The Republican., 1889-05-18

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transferred their valuable services
from Baltimore to the environment
of a friendly administration which
for the last four years has dispensed
"official pap" from Washington.
The committee was called to order
as usual by the Senator who repre-
sents this State at Washington and
Baltimore. and who usually calls the
meetings to order. The proceedings
were written out in full to save time,
on type writer, and we noticed that
it was one of the most "harmonious"
meetings of the many "harmonious'
meetings held by the committee. We
also noticed "Brother Cal," whose
countenance, cast in gloom, still in
tensified further the saddening fea-
lures of sad occasion. We hope
the readers of the REPUBLICAN will
excuse US for thus dwelling ON the
what might be called "by.notes" of
the meeting. We have spent much
time and money on this report and
we don't wish to be cheated out of a
piece of commendable enterprise.
The committee was called to order,
we repeat, by the Senator who usu-
ally fulfills this duty. and in calling
the meeting to order he took occasion
to make a few remarks which we
have endeavored to the best of our
feeble ability to give your readers.
The speaker congratulated the
meeting on the fact that the pros
poets so far were very good for sue.
cessful fall campaign, and while he
regretted that things were not as they
were few years ago, and things had
changed sadly at Washington yet
the meeting had the great satisfaction
of knowing that the grand old State,
the State which had fostered us from
the head waters of the Canal at Cum.
berland to the House of Protection
at near Baltimore. still remained. If
the leader at Washington had been
compelled by force of cruel circum-
stances to move to a fiat in New
York, we must still remember that
we have left to us the great men who
are always ready and willing to put
up our tickets, as usual, and draw
their percentage when we get down
to Annapolis, as usual. If the Offices
are not as plenty the "pickings," to
use the vulgate. still are good. Re.
member always that "full corn crib
makes fat hogs" Don't forget we
Still have Annapolis. Let your
watch-word be Annapolis and you
are bound to succeed.
Fellow.citizens, a crisis has come
in our affairs. The Republican party,
that party which had the impudence
to claim the election of Stockbridge
and Mudd, that party which has so
long fretted our souls with McComas
from the Sixth. that party say now
has the termerity, the supreme i'm.
pudence, the effrontery to claim to
carry the whole State end what is
the trouble, I am afraid they are
going to do it. Fellow.Democrats,
never let it be said that we faltered
in duty. We have carried this
grand old State so long in this very
room that it shall not be said of US
by our friends in Mississippi and
Louisiana that we faItered for
single moment in our duty to the
ballot boxes on election night. I say
for one that never shall I tamely SUBJ
nit to surrender of my usual per.
quisites. All 1 ask is that you stand
by me and help me fix the lists, help
our noble and true Registrars in their
painful duty of striking off Republi.
can votes; help, l say, our noble
Police force help our Election Judges
of Baltimore City do their duty. See
that the minority judge. as required
by law, be men after our own heart.
Then 60 to work let US revenge
brother CAL" Let US report these
resolutions. which, as usual, I pre-.
pared down in Washington, unani.
mously. and let US report them with
full confidence that they will have
their usual effect. 1 thank you,
gentlemen. for your attention:
WHEREAS. The election of 1889
has demonstrated the fact that poll
tics are getting too close to be com.
Portable, and
WHEREAS, We have pulled the
wool over the peoples eyes by prom
ising great reforms heretofore. and
WHEREAS. We firmly believe that
the only true way to get a safe major.
ity is to manufacture 1t before hand,
therefore be it
Resolved. That Negro supremacy is
the great danger of the hour.
Resolved, That the Democratic
party is the only true friend of the
Negro.
Resolved, That Glass ballot boxes
are all 80. K" If the bottom only is