The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-09-17
A CONFESSION THAT
FAILED TO CONFESS.
Timothy Pepper" Strongly Ridicules
the open Confession" OF" "a
Republican"

ing simultaneously last week, in the
Mountain Democrat and the Garrett
Journal, the two Democratic organs of
this county, is given space in these
columns, answering, as it does, the
spacious arguments and showing up the
Inconsistencies of the individual signing
himself "A REPUBLICAN, granting
that the correspondent is or was a mem
Der Of the Republican party, which is a
question in the minds of many who read
the communication:
THE EPUBLICAN'S correspondent
says:
In the Mountain Democrat and Car
rett Journal of Sept. 10th, there was
published what was styled ''An Open
Confession, said to have come from
the pen Of "a lifelong Republican. "
and signed "A Republican. Even
casual reading of the article above re-
ferred to will reveal the utter fraud and
deplorable inconsistency of the writer
and his i'll concealed purpose. If the
writer of that open Confession ever
was a Republican, which appears very
doubtful from the tenor of the article,
he surrendered all right to claim the
title of a Republican as soon as he en-
rolled himself among the supporters of
Bryan and the Democratic platform,
which means an acceptance of Demo
cratic principals, and thus became
full-fledged Democrat. Therefore in
signing his article a Republican he was
untrue to himself and to his fellowmen,
seeking by false and faulty arguments
and appropriating for campaign pur-
poses, the influence of a title not his
own. Snch articles cast into the face
of the public are an insult to the intel
hgence Of the American voters and a
reflection upon the manhood of Garrett
county S citizens, therefore seeing that
the article was conceived in tickle fancy
and pvt forth in a cloak of partisan de-
cepIon, it hehoovcs every true man to
review the several articles Of that "open
confession lest III II may lt'fk other
i''.'.'''''I| statements
If, as the writer declares, sfe~e is no
u''Ie'eAte between me p'ai'Eh's. I the
l'ePooic"Ii ana democratic party taen
''l' l'eli'"ci'.Olc pa y '"i "iI! cam
cIe'l. iof ''''Ni'ls copl'' "Ai' mas '"n
d. 90 Il !
vac Pro"oSI OIL hepuphe'h brains. ana
!. l"'S cram 20 SIaio On Ihe same pm
c'PIe' aS VIle i>epupiieahS' 'hah they are
oeSerIers from 'her traditions aHo BY
an hItliSeiI not Democrat But u" "eil
I"'"iiI'e" person VIII assert mat the
Par"e5 arc Identical Inc platforms
u''Iet essentially ana 2ehlhd 1t all the
principals 'uIIeI faaica'Iy' ana the sup
p"I'e'S o. al support no. Uhe Repuo-
lIcah platform aloii pu' also all kepub-
Ilc'" principals ana Iile same Is rue OF
'lle o'Her party therefore ne "ilo
MAKES ne c@huidaIes the issue rather
IMAM party principles rams TO see the
situation. Inc open confession
PRAISES Win many "'ruS MS lueal, w.
d. Bryan as noble example OF man
hoou' TO Whlch we make no objection,
Out before we can place nm as the
peerless statesman ana leader we must
see proofs Oh craftsmanship ana near OF
MN Ieadlilg ms followers TO something
more Ifah repeated GcIeat. Bryan Is
SAD IN me same article to be sincere
aooVe al lhlhg"' winch clam Is bard to
prove il. Ihe lace OF the many anandon-
eo Iheor'es tha' gentleman mas buried
"IohE MS puohc career
AItef saying IheSe ana several other
me Ih'ngS ABOUT Bryan the open CON
le7Sloh dealS out a budget OF false
statements ABOUT Ialt' making unWar-
rahUeo assertions regarding Tart per
Soiial views on rehglous subjects, which,
whose fundamental nrincinIe is narsonal
HI.