The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-10-04
VOTERS VERDICT INVITED.
II They Are Not Tired of Prosperity
Let Them Vote the Republican
Ticket, Says Fir. Bonaparte.

1t AAcM sOtG 1he NePuDtiSdh
Ticket, Says Fir. Bonaparte.
Secretary Of the Navy Charles
J. Bonaparte, was the principal
speaker at q dinner rendered by
State Chairman John B. Hanna to
the Republican Editors of Mary
land at the Hotel Rennert in Bal
timore last Tuesday. Other ad-
dresses were made by Congress
man Sidney E. Mudd and Frank
c. Watcher and Mr.. Robert Gar
rett, the Republican nominee for
Congress in the Third district.
Mr.. Garrett stated that he had
just returned from visiting the
farmers in the upper end of Balti-
more county and felt much en-
couraged by the outlook, as many
Democrats had asserted their in
tention of supporting him. He ex-
pressed his belief that the ring in
the Second district was beginning
to realize that it was being hard
pushed.
Mr.. Bonaparte said.
Il rise to make a serious speech
on serious subject, to tell you as
well as l can how we may all do
what lies in the power of each to-
ward electing six Republicans
from Maryland to the next House
of Representatives and III this city
a Republican to the Supreme
Bench. I agreed to speak here
that l might speak to this end, and
only to this end. In times past,
and even not so very long ago,
have been described by some who
called, and doubtless thought,
themselves practical politicians,
as 'theorfst' or an 'idealist' or
some other kind of an list, whose
notions are better fitted for the
study or the cloister than for the
hastings or the stump. Whether
l ever merited these compliments,
for, Of course, they were intended
as compliments, this is not the
time to discuss: in my trespass on
your attention this afternoon
shall be practical enough to suit
the most eXaCting; all l shall say
will be meant to show how to my
mind we can get there. I mean
get the election Of as many Repub-
lcans as possible to as many Off
ces as possible.
Now, first of all, we must all
bear in mind that the Good Book
says, Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof. What we have
now to look out for is November,
1906, not May or November, 1907.
l ventured to remind the news
papers of this fact last spring,
when they began to talk about the
Governorship, but the need of an
other reminder seemed to me ur-
gent when a gentleman of your in
dispensable profession, although
not connected with any of your
papers, few weeks since submit
ted to me with engaging frankness
the somewhat pointed questions.
Did l wish to see a certain good
friend of ours Mayor OF Baltimore
for the next official term? Or
would l prefer another good friend
of ours for the like honor? Or had
l some dark horse or surprise
candidate in mind for the place? l
told him it would be time enough
to think and perhaps to talk about
next spring when we had done our
full duty to this fall; so that I
hadn't word to say about the
Mayoralty nor yet about the Gov
ernorship nor about anything else
in the dim and misty future, and
shouldn at have, at the earliest, I'm.
til after the last ballot had been
cast and counted on November 6.
I ask you, fellow Republicans,
to say and do likewise. 1t is an
honorable ambition in any worthy
member of our party to wish to be
its nominee for Governor of Mary
land or Mayor of Baltimore. I
hope there may be in our number
more than one good man willing to
serve us ifcalled on when we must