The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-14

ton, innuendo and hyperbo,ic
praise Of their own nominee, car
ried almost to the verge Of nausea.
they sedulously strive to create
the impression that the Demo-
cratic party embraces in itself the
States entire stock of brains. abil-
ity and virtue. The level of in
telligence in the party which
elected LLOYD Lowndes governor,
IS not high enough to suit the
Democratic party. Therefore dis
tranChising amendments must be
passed to forever forestall any pos
slbllity OF the return to power in
the State of the party of Lincoln,
Grant and Mckinley. With an
overwhelming preponderance Of
. Democratic Judges on the bench
of the Court Of Appeals, who have
given in the past and will give in
the future judicial sanction to par
tisan election laws passed by
Democratic legislatures, the Re
! publican party IS chided like an
erring child by the Democracy of
the State for its effrontery in nom
mating a candidate for the bench
Of that tribunal. And this in the
face of the fact that in the whole
history of the State in no instance
has Democratic governor APP
pointed a Republican to the bench,
but on repeated and numerous oc-
casions have replaced with Demo
Gratis deceased Republican Judges
elected by the people.
Aided and abetted by the Balti-
more Sun, the Democracy OF the
State outside of this circuit is en-
gagged in a desperate attempt to
build up a false, mawkish and
puerile condition of sentiment in
the Republican ranks. We are
asked to ignore President Taft 5
and former Attorney General Bona
parte 5 condemnation OF the Straus
amendment as unconstitutional
and lay aside our political man
hood and become accessories before
the fact in extending aid and COM
fort to the Democratic party and
its nominee for the bench, who
would perpetrate this crime upon
a Tree people aud suily the fair
name OF the State. But in vain
the snare is set in the sight of any
bird. - With the Straus amend
ment they menace the very exist
ence Of the Republican party as
potential entity and at the same
time they offer us their Democratic
nominee who believes in and favors
that ubiquitous measure, and ask
Us to give him our votes. Every
i righteous. intelligent and patriotic
! Republican in the fourth judicial
circuit can, with clear conscience
and sense Of duty performed, ask
of the Democratic party, is thy
servant a dog that he should do
this thing No man who up
holds the Straus DISTINGUISHING
amendment, be he candidate TOR
bench, legislature, sherlffalty,
county treasurer, commissioner,
clerk, road director or surveyor,
deserves or should receive encour-
agemcnt from any Republican. At
I the present moment the major
scheme OF the Democracy is to en-
compass the destruction of the Re
publican party OF the State While
they rear aloft the hideous and
/ tyrannical structure of disfran-
chisement let them not come to
the Republican party for aid and
succor for their nominees. In
1905 the Poe amendment was de
feated in Allegany county by
majority of 800 votes. In the
coming election the Straus amend
ment should be consigned 10
oblivion by an even more sweep
ing verdict, and the entire Repub
lican ticket elected by majorities
no less overwhelming. For Re
publicans to follow any other
course would be weak, efeminate
and pusillanimous-nay more, it