Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-03-15
MARBURY'S POLITICAL RECORD.
Voted for Mckinley and High Tariff
Fought Bryan and Progressive
Principles - Worked to Elect
Republican u. S. Senators.

ernor, leading lawyer and a political
enemy Of Senator German. and a Demo-
crat incapable of being controlled by
anybody. was named as the candidate
for Attorney General. How does Mr..
Marbury's answer explain his opposition
to such ticket as that of jackson,
Baughman and Whyte in 1887, and JUS
tify his active participation in the Re-
publican State Convention of that year
and his vigorous support of its Republi-
can nominees?
OPPOSES BROWN AND RUNS
WITH REPUBLICANS.
Four year afterwards Frank Brown
made fight in the Democratic primaries
in every county in Maryland for the nomi-
nation for Governor. Senator German
was against his nomination. Mr.. Rasin
was pledged TO Mr.. Hodges. whom he
would have preferred. But Brown got
so many counties behind him that il was
impossible to prevent his nomination.
He would have been nominated regard
less of Baltimore city. How does Mr..
Marbury explain his opposition to a
Democratic candidate for Governor who
fairly and unquestionably won his nom
Ination from the Democratic voters of
the counties, and how does Mr.. Marbury
justify his own candidacy that year on
the Republican ticket for States Attor-
ney Of Baltimore city. and his oppo-
sition on the hustings and in the press
to the whole Democratic ticket-State,
Legislative and City-from top TO bot
top?
OPPOSES SMITH. RAYNER, HER
ING-DECLARES FOR REPUBLI-
CAN U. S. SENATOR.
We will excuse Mr.. Marbury's antag-
onism 10 the ticket in 1895, when many
Democrats opposed il. But after four
years of Republican misgovernment in
Maryland, with negro rowdyism and out
breaks of disorder. and when leading in
dependents were uniting with the rcgu-
lar Democrats to redeem the State and
restore it to Democratic control, Mr..
Marbury is again found with and Of the
Republicans, opposing the election of
Smith, Rayner and Herring, declaring
against the election of Democratic
Legislature, declaring against Demo
cratic United States Senator in unmeas-
ured terms and advocating Republican
ism, both National and State. Mr.. Mar
bury's answer does not explain that. be-
cause not soul in that whole campaign
and election suggested much less charged
that any candidate on the Democratic
ticket was nominated by fraud.
HIS INCONSISTENCY IN 1893.
Besides, the explanation which Mr..
Marbury attemps is far from consistent,
to say the least. with his action in the
year 1893. Ut is very important to note
his action in this particular year, 1t
will be remembered that in 1882, 1883,
1885, 1886. 1887. 1889, 1891 and also in
1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, and 1901 Mr..
Marbury was against the Democratic
ticket. He says he was so because the
primaries were not fair in Baltimore
City. But in 1893 the primaries in Bal
timore city were conducted by the same
men and methods as in the years Just
named. Yet Mr. Marbury supported
that year. Why? Because his personal
friends, Bruce. Baer, Taylor and John
son (then one of Grasty's editorial writ
ers on the News) were put by fit of
Mr.. Raisin's on the legislative ticket in
the Second district of Baltimore city.
Nor was the Democratic State Ticket
of 1907, which it pleased Mr.. Marbury
to support, nominated differently from
the many Democratic State Tickets
of 1907, which it pleased Mr.. Marbury
to support, nominated differently from
the many Democratic State Tickets
which it pleased him to oppose.
FAILS TO EXPLAIN OPPOSITION
BRYAN AND NATIONAL DEMOC-
RACY, 1896 1908.
Nor is Mr.. Marbury's opposition to
the National Democracy and its National
Tickets in 1896 1900 and 1905 explained
or justified in the least degree by the
fact that there was or was not a primary
election law for Baltimore city. There
is no relation between the two things;
and excusing MIR. Marbury's opposition
to Bryan in 1896 there is no excuse,
from a Democratic standpoint. for his
opposition to Bryan and his support of
Mckinley in 1900; or for his failure to
aid Bryan or his support of Taft. which
ever was the case, in 1905. tNo honest
Democrat would have opposed Bryan in
1900, and no Democrat with spark of
party feeling would have been silent in
1908. as MIR. Marbury was in 1861
Mr.. Marbury's answer. except as il
may somewhat justify his opposition in
some years to Democratic candidates
for the City Council and other municipal
offices of Baltimore. is no answer at all
to the indictment which has been brought
against him of consistent and persistent
support of the Republican party and
opposition to the Democratic party in
repeated Legislative. State, Senatorial
and Presidential elections.
"BELONGS TO NO PARTY AND
HAS NO POLITICS."
The fact is that Mr.. Marbury's course
in the politics of Maryland and the
nation squares exactly with his profess
sion of political faith p as quoted and
described at different times by both The
Sun and the News. namely that he
"BELONGED TO NO PARTY AND
HAD NO POLITICS, BUT VOTED
AT ALL TIMES AS HE PLEASED. !"