The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-05
To the Voters. of Maryland.

Tuesday next AFFECT at once Ile il'i"'
cial credit and welfare of our State'
the taxation of yourselves and your
fellow citizens, your franchise as free-
men, and the fair fame and reputa-
ton of our State among her sister
States.
All agree that there are gross abuses
in the administration of the govern
ment of our State clamoring for
prompt redress. That fact is pro-
claimed by all the recent State Con-
yentions of the Democratic party,
quite as clearly as by those of the
Republican party, and asserted quite
as positively by Democratic speakers
as by Republican.
Democratic witnesses testify that
the State is burdened with the sup
port of useless officers, and with the
payment ofextravagant salaries; that
gross neglect of officials has dimin-
ished the States resources, and un-
warranted, illegal and unconstitu-
tional disbursements have squander-
ed its assets and far worse than all
this the same class Of witnesses de-
clare, with equal emphasis, in open
public meetings, that deliberate, pre-
meditated, systematic repeating and
fraud has stuffed the ballot box with
illegal votes, has robbed citizens of
the franchise of freemen, and the
highest Offices in the government of
our State have been filled with men
who were counted into positions to
which they were never elected by
the people.
Will you voters look for the RENE
dy for these admitted wrongs to the
Democratic party or to the Republi-
can? In the success of which party
is there reasonable hope that these
wrongs will be redressed and honesty
take the place of fraud and corrup-
ton?
In answering these questions con-
scientiously for yourselves at the
ballot box, as your duty, interests
and honor require, remember that
for fourteen years the Democratic
party has had absolute control of
all the branches of the government
of our State; of all its institutions
of all the machinery of the elections ;
of all the agencies by which its oper-
atoms are conducted. What laws
the Democratic party saw fit to pass
haye been?passed what laws the
Democratic party saw fit to repeal
have been repealed what Offices the
Democratic party saw fit to create or
continue, or discontinue, have been
created, or continued or discontinued ;
what amount of money the Demo
cratic party saw fit to disburse has
been disbursed, and in such manner
as it DICTATED ha9ga diiecWbbaass rc con.
Quoted so they have been conducted.
Every abuse complained of has been
created or permitted to continue by
the Democratic party, when it had
full power at any moment to stop it.
Where is the ground then for con-
tidence or expectation that we have
any hope of relief from the election OF
the Democratic candidates Is it
possible for promises to be made fair
er or more solemn than the pledges
of the Democratic platform and Of
Democratic speakers two years ago :
And to-day everybody admits that
not one of those pledges was redeem.
ed. 1.-THE people We're deceived by
false promises, and their confidence
betrayed" Will you be deceived
and betrayed again ? Do not lei
yourselves be deceived by the pre-.
tense that the betrayal was by 'tht
Ring" and you may safely trust the
Democratic party. "The Ring" tina
makes the nominations controls the
nominees when elected. Is not the
candidate who heads the Democrati,
ticket throughout the State at once
the high priest and the willing ser
want of "the Ring?" And are mo-
the legislative candidates, aImos
without exception, from Garrett to
Worcester, subservient tools of "tht
Rings" whose nominations were die.
tated by "the Ring?" Can you them
can human ingenuity devise a way
by which you can vote the Democrat.
ic ticket, and not vote to sustain "the
Ring" with all its frauds, corrup.
ton, and violation of pledges ? The
two are inseparable. AS a political
organism they are identical and the
same. If you vote the Democratic
ticket you record your approval o.
1.-THE Ring" its acts and methods
you record your approval of the dis.
bursement of the public money
without warrant of law, and In VIC
latien of law" your approval of tn,
repeal of laws designed to prevenr
the plumber of the treasury your ap
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