Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-03-15

The following letter appeared IN the
American. March 9Th:
To THE EDITOR: Mr.. Marbury's an
swer to the published record of his al
most lifelong opposition to the Demo-
cratic party of Maryland and its
candidates, and also to its candidates for
Presidential and Congressional offices
in elections relating to National affairs,
manifestly will not go.
ANSWER FAILS TO MEET CHARGE
Mr.. Marbury says: II must not be
expected to he making any apologies
for my independent course in the poll
tics of the city prior to the enactment of
the laws for the regulation Of primary
elections and the securing of fair
count
The charge against Mr. Marbury of
opposition to the Democratic party and
its candidates is much broader than the
politics of the city," because it in
cludes every State ticket of the Demo
cratic party from 1883 to 1903. every
one Of which was opposed by Mr.. Mar
bury.
FOUGHT FOR REPUBLICAN U. S.
SENATORS. 1883 1903.
His opposition includes also every
Legislative ticket in the city and in the
counties for sessions of the General AS
sembly at which United States Senators
were TO be elected from 1888 TO 1903. In
point of fact, in 1888 and 1885, and in
1889 and 1891, and in 1895 and 1897, and
in 1899 and 1901 Mr.. Marbury spared no
pains or efforts to elect Republican Uni
ted States Senators from Maryland and
to defeat Democratic United States
Senators.
Furthermore, in 1856. and 1896 and
1898 and 1900, and in other years, Mr..
Marbury advocated Republican Mem
bers of the National House of Repre-
sentatives. and did his utmost to defeat
Democratic Representatives from Mary
land.
DENOUNCES NATIONAL DEMOC-
RACY AND BRYAN. 1s96-190s.
Finally, in 1896 and 1899 and 1900
he declared himself in the EXTREMIST
terms against the National Democracy
and Mr.. Bryan, its Democratic Candi-
date for the Presidency; and in 1908, he
gave no help to Mr.. Bryan and possibly
was with The Sun in favor of Taft and
the Republican ticket.
So it must be perfectly plain to every
body that the extent of Mr. Marbury's
opposition TO Democratic candidates and
to Democracy itself is vastly wider than
the matter to which he limits his an
swer. which he narrows down to what
he calls my Independent course in the
politics of this city," etc.
AGAINST DEMOCRATIC STATE
TICKETS.
Let us now take up what Mr.. Mar
bury says next. He declares that in
Prince Georges County there was no
cheating at primaries, but that the pri-
maries were perfectly fair. This is
true, and it is equally true of the other
counties. With the exception possibly
of Anne Arundel and Baltimore coun-
ties, in some parts of which conditions
like those in Baltimore city existed. the
primaries in all the counties of Maryland
during the eighties and the nineties as
rule were fair. There were really no
charges of fraud respecting the county
primaries even before the recent pri-
mary election laws were passed. These
conditions in the counties MIR. Marbury
contrasts with the conditions in Balti-
more city. where the primaries unques-
tionably were mostly fraudulent. But,
admitting this to be true. how does it
justify Mr.. Marbury's continued and re-
peated opposition to the State, Legisla-
tive and Senatorial tickets of the Demo-
cratic party. which he unsparingly
fought year in and year out through the
substance of his political life of 80 years?
OPPOSES McLANE. ROBERTS. TUR-
NER. JACKSON. BAuGHMAN
AND WHYTE.
Take the State tickets which he OPP
posed. No man ever contended that
Robert NJ. McLane. Sr., and Charles b.
Roberts and j. Frank Turner were
nominated by fraud on the State ticket
in 1883 The counties nominated them.
Mr.. Marbury opposed them all.
Take the State ticket of four years
later. Governor jackson honestly won
his nomination at the hands of the coun-
ties against l.. Victor Baughman and
Frank Brown, and Colonel Baughman
showed so much strength that the party
leaders. or bosses. If you please, were
forced to put him on the ticket as a can
diIota for Commit rollar and IN make