The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-10-10
Democratic Ticket.
For Congressional Congressional District
7. FREDERICK c. TALBOT.
of Baltimore County.
TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE CAM
PAIGN

TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE CAM
PAIGN
The returns from registration seem
to indicate that there is not sufficient
interest being taken in the coming
election. If anything, however, the
Democrats have been more alert than
the Republicans and this might be
interpreted as a lack of feeling on
both sides. The Democrats have
big fight on their hands this fall and
certainly cannot allow the election
to 60 by default. There is certain
sense of security which the ms al
ways possess and we may thus &C
count for the Republican inactivity.
On the other hand, however, our own
people should be that much more
alert. 1t is true there is but one
office to be filled and some of our
people are apt to feel that everything
will go all right anyway, and there
fore, will want to let matters take
their own course. This however, is
a great mistake. There should be
some organized effort in each precinct
of the county looking to the awaken
ing of interest on the issues of the
campaign. The -Egis has from time
to time endeavored to lay before it's
readers what it deems is the most
important for the voters to con-
slider. This however, should not be
taken as the whole of the platform
of the Democratic party. 1t con-
tains many other planks equally as
strong and if we are successful, legis-
lation will be enacted which can
never be gained from the party now
in power.
As matter of course, the Republi-
cans represent the richer class of our
country and we do not attempt to
attract any voter who is a manufact-
urer or holds stock in any OF the
big corporations or trusts of the
country. The appeal is made re-
CARELESS ofparty to those upon whom
the trusts prey. This includes al
most to a man. the entire voting
population of this county. If stats
tics could only be obtained and
figures laid before the people. they
would be astounded at the thousands
and thousands of dollars that the
people of our own little locality con-
tribute each year directly to the
moneyed aggregations. 1t is collected
in such a manner that no one feels
directly where the tax bears and
where it does not, but it is safe to
say that there is not man, woman
or child, no matter how humble, but
what contributes at least one-third
of his income to the support ofwhat is
termed infant industries wilhelm point |
of fact they are gigantic monopolies.
No class of individuals are more
heavily taxed than the farmers and
Gamers and these two industries form |
the chief support of the people of
Hartford. There is not single article
that the farmer himself doesnot pro-
duce, which is not taxed in some man.
ner. tits true that he raises a great |
deal that goes to furnish his own
larder, but the implements, tools and |
fertilizers used are everyone subject
to duties, which are not only I'M
necessary, but oppressive.
Republican campaign orators have
taken occasion to refer to the panic,
which came in 1893 when agricul-
ture as we'll as everything else, suf-
fered depression and they point to
the good times of today in contrast.
The farmer should remember how
ever, that those good times have, in
large measure, been brought about
by the adoption of laws, which has
made him contribute to those who
are enjoying the present prosperity.
There is scarcely any difference be-
tween the prices of crops of those
times and today, and the only reason
that thiswave ofprosperity continues
is because the tillers of the soil are
willing to allow those who gain their
living in other ways, to make up the
difference by favorable tariff legisla-
ton, and so long as they are allowed
to continue, we can expect nothing
better.
From this time forth we hope to
see revival of interest in the present
campaign. 1t is not so much the
election of a single Congressman as
it is a matter of principle. If the
voters do no more this time than