New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-31
SEVERE ON BOSS GORMAN.
John X. CowEN EXPOSING DEMOCRATIC
PLOTS IN MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE !


pRrMARIEs-THE HIDDEN PLOT AS TO
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
CANAL-BALsE APPEALS TO
RACE PREJUDICE.
ynY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE
Baltimore, Oct. 3O.-The expected reply OF John r.
Cowcn leader of the Independent Citizens movement
to Senator Coman's recent attack upon him as the
chief OF counsel Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
has come IN the shape Of he worst scoring tho DINO
cratic boss has over received. The confessions OF
the ward-roundos whose frauds on the ballot heped
German TO his seat in the United States Senate are
followed up to-day by an open letter 10 the senator
from Mr.. Cowen. He routes with substantial proof
every charge made by German that he Is controlled
by corporation influence, and then proves conclu-
svey that German himself has sought through his
conncc ton With the Baltimore and Ohio Company to
turn 1t into political machine.
Mr. Cowcn first takes up Germans charge that the
chief detective Of the railroad company, acting under
the direction Of Mr.. Cowen had ordered employees OF
the road in Howard County not to vote at the Demo
cratic primaries. This charge is answered by letter
from f. L. Grammar, chief Of the Baltimore and Ohio
detectives, IN which it is shown that afor German
had made the charge TO the Baltimore and Ohio board
OF directors, Grammar faced him in the presence of
MIR. Cowen and vcePrcs dents Smith and Lord denied
the charge and dcfod German to prove It, and with
statements over their signatures from j. II.
Toomey, supervisor OF engines, and John Norris.
foreman of track repairs proved the charge utterly
false. Mr. COwcn then says TO German:
See, Mr. German how plain tale VII pus you
down. You arc a director of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company and like myself occupy place Of
against an cmpolyc. Mr. Grammar, and ask the com
panys first and third vice presidents TO Investigate
accuscr You state your charge. Mr. Grammar an
swcrs. denies the same. and asks for the author You
gfsr Won sNfltea xTff hut m
the contrary recognize true the fact that you had
been for Yeas using the employees of the road to adj
vance your political Interests had taken them from
their appointed tasks TO do your political work. and
that the company had paid their wages for doing your
question OF the prOprety OF continuing the Old prac
tlcc Of paying men to carry primaries for you.
In answer to Germans charge that Cowcn heads a
movement OF tho corporations defeat proposed egs
ton to mako thom pay their fair proportion Of
taxes for the support Of tho city and State govern
ments the lawyer shows that the Baltimore and Ohio
Company does paw taxes. and no such legislation as
German mentions has been contemplated. and that
II is only hollow campaign threat. Then he makes
this proposition:
Now, I say to you, If the reyt Legislature Will
pass act repeating all exemptions of railroad
properly from taxation and then impose such
specific tax rate on railroads "a The Baltimore Bun,
will suggest, VIII engage, not only not TO oppoS3e,
course have right In this letter TO bind the Board
of Directors OF which you are one, not TO oppose me
they would act my advice and would not offer The
slightest objection TO such an act. Al, Al
own signatures in answer to tho Questions of The
baltimore sum distinctly stated they would vote for
t S%S:i ' .. would like , to know
Sn tn answer so@ n common eonstuonal political
liar. who Is to reiterate for hundrcdth time TINS eA
plodcd political falsehoOd.
Mr.. Cowcn next quotes from Germans speech
charging him with trying to control the Western Mary
land directors the part of the city, prevent the
extension of that road get possession Of the Chesa
peale and Ohio Canal and prevent competition with
the Baltimore and ohio. He says:
"Now Mr.. German, how you have exposed your
Sc P2Ga fGo p Sas Eo extension
the We ,taw t Ma 3Is d, Dd E9 objects Of
the Democrats Is to control the city and the Legs
latirc in order to make this extension In
your extremity 10 find some motive for my conduct
other than the simple and right unconscousy
disclose one OF your own motives; VIZ. me Ggsirg
and West Virginia Central Railroad. | wish the
canal counties to understand this project OF yours
In concluding, Mr.. Cowen thus talks to both German
and McLane:
1t will not do to cry out negro rule IN city
where there only 12,o35 colored voters, against
1912 whites SIX white men 10 one colored man ought
not to frighten you, especially as you were a
Republican during the war, holding office, Of course,
under republican Senate. Indeed, inc man Wh4t
seeks to raise the race question In this city Dy that
fact alone shows his unfitness to grapple with tho
municipal and state problems which are pressing
| for solution. Everybody knows that II IS snan
| ton until It Is dragged ont with me
old discarded campaign clothes. Indeed, in meeting the
| question of n hgh taX-ratc, / think you ought 10 do
more than my good friend the Hon. Robert NIcLane
has dome VIZ suggest that all Republicans are bad
or at least that all communities controlled by the Re
ptbllcan party In drcayng and dilapitated state
The difficulty with this suggestion Is that It comes TOO
| late. II might have dope we'll when there were no
roads on which could travel and when there were
no ncvSpaDcrs But now several Of citizens have
seen other cities and states. ana az OF mem INV
accuS toned To look upon Boston as sickly city, OF
Massachusetts a feeble state. Chicago, MilWauKes'
| St Paul Minneapolis Toledo. Cleveland, and, Edrel.
nearly all the cities OF the North. are nndcr rluh'I
Republican or better STILL nOn-partisan rule may
be mistaken but It has mover struck me that the grca.
commonwealth Of the Northwest. where ctyilHallon
are feeble communities inferior to Maryland lnr
spells system. bad enough anywhere, prevails In Mary
/ land In the most exaggerated FORM This has m9lc;
| rs IL always will make, our munclpal
| administration wasteful and eXtravagant. To-day
! IN THIS state there matters OF urgcnt importance
before the people, There is an outrageous ana mex
cusahlc tax rate I'm Baltimore city there Is question
! Of high license means or producing revenue
tberr Is a question OF a Civil Service Reform statute
or something that shall. at least In measure. relieve
tho muucpality OF Baltimore of the necessity OF pay
ing tribute from wear 10 year, out o. me pocKets o
! The people into tho hands Of the political managers
| Roth Republicans and Independent Democrats, and
oven some OF tho regular followers OF German thlnI
that this last effort Of Mr. C0wcn completely downs
! the Senator. far as argument Is concerned. am
cyDose, him i'm a sorry plight. not only before the
peorlc o. his own state, but Of the whole Nation.
REPUBLICANS ENCOURAGED IN OHIO.
THE REGISTRATION AND THE FEATURES OF THE
c,,,p1rCN FORrSUNDOw Victory