The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31
Communicated.

To the Editor of The Republican.
The hope of those dear old custo-
dams and guardians of States rights
and American freedom, which six
years ago was so ruthlessly torn from
| the deadly grasp they had retained
on them for twenty wears, has not
been dead but sleeping, and during
| the long and disturbed sleep their
/ dreams were rambling. Hence the
effort TO brand indellible stigma upon
the illiterate voters and their future
posterity by the propagation of the
infamous Acknowledgement act. But
the Republican party of Maryland
can afford to abide the time. In that
act the first course of their political
funeral pile was laid, and on the 9Th
of November the pile will be finished,
and Immediately after that the fiery
Indignation and wrath of an awak-
ened people to true sense and knowl-
edge of the loss they have sustained
by the severing of the sacred right to
participate in the affairs of govern
ment will ignite the pile, and thus
will the advocates and their princi-
pals perish, unregreted and unla-
mented by an outraged people.
The courtesy of one of the high of
ficials of the School Board shown to
member of our community upon his
request for some favor, or rather for
justice, as reported, reminds me of an
lrishman whose dog parked till very
late on very cold night, keeping him
awake to his great discomfort. Finally
an idea struck Jamie-he would freeze
the dog, and suiting the act to the
idea, he jumped out of bed and all
unrobed ran out at the door. After
long time Biddy, his better half,
became alarmed, fearing some acct
dent had happened to him, and got
out of bed and went to the door and
there stood Jamie, his teeth chatter
ing and almost frozen to death, but
holding on to the dogs caudal appen-
dage with viselike grip, and in
voice filled with amazement she cried:
Jamie, phat on eirth be We doin'?n
but all she heard was loud whisper
through his chattering teeth: Hush,
hush, Biddy, Dim thryin' to fraze
the beast
Ere this last warning reaches you
the majority of you will have heard
many truths spoken by those best
acquainted with the whole political
situation in Maryland and, of course,
have arrived at some definite conclu-
sion.
1t is the common report up here
that the Democratic candidate for
State Senator has announced himself
a candidate for the Sixth district,
which, it is natural to suppose, means
the Sixth Congressional district. Our
Republican candidate is to be elected
to represent Garrett county, presum-
ing that the other four counties will
be able to find capable men amongst
their own citizens and that Hon. Geo.
A. Pearre can take care of the Sixth
district. We, of course, do not I'M
derstand the deeper things in Goth
century Democracy. This may be a
new feature in it, a representative-at-
large. And now, gentlemen, seeing
that somebody is mixed | once more
charge you to be careful. 60 to the
polls, don't get excited, get your
ticket, look how it is folded, inspect
both sides and see that there is no
mark of any kind OH it. Don't tear
or soil it with your fingers. Look
only for the word Republican, fol-
low the line to the square on the
right, make small X in it-don't
touch the line around the square
fold your ticket as it was, give it to
the Judge and see that he detathes
the coupon without tearing away any
of the ticket and that he places your
ticket in the ballot box.
With implicit confidence in our sue
cess on next Tuesday, am
Yours respectfully,
s. f. FLOWERS, SR.
Mt Lake Park, Oct. %.