Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-12-07
Mudd's Election.

notwithstanding t.e clectlnh oI Mu1d
10 the fihy-frst Congress from the
ffth District. Compton has hecu i~>ue'i
Fhs certifcie. Pro.cs's and notices
we're fled with tie Guvcrnur. showing
clearly the frauds rcrre'ra'od in making
The certificates Of Jhc ruta4a rs to his Excel.
lency, but t,no purpose, tic plant tool oi
Campta. that lie il, d. his bidding,
aud Compton hold- paper bear ng the
executive syal alrgiug his election. -
That the fact ia filsr, no one viii gain
say that Compton tovk it, bearing the
stamp Il frsad ugon its face, no ou
yucs ions.
II any one fav9sg an honest heart,
tycs to see aud 7tind 70 think. vii
make an exuiriDatirR ~ Rhe returns a.
4"qle 70 the clerk 5 olBccs ST 5bs Gaer-
ut counties. wards. ctr lee wTb Cozdl
ly admit Comptun's defs1 Tins Dis
tingulshed representative cfasns rnITule
frauu aud corruption, adn;ttcd fht day
after the election his deie1, bar the rug
press Of the State that has tufTrt ~ oE ed.
In the way Of printing JOBS, eic-, ihreogh
him, we're an viking 10 let &c 80 Useful
man to them, aud couTiuHeH 70 claim
his election. lin sascrupulnRs frlcnd,
al once took tire sac Vsd set
about 10 doctor the returns, bur
the vigilance Of tue Keyts'brsns and
honest Democrats Of Baltimore city pre-
verified tkeir old tune game, sS counting
out, bciag perpetrated ''hsre, aud the
far Of counties ii The district
had to Be selected IS the field
in which Me tr5sdllent work
.vas to be done. BISHOP Banuon
was speedily 6spat6bed''4 Calvert coun
~, and ss a!resd1t 'ihe'Ce;urns at Annap
nlis snow a much less majority for Madd
(!aa the returns u the judges Of election
45lcl in the clcti's Office of that county.
The presiding judges Of election in this
county congregatcd together earl y on the
morning Of the return day, signed the re-
turns AS Of nine districts, giving Comp
Ton majority in the county Of taree,
when it was we'll known TO them that the
votes of two districts we're not counted.
and forwarded a certificate purporting to
state the full returns Of the
county to the Governor immediately
thereafter The reason for such undue
haste is unknown? And who is
responsible we do not know. Many o
die presiding Judges are honorable, high
toned men aud would not knowing
" be guilty Of such crime, but fraud
las been committed and somebody is re-
rponsible. In St. Mary's county the
clerk of the court acted as clerk and
oV'.'.-'s' 'o-s'.' l''es-- se Ja'fsSs''a"u 'arf-'
ed to certify TO two votes cast for Mudd
in the third district Of that county which
should have been dose: these three
errors or frauds, or by whatever
name such acts may be called, show a
majority against Mudd when without
such errors or frauds. the returns STOW
him elected by one vote
1t is therefore useless in the face of
these facts which we can prove by
certificates from the different clerks
offices in our possession. if need be. for
Compton with such brazen audacity to
assert that he cannot conjecture upon
what grounds Mudl will make contest
Nuad will make his contest upon the
face Of the returns, showing by the ex-
pressed will of the people that major
ity Of them wanted him to represent them
IN the next Congress and not the big
boss, who does not care for forty thou
sand Mudd's. nor the peoples interest or
wish, and who has time and again falsitied
their interest and made them promises
only to be broken The following rs a
correct table of the majorities: