The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-08-13

OpLlHhSClc O1 SenCIeneH 1drmerS.
Monday 1 planted bed of spinach,
and just the other day 1 finally got
out my dahlia and gladioli bulbs and
covered them with good earth.
In spite of neglect they proceeded
to grow from early spring until that
time so 1 couldn't stand their forlorn
look any longer. And they didn't
look very pretty in pasteboard box.
Alas! Alas!
IT'S very sad news 1 have to relate
this week. The county is going
Democratic. It is predicted in a let
ter to all Democrats registered on
the county registration books and sent
out by the Democratic registration
committee, per w i'm. R. Offutt, chair
man.
What has happened to the State
Central Committee and Grover Stem
pie, chairman?
There are only a few things ne
cessary to make this county Demo-
cratic, the letter points out, and here
are few of them: Register Demo-
cratic, urge your Republican friends
to register as Democrats, urge young
men and women who will be entitled
to vote in November to register as
Democrats.
Now there is quite a reward for
this little piece of work which is ex-
planned in another paragraph: "This
is a Democratic year. After Novem-
Der, the county may be Democratic,
the State of Maryland is practically
always Democratic, and with your
cooperation in the New Registration,
we hope to make Garrett county
Democratic and to give ALL citizens
chance to hold county offices so long
held by the Republicans, who now
control the county"
There! the cats out of the bag!
All you have to do is to register
Democratic and you all can hold
county Offices. With so many of them
already on the Federal payroll, it
looks like everybody will be in soft
except the Republicans, if there are
any to be found after such an appeal.
With everybody who registers
Democratic in Office, there will be no
one left to govern, no one left to
collect taxes from, money will come
in from the Roosevelt tree, and Tug
wells dream of the More Abundant
Life will come true. It's all very
simple.
If you don't quite understand this,
the letter says further information
or help wanted can be obtained by
calling Mr.. Offutt, chairman. We re-
peat, where is the Democratic State
Central Committee?
*#%
What fun would it be to register
Democratic and then vote for Roose-
welt, who is no more of a Democrat
than Norman Thomas, except he has
the nomination under that banner.
Democrats will win this year by
voting for Alfred M. Landon, of
Kansas, for president.
And as for making the county
Democratic, we'll say more about
that when the registration figures are
totalled. They have always been
three to one, and we're predicting the
same ratio when it's all over.
This Ought To Help
And here's a story that ought to
help increase Republicanism in the
county.
A well educated young woman Of
Garrett county (name furnished if re-
quested) recently asked for an au-
dience with David ]. Lewis, West
ern Maryland's (mis) Representative
in Congress. The audience was denied
until she would exhibit a letter of in
PRODUCTION. The letter was forthcom-
ing and the audience was granted.
The young woman was applying for
a job she was competent to fill. One
of the first questions asked was, "What
are your politics?"
II am registered as a Republican"
the lady told Lewis.
"Well, you'll have a chance to
change that in November" Lewis re-
piled.
He might as well have said: "Well,
if you don't change, you won't get a
job" That's what he meant.
And the probabilities are that the
job applied for by the Garrett county
woman is now being filed by some
one less competent simply because
she is Democrat.
Just one more thing. Since 1892