The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-13
DANGER THREATENS.
"POLITICAL AROT1A is FLOATING
OVER GARRETT COUNTY AT
THE PRESENT TIME"
A Contributor Sounds Note of Warning
To the PeOpIe-Speicher's Particular
Brand of Republicanism and the
Shartzer-Speicher Combination.
To the Editor of The Republican.

CA@<AIN GIluIl lie 10 WARN
your readers that they are in great
danger at the present moment. "Po-
litical aroma is floating over Garrett
county at the present time" 1t is
fact. A man who signs himself IRE
publican Dis. No. g." has discovered
it and he has made the fact known
through the greatest and best paper
in Garrett county" The aforesaid
"best paper" is a Democratic journal
and it must be great indeed to receive
such praise from Republican Dis.
No. g." and he must be a fine speci-
men of Republicanism to present the
good Republican qualities of his
friend Speicher through Democratic
newspaper.
a great man with a great discovery
| conveying his great ideas through the
columns of great newspaper
Republican Dis. No. 81 has not
only discovered political aroma
floating over Garrett county, but he
has discovered a candidate for Sheriff,
to-wlt: Harvey Speicher, of District
No. 5. | have always looked upon
Harvey as nice young man, but |
think he is in bad company just now.
The man who is boosting Harvey
says he is better than other candidates
because he has known him from his
babyhood and because Republican
principles were impressed upon his
young mind by parents and relatives.
Harvey is nice young man; of course
he is, but l think the Republican
party will want better evidence of the
fact than the bald statement of IRE
publican Dis. No. 81 that he has
known him from his babyhood and
that he had Republican principles i'm
pressed upon his mind by parents and
relatives.
May be permitted to make re-
mark upon the quality of Harvey's
Republicanism? 1t really does not
make so much difference who knew
him when he was young, nor who i'm
pressed his young mind unless good
results are shown. by their fruits
ye shall know them" 1t is what
man does which shows his quality.
There is a paper in Garrett county
which is recognized as the Republican
organ by Republicans generally. But
when young Harvey and his friend of
District No. wish to communicate
with Republicans they do so through
a Democratic paper. In the next
place when young Harvey who is
better than other candidates, ''has any
patronage to bestow along this line he
gives it to the Democratic paper.
admit he has the right to do so if he
pleases, but l deny that such a course
is evidence that Haryev is a better
Re publican than other candidates
who support their own paper and Re-
publican candidates. Young Harvey
Speicher is clamoring for office and is
giving his patronage to a Democratic
paper Nice young man, indeed
Yes, better than other folks Is that,
Mr.. Speicher, the course you would
pursue if you were Sheriff ?
1t is currently reported in this sec
tion that if nominated and elected
you do not propose to move to Oak
land but in that event you would Curn
the Office over to Andrew Shartzer in
whose interest you are a candidate.
Republican Dis. No. 8" has also
made the wonderful discovery that
the offices IN Garrett should be the
gift of the people instead of few. If
the writer had explained how few
people in Garrett county can either
nominate or elect anybody in Garrett
county he would have done the peo-
pie a greater service. Does he. not
know that it requires majority in
the primaries to elect delegates? Does
he not know that majority is requir-
ed in the convention to nominate?
Can candidate be elected without
majority of votes? How and when
did ever few or less than a majority
make a nomination in Garrett coun-
ty? Never, say you, of course, but
then this modern type of Dogberry
has discovered that political aroma
is floating oyer Garrett county and in
that AROMA" there appeared to his
diseased Imagination few who are
going to.give away some offices, and |
Dogberry is worried because they are
going to give them to the wrong fell
lowl 1t would be all right if they
were giving the offices to Shartzer,
Speicher g. Co. Speicher could get
along without Shartzer and Shartzer
could get aloug without Speicher if
the few could nominate; but alas!
alas! they can't do it, you know.
The Republican ship in Garrett