The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-11-01
ADDRESS OF THE REPUBLI-
CAN STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE
Ro,,,,bI;co1s of WnruInnd

To the Republicans Of Maryland:
FELLOW CITIzENs-The State election takes
place on Tuesday next. The Republican can
didates, Judge Goldsborough and Judge Price,
are SO we'll known that we only refer to them
to ask that you will allow nothing to prevent
your presence at the polls and your earnest eff
forts to give them the full vote of the party.
We believe that many Democrats and Con
servatives, mindful of the economy and lower
taxes of the time of Judge Goldsborough's former
service in the mptrollership, and contrasting
this with the profuse expenditures and increas-
ed taxes of the present time, and the increased
expense in the Clerks offices of the State, al
lowed by the present officer, who is candidate
for reelection, intend tosupport our State ticket
The people Of the State, too, have not forgot
ten the day when they looked not in vain to
Judge Price to stay the hand of ruf1ia nsm,
which others were either unable or unwilling
to control.
From all parts of the State we gather the in
formation that full vote and a fair election
will secure a Republican victory
To urge YOU to vote and defend yourselves
against fraud is the main OBI ect of this address.
A municipal election has just been held in
Baltimore. The Democratic candidate has been
declared elected by majority of about lO, 900.
This calls fer explanation as we'll as renders
| necessary some warning to you.
| The opposition to the Democrats at this cleo
| ton was by Citizens ticket, headed by "a DEM
OcrdC. Inc ISluS WHICH SONcIH S VIC DOLiOSAoo
ic party OF Baltimore saw that the success OF
such ticket, or it's defeat by moderate ma
| iOritv would endanger the control of the lu-
crative offices which they hold, and the con
troll of the police. They feared that if few
thousand Democrats voted this ticket, and the
Republican vote should be poled even to con-
| siderable extent, defeat was possible. The i'm
mense meetings held every night of the week
before the election by their opponents further
alarmed them.
The result was, that the election of last W d
| nesday was a melancholy farce. In many
wards they appointed Judges all Democrats.
! This the present Board of Police has never
done before They have done it now under the
pressure of the Ring who contrived it to carry
out a deep laid plot.
| The election passed quietly, but in the midst
of the police gangs Of repeaters voted; moved
from precinct to precinct, scarcely. in some
places, Disgusting the frauds. They had evil
IDENTIFY been supplied with names from the
| Registry to vote on, which its large reserve OF
| dead men and non residents made easy. In
some instances, however, well-known citizens
went to the window and were told they had
voted others having voted on their names.
| The Judges to some extent, and the police to
| q large extent, were cognizaht of all this; ar
rests were refused when men offered to lay
charges. Repeaters were pointed out and the
| police replied they could make no arrests with
out warrant The outlaw mingled in the
crowd, and of course an arrest by warrant was
impossible.
The extent of the fraud is difficult to calcu-
| late. 1t reached at least, 5000 votes, and may
have been much larger. 1t is notorious that
eight or nine thousand Republicans did moi
vote, that thousands of Democrats did not vote
and many Democrats voted the Reform ticket
yet Mr. Vansant's vote is larger by severa
thousands than four years ago.
These frauds are laughed at by the Democrat
ic Ring and ward politicians. The newspapers
are silent; but politicians on both sides know
these facts to be true.
A prominent Democratic official has unblush
ingly said since: % We meant to l0i1, and zoe dlC
1cin."
Democrats at the polls said to Republican,
supporting the Reform Ticket: "Its no u.s.
your trying; we can't afford to let you VIM
These assertions can largely be proved, judicial
ly, and tender is made to the authorities tina
we are ready to prove them.
We are in possession of the names of many
repeaters, with the evidence, and we shall
leave nothing undone to protect the rights o
the Republican party, and those who wish t.
vote against the Ring.
We state these facts, that you may know thu
state Of things in Baltimore, and we call OF
you to elect Legislature which willdo justice
and bring the control of those who do thest
things to an end.
We mention them also because the samt
fraud is intended to be enacted in some of thu
counties Repeaters will be sent into the STATE
to overcome the honest voters of the country
and defeat the will of the people.
All this, fellow citizens, shows the despera
ton of our opponents. We call on you to pre-
vent this conspiracy from succeeding. Come
to the polls and stay at the polls, and if you
will only be true to yourselves victory awaits
u.s. By order of the COMMITTEE.