The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-07-13
BRIGHT PROSPECTSFOR MARYLAND
Electoral Vote, U. S. Senator and Two
Additional Congressman
Claim of G. O. p.

takes the following rosy view of Re-
publican success in Maryland at the
coming November election:
The National Republican committee
regards Maryland as being first-class
fighting chance in the list of doubtful
states. That, in effect, is the message
which Chairman Gslen L. TAFT brought
back on his return last week from New
York, where he had talk with Chair
man Wilcox, of the national committee,
and Mr.. Hughes. Mr.. Hughes will de-
liver at least one speech in MARYLAND
and there will be general focusing of
effort in the endeavor to win this state.
l. can be done; Maryland can be bunch
ed in the Republican column when the
November election count is in if the
right campaign effort is made. Not
only are Maryland Republicans expect
ing to deliver to Mr.. Hughes the cleo
toral college vote, but they are expect
ing to send Republican senator and
two or possibly three members of the
House to make sure Republican control
of the next Congress. Maryland Re-
publicans are lined up behind the pro-
position that the government. in all its
branches, must be taken out of wobbly
Democratic control and be placed with
the party that has always used respon-
sibility with courage, tirmness and
. soundness OF judgment
The clerical forecasters of the Demo
cratic party are already issuing state
ments in which Maryland, along with
Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee is
being classified as solid-South state;
which is to say as being one of the
states that is as sure to 90 Democratic
in presidential year as the sparks to
fly upward or water to fall downward
The four states just mentioned are list
ed IN the Democratic estimates IN max
ing up the 1855 electoral college votes
3 for the Democratic candidate that, ac-
cording to the Democratic theory. are
, absolutely certain If this so-called
p solid South vote of -j6 were absolutely
certain there would vet be a shortage
of lO3 electoral college votes to make
the 269 votes necessary to elect But
Maryland is frst-class fighting ground
j for the Republican party this year and
j so, also, The American believes, are
- Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee.
e. Counting the split Republican vote of
; 1912 as whole there Is indicated a
, small Republican plurality in Maryland
and small Democratic pluralities in the
, other states referred to.
The Republican party in Maryland is
5 not only completely reunited but there
e. is a reason to expect that the very
= large independent vote in this state will
swing to the Republican side in the
= November election. The nomination of
Justice Hughes as the presidential can
ddate of the party will attract the
votes of thousands in Maryland, who,
! on the poll books are listed as Demo-
) Gratis. 1t is stating the case very mod
erately when it is said that the Demo
cratic administration has fallen far
short of pleasing that class of Demo-
Gratis which measures matters of ma
tlonal and international politics with
: discriminating judgment. That the ad-
= ministration has radically changed its
theories with regard to certain issues
its theory about putting the country in
condition of military preparedness,
about the need of tariff board made
up of experts and in other important
. respects-does not tend greatly to the
] Strengthening of public confidence in
: its capabilities. There is vet no indi-
= Gated change about that watching and
= waiting theory of dealing with the
= murderous anarchy of the Mexican sit
uation.
The Republican party in Maryland is
lined up for winning fight. The pro-
liabilities are large that this state will
send DR.. France, the Republican nomi-
nee, to succeed Blair Lee in the United
2ldLCo bS4uLts anu lit
that the electoral vote of the state will
be given to Hughes are quite as large.
The campaign is not yet into active
swing in any part of Maryland, but
there is sutficiency of expression rela-
tive to the national aspects of politics
to indicate the drift of popular senti-
ment AS to the present status of
prosperity are no illusions
among Maryland voters concerning the
origin of the rush business that has
characterized the past two years And
people having industrial connections
are not forgetting the general demora-
lization in industrialism that followed
the introduction of the Wilson Under
/ wood tariff Democratic effort to ap-
propriate war prosperity as campaign
argument is going to be fiat failure
r is already flat failure.
] Do You Know That.
| Better wages makes better health?
, Better health makes better citizens?
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