Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-10-07
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM M. McKAIG,
CONGRATULATIONS! is YELLING
TON AGAINST II?

GENERALIZATION! is YELLING.
TON AGAINST 1T?
An issue Of great moment in the present
contest is the Force Bill. The magnitude of
this issue cannot be over stated. 1t means
more than the control of the election of
Representatives in Congress by the bayonet.
1t means that the local rights of persons and
property, the local conflicts of corporations,
the whole system of local laws, with the
controversies they involve and the passions
they excite, will become elements of national
politics, and the very organization of society
throughout the land will become the play.
giles. 1t means the absolute Capitalization
OF our government, and the utter abrogation
of the Federal system.
The Republican party by its acts in the
its late national convention stands pledged
TO the passage of the Force Bill. Mr.. Well
ington, the Republican nominee for Con
gress in this Congressional District, was not
by Congress two years ago, but was loud
mouthed in defense of Mr.. McComas' vote
in favor of the passage of the bill, as he is
to day pledged by the platforms of his party,
State and National, to vote for such meas
ure in case he is elected More than this,
Mr.. Wellington has been loud mouthed n
support OF Mr.. Harrison's entire policy
was in favor Of his re nomination, and is
now loud mouthed for his re reelection. The
Force Bill was Mr.. Harrison's pet measure,
and if reelected president he will give this
obnoxious measure all the support in the
future that he has given it In the past.
The Democratic National Convention act
ed wisely and well in giving the Force Bill
n conspicuous place in its platform and de-
nouncing it as dangerous measure The
gifted Daniels, of Virginia, says it means
revolution, and the late Senator Plumb, of
Kansas, who was Republican said it was
the most dangerous and Infamous measure
that ever crossed the threshold of the Senate
Yet Mr.. Wellington, the Republican nomi
elected, will vote for the passage OF this bill
No one knows better than Mr.. yelling.
ton that the election of Harrison and a Re.
publican House of Representatives means
the adoption of Force Bill to enable Re
publican agents, holding Office for life, to
manipulate elections iraudulently in the in
terest of the Republican party, and thus to
secure to that party perpetual power in
order that it may revel in perpetual plumber
The people may be able to stand the terri.
BILE provisions of the Mckinley tax bill bet
ter than they could tolerate federal control
of elections The one impoverishes one class
in the interest of favored few-the other
would absolutelydestroy our republican form
Of government The one acts silently and
indirectly, but none the less surely, the other
would destroy popular elections, and place
the polling and counting of the ballots in
the hands of partisans all of one party.
70 all of the people-al who desire the
peace and prosperity of our common coun.
try--this question is important To the
people of the Southern States il is one of
transcendent importance-shall they still
have peace and protection of the law, or
shall the horrors with which they are
menaced find their counterpart only In
those of the darkest hours OF the reconstruc.
ton period2 Yet Mr.. Wellington is in the
support OF that party for the election of its
candidate for president, and in the support
of such measures as will secure the enact.
ment OF this lava law that will bring
wrong, oppression, slavery and degradation.
Like all dangerous methods its pretended
necessity is based upon seemingly patriot
ic purpose. Its objects, says Harrison, Hoar,
Lodge, Reed and other leading Republicans,
is to insure free and fair elections, to have
the ballots truly counted and results prop
erly certified. Every one familiar with Re.
publican methods knows that party is bent
on success only, and never hestates to cor
rupt voters and pollute the ballot box to
attain success In the matter OF elections
its whole record is one of infamy. Did the
Republican party want "fair and free cleo
tons" when II was stealing the States of
New Hampshire and Connecticut two years
ago. Did it want fair and free elections
when BLOCKS of Five" Dudley was pur.
chasing Indiana with the connivance of
Harrison and Quayy Has 1t grown SO hon
est that the people have forgotten It's theft |
of 1867, when the electoral votes of South |
Carolina, Florida and Louisiana were stolen |
and Hayes counted in. Did the Repusli
can party want free ballot and an honest
count when It stole Montana and held Ne.
braska by force and fraud, and plotted to
make ingalls, Senator from Kansas aud elect
Republican Senator in Illinois in direct
contravention Of the undisputed will of the
people. Until the Republican party reached
power, obtained full possession Of the gen
eral government, elections fairly represented
popular will. Since It's organization and
triumph elections have been repeatedly
bought and sold.
No one knows better than Mr. yelling.
ton, the Republican nominee In this district,
that the Force Bill, of which he has been
4 friend, and which every Republican State
since 1890 has endorsed and |.
which the late Republican convention also
declared for, and which the Republican