The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-10-13
The Republican Candidate for Gov
ernOr.

From the Easton Ledger.
Hart B. Holton, the Republican candidate
for governor, was last year contestant for the
Republican nomination for congress in the fifth
congressional district His opponent was
Mr. Talbot j. Albert, son ofthe late Hon.
VIM j. Albert, and a gentleman of very high
character.
Holton carried the primaries and won in
the convention. Mr.. Albert made a states
ment to the convention showing the mean
employed by Holton to carry the Republican
primaries against him, and these means were
money, whiskey, fraud, perjury and forgery.
These allegations, made by Albert against
Holton, by one Republican against another,
were supported by responsible afidavits.
Among the items of fraud charged and
proved by Mr.. Albert against Mr.. Holton and
his supporters are these:
The forgery of Rev. j. w. Bowsers name
to a letter recommending Mr.. Holton. Mr..
Bowser swore he never signed such letter.
The polling of more votes at the Carrolton
precinct of the first district of Baltimore county
than there were Republican voters in the
whole district, which, has three precincts.
Affidavit of j. Scott Merryman as to frauds
named and specified by him in Baltimore
county, in the interest of Holton.
Affidavit of c. Irving Dirty, as to his efforts
to secure fair primaries in the contest between
Holton and Albert, and his signal failure
through the refusal of the Holton managers
and ofspecihed acts ofbribery, and corruption
perpetrated at the primaries in the interest of
Holton.
Affidavit of George P. Dehoff to fraudulent
voting by Holton's friends at polling places
in Baltimore county Dehof was one of the
judges.
Affidavit of Thomas H. Boston to ballot
box stuffing, which he witnessed, by the Hol-
ton men at Carrolton, Baltimore county.
Affidavit of Samuel o. Henson as to frauds
at the same place.
Affidavit of Joseph Handy, who saw nom
residents voting at the primaries for Holton,
and many other affidavits of respectable and
responsible Republicans, to frauds of the vii
est kinds.
Mr.. Albert made out complete case
against Mr.. Holton, and at the time of the
publication of Mr.. Albert charges and proofs
the moral sense of the State was shocked by
the shameful record of fraud.
Mr.. Holton has never met these charges.
His friends never answered them. He comes
into this canvass for governor of the State OF
Maryland with these charges of fraud, made
and proven by Republicans, clinging to his
skirts.
At Pittsburg, Saturday evening, the brakes
on street car got out of order as the car
reached the top of steep grade, and the
car ran down the hill and collided with a
passing freight train. The car was wrecked,
and all the passengers in it, twenty-five in
mum 1er, were more or less injured. -Four of
them-CharIes Menzenheizer, Mrs. Mary
Martin, May Hall, (colored,) and HughDun
met-were severely hurt, the two last fatally.
The great event of the day at the Chicago
Driving Park on Tuesday, was the beating OF
all previous trotting and pacing records by
the young PAGER Johnston. The horse got a
warming up in 2.224, and on a second trial
paced without break or skip in exactly 2. 10,
thereby making the fastest harness record
ever known.
Eighty-one missionaries have been APP
pointed by the Mormon Church for mission
work in this country and Europe. Eighteen
are set apart for work in the South, where the
Mormons claim to be meeting with consider.
able success.