Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-11-12
The Maryland Press on the State Elee-
lion.

The following are comments OF the press
on the recent election in this State. The
Cecil Democrat says:
In Baltimore city the cry is 'frald,
and there is probably more truth in the
charge than there usually is in such par
tisan excuses for defeat AZ the bal OF
box. We are no apo!ogist for fraud, snd
would prefer 1T any time an honorable
overthrow To fraudulent victory. Dem
ocratic Maryland was safe in a fair field,
and the city is unquestionably DemoC.at-
ic by large prepondcrancc of voters
Fraud, then, was not only criminal bat uR-
wise. Like written lies, it was as foolish
as wicked. Strongly partisan, as we CON
fess ourselves, we denounce without quail
itcation all outrages upon American eiti-
zenship, whether by violence, intimida-
ton, fraud or bayonets. The result ia
Maryland is a two-iold victory, and the
disorganizers have been rebuked tor their
mad attempt az reformation by league
with rampant radicalism. The counties
generally have elected heightened gentle
men as representatives in the State Icgis-
lature, thereby insuring all needed reforms.
and an honest administration oi public
affairs. The lesson of the campaign will
not be lost. and the honest reforners in
the independent movement will he salts
fed that the scare they gave the rings viii
be Of really more advantage g. the State
than such victory As they desired uatCi
,heir alliance with the Radical party
The people now are thoroughly aroused
20 their interests. and will watch their
servants with jealous eye"
In another article the Dymo-ra' says:
Mr. Harris, for Governor we regret 10
say, has = majority in Cecil county
Even his bloody record Was no: sufficient
to overcome the fatal ssctarian ianatieism
of too many of our citizens. tie ran far
behind Messrs. Wooltord and Gwinn. At
4 more favorable time il may be we'll TO
recur to the cause which brought about
such result among an intelligent people.
To our sight the lesson is sad one and
full of danger. Bat let it be considered
when the passions OF the strife have had
time TO cool. Cecil county has done we'll,
considering the character of the contest.
The mills turned out their operatives in
almost masses for the Radical candidates.
Our Legislative ticket is strong one, and
anti-ring all over. Fifteen percentcrs will
avoid il as the devil does holy water"
The Hartford Demoera: accompanies the
publication Of the returns with the follow
ing comments;
The State candidates ran behind the
local tickets in most of the counties, the
advantage, if any, being IN fAysr Of Col.
Woolford, the worst abused man in the
field, showing conclusively that the peo-
pie looked upon the attack upon this gen
tlemau as wicked and wanton SANDER
deserving rebu&e OF their hands. Nj.
Wallis, the immaculate has learned by
the result that he is not the most popular
man, even among his chosen associates,
and that the Democracy OF Maryland still
lives, not only in his absence. but in the
face of his antagonism. The result teach
es two or three things worthy OF consider
alton The first is, that however eminent
a Democrat may bc, when he separates
himself from his party and attempts to
lead the Radicals he not only fails TO
transfer his own party but fails to inspire
confidence and enthusiasm among his new
followers. The second is, that Democrats
have no faith in Radical reform. The dis
affection among the Democrats, small as
it is shown to be, should be inquired into,
and if there is any real cause OF complaint
the remedy should be promptly applied.
The Democrats conducted this campaign
with the understanding that all abuses
should be reformed within the party"
The Rockville (Montgomery) Sentinel
says:
ut is useless for the Radical party to
fasten their wistful eyes on the rich Treas
ury of our State. The people of this State
had a full supply of radicalism during
the war and up to the years 1866 and
1867, when they were by good luck driv-
en- from their hold upon the State
Doubtless the Radicals think that Mary
land is like old Ephraim-toined to her
idols and must be let alone. But there
has been one wholesome, and we trust
salutary lesson taught by the late cam
paign, and that is that the wire-pullers
and treasury plumbers who have attached
themselves to our party as 50 many leech
es for the plumber and the spoils that be
long to the victor, must take a back seat
in the Democratic synagogue"
The Cambridge Democrat and Ne,cs, in
chronicling the defeat of a portion of the
Democratic ticket in Dorchester county,
says:
st will be many years hence before we
will know who is elected in Dorchester
until after elections are over. This viii
compel the Democratic party to nominate
the very best men or suffer still greater de-
feat in future. If political tricksters will
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farmers. professional men, laborers, and
all others who expect to make an honest
living outside of politics make out the