Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-23
SIR WOo1 TENS 4RRAIGN-
MENT GORMAN a 60.
ElLlcnrr Clrr- October Ga.

,a Concord;a on Friday night. to b.
held under the auspices Of the -nde-
, .ndent voters Of Baltimore city. ! i
rr,re, that have rustec's sale that ,
las thirteen miles from this city, viii h
viii render il very iucouycnlent, 1t not
impossible. for me to be present at the
meeting. Surely it Is meet at this tmc
ihat the true and loyal sons Of Maryland ,
If every part, should unite for the pur-
pose ofsrklng down the corrupt AMI
wicked men who dominate over the Dem
ocratic rarity TO great extent throughout
the State. and more particularly IN the
city Of Baltimore These men are
a.grant aud professional dctlers Of the
blilo'-boI THIS is grave charge aud
not lightly to be made ! stamp upon
their hrows the brand Of moral treason
and Of o1ieial perjury. let them wear
these brands aud take steps to yndl'at'
then character before a jury OF their
country. In order to give some OF them
an opportunity. let he cite singleIn-
stance 10 detail. 4
On the morning Of the cubernatorlal
election held November 1879, Mr. Eu- .
gne Higgins made lis appearance at the
polls of the Fifth election district Of this
county, held at ClarksyIle, a small
village situated about tea miles from
thi. city, with squad Of negro re-
pcaters and one or two whi'e rullians
from the city ofBaltimore. He success
fully piled his vocation for several hours,
and about twelve O'Clock, being fully de-
tectcd, was warned to leave, and there
upon took his departure 1t would be
useless for me to furnish full details Of
this revolving conspiracy against the
rights Of the people In point Of fact
the poll book delivered to the judges Of
The election, and used BY them, was not
prepared by the register of voters,
Robert + Scaggs, bur was manufacture
ed by Eugene Higgins in the city Of
Baltimore at Democrat headquarters In
that election district more than fifty
names Of registered voters were drop
ped from the poll book furnished the
judges Of election, and thereby were
those voters disfranchisoi. Several
D der names were nis,pelt, and IN this
mo lie other voters were disfranchised
and the repcaters aud ruihans brought
from Baltimore voted upon names placed
upon that manufactured poll book. I'm
mediately upon the closing of the polls,
Scaggs, the register, requested that
manufactured pol book from the return
Judge Of the election. 1t was delivered
to him, aud it has never seen the light
Of day The pol ution of the ballot box
at the election, including official perjury,
subordluation of perjury, aud fraud Of
every hue can only find parallel IN the
annals Of the returning boards of the
late carpet-b,g governments Of our Sis
ter Southern States.
In this roll of nfamy Mr.. Higgins
bore the leading part Every link in
the chain binding him to the body Of
this crime is solidly welded, and | am
prepared to prove the conspiracy by
cloud Of witnesses and by irrefrasable
testimony In this fraud Arthur p.
German, senior Senator from Marylond,
was an active participant, a principal
in the first degree This charge is eth.
err true or false. Ifit is true, ald if our
form Of government is not fraud and
delusion, and if the Constitution and
laws Of this State are not ropes Of sand,
Them surely. Mr. Gorman degrades, q
II rper, and Chambers, and Pearce Ii
this charge is f,lse, | deserve the repro
baton aud contempt of every honest
man. Let Mr. Higgins or Mr. German
sue me for libel | will plead the truth
and justify, and if either Of them obtains
Il verdict against ne, | will never look
my fellow man 10 the face, and will at
nnce pay any Judgment therein render
I'd. re'y not upon th,c)ufesslons d
co con.plrators When the most re
>ponsibtc gentlemen from that district
came to my Office and furnished the
facts wi hiu their knowledge | careful
ly udiel and prepared the whole case
This is bu, a single instance. Many
more could be cited equally as well au-
thenticatcd What Democrat does not
remember his humiliation and mOrtifca-
ton at the frauds prac.iced in 1873 in
y hich Mr.. German and MIR. Higgins
also figured? These men for the most
part are without professions, without
trades, without any vocation or occupa
ton in life save that of practical politi
clans of methods most corrupt and most
corrupting Their hcnchmen who com
init these frauds are supported at the
public crib and at the expense of the
people For example, every man who
actively participated in the fraud Of 1879
in this county to which | have alluded
has been rewarded by Mr. German with
official position Mr. Germans recon-
of tie appointment of Mr.
Hi gins and Mr. Morris Thomas was a
slap in the face to every true son of Ma
ryland, and every true son of Mary
will return that slap fOurlold.
How utterly iusenslble to the claims
Of public yirtu, and Of political integri
ty are some of the public men of this
State, who endorse as staunch Demo
Gratis Higgins and Thomas and their
confreree, and who impugn the motives
Of men so far their supcriors who are
struggling for better methods of govern
ment, and. indeed, for the very exist
ence of free institutions
had intended to give in detail the
different amounts received by some OF
these modern statesmen as pluzgers of
and lobbyists Of the lowest
type, but this | reserve for another &C.
;asion.
sincerely trusting that success may
crown your patriotic efforts, and that
lfrer the election the good people Of this
Stat, may say to you all, well done,