Montgomery County sentinel., 1880-04-30
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| The following, taken from the editorial
columns of the Frederick Times, shows that
there is very large sized niger in the Re-
publican wood-pile of Frederick county.
The primaries of the Republicans in this
State, which have been held within the past
few days remind us of the meetings held in
Washington relative to the elective franchise
in the District of Columbia, where knock
down and drag-out were the most striking
and forcible arguments used. Two sets of
delegates will go from Baltimore and Fred
ick, split delegation from Carroll with two
contested seats from Anne Arundel counties
with several others to hear froml
The Times accounting for the disruption
Of its party in that county, says:
"The scenes enacted at the informal Re-
publican meeting on Saturday afternoon
last at the Court House must be classed not
only as the most disgraceful but also the
most disgusting that have ever been wit
messed in this city. No surprise can, of
course, be felt at the conduct of States At
torney Motter, his general character for
trickery and disreputable political practices
being so well known as TO cause no astonish-
ment at anything that he might do. That
several respectable Republicans, however,
some of them claiming to be blessed with
an unusual amount of morality, should be
| found aiding and abetting Mr.. Motter by
their votes and sympathy in his dirty work
| of debauchihg crowds of colored men with
whiskey and herding them like cattle to do
his lordly bidding, is indeed a matter which
can only be explained upon the ground of
| disappointed ambition and a preference to
lea r
| envious and jealous nature. For several
days previous to Saturday the work of dis
| tributing whiskey was commenced although
| 1t was not fully seen until the afternoon of
that day when the hordes of drunken men
| fully attested how effectively Mr.. Motter
had done his work. Not only this but
fearful, that some of his debauched follow
ers would fail him at his hour of need he
laid under tribute a number of Democrats
| of kindred spirit and drove them also into
the ring to bawl and yell in furtherance of
his purposes. When, added to this, Mr..
Motter, having the promise he made to Mr..
Creswell sometime ago fresh in his mind, TO
carry Frederick county for General Grant
and in the interest of the ex-Postmaster
General, he attempted to take snap judg-
ment and organize the meeting several
minutes previous to the published time
and attempted further TO cut off all protests
and even refused to take the negative of the
question, then it was that scores of respecta-
BILE Republicans withdrew and organized a
| primary meeting based on decency and party
usage. No one who witnessed the mob at
the Court House with its rantings, and oaths
and drunkenness and then contrasted it with
the orderly and dignified primary meeting
at the Independent Hall could for moment
hesitate TO decide which fairly and honestly
| tA1
of the Republicans of Frederick district
The one was confused and disorderly mass
led by a man who to-day stands convicted
of having worked to defeat a portion of the
Republican party in this county last No
vember, and, who with the assistance of a
Democratic politician of about the same
calibre as himself. openly bartered away the
ticket to secure votes for himself. On the
other hand the primary meeting at the indie
pendent Hall was composed of men, who
would scorn to do an act that would even sa-
vor OF being dishonorable; men ofintelligence
whose fealty to the party some of them had
sealed by their blood upon the battle field
while Mr.. Motter was in the rear of the army
trading in cattle hides; men who were Re
publicans before Mr.. Motter could even hard
ly lisp the name of Republican and who had
lifted him out of his infantile obscurity and
given him all the prominence he ever had.
In view of these facts the Republicans of
Frederick county will not, we are sure, hesi-
tate to-day TO promptly decide which dele
CATION properly represents the true senti-
ment Of the party in this district Mr. Mot
ter by his action on Saturday has gone far
TO disrupt the party in this county, which
judging from his past action, is work he
enjoys, and the Republicans to-day cannot
afford to allow his methods to be endorsed
unless by so doing they desire to sign the
death warrant of the Republican party in
Frederick county. In this instance there
can be no doubt whatever which delegation
truthfully, fairly and honestly represents
the true and prevailing sentiment of the
party. The primary meeting as held at the
Independent Hall is the only one that can
honestly be entitled to recognition and re-
spect."
At the meeting of the County Convention
held at Frederick City on Saturday last Mr.
Motter succeeded in keeping the Independ-
ent Hall delegates out of the convention.