The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-24

have COW followed this sequence of crime to
the last chapter. Is the story TO be continued
In November We surely have no right 20 ex-
psct that party which inducts into Office tho
Coys, Bernhamers, Suillvsns, DIR. Harrisons,
Gapens, Dowlings and the Jack Howards will
preserve fastidious deliescy in its election
methods. The record Of the Democratic party
IN Indiana in relation TO thess frauds is a
dsl to tho State and a blister upon its own
name.
JsARyLAND
But let US be Just to the Democratic politi-
Clans of Indiana COMPARED with their breth-
ren OF Maryiant-a State which has be een in the
hands of the Democratic party from time i'm
memorial-we find them to be the ysriest tyros
IN political chicans. The gerrymander In Mary
iand ID masterpiece Of political knavery. The
congressional districts are 30 arranged that Bal
timore. which 10 kept heavily Democratic by
means which shall describe, lies in three Of
them and fourth laps over into Baltimore
county. One district extends from the extreme
soutnefn end OF the western peninsula eighty
miles north, 60 ss to touch the southwestern
border OF the city. Should you ssk Democrat
IN Maryland how IL 10 that 10 1886 the Republic
an party in that State had but one Congress-
man out Of Six. and elected but eight mbers
OF the Legislature out of q total of one hundred
ana nine, although casting 40 per cent Of
the vote, he will in all probability
tell you, IN the words of Senator
Eustis, of Louisiana, that IL is "nops of Your
business or he will direct your attention 70
and dsscaut feeney on the good old Democrat
ic days of Democracy and deficit. IL you
still dissatisfied and pursue your own iuvestigs-
tions you will end the key of the situation IN the
election OF Senator Gorrnan 10 the United states
Senate. Senator German N at the head OF the
Maryland ring" dsreputab.e q set of men
as perhaps ever disgraced the politics Of this
country. Out of t1enty-three appoin toes to the
federal, State and municipal service taken from
one ward in Baltimore, nioeteen have a erirai-
nal record and some are murderera Mr. John
X. Cowan, q leading Democratic lawyer OF
Maryland, who, together with q number of self
respecting Dsmocoats. ioined with the Repnb-
heans two years ago 10 overthrow the German
ring. and who is today, by some slchefny OF
cousciencs, supporting Dir. Cleveland, described
this ward literally earrisoned by q gang OF
cut-throats IN the public pay Wsyler, the To-
cal head of that gang, has just been ap-
pointed warden OF the State pepitentiary. An
other member of this precious order has been
appciuted deputy warden Of the Baltimore
Jail. where he formerly q convict. Still
another member recently LETT deputy warden
ship In the same jail 10 take charge OF WeyleEs
gFoggery. Ee has been arrested thirteen times
and indicted three times And SO on through
the long calendar Of crime. IL 10 rot departing
from literal exacfnsss 10 say that in Maryland
proficiency in fraud il the high road 20 Demo
cratic prefefment This maxim, which have
not seen iu any OF President Cleyelsnc's mes
ssges, but which remains true Of his party IN
that State. might be illustrated By many ez-
''man," patronage clerk Of the Treasury De-
partmeut. known TO fame as q ballot burner
and q skilled manipulstor in poll and
registration books; OF Rasin as . naval ot1cer,
equally well known in the same capacities, are
cases IN point Many other names-but more
obscure-which decorate the Official lists OF tbs
reform administration might also be cited.
When the Reform League in 1856 determined 10
make Au effort TO defeat the Democratic
mschiEe. they took the precaution Of going
m ourhfh he yfstr 10
eighty thousand names on tie lists OF Bair-
more, they fonnd, 10 quote their own report,
that "about thirty thousand were Improperly
registered. either because not entitled 70
proper place of registration Was not IN
the precinct" This false registration was due
partly to an imperfect law and partly 70 tho
grossest corruption In some eases they found
that names had been "taken bodily from the di-
rectories of other citiesr In one case the psme
or whole class at q medical college had been
found registered in one ward. though none or
them sor years had been living Ia . city. Some
OF the registers resisted more or less sue
cesstully the publication OF their lists and
endesvorsd to make their eittines, which
a-s- public il law, exclusive ard pri-
yste IN fact We'll, the .i.s..on cana ~ ca
were defeated (athough. be it said, By de-
creased majorityl when you learn that l32 elec-
tor judges We're men OF bad reputation, that
fifteen bad been dismissed from places for bad
ments for crimes against thirty-three others.
Two were murderers. Mr. Covan says in rela-
tiou to their crime: "The wounds Of Curran
(the man whom they murdered for political
reasons) sre as eloquent as C@ssrs; 80 the vir-
tues OF the murdered Duncan, they plead, like
angels, trumpet-toneued, against the deep
damnation' OF q political eystem that gives rs
criminals officers, rufians as judges OF cleo
tons, and supervisors who appoint as guardians
OF the purity Of the ballot men whose virtue is
hat rf rCnff fts$a
this Characterization stand. IL 10 high
Democratic authority. The New York World.
q Democratic paper, gives us another reason for
the success OF the ring In the November elec-
tIon: 1.-THE number Of repeaters In the eastern
section of the city is said 10 have been alto
Rether unprecedented" After mentioning
the First and Second wards it ADDS, THE
amount OF repeating vas made possible oy the
ring Democrats, who furnished the names upon
which bogus Democrats voted" From another
competent source l gather the following: I'm
box were found seventy-six tickets more
than we're votes poiled; in another box twenty
two tickets more: In another forty eight 10 an
other thirty seven. and in another ffty-one
more tickets than there had beer voters, and so
on. Nineteen boxes averaged fifty more each
than the official list showed were cast" Car
rled through the whole city, this ballot-oox
stufing would make a difference OF 5000 votes.
After the election the reformers managed to
saaure the conviction OF seven election judges
for fraud aud forgeries committed against them.
The accused were found guilty, and sentenced
to imprisonment for two years, but the doors OF
the penitentiary had scarcely closed upon them
when they received an unconditional pardon
from Governor jackson, beneficiary from the
ring. These seven worthless, with usefulness
upimpaired, were turned loose once more upon
the city OF Baltimore, and will no ioubt be ar
the polls next November TO use their iniuence,
material and moral. for Cleveland and reform" "
So much for Maryland politics. In conclusion
will state that Senator German Is now the chief
manager OF Mr.. Cleveland's campaign. The ut
ness Of this appointment is obvious.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
In discussing the condition OF the Southern
States, shall confne myself TO the elections
held within the last two years, so that all gen.
tlemen OF suseeptibihties who Ike only living
issues" may be amply accommodated. That the
Democratic party of the South is bound to-
gether in community of fraud is Q fact that has
passed through the chrysals OF denial into the
perfected form of acknowledged truth. Henry
Wattersop says, in an article published IN the
Forum, on the ''Hysteria of Sectional Aeita-
tiop," al should be entitled to no respect or
credit If | pretended that there Is even fair
pol count of the vast overflow OF black votes
in States where there is a negro majority, or
that, in the nature Of things, there can be. j"
This honest confession IL manly and refreshing.
compared with those stupid falsehoods, OF an
cient and fab like odor. which used to come 20
the South, but that the negroes, having seen
the error of their ways had joined the Demo
cratic party. Mr. Wstterson's statement of the
rf thar M IN antrr