The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-25
THE MARYLAND BOSS SAYS He WILL
NOT LET GO.

mi. va,bineton correspondent Of the
baltimore sun says IN yesterday i's''
Of that paper
NJ German continues to ANNOUNCE III
tis eueoches his enmity TO coFpola'io'i"9'
but here again it Is asserted iH"t 0Vi
,'(,.oorations ben Fitted by his acts, los'9
,stive and otherwise, have been appealc"
IN and not IN vain, for haAuS D-ne "''
tions. so II will be appreciated Ia ~
ring will have plentiful supply
money. and its hope is 10 pIeah NV"
"a override the popular Will by the ou'-
s',. r,,,chase Of the venai vote of the
ctato which is estimated at from thlI'g
20 forty or nifty thousand, compose"
,ras,,lv AS the ring alleges, of the COL
ored contingent. ,... ~.
In Main Enxlish. as was said to-day by
an adberent Of the ring: we nave Eol
inc money and, If necessary, we VIII buy
Tho election" The betting men are Walch-
ing intently the run Of things IN Mary
land. Under the circumstances they sre
great chances If they we're pefteclN
satisfied the election would be Tree fro'"
bribery. corruption. and raise cochuhs'
thav would be glad TO give odds OF two
or three to one against the ring ticket.
But they know how money talss' ana
they are = little puzzled by the boasts
above noted.
The "a, says, editorially:
Mr.. Germans speech at Cross-Street
Market Hail Monday night was deiib-
crate defiance Of the people Of Maryland.
He announced in the first speech made
bv him i'm the campaign in Howard coun-
tv that the machine intended TO elect Mr..
Hurst. as they" did Mr. Carroll in 1870
How Mr. Carroll was elected in 1870 Il
matter of history. Is was by roughing
the city and stuffine the ballot-boXes' ana
this force and fraud were supplemented
according TO the published confessions or
some of the conspiratOrs. by burning Tell
tale ballots while in the custody OF the
clerk of one Of the courts and SUBSTITUTE
ing others for them. At Cr0ss-Street
Market Hall Monday night Mr.. German
followed up his reference to 1915 by de-
claring emphatically: II don't intend 10
be set ssde The Republicans can't get IN
so long as we hold possession. and we
intend to remain in possession-thats all
there is about that" Taking the declara-
ton I'm Howard county and the declara-
ton at CrOss-Sirect Market Han together,
could there be a palmer statement of pur-
pose? No matter what the people may
want. no matter how they may vote,
even II there be 5000 majority against
him, he intends To remain IN posses
sion"
The language n which Vanderbilt rec
commended the public TO go 10 hades
was meek and courteous compared TO
Mr. Germans insolent defiance OF the
people OF Maryland. He says the ma
chine intends to elect Mr.. Hurst as Mr.
Carroll was elected and 80 remain in pos
session at all hazards and without regard
20 the popular viii We thank Mr. Cor
man for these words. The people Of
Maryland viii remember them and
punish the man who uttered them on
the 5th OF November. You are dealing
with free men, not slaves, Mr. German.
And has 1t come to this? Have rotten
corrupt boss politics advanced to the
point that they are ready TO declare
openly that they will not surrender the
salaried offices. even II the people de-
clare that they shall? II Is entirely
IN keeping with such politics for their
leaders TO assume this position. The po-
litica boss has no sort Of conscientious
scruples about anything. lie is as arrant
coward as lives. and it is only 2 oues-
ticn OF his personal safety with him. II
he thinks he can hold on to the Offices
without running any risk to his worth
less person. he is perfectly ready at. any
time TO undertake the part.
People of Virginia we tell you that You
are in imminent peril of passing under as
detestable a condition of ring rule and
boss politics as any community ever suf-
fcred from. The boss is the inevitable
product OF fraudulent elections, and when
he once gets power he Will inevitably per
petuate his power by fraudulent cleo
tons. You must arouse yourselves and
call upon the next Legislature TO
end all frauds in your elections, or you
Will pass under a boss and machine rule
more intolerable than any that has ever
existed in America.