The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-10-23
REPUBLICAN VICTORY
SURE IN GARRETT COUNTY
Republicans Are Very Active and
Aggressive.

The political situation in Garrett coun-
ty, as seen by correspondent of the
Baltimore American, s as follows:
1t is gratifying to find in Garrett
county the same situation Will !, exists
in Washington county and'in part of AL
legany county. Here, as in Washington
and Allegany, the progressives have
laid aside for the time being, at least,
their tOmahawks, hatchets and war
paint, and have united with the Repub-
licans to defeat the Democratic candi-
dates. They have placed state above
party.
AT the Presidential election a year
ago Colonel Roosevelt polIed ,069 and
President Taft 655 votes in Garrett coun-
ty. Governor Wilson polled ,005 votes.
One would have to beat the bushes to
find Progressives in this campaign.
There are few who have not fallen COM
pletely into line for the Republican can
didates, but their number is so small
that even if they vote for the Demo-
cratic candidates, they will not be fac
tors in determining the final result.
The average Republican majority in
Garrett ranges from 700 to | ,OO0 This
is big figure to overcome, and. with
the Progressives back in the ranks, Re
publican victory is sure. The Demo
Gratis are divided, disorganized and zeal
Gus of each other. Their candidate for
the Senate, Mr. Johnson, lives in the
eastern section OF the county, near
Frostburg. His home is fully 80 miles
distant from Oakland, the county seat.
He is comparative stranger to a ma
jority of the voters OF the county.
There was a time in the memory of
Democrats who have not yet reached
their fiftleth milestone when Garrett
county gave Democratic majorlties.
Those were the days when the AK had
not touched the forests, when the pick
had not opened the coal mines, when the
hand of development had not been ex-
tended to Garrett county. When the
hand was seized and warmly grasped,
when there came an influx of people ard
labor. when the AK and the saw sang
their joyful songs on the mountain side
and in the valleys, where there was a
hum of industry the county swung
from the Democratic to the Republican
column. 1t felt the magic touch of a
protective tariff, When the new tariff
law, which removes the tariff from tim
Der and coal, shall have full sway, when
its operation shall have made them
selves felt, then will its blight fall upon
Garrett county and on the Republican
party will again fall the duty of restor-
ing prosperity. Indeed, there are Demo-
Gratis in the county who having seen
how higher tariff duties have made
prosperity possible, are viewing with
misgivings the effects of the lower
schedules on coal and timber. The Re-
publicans are already finding it adj
vantageous to their cause to discuss the
tariff issue. Democrats find but little
argument in the new law on which thew
can make winning appeals even to
farmers, who have transformed the
county into one of the richest and most
productive agricultural sections in the
state.
The Republican leaders and campaign
managers are taking nothing for grant
ed. They are not waiting for victory
to come to them. They are going after
1t. They are not permitting grass to
grow under their feet.
Senator Harvey j. Speicher is again
the standard bearer of his party in the
campaign. He was renominated for the
Senate in the direct primaries. He
carried II of the Is districts of the
county. So large and convincing was
his majority that his nomination has
been accepted without question by
almost every Republican in the county.
1t would be eXacting too much of
human nature to expect every Re-
publican in the county to vote for him,
but for every Republican vote he loses
hewill receive one and, perhaps more
Democratic votes.
Mr.. Speicher is making an active and
energetic campaign. He smoothed over
rough places and has his fight well in
hand.
The large vote cast for Mr.. Speicher
IN the primary is conclusive proof of his
popularity in the county. Recognizing
that the majority sentiment of the coun-
ty is favorable to the local option
proposition, he has reiterated his posi-
ton of four years ago with added en-
phasis. 1t is not surprising that Mr..
Speicher should have swept the county
at the primary. His victory was re-
cognltion of his services to the county;
services which will be more valuable
IN tle future because of his broader
knowledge and wider experience in leg
islative methods gained during the two
sessions he has spent at Annapolis. He
has been instrumental in connecting
Oakland with the old National turnpike
with one of the best roads in the state
Fifteen miles of this road has been com
pIeted. Seven miles is under contract
and, with the appropriation which Sena-
tor Speicher will urge the next leglsla-
ture to make to complete the road sys-