The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-12-04

Moving on their Works.
The Citizens Reform party is made of too stern |
stuff to be pushed away by the barbarous frauds |
and outrages that characterized the election in |
Baltimore city or to be pacifed by the indifer-
ence His Excellency, Governor Groeme, manifests
towards the contested election of Mr.. Gwinn for
the Attorney Generalship Of the State. For the
most conclusive evidence of this we point to the
Meeting held at the Maryland Institute on Tues
day evening of this week for the purpose of dis
casing the means and the measures of dealing
with frauds perpetrated upon the rights OF the
people Of the city and State at the socalled cleo
ten on November I'd. The meeting was large
respectable and enthusiastic. The stage was
crowded with many of the most distinguished
citizens Of Baltimore and the State. Prof. N. R.
Smith, man of science, venerable in years, tried
by experience, widely known, respected for his
intelligence, skill and integrity Of character
wherever known, adorned the chair, while long
list of the first names among the merchants and
business men Of the city of both political parties
and of the various counties of the State fled the
column of Vice Presidents. For the FIRST time to
our knowledge Prof. Smith made political
speech This fact demonstrates the dire necessity
of action to remove the rottenness from the body
polite. He said 1--WE are labering under polit-
zeal disease which is more terrible than the cpl
demic of the smallpox. Toxernia fingers in the
blood for generations. If anything can be done
to cure this it should be begun in Baltimore. -
He asserts the "want Of political integrity is the
worst of all evils, for it is the foundation OF al
NEST every thing else" This is striking at the root
of the whole matter and reveals the source whence
all our evils flow.
A series Of resolutions was read by G. Irving
Dirty. Esq, and adopted by the meeting Those q,
| condemn the conduct of the Police Commits.
sioners urge the several Reform candidates Of
| fected by the Baltimore election to contest the
seats of their opponents, thank Hon. S. Teaekle
Wallis for his prompt and manly contest Of the
| election of Mr.. Gwinn, and recommend the ap.
pointment Of an Executive Committee Of twenty
whose duty it shall be to collect all evidence aud
arrange all the details for conducting the entire
| contest.
Both Houses of the Legislature are memorial.
lied upon the subject of the gress frauds upon the
ballot-bex and the infamous violations Of the
rights of the citizens Of the city and State that
marked the aforementioned election, and they are
called upon in the most urgent and sacred man,
ner to make thorough investigation of these
violations of the liberties Of the people, and thai
the seats in their respective bodies be awarded to
these who would have received majority Of the
legal votes of the city had there been fair cleo
ton from the best evidence they can obtain upon
the case. The Executive Committee recommend
ed in the resolutions was appointed to execute the
] wish of the meeting.
Speeches pungent with argument rich in rhe.
toric convincing in logic and courageous in tone
flowed from the eloquent lips of such distinguish
ed gentlemen as Col. Charles E. Phelps, Hon
John Richie, of Frederick, and Hon. A. B. Hag
ner, of Annapolis. These gentlemen discussed in
general and in detail the outrageous proceedings
in Baltimore city from the appointment Of thu
judges of election by the Police Commissioners ia
the counting and returns Of the ballots and thu
sudden changing those returns when they discov
cred that they were OVERRIDING the work by toe
ridiculously large majorities. The whole work il
thoroughly ventilated.
In letter written by Hon. John Richie t.
Hon. s. Teackle Wallis, which was read at thu
meeting, the following remarkable language wal
used: 81 shall not shirk the responsibility which
now rests upon all Democrats either to assume o.
disOwn the burden Of any acts of fraud and VIC
lence perpetrated at the recent election in thu
city. If such there be it is plain that the brun
must be borne by the Democratic party, as par
ty, or by the individuals themselves who con
trived or committed them. Now which shall
bear it For my part | am unwilling that thu
rts- oh oil shanld or snr-srab- cts-.Tba sheta
terpOsed between the parties accused and thu
most searching investigation, nor used for the
protection, if proved guilty. The question nov
is none other than the maintenance of the purity
of the ballot-box. In this all citizens are in
terested, for if that be destroyed Republican in
situations are at an end" This is commendabl
talk from one who supported Mr.. Carroll. Tit
people are in earnest and mean to make it warn
for the ''ring-masters' yet.