The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-10-15
ASKS PLEDGES Of CON-
GRESSIONAL CANDIDATES
Anti-SaIOOn League Reported Friend
Iy to Congressman Pearre.
NOTES OF CAMPAIGN IN DISTRICT
Both Candidates for Congress Stirring
Up the Voters The Baltimore
DalIies of Sunday Have Some
thing to Say of Conditions.

thing to Say of Conditions.
A special dispatch from Rockville,
Md, to the Washington Star Of Sunday
says:
'Unless David J. Lewis, Democratic
candidate for Congress in this district.
assures the Anti-Saloon Leagues of the
district that he i just as much tenn
perance man as his Republican oppon-
| ent, Col. George A. Pearre, the infu-
ence Of the organization will, it is un-
/ derstood, be thrown in favor of the
/ Republican standard-bearer. That this
/ is true is shown by the following letter,
written by William H. Anderson, state
/ superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, to a member of the organize
ton in this county:
g Col. Pearre is apparently conduct
/ ing vigorous campaign. Everybody
knows by this time that he is a strong
| temperance man. His record speaks
| for itself. | have watched very care
| fully for an utterance from the Demo-
cratic candidate upon the liquor ques-
tion but have seem notb;no am ad-
vised from Allegany county that the
/ liquor men are, as usual, opposing the
colonel. My judgment is that it is the
mart Of wisd ~, for all +en,noronco ,,o,,
to sunnort Col Paarre noIass tho Dom.
ocratir candidate comes ont and mal,as
= declaration which takor with h;s ,,o,
eral record amounts 70 &C s+rono = mo-
s;tion &C nv, paarre,s Ifbo docs +al.a
s,ci - nosi+;or u,b,, +ba,, +bo noo,,Io
will he .,,ra of . tap7rara,oo mon ord
the learue can afford 70 he neutral #
,,Idhaa l,Io,,, +o +bo +o,,,oronoa in+o,.
ests if Col Paarra should no dof.atad
Inv man who i NOT as strono IN tbn
+A,,ua,an.o Question a. bi,,salf
"President Alfred Wilson Of tbe
Nontuonp,y Connt,, Anti-Caln,r Loo
cue has addressed letter 70 each Of
fine congressional candidates in tris dis
trict a,.ino him f, nltdoe binsaIr to
spnnort The ten,nararc.. r,,a.r,ay f., no
presented in CONGRESS- bv he orrariza-
t;on and the ranlias to those cla.ti,ns
win be- made nIblic at = ,neating of the
Iaarua to he hold Of Olnnr o.+obo,. u y.
The Baltimore SIM Of sunday saws.
I'm the sixth district tbara Is corsid-
cradle bitterness hptvaen Mr. David I
Lewis the Democratic candidate and
his onnonant Conuressnan pearra Tho
two ,,,a,.a fo,p,a,,I,, lou, ,a.+rars o,,d
friends The Law. nartrarsbi,, u,os die
,,,n+ad months aqo and +bora docs NAT
seem much friandI;rass loft bo+u,aar
then, Il is q heavy PenrbIicar district
the heaviest in tho state and tho
chance. ara strorol,, in poorro,s fovor
"Stiu Mr. LOWS &c r,ol,iro q oaIIa,t
fgbt and is confident of vic+or, He ;o
: tna s+rorgast kind Of Pryor man and
tba Hrvan sentiment a,,or,, tho r,irors
in Western Na,,,Iord is .onortod &c
stroro Mr. To,,is co,r;oa Auo,,o,,,,
county onra for the State Senate and ;s
convinced ba u,;u do 60 +b;, time h,,o
dac;dad p,aioritv haca,sa Of tho ponnb
lean supnort Of which he is as,nrcd
Some of the orgarizatio, Democr,ts of
tba county also believe ba Will, carr,. i
bnt There are etiu Garrett and rrodor;cl
to he reckoned with if no did and HORN
are Republican strorrboIds Stranoa.
tbinos have bannenad bowover and
Mr. Lewis camnaion ha awakened an
tbnsiasro anonq the Democrat. of tbe
district
The Baltimore American Of sunday
saws.
"probabr, tho most uricno caronaion
Is that being waged NV Senator Lewis