The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-09-29

election next fall, this coming election.
in relation to purely State interests is
the most important in many years. The
State has Just entered, or is IN process of
entering, upon an era and system OF
progress perhaps the greatest in its his
tory, and the progress and success of
the progressive movement is absolutely
dependent upon the continued control
of the State by the Democratic party,
The Democratic party can carry out this
proposed system Of Improvements and
progress and will do il if the people will
again elect the Democratic ticket. 1t has
always been the party Of wise and con-
sentative progress. and from the condi-
tons of the two parties in Maryland it
can alone be looked to as the party Of
progress. The last two administrations
have clearly indicated a line of pro-
gressive policies, and the present ticket
and the platform upon which they are
running. pledges them not only to. con-
tinuance of the policies OF the last admin
istration, but pledges them to a broader
policy of public improvement than that
already undertaken
This in the very nature of conditions
prevailing IN this State, will not, and
can not be, expected from the Republican
ticket, even if elected.
In any event the State Senate will con-
hnue in the control of the Democratic
party and the House of Delegates is
reasonably certain to be Democratic,
because the Republicans have not put
tickets in the field in number of coun-
ties, where the negroes outnumber the
white Republicans, and of course that
will greatly weaken their chances of sue
cess as to the State ticket, because their
voters will not go to the election. So
that even if the Republican State ticket
should be elected, it would be utterly
impossible to carry forward, the public
policy of progress that the people de-
mand and need, even if they desired to
do so.
But still more importont considera-
ton is the effect that Democratic defeat
IN the State this fall, will have in the
Presidential election, which is only one
year off from this fall election.
The national Democracy in every
State is full of hope and confidence that
it will elect the next President and their
hopes and confidence seem well
grounded in the conditions and public
sentiment now prevailing. The Repub-
lican party is hopelessly divided and
without reasonable hope OF reconciliation,
and the people are oppressed by the
highest prices for the necessaries of life
they have ever been forced to paw and
still going higher and Mr.. Taft refused
them any relief by vetoing, the wool,
cotton and Farmers Free List when he
had chance to sign those bills So that
the only hope that the people for relief
is in the election of Democratic Presi-
dent. 1t would be very discouraging to
the Democrats of the country if the old
Democratic State of Maryland. should
this fall place itself in the Republican
column by the election of the Repub-
lican ticket, and we do not believe that
the people of Maryland will be so blind
to their own interest and welfare as to do
it 1t will be the blindest folly lie risk
the giving of the State to the Republi-
cans on the Presidential election, by the
election of the Republican ticket this
year. especially so when nothing is or can
be gained by such result, and when
il may certainly hazard Democratic sue
cess in the national election upon which
such weighty interests depend. The
people of the State must think well
over these considera ions with serious
thoughts before they cast their votes.