The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-06-21
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
FREE FRAUD DEMOCRACY.

Sirs The sincerity of the Democratic dema-
gogues in Congress in wanting a clause in the
army bill Furnishing with fine of from $500 to
$4,000 and imprisonment in the discretion of the
eourtany military or civil officer who shall appear
in the vicinity of any place where any general or
special election is being held for members of Con-
gress, is shown by the alacrity with which they
promptly voted down the following amendment
offered by Senator Blaine:
'Any person who shall carry concealed weapon
ct any place or within mile of any place where
a general or special election for Representatives
in Congress is being held. shall on conviction
thereof be punished with fine not less than $500
nor more than $4,000, or with Imprisonment for a
period not less than six months nor more than five
years, or with both fine and Imprisonment at the
discretion of the court"
This applied to Ku-Klux, ull-dozers, Demo-
cratic DULLES and rufians who use force and fraud
to carry their point. The vote was clear confess
sion that they want this species of folks about but
do not want to have any one with authority of la,c
to protect the honest and timid voter against their
ruffanism.
Senator Window offered the following amend
ment while this same bill was under discussion in
the Senate:
"Any person who shall, with intent to hinder,
obstruct or prevent the free exercise of the right
of suffrage, appear armed with a deadly weapon
of any description, either concealed displayed,
within a mile of any polling place where an cleo
ton for Representatives in Congress is being held,
shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine
of not less than $500 nor more than S. 000 or with
Imprisonment not less than six months nor more
than five years, or with both such fine and impris-
onment in the discretion of the court"
Here was provision which proposed to give
the same punishment to the desperadoes who
should obstruct or interfere with the free right to
cote that the Democrats proposed to give to the
government officer, civil or military, who should
to the polling place for the purpose of keep
ing the peace. Yet it was promptly voted down
by receiving every Democratic vote present This
is indubitable demonstration that the intention,
aim and effort of this Democratic Congress has
been to punish the officials whose business it is to
keep the peace at the polls and protect every hon
est voter in his rights and to giUe free course and
unlimited license to those ,chose business and object
ii is to intimidate the honest poter and corrupt the
election By giring freedom and immunity to Uiolence
and fraud.
In 1876 a committee was appointed by the DEM
ocratic House of Representatives of which Hon.
S. S. Cox was chairman, to investigate the cleo
tons in New York in 1876. In referring to the
law for supervisors and marshall the committee
used the following language:
at must be said that the administration of the
law by Commissioner Davenport was eminently
just and wise and conducive to a fair public ex-
preston in Presidential year of unusual excite
ment and great temptation. 1t was intended to
provide not only against fraudulent votes, but
that no person really entitled to vote should be
refused. 1t proved a decided success The COM
mittee beg leave tC state that the first report only
shoaoed 900 of attempts at fraudulent regis
tration during the first too days Of registration,
aud some seren or eight thousand IN aU!'
Yet an honest Democratic Congress wants to
"wipe from the statute books" law that prevented
1000 fraudulent rotes from being registered an tWO
days! What for? There is but one reason, and
that is that these 1000 fraudulent Democratic
voters may get on the list and into the box, and
that they may be multiplied by 10 or 20 Honest
Democracy!!! VISDEx.
BALTIMORE COUNTY, June Is, 1879.