The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-12-18
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| that unless they are present, hope of
success is as futile as for warning
and fractional mob to seek to sweep
aside the bayonets of a disciplined
army. And my smile suggests the
first of these two essentials. 1t is
harmony.
| | place harmony as the first of the
| two essentials. 1t is really also the
fundamental condition precedent be-
fore orr party can hope for success.
Is not the loss of this erstwhile solidIy
Republican Congressional district suffi-
cient proof that lack of harmony is our
undoing? Are not our our Democratic
friends centering their hopes for con-
! tinuation of power more on our lack of
unity than upon their own merits and
deserts? Gentlemen, all other con-
siderations pale into insIgnlticance wnen
contrasted with the supreme import
ance of our fighting the enemy IN one
united effort rather than fighting
among ourselves. | believe we are re-
alizing this truth. | believe the sub
stantial efforts to close the old gaps
among our ranks and the result that APP
peared in the last election, are certain
evidence that we are realizing this
truth. And aside from this visible
progress toward reunion we may take
fresh encouragement from the thought
that direct primaries should remove for
the causes that have produced hard
feeling and consequent disorganlZatlon
in the past. If rival candidates for
nomination submit their claims to the
people in fair direct primary, each
thereby renOunce the right to claim
when defeated that favoritism and
intrigue triumphed rather than the
the choice of the people.
For can anyone feel aggrieved by the
people in a case where it is agreed the
majority should decide? Futher more.
gentlemen, there is a moral duty on
the part of the part of the defeated
candidate to support the choice of the
majority except in those extremely rare
instances when a question of conscience
is involved. For if minOrities will not
acquiesce in the decision of the ma ority
then there is an end to popular govern
ment. Again, if the faction defeated
in the primary refuses support to the
victorious majority and think by this
means to cause their convictions to pre-
vail, they are actually bringing about
the downfall of the principles repre-
scented by the party and to which their
very presence in the primary shows
their allegiance.
But | am attempting to prove a self
evident fact The prime need of our
party is for every man to make some
concession towards the common pur-
pose; to sacrifice some little ambition
for the common good; to put aside some
little jealousy for the welfare of all; to
think le s of self and more of PARTY; to
realize once and for all that the triumph
of ones personal views can come only
though cooperation, and to grasp the
eternal truth that great party like a
Nation can only win through majority
thereof.
United, our party future looms bright.
To realize that future in all its brIlliancy
| call your attention to the second of the
two essential conditions had in mind.
| The party must stand for the best. We
are minority. The worst element in
a community, those persons who COM
mercialiZe their convictions, whose
activities are the direct cause of the
unwholesomeness IN our political life.
attach themselves to the majority
| party; for 1t IS the majority party only
that can make their loyalty worth while,
that has the power to give them the
reward of Office and special favors their
| debauched patriotism demands. We
could not win over this class if we tried
We must appeal to those citizens who
are not attached by chains of financial
| interest to the Democratic party Our
problem is to convince the good citi-
| zenship in this State that we stand
| for the best and most enlightened gov
eminent. To do this the party machin-
cry must be honest and efficient. We
must have platform that is not load
| ed either with the theories of extremists
or with matters not properly the sub
| ject of political discussion; that on the
one hand preserves that which eXper-
| fence has proven the worth, and on the
other hand strikes fearlessly at eX-
isting abuses and proposes a construc-
tive plan for their correction.
Gentlemen, these are two essentials
as see them. They can each be re-
allied. and therefore this meeting
should be filled with hope Our party
has an honorable record in this State
The administration of the late Gov
eminent Lowndes is a record of what
mas been achieved and by which we may
be proud to be judged. The admins
tration of Phillips Lee Goldsborough is
a present and living evidence of our
present capacity to govern and to which
we can confidently the best of Republi-
canism.
May these few words then, tend to
push away any lingering discOrd and
doubt and place in their stead unity and
hope for the future.
One of the pleasing episodes at the Re
publican dinner was the presence in the
lobby of the Queen City Hotel of pref
ty Salvation Army lassie, who stood,
with tambourine extended, at the door as
the guests entered. 1t was particularly
noticed that not one overlooked the girl,
whose tambourine soon became choked
with quarters, half-dollars and some
bills, the total sum being large. With a
broad smile the little bonnetted lady
curtisied again and again in recognition
of the generosity of the guests at the
Republican dinner
No liquors were served at the ban
quet Among the guests were: DR.
John E. Legg, Senator Speicher, ex'
Senator Ravenscraft. Delegate-elect w
w. Savage; George w. Legge, Bert
Ashby, W. H. Smouse, j. E. Kelly, w
A. Gender, Thomas Gender, Oakland
w. j. Werner. Finzel; j. S. Myers
Friendsville; E. E. Friend and J. L.
Echard, Mountain Lake Park C. A
Ashby, Deer Park; G. A. Gunger anC
C. A. Bender, Grantsville.