimate that
the police authorities are not capable
of doing the work assigned them,
Against campaign methods which
threaten harm to the state The Ameri-
can now protests, and always will pro-
test. The main issue in this campaign
is the course the Democratic leaders
have followed in dealing with the
only honest election law Maryland
ever had. The facts are plain-so
plain, indeed, that all voters can see
them at glance. Under the good
law that Maryland secured, after long
years of battling for it, both parties
were put on their merits before the
people. Democrats were ousted from
control because they had broken their
promises. and Republicans suffered
the same fate for the same reason.
Then when the Democrats found
themselves back again, they decided
tostay back, and to make this possible
called an extra session of the legisla-
ture and emasculated the Election
Law in the hope of cutting off about
half of the vote that is sure to be
cast against them. The work has
failed of its purpose. The law they
made, unjust and dishonest as it is,
hurts them more than it benefits them;
so now, in hope of retaining power by
another method, they are trying to
force upon the voters question that
never can be an issue in Maryland.
The real issue in this Maryland cam
paign of 1901 is HONEST ELEC-
TIONS.