The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

To Every Voter In Garrett County.
We are again approaching period
when intelligent voters will be called
upon to weigh the difference between
prosperity and depression. Whilst
I from local and natural causes the peo-
pie of Garrett county have never felt
the iron grip of depression in its most
malignant form, it is nevertheless
true that his foot prints have been
plainly traceable at several periods
in the history of our county and to
the natural makeup of the popula-
which being composed of the ener-
getic sons of prosperous farmers and
business men from other and more
crowded sections of the county, is due
in a wide measure our exemption
from extremes in either direction and
owing to this fact many misleading
questions may arise to the minds of
the most acute thinkers and intelli-
gent voters and citizens of our county.
1t is fact that some sections of our
county are enjoying the full measure
of life in business and that healthful
condition of part favorably affects
the whole county and without doubt
Garrett county is now on the verge of
the greatest season of prosperity it
has ever been her privilege to witness.
Unfortunately the impression is
abroad, and not without grave rea-
sons, that trusts and combination of
of capital are undermining the foun-
dation of our liberty, and to those
who take a serious view of the fact
and because of the existence of Re-
publican administration for the past
six years impute the formation of
trusts to a disposition on the part of
the administration and all connected
with it to encourage and foster their
multiplication, please allow me to say
if you will let your memories revert
to the eight years of Democratic adj
ministration under President Cleve-
land and look oyer your old news
paper files you will find the organiza-
ton of trusts under those two admin
istrations equaled, if not outnum-
bered, the organization of trusts in
any period of the same length in the
history of our government up to and
including 1900, and the exception of
these two latter years of the combi-
nation of capital in a few hands does
not justify distrust in the present adj
ministration. Admitting the cause
to be due to the widespread prosper
ity is not an admission that the pres
ent or any other Republican admins
tration is responsible any more than
was the Cleveland administration for
the propagation of trusts. All men
are not alike; some are more greedy
and avaricious than others and their
opportunities to acquire wealth are
never overlooked, and to those OPP
portunities and the means in hand of
stocks and money is due the gigantic
combinations to control the different
branches of trade. The present wide
spread existence of trusts is without
doubt a menace to the best interests
of those called the common people
and sooner or later must be controlled
by law. But who will take the mat
ter up and push it to a finish? Mr..
Cleveland did not try to control them.
Read your old papers and see what
he said about trusts. Today Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the leading men
in Congress are taking steps to regu-
late and control them in some way.
1t is hard question to deal with; one
with intricate problems to be solved
and will need the aid of those abso-
lutely opposed to trusts, and amongst
that class in Congress is Hon. George
A. Pearre. All who are acquainted
with his record know that he is bit
terly opposed to trusts, a strong ad-
vocate of their utter suppression or
control by law. His superior is not
in the Sixth Congressional district
his parliamentary knowledge and
power of utterance is equal to any in
that assembly; he has been found
true, and it can hardly be possible
that any Republican voter in the
county will jeopardize his chance of
election by cutting his name off the
ticket. Remember your vote may
elect OF defeat and stand by your
champion, Col. Pearre, and on your
own honor.
S. E. FLOWERS, SR.
Mt. Lake Park, Sept. 20.