Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-26
1.-The Private Ticket"
"NAMED PRIVATELY
"FOR PRIVATE INTERESTS"
The Committee of 100 Republicans
of Allegany County APPLY
ChriSten the Present Ticket
1.-The Private Ticket"
CUMBERLAND, MD, Oct. II, 1901


To tie RfP"bijc'ur% II .Wegpny county:
WE, the Committee of One Hundred Re
w publican Citizen, of Allegany County,
make tins, our statement. t. all fair minded
RepubhcalIS as ii reason tor their strong CO-Op-
Grafton to project the Republican party from
those who would DESTROY 1t for PERSON
AL GAIN.
The Republican party had its birth in Free
dom; its (ounders-the plain people of the
country, i'll whose heats burned brightly the
fires OF Liberty 1t has ever stood for the
prosperity Of the WHOLE people, and not Tor
any FAVORED FEW.
Its broad policy OF recognition for WORTH
wherever found gave II. sumner from the
-ChUU = InCOln from tie farm, Grant from
he tanner bench and the late revered PreSI-
dent Mckinley from the ranks of the toiers
1t Is To lerpeuale these principles which
nave made the Rtpub lcalI party the paragon
OF all political organizations, that we cal upon
the manhood OF the Republican party of AL
legany County to rise up and put ASIDE those
men who have DEFEATED REPUB-
LlCANS or aided their election ONLY when
they were to be privately benefited.
If few men can gather in the city of Cum
berand weeks in advance ol convention and
friends and relatives, We ask the plain, honest
Republicans of Allegany county where is the
opportunity for your SONS for political adj
vancement? You must answer. If you an
swer fairly, that unless they sell their man
hood to the political bosses, unless they are
willing to acknowledge certain families as
controlling the Republican party here they
can never get recognition.
THE LAST convention is an undeniab,e
proof of the seltishness of these people who
pose as REPUBLICANS. They have nomi,
mated for the offices some men who are I'M
known in the Republican party, and who
discredt it i'll the eyes of honest voters.
No man or set of men who had the inter
ests of the Republican party at heart
would have foisted upon its pure banner the
names of MEN WHO BRING CONTEMPT
AND DERlSlON UPON 1T. 1T Is TO PRO
| TEST against this shamelessneSs; it is to keep
| open to every man, no matter how poor or
| how humble, the gateway to honorable polit-
| ical preiermeR, that this Committee of One
| Hundred Republicans whose party loyalty
cannot he questioned appeal to you, fellow
Republicans, to bury by your FREE VOTE
| the present ticket which claims to emanate
from our party, but which in reality was
made up by four men in Cumberland weeks
in advance of our last primaries
| WE ARE SINCERE in the beliefthat there
| is enough cohesion i'll the REAL Republi.
| can party of Alegany county to destroy the
| few men who give their allegiance to ii only
| for their own profit, by voting down their
| PRIVATE TICKET this fall, and then tc
| come together after, as clean, strong tri
nmphant party.
If the present action of these people is al
lowed to paSs-when men like Frank Me
Mahon is Il spokesman for those in authority
in Republican counties, then indeed are the
days of our dear old party numbered i'll Al
legany county, and of 1t can he truly said
that it was permitted to die because III
| FRIENDS did not come to defend it IN it,
hour of danger.
The REPUBLICAN PARTY is the party
of the people-the party which through The
immortal Lincoln always took the people
| into its confidence. Its chief characteristic il
that it is OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THU
| PEOPLE AND By THE PEOPLE. IN,
ticket offered you this fall is a PRIVATE
ticket, named PRIVATELY FOR PRIVATE
interests. Away with PRIVATE TICKETS
| and make way for the people to name thei
| own in all future conventions.
WRIGHT BUTLER,
Secretary
| To Committee Of loo Republicans,
| Oct A-2t Cumberland Md