The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-09-30
REPLY To A SLANOER-
Gus COMMUNICATION
Which Appeared in the Two Demo-
cratic Organs Of Garrett County.
7o dc Voters OF Garrett Countv:

As member of the partv of Lincoln,
Grant and Mckinley. who is attached to
its principles and interested in its des-
tiny in the State of Maryland, would
like. in brief way, to call attention of
my fellow Republicans of Garrett coun-
ty to the methods and tactics which are
being used in the iudgeship contest by
the Democratic party
In the year 1888 the Republicans Of
Garrett, Allegany and Washington
counties nominated a candidate for the
chief judgeship of the Fourth Judicial
Circuit, carrying with it membership
on the bench of the Court Of Appeals.
Immediately upon his nomination and
throughout the entire campaign which
followed. this nominee Of the Republi-
can party was denounced, slandered and
villified by the united Democratic press
of Maryland. which said that MARYLAND
was and ALWAYS had been a Democratic
State, and that it was presumption and
impudence for the Republican party to
attempt to elect one of its political
faith to the bench of the Court Of APP
peals. The Democrats attacked the
public and private character Of the Re
publican nominee for the bench in 1899.
They even sought to use his religious
beliefs as weapon against him, and,
by the combined power and influence Of
the Democratic newspapers and organi-
cation Of the State and the unlimited
use Of corporation money they succeeded
in defeating our Republican nominee for
the bench by a small margin.
The Democratic party is now attempt
ing to repeat its campaign tactics of
1898. For the bench, the Republican
party of Garrett, Allegany and Wash
ington counties has nominated man,
who, in all things that 20 to make a
Judge, is the undoubted peer of any
Democratic lawyer in the Fourth Judi
cial Circuit, be he on or off the bench
But the Democratic party, following
the methods by which it defeated Re-
publican nominee for the bench in 1893,
now seeks by anonymous letters to the
newspapers to have the people believe
otherwise hope it will be understood
by the intelligent Republicans of this
circuit that if the members of our party
purpose to be guided by the anonymous
ISLANDERS of the Democracy directed
then, even in these three great counties.
Garrett, Allegany and Washington, the
mighty fortress and citadel of Republi-
cansm in Maryland and the stronghold
in which the ark of the covenant of the
Republican faith is lodged, it will be
vain and useless thing hereafter for
our party to make nominations for the
highest judicial Office IN the State, and
we may as well resign ourselves to the
inevitable fact that the Court of Appeals
will remain, as it has been for the past
fifty years, forever Democratic.
A typical example of the SANDERS cir
culated by the Democracy in order to
injure the Republican party and its
nominee for the bench appeared in the
Garrett Journal and Mountain Democrat
OF the 10th inst, in an unsigned letter
which made the following ridiculous
charge, to-wit:
1.-THE day Mr. Sloan was nominated
a young member of our bar congratu-
lated him upon his nomination. Mr..
SlOad said to him: 4 want YOUR vote,
too; m in this business to win, and I'm
going to win, and I'll remember all
thoseWho vote against me-
The above story is so utterly, mali
ciously and obviously false on its face
as to need no denial. No man who
knows the upright, honorable and digni-
fled nominee of the Republican party
for the bench would believe him capable
of such thing. The writer of this lie
did well to hide himself in darkness.
That the duly elected delegates of the
intelligent Republicans of Garrett, Ale
gany and Washington counties, in con-
ventiOn assembled. would nominate for
the bench man who would be guilty of
the above utterance is an idea that no
sane person will entertain for moment,
and is falsehood that could emanate.
as it does, only from a Democratic
source. 1t is simply specimen of the
undetermined and despicable work by
which the Democratic party hopes to
elect its nominee for the bench in the
face of overwhelming Republican ma
jorities.
In his speech of acceptance, Judge
Boyd, Democratic nominee, said Il
trust that nothing will be done in my
behalf which is not entirely consistent
with due regard for the nigh Office in
question. Fair and unprejudiced crit
icism of my opponent or myself is legit-
innate, but abuse and unjust statements,
ESPECIALLY IF UNTRUE, made
against candidate for judge are not