The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-01-05
"a Contemplate Act by the Pres
ident.''

Cleveland, because ne mas apPolnteu heoh =
Ra;ley United States District Attorney for
the district of Indiana. Mr.. Bailey IS char
acterized as "disreputable lawyer, oil In
d;apanolis. who fabricated the charge against
Gen. Harrison that he said "a dollar day
was enough for laboring man Inns
charge, says the Sentinel, was stamped with
the seal of falsehood by the most reputable
Democrats of Indiana" Continuing, the
Sentinel says the story "found no credence
al home, but was pushed for all that was IN
( abroad finding place and reiteranon IN tne
columns of reputable Democratic Journals
that we're as dumb as oysters concerning It's
denial and the evidence of its falsity. Aiter
this deliveranee the Sentinel bears down haru
on Mr.. Cleveland. intimating that he Is as
disreputable as it charges Mr.. Bailey wi.n
he;ng. and says Mr.. Bailey's appointment is
! DISGRACE 10 his administration and the Sen
ate should promptly reject the nomination.
We have seen nowhere any allegations
against Mr.. Bailey's character either as an
attorney or gentleman. So far as we know
he stands as high in indianapolis as the Sen
tiaeFs beau ideal, Mr.. Harrison. Ills SIN, IN
Renublican eyes, is his belief that Mr.. Har-
r;son said dollar day vas enough for a
laborine man. He not Only believed H. one
he VAS courageous enough to state that neheI
and nroduee the evidence upon which IT was
founded before an audience composed oil MI
uaer;son,s fellow townsmen. Mr.. Bailey was
,o4 de originator Of the charge against Mr.
Harrison. The facts were well known TO
verv many citizens of indianapolis, and when
he was placed in nomination tor the hlgh
Office Of President it was the knights OF Labor
that brought them to the attention OF the
country. Edwin f. Gould, recording seere-
tarv Of District Assembly No. log, n L., Is
the man who fabricated the story, when
VAS not denied by Mr.. Harrison, nor success
fully By any one. An Indianapolis paper, as
bInff offered $1,000 for proof that Mr..
Harrison ever said dollar day was enough
car a laborinr man, and Mr.. Gould, on behalf
If the Executive Board OF District Assembly
No. 100. produced it. He gave the evidence
If sfteeu sworn an unimpeached witnesses 70
sns,ain his allegation, but the Indianapolis
Manor refused 10 hand over the reward. 1t
would not have done so if iaeen thousand
persoas had given direct and positive evl-
5ence against Mr.. Harriseu. The payment
,s the money would have been an admission
nc the truth Of the allegation, and would have
nroven fatal to Mr.. Harrisons candidacy
No evidence would have satisfied Repuoii'
cans. Who we're more interested in Mr. Har'
r;;sou-s election than in laying the truth be-
fore the people.
The ApvocATr during the campaign not
only published that Mr.. Harrison said dol
lar ! aay was enough for laboring mas, but
4 also published the evidence Of the fifteen
witnesses brought forward by the Knights OF
Labor 10 sustain It. Furthermore. the Az
xors~y believed then that Mr. Harrison did
saw what was charged against bin, and It De.
lieves 50 now. Mr.. Harrison is eold-blooced
ar;stocrat. with not one feeling Of sympathy
With the laboring men Of the country. his
was well known By those among whom he
lived. and as an evidence that the iahering
men believed that Be said dollar day vas
enaagh far them. Mr.. Glevelapd carried Ma
ron county, including Indianapolis, by Ss'
majority. whereas Mr.. Blaine in 1881 carried
4 IS 22s. This, too, ii spite q the most
strenuous efforts npon the part Of tlsc5saiionai,
state and local Republican cosaiHistees to
make Mr.. Harrison appear popaiar at home
BIZ sheir pecaliar methods Of gaining votes
s.sn blocks Of ave.
AZ noted, We have seen no charges that
Mr.. Bailey is "a 5isreputable lawyer. s'or DO
re believe that any respectable attorneys Ct
indianapolis viii 50 declare him. Hiseharge
unon Mr. Harrison in the late campaign was
IS disrepasable act, for be stated the truth
and moved It, bat this is The sole foundation
~ h;s auiitness. Us asserted BY che Seafi'eL
Il scarcely becomes a Republicaa Journal
10 sneak Of unit appointments, or 70 erStie'se
the nolisical methods Of any party. A journal
,bat could stand the whisky ring, whose
branches reached 10 the White HoGss; the
s,ar.ronte frauds; the disreputable naval con
sraets. the credit Mobilier job; the Black
Friday ialalny; the steal Of the Presidency "a
1875. and the awarding Of office 70 every
scouBdrel engaged in il the purchase Of the
Presidency in 1880, By some Of the raseais
who we're prominent in the management o.
Mr.. Harrison's campaigns the attempted steal
again in 1884; when Mr.. Blaine teiegrapaed
u eoneede nothing. claim everything. and Jay
Ga ;,si.l l,aclr the returns in New York IN
order that they might be dociored; and the
shameful debapehery in 1855, and the pur-
chase Of Mr.. HarrisOn's slection--a Journal
ne say. that can stand this caHIot consistent
II eriticise any appointment or the Poii'leai
saeShods Of any patty.
Ana she SeHfiael few weeks back was
right severe in its criticism Of Southern
elections. and its heart fairly BLEED because It
conceived that the eoIored voters did not
freely enjoy the elective franchise fhls IS
4 mere supposition upon the part Of the Sea
siael. based principally upon the returns IN
,hc census of 1880 Republicans believe that
e,ery negro vote Is Republican, and beeaHse
the Republican vote in the South IS not as
larue as the negro population. Of voting age,
with a sprinkliug Of seaiavag votes, they con
oludc thai fraud, force and intimfdasien are
used against the negroes.
Even if the .Seatiaet were right N rs con,
illusions, i IS not becoming in q Aaryiand
Republican journal to speak about intmida-
s;an ar Acknowledgement after the conduct OF
sbst party when in power in this state A
mere handful. and with the exception Of some
"a Western Maryland, Baltimore, and here
and fhere one, a very ignorant and low class
Of citizens, they Iorded it over the people of
MARYLAND. Backed by federal bagoasts, they
murdered, iutimidated, beat and robbed many
oeople. and disfraachised thousands OF the
beSt citizens Of the state. These matters have
not been forgotten. They have not been re-
cesltly recalled, for it was deemed proper and
patriotic to let the past bury the past;to heal the
sounds of the late war, TO re1aite the people,
and for AL to press forward with one common
purpose to build mp the country, develop its
resources, and make il the grandest govern
4nent on the face of the globe. But Il the
s.southern Question is to be re-opened, and
t he matter of intimidation, disfranchisement
and fair elections to be discussed anew, the
ADVOCATE is ready. audit can and will give
.ona oba,tsrS Of Radical outiawry in the