Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-02-08

Inc Dal''m0re Sun. and ether paper
Of Democratic percussion 10 the 8 ,,o !.
STRIVING to create the impression Tia, r.
colored voters in the Third Ji.,r;., A.,
Anne Arundel county failed to demos;
their ballots because they were ipf,.,..,
By other colored Republicans no, a 4,
81. or in other words they were earo,o..
about voting, aud that there was no IN.
tinida,ion nr violence used. 60
perusal Of the evidence will convince III
who wish to get at the true facts ,b,. ~.
Is not true. We will continue Ia nub
lish the evidence which shows eon.l,
slvely that men were threatened with !;
olence and that others we're struck Ia
driven from the polls. 1t is true that
many Of those who intended to vote al
Republican ticket never reached the
polling place, for when told Of The v;o
lent actions of the Baltimore rougbs to.
wards those who had made the at,em 1,
to vote. they, like peaceable men saeri.
feed their political rights sooner than
per'ist in the attempt which woull
they we're convinced, lead to bloolshod
/ Why were they so convinced? Boeapse
at the same polling pla>e a year or two
before colored Republican, jack Gas.
by name, was killed, and another No,b
Queen. was badly wounded by a gang
of Baltimore roughs. in an a,temrt
to exercise their right of suffrage They
knew further that only year before a.
the instance of the ring democracy some
ofthe same gang ofrufans were brouobt
to Annapolis to Democratic convention
in which it was known that the friends
of DR.. George Wells on anti-ringiie were
in the majority, for the purpose of can
turing tue convention, and they knew
they would have sac:eedeI but for the
fact that their intention beesme
known. They knew that for wear.
past many of the most gIaring Outrage.
had been perpetrated in the county
against their political rights, and as
law-abiding citizens, after being told by
others who had made the attempt b !
vote that their political rights woui
not be accorded them, submitted to The /
injustice. But many of them, as tie
evidence shows. and as is admitted BIZ
hundreds Of Democrats in Anne Arup
del county, did make the attempt to vote
and were driven from the polls. One # !
them an old man y years of age, wo
pays three hundred dollars taxes in Anne
ARUNDEL county. had his ticket taken
from his hand and was told that nota
tn one OF them should vote their that !
day. And one of the Democratic judges
swore that he did not consihr
it fair aud free election
OF course it is but natural, now
that the election excitement has subsi-
Cd. for the parry who would be benefit
ted by such fraudulent and outrageous
actions to be ashamed Of their conduct |
and BY picking out the weak evidence
aud Ignoring the strong. strive to create
the impression that it is not so bad against
Mr.. Compton after all. chat there was no
serious disturbance. and none were de-
prived of their rights. Enough sas -
ready been shown 70 prove
the fact that if there had been
a free and fair election in tho Fifth Dis
trict in November last, that gallant
young lawyer, the Hon, Sidney L. Mudd.
would have been elected, not by the bare
majority Of one, which he honestly re-
ceived. but you'll have had fully two
hundred majority.