The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-11-02
SOME GORMAN HISTORY.
Methods BY Which He Got Into Public
Life-FamouS $4,000 Challenge
The Serious Charges Of Conspiracy
And Official Perjury, Etc.,
That Were Brought
Against Him.

The attempt OF the ring organs and speakers
to cloak Mr.. Germans conceded venality
with Mr.. Hurst's personal responsibility
brings to mind the fact that this is not the
first time that Mr.. Hurst has beer put to this
use by the Gorman-Rasin crowd.
He is political business man of long stand
ing.
For ten years past be has been known rs
"Gormau'5 Man Hurst and has been the
closest personal and political friend the Arch
Boss has had among the respectable element
of the party III Baltimore.
In 1888 he was engaged in the congenial
work of saving the Boss from the vengeance
OF an outraged and indignant constituency.
1t was in this year that MIR. Henry Wootten
of Howard county made his famous speech
ut Holin' Hall. in Baltimore, and denounced
Mr.. German for his vicious and corrupt
prartices.' charged him with forgery and
fraud and offered to place 100000 in the
hands of Mr.. James Hodges il Mr.. German
would sue him for libel, which Mr.. German
dared not do.
Said Mr. Wootten, speaking OF the "eec-
ton of John Lee Carroll. who is now seek
ing to repay Mr. German for the venal work
of that year:
Eugene Higgins confessed to Robert Bald
win that he and KEYS and a third conspiratCr
took possession of the ballot box and with
their own hands removed hundreds and
thousands Of tickets that had been voted and
~. a.; a,
had been cast by the voters at al. That l
say, was confessed 10y Eugene Higgins him
self; was stated by Mr. Walls: was incor-
poratcd in the report OF the Civil Service
Reform Commission AID sent to Washington.
Let me ask Mr. Hurst let me ask Mr..
Carter to stand before a Baltimore audience
and deny these facts.
MIR. Wootten followed up this speech with
an open letterto Mr.. German, published in
the Sun of Oct %. 1885. In this letter Mr..
Wootten declared that lit was Notifying for
| Maryandcr to know that this state was re-
presented by II professional delller Of the
! ballot-box" He recited how Mr.. German
procured a Howard county register, Robert
E. Scaggs (who was afterwards shown to be
a defaulter to the State to take his poll-book
to Baltimore, where Il false poll-book was
manufactured by Eugene Higgins. Mr.. Cor
man being present and advising which names
should be dropped, what misspelled, etc. By
this forged poll-list about 60 citizens were
DISTINGUISHED, the forged list being used at
the polls and Higgins being present with Il
crowd of city rufllans to vote upon the names
falsely placed thereon.
Mr.. Wootten renewed his offer to deposit
900 with Mr.. James Hodges if Mr.. Cor
| man would sue him for libel and thus give
him chance to prove his charges in court.
Mr.. Wootten concludes his letter to Mr.. Cor
man in these words: Il have no personal ill
will towards you. deal with you as Il pub
| lie man. You are stepped in corruption and
saturated with official perjury from the crown
of your head to the soles of your feet -
Mr.. Wootten vainly waited to the day of
his death for Mr.. German to accept his
invitation to sue him for libel.-Bel Air
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