The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-08-30
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such inexperienced apprentices that
they did not know a sound plank from
a defective one. The Platform was
constructed of most Wretched material.
Nothing worse could have teen Sc
lected. We cannot suggest any reason
for this other than one # two alterna-
tives, namely: That sound, seasoned
planks were not possessed hy the Re
publicans, or else, the individuals en-
trusted with the building of the plat
form were mere apprentices, unskilled
IN thu business they undertook to do.
Either If these suggestions would ac-
count for the poor s,ructure they huilt,
but We are inclined to adopt the first
alternative rs the correct one Even a
blind pig will occasionally nud an
acorn if there are any acorus about,
and 20 a novice in the art of platform
building would probably stumble over
and thus discover ana then Use good
plank, if his political party owned any
good p'ankS. As all the planks in
the Republican State platform are de-
fective, it j. fair inference that no
sound one, were Owned by the party,
otherwise by accident at least, reas-
/ onably good on might have been
picked up and inserted somewhere
We will examine few more of these
warped and crooked planks. Here
they are:
"RpuJiicans FIRST gare in counties
ant cities minority representation IN
the administration u oto Schools"
Ifthis statement has reference to the
present school system then 1t means
that prior to the year eighteen hundred
and ninety-siX when a Republican
I Governor was inauguraled, there was
10 min rity representation in the adj
ministratiou of our schools. Tuis is
equivalent to saying that prior to 1896
every School Commi>s oaer in the
State was Democrat Under the
/ present school system when establish
ed in eighteen hundred ami sIXty-eight
/ the School Commissioners in the couu-
ties were elected 10y the people. sub.
scqurltiy the commissioners were ap-
pointed 10y the judges of the courts.
Since 1872 they have all been appoint
ed 10y the Governor, except for time
in Garrett County. 1t certainly re.
qurcS great boiduess to assert that
from lSGS until 1896 r. tweuty-cilh
years-1ll the School Commissioner,
were Democrats, when it is notorious
fact that at least in this county the
Republicans had a. early Is 1851 and
continuously thereafter one or tive
representatives in the Board Of school
Commissioners. They were given rep.
resenlatiou in the board when the
judges made the appointments, and
when the mode of making the appoint
ment was changed in 1892 they were
also given 10y Governor Brown a rep.
resentative. The same thing may bt
true of other counties but we are not
sufficiently informed at present &c
make a positive assertion. a sufficient
retutation of the statement made in the
platform is furnished by the practice
that prevailed in Frederick County.
1t is not, therefore, true that the Re.
publicans first gave in the counties and
cities minority representation in the
administration of our schools.
Buta school system was established
in 1865 and established by Republicans
who then had complete control
of every departm0 of the State gov
eminent. Did the Republican party
then give US minority representation
i'm the administration of our schools?
Will the platform builders kindly fur
nish the name Of a single Democratic
School Commissioner under the system
adopted in 1865? The Republicans
then had the chance to give minority
representation but they failed to give
1t. If it is right nor to have minority
representation it was right then. If
wrong not to have it nor it was wrong
Ue", and the Republican party was
guilty OF that wrong. Let us hear no
more about Republicans first giving
minority representation in the admin
istration of our schools.
" We confidently piedge or RepubA-
can Senator and oar representatives il,
Congress e to SupporfMe Re
publican hsular policy nor sanctioned
dy tie Supreme Courtn "Our Repub-
lican SENATOR Note that this is in
the singular number aud refers, we
suppose, to Senator McComas. 1t
would have been hard task to pledge
Senator Wellington to support the Re
publican insular policy, if there is such
a thing as a definite insular policy, but
he is all the same Republican Senator
though the words of the platform inn
ply that he is not. But how was it
possible to say that the "Republican
lnsular Policy" has been santioned by
the supreme Court?n In which of the
so-called insular eases was that policy
sanctioned? Can any body tell what
i policy any five of the nine Su.
| Preme Court Judges have sanctioned?