The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-08
Baltimore, oct. Z.

Baltimore, oct I. II
Niggers skun disturb no more;
Maryland my Maryland. IL
Peel the niggers 20 the core; II
Mar land, my Maryland. II
Black Republicans may roar.
Let 'em holler till they're sore. H
Wen tan ,oonskns on smokehouse door; II
Maryland, my Maryland.
MaryIand's Democracy, not wholly II
clear upon national enthusiasms, has an
issue upon which II IS sure Of itself. Il
In the lame and knotty transcription
above, the war song Of the Democratic II
hosts, not yet officially in the hands Of
the printer, is roughly set forth. If the II
verse form here adopted does not trace II
exactly the course Of the campaign, it Il
is within easy seeming distance Of the \
trail along which the hunt VIII be d.
rected.
With other satisfying information con-
corning the preparations for war. il is
told that nothing goes but pure princi-
pie, nothing of debate but reflections on
truth. no personalities, no
lnvective, no unpleasantness for candi-
date or orator. In a contest over rip
ping of the negro's hide the gentleman /
Of darker hue must OF course, take the
fortune Of war White gentlemen. so
they say, will be dainty, gentle and cere-
monious toward each other. Senator /
Whyte declares that the campaign must
be one Of mutual courtesy and compli-
ment for the tickets and stately argu-
ment on the questions. Gov. Warheld /
likewise calls for hostilities fairly exhal-
ing dignity and velvet-cOated with Ut
banity. They mean II. because they .
thus spoke the minute the Republicans /
had treated their gubernatorial candi-
date, Judge Crothe5s, as one Pancks
treated Casby in the Dickens story. /
Pancks, It viii be recalled, rudely and .
suddenly. in view Of the assembled pop /
ulace sheared of the venerable locks
and the brlm Of the patriarchal hat,
Transforming this fatheriy philanthropist
into a cheap hypocrite Judge Crothers /
is not changed to q cheap man or q
hypocTite. The press has not discov-
cred a crime or q serious shOrtcoming,
but acute Democrats realize that the /
Judge Is no longer venerable or impress
sive; that he must make hts fight solely .
on the strength OF his party, himself .
ranking as an ordinary courthouse poll
tlcian and lawyer from fair 70 common /
in ability and ardor for reform.
states Condition Unique.
Now, this means something. for the f.
supremacy OF the leisure and educated f.
classes IS no joke in the State which, /
solitary in the Union, voted for a Wing .
candidate In Buchanan's year. Nobody .
says so FOR publication, but tidewater .
MaryIanders like 10 think that their pub
lie men are gentlemen; by which term .
they mean, not the bare honesty Of life /
and goodness Of heart which pass in most /
sections, but established social rating, /
scruple OF deed. polish OF speech, and .
distinction Of manner. Gather, Repub- .
lican nominee. has Crothers at a d4sad- .
vantage here. so that after the Baltimore /
News had reduced Crothers 10 the normal .
human dimensions OF 4 commonplace (
country lawyer OF rather thick skin and .
IN eye for sOrdid gain. il was worth while /
on the Democratic side 10 make ii /
party and net a personal fight From .
a san- Try standpoint, the war Will be /
as clean as the Dutch housewives /
kitchen.
on the issue Of white and black. the /
Democrats have d big start. They have .
their own party solidly, and half Of the .
present generation Of white Republicans .
may be counted as secretly with them; /
however, for various reasons, the vote .
may come out. Cut out the negro vote, /
and the majority Of Democrats is as Sc
cure as that OF Mississippi
Tv4F
name and negro alliances are unfashlon- !
able In native Maryland circles. What I
they claim IS rapid growth. Down on /
the lower Eastern Shore, where they
tickle the earth and enjoy the sight Of 4
golden streams gushing forth in the I
shape OF Strawberries and cantaloupes, /
the summer has been bOuntiful Many
white men and a scattering OF negroes /
have Cashed IN at the rate Of 500 net 4
an acre. The Republicans hasten 70 as |
cribe the flow TO the magic touch OF 4
their wizard party Of prosperity. And /
lots OF lOosely-attached Democrats be- /
lieve them. Il Is Gospel truth that every /
man born of woman wears a nature /
made harness, which must be hitched to /
somebody of deml-zod attributes. Dem 4
ocrRts of the Maryland kind have ma
tiOnally nobody, while Republicans can /
offer a choice Of Roosevelt. Hughes, and (
Taft These lower counties are Demo /
cratic strOnghOlds. Detection and apathy 4
Whereabouts. if unchecked, are cloudy /
with disaster.
For the campaign Of 1907, at least, one
can see where skin the niggers" be- /
comes the enunciatiOn of soul-stirTing .
principle. 1t tides over the period of the /
fallow and unfruitful in national Demo- /
cratic dOings
In spite of the defeat Of the Poe amend
ment, Maryland whites may be depended /
upon 10 declare for negro disfranChise-
ment If the measure can be so construct
ed that grandfather clauses will not
threaten and alarm citizens 4of foreign /
descent This year the Democrats are |
not compelled 10 stand the scrutiny Of /
definite measure. They have only 10 1
promise a rectihcation Of the suffrage. /
while safeguarding the privileges of the /
naturalized citizen" They ought to win:
that is. if they make no tactical blunder. 1
Republicans COunterbIast.
On the Republican side of this issue
there is a counterblast OF peculiar nov /
city and interest It is a movement 10 /
do some negro-skinning themselves. The /
leader Is a young bundle of nerves and /
energy, Walter B. Miller. Four years /
ago he proposed in his own county that /
the Republicans officially declare against /
the nomination or appointment Of negroes /
to office; that the negroes openly re-
nounce the business Of oficeseeking. He 1
contended, and now contends, that by 1
this course the white supremacy de- /
vice, as a political issue, will be as bald 1
as Julius Caesar; that the negroes VIII 4
be benefited and will advance morally. 1
How far this counter-mIne has pro- 1
crossed may be seen in the fact that /
Miller was unanimously urged TO take /
place on the State ticket-tha cornntrnIler-