The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-21
CALLSIT STEAL, WANTS
INDICATION Meeting
Ex-G0y. Brown Would Hire Hall To
Oen0unCe Rush Plan. \

Declaring that he alone was response /
bic for the nomination of Governor
Crothers and that he is unwilling to
allow the Governor to participate in the
proposed rush program" of the Demo-
cratic managers without being able to
know how the public feels about it. eX-
Gov. Frank Brown stated Sunday night
that he is contemplating hiring a hall
and offering it for use fora public indig-
nation meeting against the plans.
The time has come, " he said, "to
talk out in meeting. I'm going to talk.
Too much secrecy defeated Mr.. German.
Now some of the so-called leaders are
at it again. From what we can under
stand the party Of Democrats who met
at Washington nearly two weeks ago
decided tentatively to strip Mr.. Colds
borough pretty well Of the appointing
power.
''None Of them has said a word. The
public is in the dark. More secrecy.
Some people say that Attorney General
Straus is already preparing bills which
will be passed 10 do the stripping. But
nobody knows, The gentlemen no not
wish TO talk. They decline to discuss
the situation. Public men down at
Washington are talking of so delicate
question as complication with Russia,
but the great statesmen of our Com
monwealth prefer to remain silent on
a subject which they must suppose is
none of the public's business, else why
the silence?
"The people here in Baltimore are
unanimously against the rush program.
1t is sharp practice There is honor
even among thieves. What are the
party managers going to do? Let them
come out in the open and tell the people
Is Staaus preparing bills? Ifhe is, what
are they for? What do they do? Do
they strip Goldsborough?
''Who made these suggestions? Who
is responsible for them? Who was in
favor of them, and who advised against
the measures? Open the door; throw
the searchlight on and let the public
see, This is their business, it is the
business of the men who think it's none
of the public's business. The public
will make it their business If somebody
don't watch out.
THE Democratic party is beng hurt
every hour by the secrecy attached to
this so-called program. The people are
getting the idea that the party mana
gers want to strip Mr.. Goldsborough.
What are the party managers going to
do-wait until the Legislature opens
and cram this program through after
every delegate has left his nome and
the people can't very well communicate
with them? Or are they going to wait
until they count noses at Annapolis and
then let the program die?
eff they don't come out in the open
now, the people are going to assume,
with great deal of justice, that they
waited to count noses and dropped the
plan only when they saw they couldn't
put it through That's hurting the
party. Let them come out now and say
what they are going to do. If they are
going to act decently and give Colds
borough what the people gave him with
their votes and not try to steal it away
from him, then all right. Tell the peo-
pie that.
IF they are going to try to put the
program through, then the public wants
to know I'm ready to hire hall for
an Indignation meeting. I'll call it my
self, or anybody else will call it. 1t
don t make any difference, because all
that is needed is a call and the people
will come out. Overlooking meetings
wouldn't hold them all. Baltimore IS
solidly against the proposition. But
want to know what going to be done
before | get the hall. Can anybody
tell me?
And if the meeting isn't enough to
convince them, then I'll be glad to
charter train to take the people down
to Annapolis, and we could flood Annap-
oils. How can the party people help
seeing what a suicidal thing this whole
business is?
What does Governor Crothers think
about this? Is he going to stick his
tongue out to the people of Maryland
and then shut the door, He will go out
of Office six days after the Legislature
meets.
at was on my persuasion that the
city delegation on the day before the
1907 convention went over to Crothers.
He needed it to be nominated. While
he was fiat on his back with Typhoid
fever it was on my representations in
the city that he got his majority here
l feel responsible to the people for the
administration to some extent And I