The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-22

LOWndeS were low class OF peOpleE'
Addressing the Republicans of Gar
rett county, he said You Republi-
cans of the county of Garrett appear
to be somewhat more respectable than
those of Baltimore city and Southern
Maryland; at any rate hope So" In
his appeal to prejudice he neglected
to call attention of the people to the
fact that $4,000 of good money was
expended in the extra session of 1901.
This for the purpose of repeating the
best election law of any State in the
American Union; of conducting Il
farcical census for the purpose of
securing data for Arthur P. German,
and of passing a sewerage bill for
Baltimore city, which all know is a
mere travesty On our metropolitan
city. His entire talk was about the
negro in Baltimore city and Southern
Maryland. He forgot to mention the
tom Smiths of the Democratic
party in Baltimore city, the Rasin
ring, political grating, Democratic
plug uglies and the entire lack OF
modern improvements in Baltimore
city were not congenial themes to him.
Some of Mr.. Warfeld's "epigrams''
were as follows 81 come as the nom
inee of no clique or faction, but as the
unanimous cloice of the Democratic
party" No doubt when this falls
under the eyes of Messrs. German and
Rasin they will say in the words of
the Bard of Avon, what fools these
mortals ben We all know that Mr..
Warfield is the unanimous choice of
the Democratic Oligarchy. OF this we
have a distinct proof in his next re-
mark: 1.-The Republicans had a right
to put all the party machinery against
me four years ago, if they saw fit so
to do In.this he shows his abject
servility to the Democratic Ring.
His chief theme was also negro dom
in alton; and almost the entire bur-
den of his talk was glorifcation of
the "White Democracy and stultifi-
cation of the BLACK Republican
Party" mo Democrat" said he,
has to sit down beside negro :" the
imputation being that Republicans
are the sponsors of Social Equal y"
Referring to the recent Republican
primaries in Southern Maryland, he
said that negroes were put upon
blocks and sold in lunches = and
that during Republican rule in Bal
timore City hundreds and thousands
or ladies were insulted on the streets
by negroes" Speaking of the late
Republican primaries in Howard
county, he said that ''sixty Republi-
cans in my precinct, through disgust
of the Republican primaries, have
left the Republican party and joined
the Democratic party AS the Dem
ocratic party has nominated for sher-
if one of the police justices appoint
ed by Gov Lowndes during his ad-
ministration, Mr. Eugene Grammar
by name, they seem to haye Endorsed,
in the most emphatic way, Republi-
can control of police affairs in Balti-
more City during the Republican
regime. Therefore, if Mr.. Wartield' s
assertion, that ladies were not safe
Oh the streets of Baltimore during
Republican rule, is true, the Democ-
racy have placed the seal of their
approval upon the action of the
Republicans by nominating man
for sheriff of the city who had more
to do with the negroes during that
period than any man in it. His asser-
tion that negroes have to be purchas-
ed in Republican primaries is the
veriest rot. Every Intelligent man
knows that the colored people vote
the Republican ticket from choice,
and that it is the Democracy which for
the past thirty years has debauched
the electorate of Maryland. by bribery
and corruption. His further asser-
ton that the Democrats have lowered
the tax rate, increased the efficiency
of the public schools, and upheld the
honor and dignity of the State are
absolutely contrary to the facts. The
past four years have been a reign of
graft, office brokerage, sale of legis-
lation, and dishonored pledges on the
part of the Democratic party unprec
edented in the history of the State.
The lobby at Annapolis has been run
under full head of steam" The
civic spirit has been absolutely cruel.
fed in the State. Young men have
been taught to believe that there is
nothing in politics except chicanery
and the brokerage of offices. The
fair name of our State has beer
dragged in the mire of poll teal cor
ruption The Democracy of the
State has been bound hand and foot
| in the chains of an oligarchical slav'
cry. The candidates of the Demo
cratic party have grossly insulted the
people of Garrett county irrespective
of party, and it is 'up to the people
to repudiate them by the greatest
majority for Williams and the entire
!