Montgomery County sentinel., 1875-10-29
BALTIMORE ELECTIONS !
The Democrats Victorious !
Potato Bugs" Whipped Out
The Democratic Party to Maintain Con-
troll Of the State

On w e0nesdhy last tne Baltimore elections
took place, and resulted in handsome victory
for the Democrats. The indications now are
that the whole State ticket will give an over
whelning majority for the Democratic party
and against the Reformeis larger vote by
the Radical party than ever before was polcd
upon that day. Everything passed of quietly.
The Custom House officials were detected
voting negro 'repeaiers." The whole vote
polled was SO, 5l7. OF these Mr. Latrobe
ceived 49, 1876, and Mr.. Warlield 25 ,35l-a
majority for Mr.. Latrobe Of 2, 1856. The total
vote cast at the last Presidential election THE
largest mp TO that time ever polled in The city,
WAS Al, 2i6, or 8, 3Ol less than the yoie Of We'd
nesday.
At the municipal election of s73 35, 403 votes
were cast, Of which Mayor Vansant received
%, 1853, and Carson Il, $50, a majority for May
or Vansant of 10, 1903. 1t will be seen that
llr. Latrobe received {, 1888 votes Wednesday
more than Mayor Vansanl in the last election.
The result of the contest in the City Council
shows that ten of the Democratic nominees
for the First Branch were elected, and ten of
the opposition, four of whom were until re-
Gently avowed Democrats In the Second
Branch eight Democrats are elected, and two
Of the opposition.
The places of voting were crowded all day,
and in some of the precincts there was an
unbrokcn line of men during the day.
DEMOCRATIC Mass MEETING. mass meet
ing of TIE Democratic Conservative party OF
this county held at the Court House. in Rock
Vile, on the 26th instant, there was n large
attendance. The people turned out ia their
might to welcome to their midst the Hon. VIM.
cracy in Western Maryland. The people
showed their appreciation OF his presence.
The meeting was called to order by Il. B
Prettyman, chairman of the State Central
| Committee for this county, who nominated
| VIM. 7. Dove, Esq.,. for chairman and Dr. f.
Wootton for secretary, whowere unanimously
elected. After some appropriate remarks by
the chairman counseling all to work for our
whole ticket, Henry +. Wootton, Esq, of
Howard county, was introduced.
| Mr.. Wootton, whom we are proud to claim
as native of this county, gave to the people
the most brilliant oratorical effort we have
heard during the campaign.
Hon. Montgomery Blair was then introduced,
who in his cogent remarks brought before our
people his idea of what the effect would be if
the Reform party should meet with success.
Stating at the same time that it was like the
cat in the meal tub, and when Democrats
went into the tub, snpposing that the cat was
all meal they would he caught.
Hon. VIM. T Hamilton was then introduc-
ed amid lhunders OF applause, and as he arose
there was an exhibition of enthusiasm that
cannot be described. We will not pretend to
even give summary Of his eloquent speech.
| But some OF tie points he made were about as
follows: That having been before the Balt-
more Convention, the result there was that
Hon. John Lee Carroll received 60 votes
against so for himself. Thus was settled The
candidacy of the party for Governor and he
believed that Hon. John Lee Carroll was
good Democrat and an honest man and so did
the people of this State. lie urged in the
must ititl every DtlnOCTdt
should stand by the nominee of the party, as
this was no time for division among Demo
Gratis. That our good State had always rank
ed as Democratic Except when sbacked dur
ing the war; and will be known h-oughoutth the
country as Democratic or Radical by the result
of this election for Governor IT we elect
the Democratic nominees the Democrat
c party in the other States would re-
joce, and accept the result as a hopeful au-
gury for the grand battle of 1876, which
would determine for years whether consttu-
tional liberty and the rights of the States
should prevail, or whether a II the fundameut-
al principles of the Constitution given to US
by our forefathers should be swept away and
centralized despotism lie established ON its
ruins.
He said that the principles of the Declara-
tion of Independence must be re proclaimed
in 1876, and that il next year, the Delaware
river should run red with wine, and the streets
OF the city OF Philadel rhia should he filled with
loaded tables, ms celebration OF the Centcn-
nial of American liberty, should be, by earnest
work, on the ID Tuesday of November, TO aid
in the election of Democratic President of
the United States.