Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-09-27

any administration Of the State government
Of which may be the head the interests and
welfare of the laboring man shall receive full
recognition and protection. Having earned
my own bread for many years by my daily
labor, trust may be INDUCED in thus ac-
knowleding nv strong feelings and sympa-
| thies with men and women who earn their
bread by the sweat Of their brow.
al cannot help thinking Of the many
thousands of people who get up in the morn
ing, spend all the day in the single effort, by
honest toll, to get bread enough to live, and
then go to bed at night merely to revive
their strength for the same struggle on the
morrow. l should like to see all those peo-
pie have not only the bread, but the leisure
and opportunities in their lives which they
ought to have, and cannot help feeling that
they are fairly entitled to whatever the State
can Justly do to improve their condition.
"There is no conflict between labor and
capital. They are natural partners and allies
and not enemies. They are both entitled
to Justice, and they can both receive the full
EST measure OF justice without the slightest
disadvantage 10 or the least discrimination
against either.
Corporations should, on their part, real
iSe that they are the creatures of the State,
whose laws they must obey. On the other
hand, the Government must appreciate that
they are rendering important and Invaluable
services to the people and are untiring agen-
Giles for the development Of our resources and
for the Advancement Of public and general
interest.
"As long as they respect the law, they
should be protected and not harassed and
impeded In the work they are doing and
the services they are rendering. They are
entitled to the same justice which is due the
individual citizen. It Is fully as important
to the public good that property and vested
interests, both corporate and individual,
should be abso lutely secure and safe as 1t 10
that industry should be certain Of Its rewards
and every man secure in his own hard-earned
gains. II 10 to protect all equally-corpor-
atoms and individuals alike--to give all en-
c0uragement and security 10 their labors and
sayings-that our Constitution was estab-
lishe6 and our laws should be framed. Thorn
as Jeferson's Democratic rule of equal and
exact Justice to all is the ideal shall strive
TO attain.
'Thus when we consider our most excel
lent platform OF principles and pointing to
moderate taxation, high financial credit and
stability, faithful and successful supervision
Of our State treasury, admirable MANAGE
ment and hourishing condition OF our public
schools and other State institutions of every
kind, IL suggests the significant questions
which put to you with all the emphasis at
"What have the people to gain or to hope
for by turning from this most gratifying sit
uation to another demoralzing experiment
of Republican ruler
SCAN they reasonably expect better and
purer government
i'Shall we have larger measure of tran
quillity and good order under new regimen
'iShall we be blessed with lower taxes,
more vigorous, upright and efficient govern
ment or more honest, capable and public
spirited 0ficials2
"Will our large colored population be
more easily restrained under an administra.
ton elected by their votes and necessarily,
therefore, more or less subservient to them
than under q Democratic rule, which will
owe them nothing but just and humane
treatment, fair play and proper recognition
of their civil rights2
Important as IL the question Of Introducing
into Maryland under wise and favorable con-
dition body Of frugal, Industrious and in
telligent immmigrants to aid In the develop
ment OF our valuable agricultural resources,
like the immigrants who have heretofore
come among us and who have made such
splendid citizens; deserving Of careful con.
sideration as 10 the great and growing sub
ject Of oyster culture under the recent new
and progressive departure in our Legislation
upon that valuable source of State and indi-
vidual wealth, to be supplemented by further
legislation as indicated in our platform, con-
corning which | shall have good deal to
say during the progress OF the campaign;
most useful and beneficial to the people as
will be the judicious continuation of our sys-
tenn of public roads improvement /; vitality
necessary % is the enactment Of a corrupt
practices act Ia subject now Of such transcen-
dent importance thai II has ceased to be de-
batabls issue); TO my mind one OF the dom.
mating questions In this campaign is tho su-
premacy Of the white man In the government
OF MARYLAND and the rescue Of our elective
franchise from the deadly blight Of illiterate
negro suffrage.
1--WE are pledged to this Indispensable re.
form. Ignoring the differ noes as to details
which dsastrously divided US in 1905, we
must press on to the enactment of q measure
which will accomplish the result that we all
have so deeply at heart and upon which ma
tiye-born and foreign born citizsns can stand
9 shoulder to shoulder in the irrepressible con-
flict for the salvation of our civilization and
the rightful political supremacy Of our race.
sWhat our Southern brethren have been
able to do constitution and effectively we,
in MARYLAND, under the pressure OF similar
necessity, ought also to be able to do with
equal effectiveness and success.
at Ia premature in this campaign TO dis
cuss details or 10 waste our time and energy
over minute speculations. Wha. is needed
now, and all that is needed, 10 an emphatic
expression of popular opinion that illitarate
negro suffrage must come TO an end in Mary
land.
"StimulAted and encouraged by such an
expression, our able constitutional lawy ers
will frame an apt constitutional method by
which the wrong done us can be righted the
evil under which we suffer can be cured. And
backed by an aroused and intelligent public
opinion Ia the North, as well as the South,
our STATE government in Maryland will be
placed, where 1t should be placed, on the
solid and enduring rock of the rightfui su-
premacy OF yirtuous and Intelligent white
man suffrage.
sPrecisely how this shall be done 10 clearly
q question for the future. Misgivings as to the
expediency and wisdom OF the particular
method TO be adopted should not disturb US
now. Apprehension that an Objectionable
mode may possibly be proposed should not
now be considered, for II must be steadily
borne In mind that nothing can be cOnsum-
mated without full discussion and approval
by the people at the polls. The Constitution
cannot be changed without the consent Of
majority Of the people freely given and mani
tested by their votes.
''Fof this plain reason tue suRgesuoh .hAt
In our determined effort to rescue ourselves
from the iutolerable evil under which we
suffer something Objectionable may be at
tempted to be done 10 wholly without force
or FEASIBILITY. The people may be relied
upon to reject what they do not want, and
what they want they are assuredly entitled
to have, If 1t can lawfully and constitution
ally be obtained.
"Multitudes of Republicans agree with US
that our present situation demands relief and
reform, and when the voice Of the people eI-
pressed through the ballot box shall be heard
clamoring for our political deliverance | feel
assured that in the framing Of the method
in the marking out Of the path that 10 TO lead
us to that most desirable result-we shall
have the sympathy and generous cooperation
Of Thousands Of our white people who upon
questions Of national politics do not agree
with US 10 our Democratic faith.
ave ask their support in this campaign
10 order that they may entitle themselves 70