The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25

people in the election of a State Sena-
tor, by most glaring and fraudulent
proceeding. Time has somewhat dull
ed the memory of the people concern
ing that transaction, and through Mr..
Hill, with all the infamy and odium
incurred by his course at that time
upon him, was the issue in the recent
election, the Republican majority in
the State was sensibly reduced.
The election in Maryland had a diff
ferent and opposite outcome. A year
ago, under an election law passed es-
peciallY in the interest of Mr.. German,
his followers were enabled, by the
basest trickery, to secure for him
majority in the General Assembly, to
thus return him to the United States
Senate and to partially carry the State
on the popular vote. This year Re
publican majorities over Democratic,
in the several congressional districts,
aggregate upwards of 5000. In other
words, the State, which year ago
was nearly evenly balanced on the
popular vote, shows now a Demo
cratic loss to the extent of the figures
just mentioned. 1t may reasonably be
asked whether, if Mr.. Germans party,
united in support of its candidates,
was in minority of more than 5000 in
the State in 1902, what prospect there
is that he, or any other Democrat,
can carry it in 19O42 If his Presidential
boom rests upon no better basis tina n
that it is illogical and will be evanes-
cent. Does it?
Undoubtedly Mr.. German is the po-
litical idol of a great many Demo
Gratis in Maryland, but just as GER
tainly has he been the cause of the
disasters which have befallen the
Democratic party of the State in re-
cent years. The Democrats of Carroll
county, while. as rule, of the most
loyal sort to their party, in spite of it's
machine character, led off in a sys-
tenn of denunciation, not of the party,
but of Gormanism, which, in few
years, brought Democratic defeat,
notwithstanding the existence of
clear Democratic ma ority in the State
supplement by all sorts of fraud and
trickery upon the ballots by Mr. Cor
mamie hnnnh,nnY III he
present in a Democratic convention at
Odd Fellows Hall in this city, about
decade ago, will not soon forget the
resolution denunciatory of German
ism adopted by that body, nor the
fervid speech made on the occasion by
Mr.. B. f. Grouse, then chairman of the
Democratic County Central Commit
tee. The resolutions denounced Cor
man and Gormanism as denying the
rights of the people, and Mr.. Grouse
was loudly applauded as he empha-
sized the denunciation in speech
ringing with hostility to Gormanism
and its methods. The leopard cannot
change its spots and Gormanism can
not change its character. or that
abundant evidence is to be found in
the infamous election law by which
its chief beneficiary goes back to the
United States Senate.
State pride may be invoked to
carry Maryland for Mr.. German in a
Democratic National convention, but
it is doubtful whether even State
pride would give him the vote of
Maryland in the electoral college.
Gormanism has been fatal to Demo-
cracy in Maryland. What would it
be if introduced into the politics of
the country? Fortunately such cat
astrophe is more than likely to be
ayerted by Republican victory in
1904.-Westminster Sentinel.