The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-11-01

be allowed to pass. It was the advent
of Mr.. Lowdes upon the scene that
finally prevented the poor working
men that he claims to have represent
ed from securing their money
There is no county in the State SO
ringridden as Allegany, and Lloyd
Lowndes is master of the ring. And
yet he is held up by the enemies of the
Democratic party us a reformer, an
anti-boss and anti-ring man
TOTE FOR WALTER W. PRESTON
The office of States Attorney is one
of the most important Ii the county.
The States Attorney must bring in
an indictment and try every criminal
case in the county, and it is highly
important that the States Attorney
should be a man accustomed to the
trial table and one whom the public
know to be capable of performing the
duties of the office.
Mr.. Walter w. Preston, the present
States Attorney, has performed the
duties of his office with marked abil-
ity and without fear or favor. During
his term of office he has been as sue
cessful i'll securing convictions as any
States Attorney the county has ever
had, and has had but one Indictment
turned down, and that in trivial case.
Mr.. Preston has had much experience
in trials before juries, and is a man
admirably adapted for the office.
This office is not matter of politics,
but only of public service, and we
venture to assert that Mr.. Preston
performs the duties of his office as
we'll as any prosecuting officer in the
State.
The sworn statement of Mr.. Melhorn,
published in this weeks AgiS, with
reference to the charges made against
Mr. Preston in regard to his conduct
during the recent Democratic prima
rieS, clears him of the charges made
against him These charges were
made solely for political purposes, and
were all the more contemplate COM
ing from the source they did. The
adage about 'people in glass houses
should not throw stones" is very ap-
plicable to the originator Of these
charges against Mr.. Preston.
EXPLANATIONS THAT DO NOT EX-
PLAIN
Al first the Republican campaign
orators, and the organs of the party
attempted to ridicule the idea Of mix
ed schools, if they got control of the
State. Now they are presenting some
feeble arguments in the same line.
The fact remains, however, disguise
1t as they may, that they must con-
ciliate the colored vote il they wish to
hold it, and that mixed schools in dis
tricts too thinly settled to have separ
ate colored schools, would at least be
a concession which they would grant
Perhaps in a town like Bel Air or
Havre de Grace where there would be
sufficient colored children in a close
area for separate schools, no consolida-
ton would take place, but in the
country schools this mixing of the
races would be natural and inevita-
BILE result of Republican administra-
ton.
In New York State colored teacherS
are enforcing their rights to teach Ia
1chite schools. Augusta Elizabeth
Frazer, of New York City. applied for
Il writ of mandamus on last Thursday
to compel the trustees Of the twenty
second ward of the city of New York
to appoint her as teacher in white
public school, No. So. She claims
they refused to appoint her because
she is a negro. The Court granted an
restraining the trustees
from appointing any other teacher
until her case was decided. Such in
stances are not calculated to give us
much faith in the declarations of
Maryland Republicans who deviate
from the line of truth to carry the
State for their party. Such eXplana-
tons do not explain the true situation,
but are misleading in the extreme.