Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-10-10
THE REPUBLICAN PLAT
FORM AND ITS CANDI-
DATES.

The republican party in this cam
paign presents to the people of this
State one of the strongest and most
progressive platforms ever adopt
ed by a political party in recent
years and one that deals directly
with matters and things that are
close to the interests of the people
from every standpoint. The plat
form is straightforward, clear and
written in plain language that can
be readily and thoroughly under
stood by every citizen of this state
1t is furthermore a platform built
not to stand upon during the cam
paign only to be forgotten after the
election is over but to be fulfilled
to the letter. The record OF the
republican party i'll the past in
Maryland demonstrates that prom
ises made in its platform and to
the people by the candidates on the
hustings are made to be carried out
to the letter. A recent example Of
this was the promise during the
campaign two years ago when the
republican party promised to pass
legislation allowing the great city
of Baltimore to expand. The DEM
ocratic party had been dilly-dally-
ing with Baltimore City in this
matter for years and upon all occa-
sions defeated the proposition in the
legislature. The republicans made
other promises in their platform
two years ago which they made
good as far as the lower branch OF
the legislature, the only branch
over which they had control, was
concerned. The record of the re-
publican party in keeping faith with
the people without lodging or eva
sion demonstrates that it is a party
in which the people can place faith
and confidence. Where there is
faith there is salvation. The rec
ord of the democatic party along
the line of keeping its party pledges
made in their platforms in the past
shows beyond doubt that no faith
can be put in the promises made in
their platform. They either dodge
the promises made or fail utterly
in their fulhllment. Even in the
present platform they are seeking
to dodge the issue as to the appoint
ment of Police Commissioners and
other officers that rightly belong to
Baltimore City. The people, there
fore. should follow the party Of
good faith in promise and not one
whose promises are made only for
campaign purposes. Another mat
ter comes to mind that vitality eff
fects the people of this section Of
the state where tobacco is the prin-
ciple crop made and upon which the
farmers depend for their livelihood.
The people in this section have been
suffering in the marketing Of their
crops through embargoes. Last
year the war was said to be respon-
sible for the embargo which caused
farmers TO lose thousands OF dol
lars. This year congestion of the
warehouses is said to be respon-
sible; whether this is due to bad
management or what not we do
not know but it is said that the
embargo was placed upon the ship
ment of tobacco through the ware
house management and as a result
farmers were made to suffer. The
republican party in its platform
promises relief from this trouble
while the democratic platform is
silent on the subject. The manage
ment and control Of the warehouses
are in the hands of the democratic
party now and that party is re-
sponsible for the conditions that
exist there today from which the
farmer is the sufferer, hence we
have reason to expect better CON
ditions at its hands. We recall
that in the campaign of 1918 the
democratic party in its platform
made promises Of doing something